HMAS Vendetta 1925 by cog, popeye the sailor, and RGL - FINISHED - Showcase Models -1/350 - PLASTIC

[Old Collingwood]

Like greg said  - the camo looks the business, reminds me of someone elses build around here

 

OC.

Edited June 14, 2018 by Old Collingwood

[lmagna]

I have to follow behind Greg and OC. I like the camo pattern as well. Must mean that you made a good choice as everyone knows I have impeccable taste! 

[popeye the sailor]

thanks Greg...make me feel good that you like it    your levels above me.  I added some extra to her,  seeing that it's a long hull.   now if I can only get the deck to look good.   I'll be sure to add the two white stripes on the aft funnel  {the 7th destroyer flotilla}

here is her earlier camo

[popeye the sailor]

thanks OC and Lou..........you must be a connoisseur  Lou

[RGL]

You can see the after torpedo tubes have been landed and it looks like the added a sideboard near the rear cannon platform as the paintwork rises above deck level. 

 

Needed to to make some room for my next build. 

Edited June 14, 2018 by RGL

[cog]

Yupz, we decided, bossman 'n me, it was not to be, so it wasn't hard to decide to get going ...

 

4 hours ago, popeye the sailor said:

...all the way from the Czech republic !   I have all the railings,  doors,  gussets,  and ladders I will ever need!

You'll think you will ever need ...

 

You are pulling a fast one ... as usual in the beginning, but ... then you will come up with the tiny omissions/changes/addititions/improvements ... maybe I can even twist your arm to do some out of the blue ...

 

The red looks rather like flat red on the sheet, but it isn't. Wrote that somewhere in the beginning. RGL built it up with several shades, besides the real shading, and highlighting he added. Look at the Tamiya linoleum decking for the colour, that comes quite close, especially if you add some red, or add that to some red. Which one has got to do with the quantity of paint required to get the right mix - when adding light to dark you require more paint, than the other way around, quite logical, but often forgotten in the heat of painting ... examples: pink - add red to white, soften up red - add white to red. darken red - add dark grey (for modelling, do not use black)  So far paint lesson #2 or is it #3 ...

 

I would have expected the camo to be more sharp lined not so much roundish, at least that is what I've seen mostly, some times a large round line but mostly sharp turns e.a., the RN G & H class destroyers didn't have the female touch in camo. It did turn out well ... she has something wild about her ... first see how it turns out when you added camo to the structures above the deck ... that will be a challenge ... so far ... well done Denis

 

I don't know what they added to the bow, that large squarish crate. The aft torpedo's should have been replaced by 20mm oerlikon or pom-poms, it'll probably have been the oerlikon, straight from the USN

Edited June 14, 2018 by cog

[RGL]

The square thingy on the bow is a building in the back ground. By 1945 the a turret was replaced by a depth charge thrower and the overhang under the B turret was shortened. 

 

There is a description in the AWM photographs but no clear images. 

[cog]

any better

 

you could do something like this instead ...

Edited June 14, 2018 by cog

[popeye the sailor]

I've seen those pictures on that forum.......that's a big ship he's building!   the picture is the Waterhen,   with the Stewart along side.  I've actually seen quite a few pictures of the Waterhen........should have book marked that site 

 

for me......yes.   I don't plan on going hog wild with the PE,  but one never knows.   I can look at the Titanic and see if any of it can be used for her as well.... hopefully not much of a scale difference.   I'm aware of paint mixing.......the illustration appears red like that because it's printed on white...that and the fact that it has a glossy finish.   I didn't use a primer....the gray plastic shadows it well enough I think....it doesn't look too red,  now that it has fully cured.  the camo isn't jagged or straight...commonly seen on most war ships....I haven't done a camo job like this for quite some time.  once I get the decals on,  it will look much better.

   it's also the reason why I chose this camo......looking at the earlier camo,  it shows a lot more above the deck,  and it will allow me to use the gunship gray more on deck as well.  I don't plan on buying anything special....as far as I can see,  in '41 she had both torpedo launchers and all four guns.  it's just too bad that the kit doesn't offer any variant choices,  like some kits do.   at first,  I wasn't happy with drill'in out the portholes.  now that I see it painted,  I'm a lot more satisfied with it.

[RGL]

It’s absolutely up to you old boy on how you want the outcome to be. I use primer as paint lifts if I don’t as I mask. I use Tamiya rattle can primer on and PE and have learnt to rub the plastic down with nail polish remover, particularly on large areas as the grease from fingerprints sticks. 

 

I’m yet to find a decent acrylic primer. 

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

I haven't had it happen to me much,  but I do look out for it.   I 'rinse' my hands off quite a bit.......the admiral likes it because I will sometimes offer to wash the dishes     finger prints are my biggest issue,  I'm better able to keep them under control this way.   I just got done decanting a 1 3/4 oz bottle of the rust red primer.......now I gotta let it de-gas and warm up.   I could have used it for the bottom paint....with the gray plastic,  it would have toned down a lot more than the red paint did.   it's done....no going back   

[Louie da fly]

There's a model of the Waterhen at Ballina Maritime Museum, as I discovered while on holiday - see 

 

Steven

[RGL]

I knew there would be some gems like this around. 

[cog]

16 minutes ago, Louie da fly said:

There's a model of the Waterhen at Ballina Maritime Museum, as I discovered while on holiday - see 

 

Steven

Thanks for that Steven, if only I lived a few miles closer ... maybe just the reason to visit downunder ...

 

4 minutes ago, RGL said:

I knew there would be some gems like this around. 

You just didn't look hard enough, or you have a somewhat foggy view mate, need a new prescription on your glasses ...

[RGL]

Hahah, New South Wales is probably a fair bit bigger than Holland 

[cog]

picking on me country ... that's low RGL you should take someone of your own size, preferably bigger ................. hmmphfff

 

Steven saw your topic. Very nice, a pitty Greg didn't come up with that information, but wha can you expect ... Canbrrrr

[Louie da fly]

Well Greg could always drive up there to see the Waterhen model (only 1,013 km). Or fly (2.5 hours on Virgin). But I suspect the models you guys are making could well be more accurate anyway . . .

 

Steven

[cog]

Much appreciated, your vote of confidence makes the challenge even bigger, Steven

 

Nearly forgot, Yesterday I got the paravanes to replace the kit's ones, started on the winch, which took me about an hour's fiddling, nearly ruined the thing when I squeezed just a tad to hard ... fortunately I could correct it without the usual breakage ...

[RGL]

He’s right about Canbrrrr at the moment. It looks warmer at the soccer competition going on up north. 

[cog]

Just now, RGL said:

He’s right about Canbrrrr at the moment. It looks warmer at the soccer competition going on up north. 

That's a five star answer RGL <tears from laughing>

[popeye the sailor]

still working on her..........I played with the PE doors.   I tried to scrape off the molded doors without losing the other detail,  but I nicked a couple of portholes in the process.

had some trouble trimming off the sprue mark on the aft funnel's pipe in the rear.   coated it with cement and let it dry over night......I'll trim it off today.

I did the aft structure too......painted the bow and stern areas with gunship gray.   I also noticed that I'll need to drill a hole aft of the fore structure,  so I can fit the mast through to the main deck.

[cog]

I replaced the 1/5" heigh vent pipes by brass rod with a dot of glue on top. Easier than cleaning up the ones from the kit ... you'll see. Drilled the holes for those too, for a somewhat firmer fitting. You are progressing nicely, Denis. I found a detail drawing, and picture of the bridge, which may be of interest to you, some more tidbits to add ... Post it for you later this evening

 

(by the way, already got a new job ... pulled a fast one .. me thinks)

[Jack12477]

6 minutes ago, cog said:

(by the way, already got a new job ... pulled a fast one .. me thinks)

Congrats !  Is it in your same field ?

[popeye the sailor]

good to hear Carl.......what will you be doing?    PE railings stink!

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, cog said:

I replaced the 1/5" heigh vent pipes by brass rod with a dot of glue on top. Easier than cleaning up the ones from the kit ... you'll see. Drilled the holes for those too, for a somewhat firmer fitting. You are progressing nicely, Denis. I found a detail drawing, and picture of the bridge, which may be of interest to you, some more tidbits to add ... Post it for you later this evening

 

(by the way, already got a new job ... pulled a fast one .. me thinks)

Congrats on the job mate.

 

OC.

[cog]

Jack, Denis, OC, thanks, less programming, more management ... pay still sucks ...

 

Denis,

PE railings do not stink, or brass must have gotten a strange odeur ... they are a pain ... very much so, but only if you let be

 

this thread might be interesting for a.o. it's drawings. The big blob on a stick in front of the range finder is the range finder controler ... you can see that in the afore mentioned thread

 

Cheers

[RGL]

Good progress Popeye. 

[cog]

Ah, the other one woke up! Morning Greg!!

[Old Collingwood]

16 minutes ago, cog said:

Ah, the other one woke up! Morning Greg!!

Im confused  - I  stuck one of our clocks upside down for Greg  but I am still confused.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Anyway greg/dennis and all,   when you gonna come and say hi on my fresh sub build..........Im lonely  on there.

 

OC.