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Lt. Biggles

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  1. Lt. Biggles
    So Finally I bit the bullet and started on the deck vents and bits. I like how the reflection shows the vents... Took me a lot of time to to find out which vents face which way... but worked them out. Starting at the back and working my way forward. Once they are down I’ll be able to glue the life rafts down once I know how much room I’ve got to play with!
  2. Lt. Biggles
    There are some great shots! Would have been quite the sight to have been there and seen them sail past
  3. Lt. Biggles
    So the broken funnel has still not been touched and done a few bits on the ship but once in the right zone I think the rest will be done pretty quick. I thought I’d be finished around the end of the year so it’s gone lots faster than I expected. the sea base got a few layers of oils to get the textures I wanted of a deep pretty calm water and a ship speed of about 10 knots. and a few coats of high gloss varnish. The white water is the last step now. The white water is just on one side and just sitting there not glued down as it’s quite tricky and haven’t got it worked out on my test pieces yet. But it gives a good idea of what it will be like. It adds a nice sense of motion compared to no white water which I quite like. Having the light behind the ship really really brings the water to life but my phone’s camera can’t capture it
  4. Lt. Biggles
    Ah the last 2 weeks of the build summed up in one picture! will be the 3rd time rebuilding this funnel. Will give this one a few days before I even look at it again haha took a few hours to find all the parts as I absolutely had to find all of them. Still missing a few pieces from one of the Pom poms that broke a week ago! On the bright side both of the masts haven’t taken any damage at all so I’m happy about that. The sea base is coming along well, quite enjoying that and it’s crazy how small she ship seems now with 2/3 of the hull invisible under the waterline! I’ll regroup and in a few days continue the build!!
  5. Lt. Biggles
    So found some time over the last few days been enjoying my little break from working only on the ship itself, just deck furniture to do and a few other bits, slow but steady. As for the base I covered it with oat bran. then paper towel soaked in medium covered that then did a base coat of blue so now I can check the surface and remove any unocean looking blobs and points. once thats all done ill paint the ocean surface and complete the rest of the surface. the option is always there to ripe the surface off and do it again if it doesn’t look right. I’ll see how it progresses
  6. Lt. Biggles
    Initially I thought I’d make the sea base out of resin, so did a few projects to see how it would go. Made a 1:350 scale uboat and did a 1.5ltr deep resin pour, it’s quite a pedantic medium so quickly learns it was too big of a risk as it’s easy to mess up with bubbles so I made a Rimu base (New Zealand native timber) fitted with leds and now it’s my lamp. Also made a crashed 1:72 scale zero that I was going to cover with resin too but don’t trust the resin now. So it just sits in the corner. so that’s why I’m doing the base the way I am, so if I ruin it then I can just do it again without having to make another ship from the beginning also! I’m doing one last test with wake that will be covered with the ocean surface texture and painted, if it looks right I can get the real base going. I needed a break from all the PE and had a few mishaps with bits falling and breaking so more repairs than progress on the ship this week.
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    I will try my best to do the ocean as good as I can. My plan is to have her cruising at about 10 kts and is a pretty calm sea. A 4-5 ft swell at 1:350 scale equals about 4-5mm which is very subtle. Ive been reading a lot about Kelvin’s theory and other bits about ships wake behaviour, I seem to learn the most from drawings and diagrams. So no wakes in straight lines at 45 degrees! In fact it seems 19.5 degrees is the magic angle. She was over 220m long so most of the disturbed water looks quite close to the ship in photos. (This picture is of HMS King George V, close enough to use as reference I’m sure most would agree) I’ve looked at so many pictures of all types of ships and their wake that they have all started to look fake and unrealistic haha!!
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    Looks awesome! What’s the story behind having armistice flags? identification? Or were they painted on once France surrendered?
  9. Lt. Biggles
    Weathering on the superstructure is almost complete. Under different light sources it looks very different. So I almost over do it under my strong lamp light and under softer light and sun light it looks about right I think. As for the ocean base, I’ve started my second test with changes I picked up from the first test. It’s getting close to what I’m after and water is quite tricky to look natural!
  10. Lt. Biggles
    Ah I didn’t even know that there was a new member introduction page!
  11. Lt. Biggles
    Hey mate, Welcome aboard! The IJN have some good looking ships! Hopefully you start a build log on here too so we can follow along! The PE does make a huge difference, hard to imagine doing a ship build without it now. There is a really good bunch of people on this site with tonnes of knowledge and experience so easy to get some tips which is great!
  12. Lt. Biggles
    Did manage to complete all the life rafts which is a good bit of progress. hard to find much practical info on them and in the background of a few odd photos... seems at the time no one thought anyone would be interested all these years later in all the odd details like that. So took a few liberties, if anyone knows I’m way out then do let me know and I’ll remove them, but I used some of my newly arrived EZ line to tie them to the deck. Would have been secured somehow. Also been working on my base, may be abit ambitious but running lots of tests and experiments to see if it’s possible. It’s quite a different branch of art than model building so it’s been a nice break when over PE or painting and weathering. Haven’t committed to it yet but here is a sneak peak of what I’ve managed to come up with so far in my tests... thoughts?
  13. Lt. Biggles
    I’ve been following your French battleship build and you make it look like it’s more difficult to boil the kettle than build a ship haha! You build yours so fast and so much extra details! Looks really good! Won’t take you long to get those 2 ships underway once out, weathering them would be great fun! Some of those ships really worked hard! Meanwhile I spend a full afternoon Working on mine and hardly any visible progress made.
  14. Lt. Biggles
    It’s such a good feeling when you finally find the piece you thought was lost forever!! This afternoon I dropped the last set of 1:350 brass binoculars... gone! But got lots of little bits primed and undercoated as well as dirtying up the anchor chain areas. Will just give it a hint of use as I’m sure they would have washed off all the salt water and kept the area pretty ship shape, but surly that chain would be pretty harsh on the area too!?
  15. Lt. Biggles
    A progress update so you can see what she looks like at this stage. Hard to get a pic of the whole ship and also any details!
  16. Lt. Biggles
    Thanks for the tips guys, I think I’ll leave it how it is and then once everything is on come back and if it stands out then try some dry brushing and perhaps get some washes but I’ll leave that for now as it’s ground the build almost to a halt waiting for it to fix itself!! I’ve been lacking spare time but apart from making 12 little binoculars and putting the A/A guns on I’ve completed the super structure build and just have to paint it. Everything now seems to take ages to do tiny details. Negotiated with the carpet monster... traded an hour of my time for one tiny piece of PE! Made 6 searchlights and cut out some of the windows as I think it looks better but it’s fiddly work and had to glue some of the frames back on as the knife loved taking them clean off! but once on looked the part. also started on the anchor area. so will have to research that to try get it looking right. To add to the slow progress everything has to be made then painted away from the ship. No more sub part construction like the superstructure, which I really enjoyed. Feels like I’m moving into the final third of the build now. Deck furniture and all the small but many details
  17. Lt. Biggles
    I took the pictures in sunlight which seems to bring out the badness in the deck. I don’t think it’s ruined at all just a lot different than I was imagining. But I think you are right, there is a whole lot of deck furniture to add that will break the deck up... in a good way. I’ll leave it how it is and see how it looks at the end of the build. Thanks in a few weeks I’ve a feeling I’ll be up to the final detail parts, of which there are a lot! I’m just really happy I don’t have to make 3000 anti aircraft guns! Hehe
  18. Lt. Biggles
    Here is the deck as it is now, I added tiny bits of pigment and put some streaks on it to try break it up, which I think looks horrible... probably should have masked the area instead of just a general smudge but can’t reverse it now. I think It’s just missing something to make it blend into the ship and not look out of place... I just don’t know what though. Maybe I just leave it alone and move on with the build. Anyone have any thoughts? Honesty is welcome.
  19. Lt. Biggles
    Have made some good progress on the main super structure just doing it in a very unstructured order, got the main lower structure done and jumped to the top and am working down... will get there in the end. I also got 4 aftermarket rangefinders for the 5.25” guns which do add some nice extra detail which you can see two of them here.
  20. Lt. Biggles
    I’m still try work out how to get the wood deck looking right. Nothing seems to work on it so far, it’s still too yellow. Hope I don’t ruin it. So while I wait for that to happen I’ve been doing some little details like these life rafts. Nice to get some colours on that aren’t a shade of gray!
  21. Lt. Biggles
    Seems I’ll finally get to follow one of your builds in real time for once! Those NZ made guns do look great, I had a look there for getting some replacement life rafts but they would have cost more than my whole ship, so didn’t! Have fun
  22. Lt. Biggles
    I had a whole afternoon to play around with the a/c hangar, it’s not full size due to internal supports that I wanted to keep intact and also I don’t know how big it is meant to be. But for what I’m after it works well seeing it will be mostly hidden.
  23. Lt. Biggles
    Sweet thanks, basically a typical closed in car port! this is the pic that got me thinking. And I guess I’m committed now!
  24. Lt. Biggles
    I’ve started on the main superstructure. I’m still waiting for a few supplies to arrive and one of them is a book that I got for a really low price. I found googling pictures quite hard with the new carrier having the same name... so maybe the book will help me with the details. Which is why my build has slowed down as I’m at a place where final decisions have to be made and I don’t know what to choose so I’m taking my time... hopefully it pays off. One of those details are the aircraft hangers. If the book has them in any detail I might have one door open. I quite like the idea of having some internals visible seeing all the doors are closed and an open one gives an idea that the inside isn’t just hollow. Any thoughts?
  25. Lt. Biggles
    Hey, thanks for the feed back. Its right on point too as last weekend I unrigged the crane and actually ordered some EZline... so it’s already on the way. Any other recommendations feel free to hit me up, I’m all ears. When end I was a teenager made lots of model aircraft so picked up techniques from there but didn’t have paints for ages. Then last year decided I needed a hobby so got an airbrush and a tank and plane model and just used them to practice layering and painting and then weathering. Looked at lots of tips online and buildlogs on here showing step by step painting and followed along. Seeing RGL’s Yamato build finally got me to try one for myself... and here I am

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