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I saw a Youtube video that featured a guy who took a Revell Wasa sailing ship and modified to float in a swimming pool.I have a Lindberg Jolly Roger pirate ship that I decided to make it a sailor.Glued the hull halves and transom with Zap A Gap and clamped it over night.The video recommended that you use pennies as ballast so I filled up the sink and added pennies along the keel until it was balanced correctly.I locked the pennies in place with 2 part resin and let it float for an hour.No leaks and the attitude in the water seems correct.Should be a fun project. 001_zps4c3ccbf0.jpg

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Should be an interesting project. You might consider making sure you have access to the hull so you can add additional ballast if you need to. It might end up being top-heavy once you add the rigging & sails.

Good luck, & looking forward to progress.

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I did something similar with a small Bonhomme Richard kit when I was a kid (Pyro kit?). Floated it in a neighbors pool until we blew it up with firecrackers and watched her sink to the bottom. Silly putty as ballast.

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After a coat of primer I shot the first coat of Tamiya flat white.Since it will have contact with the water at least 3 coats will be required. 001_zpsabc8f4f7.jpg

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Mounted up the fore mast.Failed to account for the ballast in the hull so the kit supplied ratlines are too short.I will have to make my own.I have done so before but it is nether fun nor quick. 001_zpshdzfqoom.jpg

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Are you intending to use any oil paints on the tan color to make it look more like wood? The reason I ask, is that I have an HMS Bounty that I intend to paint with tan acrylics, then use oil paints to bring out a nice wood grain appearance.

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Deal! This is a prop from a 1:72 Fokker D.VII. You can see that one half is still in the acrylic wood base color with only a light oil finish applied, while the other side has had the darker oils added.

Before and after:

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And a 1:350 Titanic model I had been working on some time back.

Before:

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After:

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Perhaps not the best examples of the concept, but the best I have at the moment.

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