Lt. Biggles
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Worked the AM shift this weeks so not as much time as normal to work on her and in the evenings I’ve been doing astrophotography so only have during the day and cloudy nights to give her. But when I could I carried on. Gave it a few days to dry well after so many baths in spirits. Added a salt stain streak wash. and also a rusty grime wash. these pictures are taken under quite harsh light so all the effects really stand out but under normal light it’s a much more subtle effect. Think I’ll give it one more medium grey wash to blend everything together and soften the effects and move on with the build.
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Thanks mate, she is quite a nice looking ship. All those slopes and shelves on the hull really give her some character! You did a great job of yours! Looks quite nice in water!
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To be honest awnings had never even crossed my mind! It seems for realism it’s best to keep them off this particular ship but if one was to model an awning what would be used? Something incredibly thin yet still acts abit like it should. If done well would add a lot to the model visually! I guess in ww2 everyone just tanned very fast and being perpetually sunburnt was part of life?
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Thanks for the info, all it will do is give me even more things to do but thought I’d investigate anyway. The Med in early to mid 43 is the time frame I’m making her to, so warm and haven’t considered what state as is battle stations or in cruise. Maybe I’ll open 2 or 3 doors just to change her up a bit.
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Added some tape halfway through the black water line paint to try hint at a bit of a waterline mark and then did another wash. Only left it about 10 mins before again removed 99% of it. Seems to have blended everything together well. I’ve got a general question. Would all the doors have been kept closed unless being used? Would it be unrealistic for me to have a few doors open on the main deck or higher? And if some could be left open are there any places that this would be more likely?
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Right enough time to dry and on with the getting old effects! This time doing a dot filter. Once the oils have had a few minutes I then washed of 99% of them. always in a downward motion until it looked right, then a few extra washes as I’ve learnt that once dry it does stand out abit more and also under different lighting. Tomorrow I’ll do a medium grey wash over it all to blend it in nicely.
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Good to hear, seems to work well for me anyway. If your ship has the detail already then take it! Saves you a heap of time not having to work out the details.
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Letting the 2 coats of grey washes dry. I learnt that if the paint is soaked in while spirit too long and gets a good scrub then it’s quite easy just to strip all the paint back to the plastic! So I give it plenty of time to recover between coats! While they do that I did a dark green wash below the waterline to grubby it up. Just enough to blend in the old look with the rest of the ship.
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It feels like I’m moving through this pretty fast! Have a feeling once the hull is done it will slow down with all the PE details. I have 3 grey AK washes. So used the light one on the light grey and dark one on the dark grey left it abit and then washed most of it off. will leave it for a day and repeat again with abit more mixing of the two shades
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Thanks, I’m glad you like the colours! If only you knew I was using Tamiya sky grey and dark grey! But in saying that they both have a few drops of each other mixed in along with drops of other colours to get the shadings. Keeping the ratios easy so when I do the super structure the colours will match but be slightly different just to add to the well worn effect! after the amount of washes I intend to do it won’t matter what the base colours were anyway. But these colours do look good together and probably are pretty close to official colours now. This pic is for you OC, I didn’t forget about it... kinda. But it’s added now!
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Well I gave the grey a day to dry and taped up the areas for the camo. lots of angles and shelves on the hull so will be fun for the weathering and fade but trickery to tape tight! I think for using the paints I already have the colours work well together. next I’ll do some washes to see if we can get some streaks and fades going while the rest of the hull is taped up. lighter colours are always easier to get a nice patchy look.
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Admiralty dazzle is just the proper name for camo right? It wasn’t painted in one of those crazy black and white schemes that make you go cross eyed looking at pictures? im glad my track so far lines up with how she would have been. All the pics don’t show much rust streaks but very weathered paint so that’s how I decided my plan. Thanks for the info
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Having an airbrush is a whole different world with so many options and effects available. It’s abit like PE once you use it, it’s hard to imagine doing a build without it! Do you have an airbrush now?
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Masked off the painted hull and have started on the light grey. I added a few drops of darker grey to get some variation in the colour. just a pretty rough coat as I’ll paint in the dark grey and shade that and lots of washes and try get a well faded and well used look to it so need to have more obvious contrast otherwise it will all be hidden later. I’ll not go crazy with lots and lots of rust type washes but will try get the grey to look old
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Yea I can imagine! Tornados and tsunamis you don’t want to be playing silly games with! the all clear has been given here so everything back to normal.
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Off topic but if anyone is interested here is what a 15 min tsunami warning alert looks like, it arrives with an alarm that really gets your attention!
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Didn’t get to do much work on her today as last night we had a pretty good earthquake (7.3) at 2:30am just off the coast, so left the house for high ground and slept most of the morning. But painted the black water line strip. At the time I’m going for it hadn’t been made thicker and the standard size for a battleship was 6ft so that’s what I’m doing. No markings on the hull to show where the waterline is so just looked at pics and drawings and gave it a go. Main thing was trying to get it straight and not looking like a banana so redid it a few times. also did some pre shading for the above waterline part of the hull. Which will be next.
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Was wondering why I hadn’t seen this log earlier until I saw the dates! Haha looks fun! Will you do another group build eventually?
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My thoughts exactly from what I’d seen! Plus at the risk of loosing my momentum as it’s getting me through this build in good time so far so will ride it as long as I can! don’t know why there aren’t little detail books or PDFs designed just for us model makers. With just useful info to help fill the gaps from the kits to the real thing. Armour plates, at what times what upgrades were implemented. What dates port holes were filled in and which ones. Guess during a war no one things about these things and then they get rapid repairs then broken down for parts and scrap so it just becomes the past. But a book with just model building in mind like that would be super helpful!
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I agree! EG has a great set of knowledge on these things! I on the other hand never really looked into ship details at all until my last build! I’m constantly googling words that are used here to find out what’s being talked about! already this build has got details added or in the works just from bits you have all mentioned along the way! It’s why I really enjoy these build logs! Thanks
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It’s a good question unfortunately well above my knowledge base to answer. But the armour surly isn’t just one long piece so must be joins along the whole armour strip? I’m interested to know though! Will that be your next build? 700 scale again?
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Hey mate, I haven’t done anything about vertical panel lines or armour plates, might shade some in later but unsure. From pictures they are almost not visible so at this scale not sure if it would work? Some ships they are a really prominent feature but Warspite seems to hide hers quite well. what are your thoughts on it?
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Thanks, it’s always a bit of a gamble if you should do one more coat or should have done one less! I’ve been riding the enthusiasm train with this build so making pretty good progress each day, I’ve a feeling eventually there will be a time where it doesn’t get touched for a few days but for now I’m pretty happy! antifouling paint is on today, will grubby it up later on in the build once the hull is painted. Armour plates are visible so wasn’t a waste of tape haha!
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