Just sorting out the next model for Playday/DooDahDay/Serious Modelling Day (take your pick hohoho )
Decided to get this out of the stash, got it at Telford a few years ago, now to decide how to make it.
To keep Haddock happy it should be in water so it could be waterlined and placed in 1937 England for the coronation of King George 6th, or it could be 1939 shelling Finland during the Winter War, or it could be 1940 alongside a jetty with flags and posters for the 70th anniversary of Lenin's birth, or it could be 1941 near Leningrad with some areas flooded to tilt her over and increase the range of her main guns to shell the attacking German troops, or it could be 1942 with her bow blown off and the ship raised to use the center and aft sections to be used in the defense of Leningrad, so lots to choose from. All would keep |Haddock happy but knowing I will get a clip round the ear, she will be made full hull and museum style on a plinth - so why.  First have made her sister ship the Sevastopol in 1917 alongside a jetty, so been there done that. Looking at the shape of the hull after modernization in 1928/32 loved the hammer and sickle bow and funnel so this was a decider, also the chains running from the ford deck down to the plate under the bow, never seen this on another ship. Now must get some more 2 section etch brass rails and brass bar for replacements and some form of head protection for when Haddock sees me - hohoho

That should keep you busy.

Trembling with excitement.!!
Haddock.

Quote from: Haddock on September 05, 2022, 08:25:41 AM
Trembling with excitement.!!
Haddock.

Is that with the thought of seeing the unmade model on Playday or the thought of clipping me round the ear - yohoho

Quote from: MSea on September 05, 2022, 10:10:55 AM

Quote from: Haddock on September 05, 2022, 08:25:41 AM
Trembling with excitement.!!
Haddock.

Is that with the thought of seeing the unmade model on Playday or the thought of clipping me round the ear - yohoho

Could be both.

Sorted out the base - I like these Zvezda ones that look like sea.
Now will it be done blue as sea - not a chance - will try and make it look like old rusty and worn bronze - if it is not good, can just overpaint it  blue.

Base coat and then 2 coats of chipping medium, then top coat of 70859 black red, the some of this  removed with warm water.

It looks like a Christmas Yule Log!!

Quote from: cph64 on September 13, 2022, 05:58:07 PM
It looks like a Christmas Yule Log!!

Polite!

Do you mean its something you find in the toilet at Christmas - Chris 

Some more rust tones added to the base and then coat of mat varnish..
Next some areas covered in chipping medium and others in crackle medium and then a coat of verdigris over the top, when dry will remove some of the top coat.

Did you have a bad night on the rum?

Yes lots of rum and think it looks like the inside of my head - yohohoho
Some of the top coat removed, will now walk away and come back to it later, so I don't overdo the removal all in one go. Will also pick out the ships name and surround with mat black.

Very nice Martin.

Playday 10 work -- hull and bow sections  fastened together and cleaned up, some work done on the main decks and bridge  sections as well as new brass parts made for the mast.  Think also a LOT of talking and putting the world to rights as well as some model making