RGL

Eventually. Soo much detail to go on yet. 

There you go, a nice clean deck! Note, do not add the 10 fairleads until after the deck is laid as you’ll have the same pain I just did. I’ll have the trim the edges so the stanchions can go in. 

Hull weathering done up to the point where I have to add the decks 

Just watched the Utube video, covers so much detail you cannot get in a photo 

Just to annoy, but, North Star make some very small chain links you can make very realistic chain from. But it hurts. A lot. And takes forever. 

I only use acrylics for the main paintwork. Chipping fluid from AK has some Utube videos on how to use. The washes and weathering is all enamels. The scale is so small you have to use an airbrush to avoid losing details. 

Yes mate

I really lost the detail of the side armour panels. So I scribed them again and gave them a dark grey enamel wash to bring out the detail. 

Now, a bit of Alge 

But wait! There’s more! 

The large grey bootstrap. The waterline is midway but apparently they rubbed off really easily due to the lack of enamel during the war. 

So, a quick mask, some chipping fluid, some grey, rub it off a bit. I’m really happy with where I’m at with this. I can now airbrush a waterline with green grunge and white for salt. I’m interstate for a week so nothing will get done. Then my plan is to put the deck on perhaps then do weathering. 

Doing the wetting for the worn effects, three layers of paint over the top is too much. Still comes up ok. 

Hull colour. First, 2 layers of chipping fluid.  

Next a blue grey undercoat

next a lighter grey highlighter for the panel lines

finally light grey overspray. 

Ill give a a couple of hours then do some chipping

I’m still very tempted to do one. I have the AOTS book, so lots of references. 

SMS Markgraf, a painting by Claus Bergen, shows up the lines very well. 

Well done mate 

Well, another quick coat of primer  to cover the new brass, then panels preshaded for chipping

Only Boxing Day. I’ll get the template to you Friday. It’s a lot of work to get the lower hull plate measurements correct, then when you do the holes for the booms it all comes together 

So, already knocking two pulleys off, the forward 88mm gun doors which the kit makes no reference to but every photo existing shows. 

So, about 4 hours work and the port side is done. Brackets, hull fittings, rings, ladders, pulleys etc. 

PE time. So much detail to add. 

Happy Xmas all. 

Happy Xmas Pat

Now, question to those of you that know boats, this open source photo shows alge on a hull. How long would it take to get this kind of build up? 

Now, the three sisters of grunge, grey black and green. Using very filter light grey to overspray, then diluted black to draw in the ribs, a light grey overspray again to tone it down. 

There will be a large dark grey bootstrap which I intend to almost rub off (all the references show it rubs off easily) then I can add a salt and green alge coat. 

Thanks OC. Now, next step, ruining a perfectly good paint job, chipping time. Grunge time next. . 

So, a couple of coats of chipping fluid then a base overcoat if Red Brown, and a highlight coat with Raw Sienna to bring up the highlights of the panels below the waterline.