Going Merry - One Piece Scale Model Kit [Assembly of Painted Parts]

Hello everybody, so today we are going to be assembling the Bandai plastic model kit of the Going Merry, which is a pirate ship used by the Straw Hat crew in the One Piece anime series. In this video, I am also going to show you what I have done in terms of painting, panel-lining, and applying water decals of this plastic scale model kit of the Going Merry.
Prior to the assembly process you see here, I had already selectively painted and panel-lined most of the parts and sub-assemblies off-camera using lacquer, acrylic, and enamel paints. All this was done off camera. Only the assembly process is being shown here.
In an earlier video of this One Piece project, we did a short unboxing as well as review of the quality of the parts included in the kit. Check it out in the following link ... • Going Merry - One Piec...
Because this is an extremely lengthy video, I have provided timestamps below to enable you to get to the section that you want to view without having to go through the whole video from start to finish:
0:00 Opening Credits
0:11 Title Page
0:20 Overview of Assembly Process
1:51 Ship’s Central Deck
6:22 Ship’s Hull
16:18 Ship’s Base/Display Stand
19:00 A Look at the Ship’s Anchor
20:17 Ship’s Deck & Railings
21:22 Something Breaks!
21:33 Gluing It Back Together!
23:54 Assembly Continues with the Railings
25:17 Ship’s Front/Rear Decks
27:50 Shed on Ship’s Deck
31:46 Ship’s Main Mast & Sail
37:29 The Crow’s Nest
38:31 Main Pirate Flag
40:30 Main Sail attached onto the Main Mast
42:23 Main Sail & Mast goes onto the Deck
44:44 Ship’s Secondary Mast/Sail & Orange Trees
55:05 Secondary Sail & Mast goes onto the Deck
1:01:12 Orange Trees goes onto the Deck
1:03:28 Ship’s Rigging & Ropes
1:26:52 A look around the Ship with its Rigging attached
1:28:38 Ship’s Figurehead & rest of the Railings
1:39:15 Quick 360 Degree View of the Going Merry
1:39:39 Outro
1:39:51 Closing Credits
Thank you for watching and if you want more details of this or other scale model kit or miniature painting projects, please do visit my blog at foureyed-monst...
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[@mellowyello1478]

Been thinking about tackling this kit again, never thought about partial pre assembly with the parts pre painted.

[@foureyedmonsterminiatures9587]

I kinda try to find ways to paint either individual parts or sub-assemblies with the least amount of masking needed :)

[@sylai8034]

Great fine work with so much passion 😊

[@foureyedmonsterminiatures9587]

Thank you 😄

[@RoDRigue-nl4ky]

Where is the video in which you paint this masterpiece, my friend ?

[@foureyedmonsterminiatures9587]

Please accept my apologies on this, but sadly I did not record the actual painting process itself. Currently I do not have a proper setup in which to do so. Again so sorry about this.

[@Keftedari]

I want to get the kit but the crew miniatures scare me. Have you completed them?

[@foureyedmonsterminiatures9587]

I plan to but unfortunately I haven't gotten to them yet. It is certainly daunting when you first start painting miniatures of this scale. My first few attempts at miniature painting were nothing to shout about. But the hardest thing is to start. Once you do, and have a passion for it ... you'll by your own accord start researching paint techniques and practice willingly AND get better 🙂

[@chabbydrew]

How did you paint the central deck to show the woodgrain?

[@foureyedmonsterminiatures9587]

What I did was to apply the Mr.Weathering Color enamel paint directly onto the plastic part in fairly generous amounts. Following this I wiped off the excess enamel paint thus leaving the wood grain sufficiently shaded i.e. details brought to the fore. This is one example where you do not need to prime, paint, and panel-line a part. The base molded-in plastic color was already good and the incredible woodgrain details allowed me to use the technique I just described.

[@brandonminshall120]

What color of “Mr.Weathering Color enamel paint” did you use, stain brown ?

[@foureyedmonsterminiatures9587]

@@brandonminshall120 It's been so long that I can't quite remember for sure. But I believe I used Ground Brown (the darker brown) ... at first it will look very dark ... you will have to rub a lot of the excess away using tissue paper so that you are left with what you see here. I hope this helps. ☺ My apologies for not remembering for sure. One of my bad habits is forgetting to write down the paint recipe of my work. 😞

[@wurilistyarini1909]

Hi. I can't do the water decal part. Anyone know how to do it?

[@foureyedmonsterminiatures9587]

I actually recorded the part where I did the water decals but unfortunately I haven't had time to properly edit the video and upload it. 😔