RGL
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A little more work on the main guns, the blast bags completed and painted, the gun tubs added and the first wash applied to bring out detail before weathering.
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I expect the trusses hold the bottom of the blast bags and the wings are range finders.
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Public domain?
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Moving on with the mains guns whilst the hull sets, after the primer coat, some pre shading then filling it in and overspraying. Then a lighter highlight Then masking to bring up sharp edges with 50/50 mix of light grey and white Finally a grey filter added to tone it down. next will be the blast bags and gun tubs, then washes and weathering.
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I used the .4mm for the hull overspray but the .15 for the primer as there as so many little bits, and I thinned the AK primer by about 20-% continually cleaning the nozzle. Worked fine.
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I did think about that, and it took several hours with a piece of paper and the airbrush, but it creates a shadow effect which I'm after. I will eventually add grunge to the base of the hull, rust, grime, salt and slime lines as well for weathering so a lot to go yet to dull it down. I'm loving the H&S airbrush at the moment as it's a bit of a scalpel and with the thinned paint it dries quickly and you don't lose any detail. The handrails on top of the guns did not even have their eyelets clogged which a rattle can will do.
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Yes OC the armour belts are raised by about .1mm or scribed. The guns are huge even in this scale.
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Progress, Main guns primed, and a few other bits and pieces.Now to wait 24 hours and I can start preshading.
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This morning I oversprayed the hull with a 60% diluted Raw Sienna colour to mute the preshading lines and darken the hull, which really makes the whole effect much more subtle. The ship is not in dock for a week to dry whilst I start priming other things such as the guns.
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Good, I was supposed to go to a regatta is Sydney where it was 44 but it got cancelled so I have a few days of quality desk time. It only got to 40 degrees here. The airbrush work is improving and I'm a lot more comfortable for the practice with it.
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Ok, now I've painted all the squares, i filled in all the spaces with red, then oversprayed the hull with more red. That's the thing with red, it's soo translucent, Then I highlighted all the panels with a lighter red, toning down the back preshading. It actually looks a lot better in real life as the iphone camera does notcut it.. I intend to do a filter over the top then some very light dry brushing to really highlight the panels. I did not do the ribbed version as I previously explained it does not make sense. Then I can move upwards to do the upper hull after I leave it for a week to dry to I can mask it safely. Then the weathering....
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No mate, I could only build the one type of each ship! You monster would mean I'd need a bigger study and I only moved house 2 years ago. Having the wooden base makes you a purist!
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One is enough.
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This is going to take up a LOT of space
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It is a shell hit, it's obviously the same thickness but not the real thing I suppose. The particular piece of armor tested was the 26-inch frontal armor for one of the Shinano’s 18-inch turrets located in the Kure naval yards after ww2. The Shinano was never made but it was the same class. The U.S. Navy shot it point blank with a 16-inch shell. The resulting impact penetrated and ripped the armor apart. While this showed that a 16-inch shell could penetrate the Yamato’s armor, it’s unlikely that it would have done so at distance. This piece of armor tested by the navy is now on display at the Washington Navy yard. Reference http://www.byronhartshorn.com/
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You can never have enough PE! I just don't want to spend $250 for about 20 pieces. Ok, it's PE envy. A lot of the PE was designed for the old tool which will not translate to the new. I can see Cog might be an Aussie given his sense of humour.
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I don't like the one piece railings for some reason. Tamiya designed it for after market and the wire does not bend well but it works with ezline with the stanchions. That way you don't have a rail on the deck and it does not pull if you hit it. I will have to test how it takes paint, but I used it in my Emden and Varyag and liked the effect. Have a look, it comes out OK. We forget as photos are very forgiving with a crap camera. I used the Tamiya rattle can for the bulk of the hull and will use Ak from here on in, it's just for ease, but you do have to sand it back as the rattle can picks ups anything floating in the air and presses it into the ship. It sticks to brass and plastic really well. I have found that gluing brass to brass with a paint barrier does not work well, so I have a lot of work to do with rigging points to do yet for the ships arials. The airbrush is a dream as the paint goes to about 1mm coverage and coffee does not help at all, given the size of the hull there is no such thing as a 50cm strait line. I'm looking forward to progressing with the build but a week of dayshift, coaching and a trip to Sydney next weekend for a regatta will slow me down
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So, as much as I want to show the ribs, it does not make sense. The armor bands were so thick it would not be visible. This shot is Yamato armour from the US navy. So, getting the hang of this airbrush thingy, and preshading the panel lines. I want to leave the paint to set before masking so I finished the main guns, including the instrument platforms on the barrels and individual stanchions. I was going to use wire but it just bends and crimps hopelessly so I will use ezline.
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Cog, I have put the funnel from the old tool to compare with the new. As you can see the new is a bit taller and wider. The New tool comes with internal baffles in PE, I just had to add ladders. I don't know if Mushasi was much different tho.
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