Bridlington & Wolds Scale Model Club Forum
Models => Modelling Projects => Topic started by: Haddock on January 03, 2016, 12:59:29 PM
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Here's the next project. I picked the kit up at Telford at a very attractive price, I don't think it's the most attractive or interesting looking ship but I suppose it should be in a collection of warships for completeness.
I've got the Trumpeter version which is differently engineered than the Airfix offering, according to Peter Hall, their both pretty accurate. IJN Mikasa ain't finished yet but I'm on with the sea which is a slow process so I can make a start on this one. The small picture shows the hangar and one of the boat-decks open.
More info to come later
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As always I look forward to seeing your progress.
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The start of another masterpiece.
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Progress to date folks. This is going to be a "quick build" so I aren't faffing around detailing the hangar and R.I.B. bays. There's more detail than I thought there would be but it's not too bad to fit, just time consuming. All the brass you can see comes with the kit so it could be that there was no need for the Atlantic Models set, although some of it is nicer than the Trumpeter stuff so I'll probably use it for railings, ladders and safety nets just cos I've got it. The first three shots show the main sub-assemblies, the second three give some idea as to what it could look like when complete, lots more stuff to go on yet.
Haddock.
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Keeping busy I see.
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Great build!
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Very clean work, a pleasure to see.
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There looks to be a thin white stripe right at the bottom of the hull - is that a shim of plastic card you cut and sit the thing on for when you build the sea?
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Something like that. I don't always do it but in this case I've added it after water-lining the hull to stiffen everything up, it's quite fragile without the plate added. It also helps to keep the hull flat if added with the hull clamped to something flat. The secret is to make sure the cut is in the right place, if the hull bends when the lower part is removed, this usually corrects the problem. I do have another method when I need to get inside the hull to add stuff like rigging. Hope this all makes sense.
Haddock.
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Bit more progress folks, some paint sloshed on.
Haddock.
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I'm having trouble deciding which surfaces should be painted "deck colour" which should be "hull colour" and which should be black, I know Trumpeter's instructions are wrong.
I found a picture on an official MOD website. the pictures are in high definition so you can download free and blow them up with no loss of detail. Here is one picture blown up twice. As you can see, the detail is fantastic.
Haddock.
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Great stuff, sloshing paint eh?
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It's supposed to be therapeutic but I sometimes wonder.
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Becomes more of a job than a hobby sometimes I think.
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No gain without pain!
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True.
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We can use them pictures to make sure you've got your sea right an' all!
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Great work again.....like Wizzel, will be looking out for the sea!
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I hope that's not a challenge.
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If it is, you are up to it.
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Here's a brave attempt to enhance some detail. all the watertight are in brass, it just doesn't pop out enough for my liking. The vertical ladders are so fine, they almost disappear under a coat of paint so I've replaced them with some generic stuff, cut too long then the ends folded over to lift them off the surface. Hope it works.
Haddock.
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Difficult to tell from the photos, still the odd 10,000 of an inch means a lot to you engineers.
I am sure it will look superb.
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I'll be happy if it's passable. This is supposed to be a quick build.
Haddock.
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It might be an intended quick build Haddock, but your attention to detail still shines through.
Great Stuff.
Bigkev
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Bit more progress, the colours look a bit "in yer face" to me , need to knock 'em back a bit, probably some varnish tinted with paint should do the trick.
Haddock.
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Sounds like another learning curve coming up. Can you please give full details of the tinted varnish technique when you use it so I can compare before and after. Cheers in advance.
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You just mix paint, say light grey, with the varnish, say 5%, then airbrush it on. the original colour is never obliterated cos the varnish is transparent so you can blast away till your hearts content. Mat varnish has the same effect but to a lesser degree and you may not want a dead matt finish. Satin varnish seems to work best, it has a unifying effect which can be quite subtle, the secret is to mess around on something that doesn't matter and see what happens.
Haddock
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Thanks Haddock -- another tip put into the memeory banks.
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Here's one I did earlier, the photography isn't very good but you get the idea. It's a coat of black, a coat of Johnsons, then a hefty coat of satin varnish with a drop of light grey added, all done very quickly just so you can see the effect. I don't think this would work with brush painting but I've never tried it.
Haddock.
All the same piece of plastic, just different lighting.
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Your favourite colour I presume?
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A very interesting and useful technique, thanks for the demo and explanation.
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Blimey, that was quick work. Haddock, very many thanks. This is what makes the website well worth a visit and, considering the standard of models on the table at meetings, it's very disappointing that more members don't make use of this forum to share advice and experience with the rest of us.
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Few more bits and bobs added, note the "sputnik" atop what is considered to be a mast, strangest looking mast I've ever seen.
Haddock.
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Very clean work Haddock, including the mine on the chimney!!
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Seeing these builds progress, it's also interesting to note how the design has changed over the years.
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Blimey, that was quick work. Haddock, very many thanks. This is what makes the website well worth a visit and, considering the standard of models on the table at meetings, it's very disappointing that more members don't make use of this forum to share advice and experience with the rest of us.
Could you rephrase that, not quite sure what you mean.
Haddock.
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Seeing these builds progress, it's also interesting to note how the design has changed over the years.
Yeah. I'm hoping to display IJN Mikasa and HMS Daring alongside each other so you van see over 100 years of progress in warship design, (that's if I can get the generators to work).
Haddock.
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Nearly there folks, just a few more bits and bobs to add.
Now then, whether to weather or not to weather, that is the question, whether 'tis nobler in the mind to slosh some washes on and suffer the slings and arrows of discontent when you wish you hadn't done it is nowt to do with Shakespeare and it would be best if he were to mind his own business.
Haddock.
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Either way, weathered or not, there's no getting away from the quality of the build. Much as I do like the older vessels with all their lumps, bumps, nooks and crannies the clean and modern look of this has an appeal too!
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Haddock was Wizzel talking about me when he says old vessels with lots of lumps, bumps, nooks and crannies --- I never knew he cared --( Ho Ho Ho )
On a different tack - another excellent model, how do you do it ????????
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The Germans have a word for your models, "Wahnsinn". I`ll let you look that one up.
Another excellent job my friend. I am with Wizzel with his opinion about old a new,(not you MSea) the ships. This is proof that to be good, a model is not reliant on the subject matter but the subject matter is reliant on the modeler.
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FINISHED !!
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Nice as always!
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How do you do it ???????
Excellent as allways.
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Thanks gents.
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Lovely work haddock. That head on picture looks very menacing!