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This is the paint work done on the Independence today. More to follow tomorrow if everything goes well, landing deck and anti-foul hull paint. After that, the details can be added.
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It's the worst I ever had this Vallejo paint come out of the bottle. Don't know why. Most people I talk to say they use Vallejo Model Air paint straight from the bottle into their airbrush without any reducer. It doesn't work that way for me through my H&S airbrush. If I use it straight from the bottle, it will clog my airbrush every time...and I have even tried it with a larger needle and seat with the same results. Clogs, spitting, and sputtering. It's hard as heck to find a reduced mix ratio that will spray smoothly out of my airbrush. I have some AK Interactive paints on order as they are not available locally, but I was too impatient for them to arrive.
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When she went inside the paint booth and got her first coat of gray paint, I was shocked, it looked horrible! Lumpy, bumpy, and just outright horrible. Vallejo Model Air paints. So I was almost persuaded to wash it all off and start over again, except all the photo etch I put on would be ruined if I did that, as I use a water based acrylic glue for PE, not CA. Second thought was to put another wet coat on and just let it sit all night in hopes it would level itself out while drying. Bingo! It worked. Completely leveled itself out overnight and averted a disaster. if it hadn't leveled out to look decent, I was ready to scrap the whole model and start over again with a new kit. Whew...close call. At the moment, I am weathering the model with pigments, starting from the bow and working toward the stern. Will add some more pigments and a wash or two to get the effect I want. Hopefully, will get this stage of the pigments finished by the end of the day.
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This is the last time you'll see this vivacious, lovely, combat ship naked. She's now ready for paint. I've added all the photo etch I intend to add before paint, so hopefully tomorrow I'll have the beginnings of some paint on her and execute a plan of attack to give her full dress.
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I thought about the same thing you did, Lou. Maybe the deck tie downs were a later development and your photo was an earlier prototype. Since this ship can be mission equipped in anti submarine warfare, I know there are better, more sophisticated anti submarine warfare weapons than depth charges.
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This makes sense. I'll bet the two of you are right. Never saw rafts in a canister like that before now, but it's a new and modern age. Thanks!
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Anyone know what these are? I've been looking for reference that would give me information on what appears to be depth charges located on starboard and port sides of the ship at the stern. I don't think they are actually depth charges, but they look very similar to it. Hopefully there is a knowledgeable person who can shed some light on this. Again, this picture is borrowed from Navsource. I added the red arrow to show the area in question.
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I missed it when it was here, but the photo I shared that shows the deck tie downs was taken in St. Petersburg, Fl, just about 25 miles from my home. They had an open house for the public to come aboard and show off the new ship. Unfortunately, I found out too late and missed it. As I understand it, the ship was built in Mobile, Alabama.
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Another facet of the ship that fascinates me is the small crew it requires to run it. Less than 50 crew personnel. And it's not a particularly small ship, either. I know it's crazy, but I ordered a set of modern .50 caliber gun mounts that are located on the stern of the ship. At this scale, even if I can build them, it will take a macro shot to show they are there. These ships can be mission equipped for just about any mission imaginable. That's what is so unique about them besides the fact they can operate in such shallow water.
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Lou Here is a photo I borrowed from Navsource, https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj6m_W898fcAhVr7oMKHWBDCvYQjRx6BAgBEAU&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.navsource.org%2Farchives%2F15%2F1502.htm&psig=AOvVaw0yNQ52FVU8Z_q-OfqGuQfJ&ust=1533078184672617
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Adding photo etch details continues. Lots of very small pieces.
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Very well done, OC. You are systematically building a great battleship. The attention to detail is very well evident.
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Brother, that's a masking masterpiece. You put in a lot of hard work masking that camo, and it paid off. Beautiful!
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The Germans did have wire-guided versions of the Fritz X bombs to counter the jamming techniques employed by the Allies on their radio controlled bombs. You can read a brief mention of it here: http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/the-azimuth-smart-bombs-of-world-war-ii/
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That's probably correct, Lou. I think they might have had one type of bomb that was radio controlled, and another that was fly by wire. Can't recall which was which.
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Many times I have thought how easy it might have been as a rear gunner on a Dauntless dive bomber to have accidentally shot the vertical stabilizer of the aircraft while in a feverish battle with an enemy fighter. But the slow and deliberate fire of ship guns, not so much.
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A minor addition, but a solid improvement over the kit gun barrel.
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I'm pretty sure part of the basic training for a gunnery mate aboard the Bismarck would have been not to fire the secondary guns into the crane.
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I noticed that Peddinghaus does a complete set of decals for a 1:200 Scharnhorst, including the hull camo. I am guessing these were designed for the Hachette Scharnhorst as I've never seen another except in paper.
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1:200 scale details look just amazing. Beautiful job you're doing on your model, Semore. What are you planning as a followup to the Bismarck. Too early to tell?
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A modest start to construction of the USS Independence Littoral Combat Ship 2. Pictured are a few of the details to be added to the model to enhance the kit supplied parts. First, the Veterans Models Ratheon Searam Anti Ship Missile system. Next are a set of Model Master brass masts, antennae, and main gun barrel. Then there is the kit-supplied photo etch. Three photo etch sheets in total, there are two sheets of the details shown in the second picture. The hull is split into two main parts, upper and lower. Here is an interesting video of the Ratheon Searam Anti Ship Missile Syetem.
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