RGL
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And finally the ships boats, I have no idea what colour they should be so I kinda made it up.
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Airbrush for the primer coat, airbrushed the black for the black bits or grey for the predominance grey then hand painting. Add a wash then dry brushing.
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Back in the tools, flota nets, carley floats, bollards, fairleads, smoke pits, ready use lockers and search/signal lights
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I can only see a lot of the details with the magnifying glass. The depth charge throwers are a challenge to paint as the airbrush blows them away. I’ll keep Zulu tidy and beat up the Eskimo.
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Yep that’s the pinch really, it’s going to be a very busy couple of ships by the time I’ve finished.
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I’ve seen people put them on their ships painted with hairy sticks, unfortunately they are so detailed they only work with an airbrush. So the detail get lost. Different type of art really. I really enjoy PE still.
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Rear superstructure, searchlights, quad Pom Pom, secondary bridge equipment ammo boxes t go.
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I only imagine quite soon (I think Simon is finishing up the quad Pom Poms and some bridge equipment) but he’s apparently flat out with orders.
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I’ve gotten an advanced release set of Micromaster’s Tribal set. A few bits such as a quad Pom Pom missing (in development). Replaces the Trumpeter 1/350 Tribal kit buts pretty comprehensively with detail down to the micron (literally)
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I don’t think the big companies will copy it as it’s so complex. The naked eye is not good enough to see the details on these things. It’s kinda a balance between building and just painting. I love PE and I don’t know how much fun a complete 3D printed ship would be not that much fun and need a LOT of skil to paint it properly.
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I have good side cutters but they come off very easily. He still has a quad pompom to go and some other stuff.
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So fresh off the boat (or plane) from NZ, a test print of Micromaster’s Tribal class destroyers fit out. Still missing a few bits but as usual amazing stuff.
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As I said before, dandyfunk! The little grey blob is the Davit supplied in the kit, so a bit of a bash job from spares and a more respectable rendition. The brass winch is from Infini (not even mentioned in the instructions but on the plan and photos) and a little pile of wood stores. the rest of it is deck infil for want of a better term.
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Funnels done up and dry Fitted. I’ve done a heap of little dandyfunk things done up in the interim to fit out the decks. I so prefer the individual stanchions on my ships, but the difficulty is the lower rails are 3 rails as opposed to the upper works 2 rails.
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Yes saw that. I’ve done up the mast so it’s an easy fix to do up really. It should be easy to trim the rear parts of the tripod a mm or so to give it an angle.
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