RGL
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To answer your question Mr Taylor, it is pretty much used by armour modellers, and does need a fair bit of dilution but it deepens the colours and adds depth. If you go to U-Tube, and search Varyag or brother Moskva there is footage of both of them letting loose with all they have, in a way more awesome than any broadside in the sheer destruction over distance he carries.
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So, while waiting for the postman to bring my AK Blue Filter, I masked and then gave the superstructures 3 shades of grey. No sooner had I finished then Australia Post arrived so I could add the blue filter, which a) brings out the modulation and a) makes it NOT look like another IJN ship on my shelf. All thown togeather in a dry fit it should eventually come up ok. That is the bulk work done, now the small work which means I’m 50% done. You may notice the filthy great gap in the deck will be concealed.
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Just awesome, the bigger the ship to more tiny details to forget! I just don’t think I can face a battleship for a while. You’re doing a marvellous job.
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No, seriously that’s why I ask, Pat has been a very good mentor to me, and his former career makes him a subject matter expert (not to mention airbrush skills). So, my first racing stripe, ever! Tomorrow I’ll give him a coat of varnish.
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I did one lighter shade of grey to take away the over accent of the panels, then added grey to the multiple bollards etc. I did nothing to mask these pieces as would still be doing it in 2019. When I grunge it up it will cover a lot of sins. The hull just needs its’ white strip then I can seal it up with a varnish before I add the decals and start weathering
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So, I get a couple of hours in after work, bringing up the panel lines then blending them in. I Made a huge error and stripped a large section of paint off as I used too much thinner but quickly rectified it with an overspray and I’ll let it set now, I’m quite satisfied. Even more so if the tape comes away clean.
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As I had time, I painted up the last of the sides near the heliport and added some PE from spares, the did a LOT of masking. The first of the hull coat. You can see the panels on the side which I etched in. Back to work tomorrow so no progress for a while.
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Railings added (well, most of them, lots of little bits to add but im waiting for a blue filter to arrive (next year apparently) before I can progress. It looks very bland I know, but it should come up OK. There are 4 major belaying points for cage aerials yet to go.
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So, as I’m letting the hull set, I thought I’d give the funnels a coat. 2 shades of grey. The vents have come up quite nicely making the work worth it. I’ll place the radars /Fire controllers on, pin washes, railings, pin washes then railings, aerials etc. then a final blue wash.
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Now the red non slip. The grey bits remaining are mainly for superstructure. I will not weather the deck yet as all the little bollards etc will have to be painted. I plan to pretty much have the hull complete before I add any superstructure. The superstructures have all been primed and will be will be painted off kit.
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I filled in the gaps with black brown, then did red brown edges, then another overspray of black brown to dull it down. I think it came out OK, I’ll give it a few hours then put a satin varnish over it before masking before using a orange red for what I expect is non slain areas.
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Just to be a pest, but I don’t trust the 3D books. There’s a heap of references even on U-Tube and it does not make sense not to have it there. Happy xmas
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So, I get off work early today and look at the ship? What to do before Christmas? A bit of preshading on the steel deck. I like the colour but it needs work, the bits I don’t pre shade will have superstructure or red paint. As its xmas eve here, may you all be safe and well in your travels.
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Keeping my OCDin place, I’ve sprayed the deck, Steel grey which I might etch some weld lines into yet, then panel them with the airbrush. Once I get the deck correct, the rest should be fairly strait forward, I just need to let it all dry.
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I diffused below the hull with 2 coats of red and 1 of burnt sienna. To the naked eye it looks a lot more blended but there is weathering to go anyway. I’ll let it dry for a couple of hours, then do the chipping. I can then let it dry for a week as duty calls over Xmas so I’ll get some priming done of the superstructures done this afternoon.
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Thanks all. To accentuate the panels i have used some matt red and a card to keep strait lines. I’ll give it a little bit of time and then use a 25% red solution to overspray to fade it then a lighter coat on top of that.
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It helps define the panels/armour belts. If you have a look at my build of the Dreadnought and then compare it to my Isuzu build it will depict why I do it.
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and a few more of a real hull in the stages of a refit. I can still grunge him up a bit yet.
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I have a black Vajello primer, I love the colour but I hate the paint as it Boggs up the airbrush very quickly. It saves time with preshading but more importantly it shows up where I have missed.
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Small coats of chipping fluid, then filling the squares with coca brown. Next will be a dark red for the edges and some lighter colours for fading.
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