Some progress today.
I forgot how small the parts are.
This ship was painted with Mountbatten pink, a sort of greyish mauve, i have used Tamiya XF12 and XF9 in the ratio of 8:1.

looking great -finished by tea time then hohoho

Quote from: MSea on July 11, 2025, 04:56:51 PMlooking great -finished by tea time then hohoho

Unfortunately a bit left my modelling table and it is now hands and knees to find it. Swearing - no - you know me!!!!

YES I DO

Quote from: zak on July 11, 2025, 03:47:03 PMSome progress today.
I forgot how small the parts are.
This ship was painted with Mountbatten pink, a sort of greyish mauve, i have used Tamiya XF12 and XF9 in the ratio of 8:1.

Oooo La la, a trifle in the pink colouring with this one. Will no doubt, look good when done.

Don't you just love etched brass!!!!!
Small and very bendy, anyway, I have managed to add some, quite a lot left as it is not required for this version.

The two so far.

You've made a good job of the etched brass Dave.  Looking good.

Yes, good work Dave.
Patience is a virtue.

My paint mix for Mountbatten pink seems greyer than before, any way. decals applied and a coat of varnish, I now need to make or source a base for it to go on.

The other has had some etched ladders added, from the corvette kit.

Spurred on by me efforts, it is now time to reach the real goal, 1:700 scale ships. I built these as a warm up.
However 1/700 may be a step too small!

These are looking great Dave. Best of luck with the 1/700 scale.

Great work on both ships. I still haven't mastered Haddock's technique of using Klear first to position etch before applying superglue. Must try harder.
There's a 1/72 scale kit of the Kreigfischkutter which I will admit tempted me at one point.

Interesting to see the difference in size of both vessels. I know the Corvette was small, but the Kreigfischkutter is really small. These will set you up nicely for your foray into 1/700.