RKR Varyag by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC - Slava-class cruiser

[RGL]

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. 

[cog]

Quite a colourful one for a warship ... she wouldn't resemble an IJN overly, but in the end most look a like, especially from a distance. It's as if those manufacturers have been looking to much at modern car development ...

 

She starts to look like a ship Greg. Nice going. I am, though, curious to the effect of your AK blue filter

 

Cheers ... hope you keep a steady hand after your beer consumption.

Edited January 3, 2018 by cog

[RGL]

Never drink and model....

[popeye the sailor]

looks awesome Greg.........I love to see dry fits like this   

[CDW]

Yes indeed, this model is exceptional. Seeing a modern warship is such a rare treat, here. And this one is a real looker.

[BANYAN]

Nice progress Greg, he is looking great with it nice new coat of paint   Thanks for your kind words, but I think I will turn to you for airbrush advice now you are way ahead of me in technique these days.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[mtaylor]

Not what I would call a pretty ship.  Not the classic lines of a battle wagon or cruiser but she/he looks deadly.  I'd hate to be on the receiving end of those missiles.   Looks very good from here, Greg.  I'm looking forward to this all coming together.  Just curious... what is AK Blue Filter?  Googling it has me confused.

[RGL]

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. 

Edited January 4, 2018 by RGL

[RGL]

The lower hull is now weathered, I’m yet to add a few bits of rust here and there, but a light overspray of grey grunge, with dilute black on the bottom over that and a ring or green Alge around the sides. I just feel it looks less like a toy (which it is really I can just afford to spend more on one) and more like a replica. 

[mtaylor]

Thanks Greg.  I hope I wasn't insulting but this ship is something else... pure, lean, and mean.   

 

Oh.. and call me Mark.  Mr.Taylor is my father. 

[RGL]

No offence taken Mark, I like to find different ships. This one is a bit old and clunky to build. The PE is from last decade, but the new stuff coming out is amazing and I get bored easily 

[cog]

3 hours ago, mtaylor said:

Oh.. and call me Mark.  Mr.Taylor is my father. 

 

Greg it makes him feel rather old, and maybe he has some youth issues with the connotation

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... and I get bored easily

 

Ah, now I see why you build the entire Japanese navy

[RGL]

I only built 3! 

[RGL]

Plodding along, lots of little pieces to put together and paint. 

 

The life raft capsules sizes are supposed to slot into the deck but the real thing has them on racks  with black straps. Sprayed them white, have them a wash and added some denier thread as the black straps. 

[RGL]

So today I also did the anchor chains (the kit gives you a rubbish molded one, painted all the little bits that go around the superstructures that I have to add to it before I can throw it together. 

 

They’ll all need a black wash and a lighter dry brush before being added. As an example, the little grey thimbles are 1/350 PA’s from LArsenal in France. The real ship is covered in them like a teenagers pimples. 

[popeye the sailor]

so many tiny parts.........quite an assembly line you have there  

[BANYAN]

All nice detail and should look great on the model on the model Greg; slow but good progress.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[RGL]

Apart from a pedestal that will belay part of the cage arial assembly (in the centre of the circle of railing), I’m pretty much finished this bit. I will paint the whip arials black (they are acupuncture needes) and rust her up a tad. 

 

The two black blobs immediatly in front in front of the stacks are great big fenders. In the drone footage from 2017 in Hong Kong they are visible I’ll grunge tho area up a bit yet. 

 

The little platforms on each each side with the target rings are the same as the real thing and I used spares glued onto pedestals.

[CDW]

Greg, all these details are from one update set, or did you have to find and source them individually? A lot of extra details here for sure.

[RGL]

One update PE set plus scratch/spares. I have finally received all of the other aftermarket for him being the guns and rocket launchers 

[RGL]

The hangar, everything has been glued on but not weathered yet. The thing about PE railing is no matter how well it’s primed, the paint chips off. 

[popeye the sailor]

there's always the touch ups at the end of the project.......results this good tell us you've got plans for those mere paint chips    this structure is no different....such superb workmanship     the PE additions really detail the structure and accents the molded detail you decided to leave.  your log is a joy to watch   

[cog]

21 hours ago, RGL said:

The thing about PE railing is no matter how well it’s primed, the paint chips off.

Someone wrote that he blackend the PE before painting, which made the pimer stick much better ... I haven't tried it yet, but will

[RGL]

It more so the manual handling of att hung railing that does it I think. I’ve now glued down the stacks and the hangar plus the tops of the rocket silos. 

[BANYAN]

That is  one very fine looking model Greg, the paintwork effects are very realistic.  if you placed a sea/sky background behind it it would be hard to tell the difference to the real thing.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[RGL]

The crane, apart from the plastic frame is pretty much scratch built. Also you can see the tannoy and the first of 2 ships bells. 

[RGL]

Next is to throw a weeks with of preparation, the SAMs, fire controllers, davits with added details (seriously they were plastic sticks), battle cameras, the life bouy canisters, a few more winches 

[BANYAN]

Very nice detail Greag and a good job on 'bashing' the very ordinary items into very presentable details.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[popeye the sailor]

looks awesome Greg!   

[RGL]

The main superstructure was glued down today. There is a heap of aftermarket to go on this, a radar, rocket launchers, CiWs and probably about 10 whip arials (as they are acupuncture needles they need to go on after also I don’t put them through my hand). 

 

I’ve grunged it up a bit and tried to dry fit the 16 rocket canisters on the side which should fit flush to the hull but they don’t. Meh.