Roktman Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 This kit brings back a LOT of memories as I did a few of them in my early teen years. I remember at the time, that I thought it was the best paint job I ever did - most likely with those gloppy Testors enamel paints. 🤪  Anyway this was re-released by Round 2 and is 1:12 scale. Comes with a few sprues of parts and then the deck planking in 2 big sheets. I also comes with a large sheet of decals.  Starting right in I gave all the parts a coat of Stynylrez tan primer. There was some flash and the deck and box parts had a slight warp to them, but nothing serious. Things went so smoothly I even used the primer as the base color and started in with some Vallejo Dark Brown Wash. My first mistake was painting the skeletons so dark. I knew I wanted them aged. But this was too much. Took a lot to get them to a dark ivory or sand color. The seam down the two sides of the cannon was tough to get rid of. So I solved the problem by dabbing on some Tamiya putty. Got rid of the seam lines and also help the gun have that cast look. My plan was to paint it a mix of deep green and black, then dry brush some bronze over that. I added some of Citadel's verdigris paint here and there.   It was then a matter of painting and washing a LOT of wood grain. Only the standing skeleton had color call outs for his clothes, so I just closed by eyes and picked a color for the guy in the box. I wanted them dusty dirty, so I added some gray to the colors to bring down the color value. But I also ended up with some brown pigment to get them even more dusty. The Standing pirates shirt had decals for stripes, but I just did them by hand. Speaking of decals they were VERY thick. The standing guy had a headband in addition to the bandana. But the decal was so thick that even after 4 or 5 coats of Micro Sol, I couldn't get it to snug down. so I just pulled it off. The other place I had a problem was the decals in the squares of the box lid. They too just wouldn't snuggle down into the wood grain. I the end I had to make a lot of slits in the decal film and it still wasn't perfect. Good idea to keep the box lid open. 😉 The map also had a decal, but I didn't want to sand down all the raised detail, so I just painted the map by hand as well. With that I was done. Thanks for looking.  2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprueguy Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 This is a good one, great job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennetts Posted September 25, 2020 Report Share Posted September 25, 2020 I love this. Takes me back to my youth and how much fun modelling can be. Great job on this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley25mm Posted September 27, 2020 Report Share Posted September 27, 2020 Man, that is so cool. Outstanding job with all of the painting. Would love to build a kit like this. Â Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roktman Posted September 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 Thanks guys! Â Christopher: IIRC I got this from CultTVMan. I didn't look if he has any now, but he always seems to be able to get these kits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Nardone Posted September 28, 2020 Report Share Posted September 28, 2020 Nice. I loved that series of models as a kid. I was glad to seem them being reissued, even in their "un-Disney" guises. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted September 21, 2021 Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 Great little diorama. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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