RGL

Awesome work mate, what’s next!?!

26 minutes ago, CDW said:

Does this ship carry cruise type missiles in those large launchers?

She looks lean and mean.

Go to page 1 for photos 

Much to the dismay of Banyan, I have done a bit of weathering. Salt, rust, grunge, some light pastels. You can just see the anchors which are resin aftermarket for Japanese ships, with the stock cut half way down the shaft, the kit provided blob was just horrible. The chains and stoppers were replaced, the hawser holes drilled out and rusted chains added to the tops of aftermarket anchor stocks jutting out of the holes. Getting there. 

Railings are on. I painted the actual “wire” parts black, but it reminds me why I like individual stanchions. A quick run around with some matte varnish next to cover any shiny glue spots then finally some weathering. 

That will I’ll just leave the cage arials, the boys and helicopter. 

Mr. K is very good. His logs are excellent 

I’ve thrown on the CIWS, radar, rocket launcher and a heap of whip arials. The main gun is on but not glued down. I’ll finish painted the arials once the railings are on.

7 hours ago, CDW said:

Very realistic.  Beautiful model.

 

I noticed you don't have your IJN ISE listed in your completed builds. An oversight or ?

Just never got around to it. The bloke I’ve learnt a lot from has just posted photos of a DDG in completed models, he is an awesome modeller. 

The life rafts and fire controllers added, the only railings to go plate on the sides. The SS-N-19’s are added, the numbers are very stark and will have a coat of matte varnish before weathering. 

The final bits have been primed and will need a few days to get ready. 

The back deck is done, I will have a helicopter parked here. 

And finally the main gun

The Anti submarine rocket launcher 

The CIWS

Kite Screech

I read in an online forum the other day how those who make models tanks and model planes are better modellers. I’m calling BS as they have a) never made a tall ship and (b) work in much bigger scales. 

There is a LOT of aftermarket for both air and land, and an increasing amount for sea. The plastic blobs can only be beaten up so much to look real. 

The main gun, the CIWS (think Darleks from Dr Who, see if you can pick the kit provided one) anti submarine rockets and the kit screech fire control radar are all available in aftermarket.  

It is very red isn’t it, almost orange! I won’t grunge up the rest of the decks until all the details are added, (there’s a lot to go), and then I’ll probably use pastels. The upper hull has not been touched yet as I wanted to add the frames that’s hold the SS19’s as they have scuppers on the real thing (which I have added) and the railings as well so I know where the rust and grunge streaks will orintate themselves on the hull. 

I think Soviet propaganda would not allow photos of dirty ships, and this beast is circa mid 70’s. HD photos of him these days show a lot of sins covered by paint. 

IJN grey, modulated with gull grey then oversprayed with 50% light grey all covered with a blue filter. 

Sides added, a fair bit of touch up to do. 

The main superstructure was glued down today. There is a heap of aftermarket to go on this, a radar, rocket launchers, CiWs and probably about 10 whip arials (as they are acupuncture needles they need to go on after also I don’t put them through my hand). 

I’ve grunged it up a bit and tried to dry fit the 16 rocket canisters on the side which should fit flush to the hull but they don’t. Meh. 

Next is to throw a weeks with of preparation, the SAMs, fire controllers, davits with added details (seriously they were plastic sticks), battle cameras, the life bouy canisters, a few more winches 

The crane, apart from the plastic frame is pretty much scratch built. Also you can see the tannoy and the first of 2 ships bells. 

It more so the manual handling of att hung railing that does it I think. I’ve now glued down the stacks and the hangar plus the tops of the rocket silos. 

The hangar, everything has been glued on but not weathered yet. The thing about PE railing is no matter how well it’s primed, the paint chips off. 

One update PE set plus scratch/spares. I have finally received all of the other aftermarket for him being the guns and rocket launchers 

Apart from a pedestal that will belay part of the cage arial assembly (in the centre of the circle of railing), I’m pretty much finished this bit. I will paint the whip arials black (they are acupuncture needes) and rust her up a tad. 

The two black blobs immediatly in front in front of the stacks are great big fenders. In the drone footage from 2017 in Hong Kong they are visible I’ll grunge tho area up a bit yet. 

The little platforms on each each side with the target rings are the same as the real thing and I used spares glued onto pedestals.