mikegr

I just finished working on the 5 masts.

It took me 1 hour 20 min. They are very fragile.rigging is going to be a challenge

Placed over my future project, Bergamini class frigate 3d printed

I like the paper glue method over the foil. You can work better the wave form and direction of the waves with a brush. It takes more effort but worth it. There's no easy way out on this.

10 hours ago, king derelict said:

Today I used torn paper towels soaked with diluted white glue to soften the scuptamold surface and then pushed around the wet paper to form smaller surface details. Some edges have been left to help the modeling of the wakes around the hull.

This is now drying. I may add another layer tomorrow.

Thanks for looking in, the likes and the comments 

Alan

Try to shape the waves in a way they look they come from the same direction. Make a corridor at the stern for the wakes that should be almost flat 

I used self made mask and painting techniques to achieve the desired result

After camouflage painting the model began to look realistic. There were moments that I was about to give up but looks like its good I didn't

Next phase is working on the deck. After that, details will be added like cranes, guns and ofcourse aircrafts

Ok after a lot of mods I managed to finish the hull. There are more things to be done but this can't be done in a sensible piece of time especially in the aft area.

Anyway a light primer was sprayed mostly for the brass  representing the degaussing line

19 hours ago, king derelict said:

I was looking ahead a bit this afternoon while I was waiting for some paint to dry. Curiously the Monmouth kit has both turret types. The rounded one is on sprue “C” and is provided in the Montrose kit

In the Monmouth kit there is also a sprue “J” which has the earlier angled turret 

So, one problem less to deal with.

Alan

Too late 😂

Cannons, barrels, extra barrel rafts and both types of decoys launches

By the way the angled gun is the later stealth type. Should be combined with the Sea Send or (my guess)

My HMS Montrose kit

The 4 parts missing are the halfs of the 2 Sea Gnat  decoy launchers. 

However seems that type 23 ships have been updated

this heptagon device is called Sea Sendor, soon be replaced by trained launcher system

I already prepared a test file, not sure about the dimension of the Sea Send or but looks almost same high as a sailor, means approx 2.6mm in height

I noticed also that these ships seems are carrying the Mk1 Version of the 4.5" guns the one with the angles  not the rounded one provided in the kit.

I have a file for this and it was used  in my type 45 scratch built project. It should come along nice with the Sea Sendor update. Will also check if more pieces can be improved so I can use them on my own built.

After a lot of work the deck section is almost ready to attach. It will be a major task about 70% of the work has been done

21 minutes ago, king derelict said:

Thank you very much for your kind offer Mike.

The offending items are C35 and D4 in the instructions.

I have no idea what D4 is. They look like some sort of triple barrel weapon but nothing like that is listed in the ships inventory. Possibly they are chaff launchers

For reference the sprue is 3/32 inch or 2.5 mm thick so the bits are tiny. I got fairly close to the chaff dispenser ( if that’s what they are) by cutting down a spare quad fifty cal gun. The C35 radar at the front of the bridge was replaced by a bit of PE and spare styrene rod and I think it might be better than the original kit part.

Thanks again for the offer.

alan

I will check my HMS Montrose kit and get back to you 

What piece are you missing maybe I can print it

10 days without update but no day without work. The difficulties were too many to refer, testing, missfittings, retesting etc. Finally the result was satisfying and relatively accurate, though 100% accuracy is out of question

I made the portside platforms. Some fitted easily. In the biggest parts I was able to improve them by adding some PE parts. It will be a considerable improvement over the old model

The model is made by 3 main pieces.

The flight deck, the hangar area and the lower hull section.

I start working on the gun platforms around the main deck. These should be all removed and replaced by correct ones. Unfortunately these are part of the hangar deck, so I had to cut them using a low rpm rotary cutter. Then sand a lot to remove the excess plastic.

 The fist piece installed was the bow  platform set for the rocket launchers

Looks like there is a lot of work to be done. I estimate this project to be done before Christmas.

The superstructure is done. Details like searchlight, aa guns will be added later.

Some improvement on the gun platform and prime coating

I made the funnel pipes with 1mm wire. Unfortunately there was room for only 7 in diagram I see 10. Gun platforms were made and more PEs added, almost ready for priming

This is my reference

I Measured the angle between the front leg of the vertical tripod and the inclined funnel pipe only to find out that this is 32°. According to this I made the new funnel

After a lot of experimentation I made the funnel and the bridge structure to the desired size and shape. PE parts added

There's only one picture of Shinano available. I have Kagero's 3d book for reference.

Starting from the top I realized that the oval shape of the funnel is wrong. So I printed some replacements to experiment with a teardrop shape. 

The superstructure is also not compatible with the PE parts so I need to work with it also

Under the deck there is actually a Yamato class hull which seems that Tamiya used this to the Yamato or Mushasi model

Next 

IJN Shinano by Tamiya. An almost intact model in big size.

After washing the deck color was revealed

A world class job in 1/35

I wanted to build a base,  like a small presentation but without  spending much time. So I found a  some 3d files, however it took me all Sunday to adjusting to my preference and scale. Anyway I turned quite ok.

A couple of pics with the other beast.

My first base of the M1A1 was big and empty, the T-90 muddy terain was better even simple. The 3rd was nicer I think

I added the decals and did some light washing. Im looking for a medium effect

I added some equipment to fill in the empty space behind the turret. Next was the weathering by painting some areas with light shade. Then applied acrylic black wash all over but i made it thinner over the rougher horizontal surfaces to avoid excess accumulation of dark liquid. Tomorrow more shades will be applied