RGL
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Masking, line marking then dry transfers (I’m happy with the gaps in the lines as I’ll be weathering those bits The mask lifted tiny bits of paint from the metal fittings which I’ll repair later. The 1mm length markers are pretty cool.
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Well I worked all over Christmas so I finally got some work done on the deck, the metal inserts for the deck joins, arrestor gear cables, elevator boundaries, tomorrow I’ll finish off the remaining 100 or so Tie down inserts and cable lifts and I can then mask and do the deck numbers. It’s a very blue deck which I will then have to weather which is a new learning experience but should be fun.
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Thanks folks. next the raisin d’être, the flight deck. This will be a major works in itself. lay deck trim deck do PE, paint deck (with provided stencils) add Dry transfers weather deck
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Now I can park the airbrush for this part of the hull I can remove all the tape and show off the interior. Blue grey filter on the blue bits and some more grunge to dull down the boot strap.
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How cool are dry transfers? tape is off, bootstrap looks OK, now filters and weathering
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An overspray of grey blue and I’m pretty happy with a mottled finish looks about the right shade of blue to my eye.
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Very very blue; I can experiment a bit to what I’m happy with. This photo, which I’m pretty sure is from 1943 shows a lighter blue grey on the gun shield compared to the “sea blue” behind it. I’m thinking this will probable approximate what I’m after.
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There are basically no decent photos in colour, and the MS scheme basically says a dark ish blue, but even the black and white photos would not look so light grey if it were dark blue if that makes sense?
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Highlighting the hull plates. I now need to do a brue grey Blending overspray them maybe some filters.
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The ship blue is so dark as to be invisible so I intend to brighten it up a lot before weathering
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Paint time, base coat of sea blue then normal blue, this lighter blue will be the base for the gantries, floater baskets and radio towers
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I was thinking of crimping some thin brass Wire, or maybe some me thin thread thickened with white glue. There are 54 to fill up.
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Floater net baskets, there are 54 on the ship that I can count, I’ve cut and bent 60 plus the two separate support arms. My back hurts, my eyes hurt. ready for glue but I’m off for a drink.
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Its pretty easy to lose track, the temptation is to do it all then paint but you just forget bits which you can't get to, especially ladders, plus forward planning for weathering.
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Finally finishing the catwalk structures. Every platform has individual gussets beneath. Whilst there are lots of ladders and other details such as floater baskets to be added to them, these are now good enough to stick on the sides of the flight deck. My intention is to prime them first to look for glaring errors then paint them off model so as I can add as much detail as possible then, as the deck will of course be a nightmare to stick on so I don’t want to have to do it with all this tiny fragile stuff.
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Starboard side aft radio array, the Pontos stuff is lovely but does not factor in that they need to be lowered for flight ops. Not overly accurate but a small piece of plastic under lets it sit properly. Also these photos from life magazine show them down as well as a shot of the Essex fully loaded
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Now, after much consultation I believe the next bit is gasoline lines. The kit gives a half baked attempt at them, so a little bit of plumbing work ....
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Thanks, now the hull is together it’s fun again, The level of detail is somewhat limited by how much reference I can find.
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Port side catwalks. I’ve added details like microphone boxes and speakers, with controls for the arrestor cables, fire hydrants and gasoline stations to be added later after painted off ship. I’ll probably do the gasoline pipes on this side next before moving to starboard as they have some somewhat “complex” radio towers which I need to figure out how to sling outboard. These is a LOT of detail to go yet. IMG_1323.MOV
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