HMS King George V by RGL - FINISHED - Tamiya - 1/350 - PLASTIC

[RGL]

Pre drill the holes into the hull, then predrilled Blocks of wood glued into the hull. 

 

[popeye the sailor]

hull camo looks great Greg..........got bounced out of here earlier today {updates}.   really nice paint work  

[Old Collingwood]

40 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

hull camo looks great Greg..........got bounced out of here earlier today {updates}.   really nice paint work  

Yeah  the site looks like its had a fresh paint job.

 

OC.

[RGL]

After 2 solid days of masking, and a couple of hours of painting, the bulk of the superstructure camo done and dryfitted. There is a lot to fix up and weather but this was so time consuming. I can now start some detail work. 

[CDW]

Brother, that's a masking masterpiece. You put in a lot of hard work masking that camo, and it paid off. Beautiful!

[Old Collingwood]

Great work there greg, the different colors in the camo really set each other off,   was the super structures all masked up and sprayed or any hand painting there?

 

OC.

[RGL]

All spray so far, one black section is the wrong colour so I overpainted it by hand. 

[Old Collingwood]

Greg   the blue sections  - are they lifecolor blue grey?

 

OC.

[RGL]

The light blue is Lifecolour B5, the dark is Tamiya. The light blue in the photo was brushed over an incorrectly applied black. 

 

Flyhawk makes some RN stanchions which are tiny 3 rail things. This is going to take a while. Lots of carley floats as well. 

[Landrotten Highlander]

Have been quietly following you build.  Must say this camouflage combined with the research makes this such a beautiful ship I am actually considering attempting this myself.

 

Slainte gu mhath

L.H.

[RGL]

Feel free to join in, if you use the Pontos upgrade you’re better off getting the Prince  of Wales as that’s is what they designed the PE for (and it has aircraft for it unlike the KGV. You have the option of 1940 to 1943 that ways. If you want to do the 44/45 version you’ll need more AA guns for the modified boat deck. 

[Landrotten Highlander]

Anybody can point me to a company in Europe ( preferably UK) that can reliably provide me with Pontos upgrades?

Also, what basic ship do you use?  I have experience with Tamiya and find them of good quality.  Compared to them the likes of Heller and Revell fall short.

 

Slainte gu mhath

L.H.

[RGL]

As I said, the Tamiya Prince of Wales Kit is what Pontos used as the base kit for their set. I got my Pontos upgrade from Korea (Hobbydecal) but I have no idea where you would get it in the UK

[Old Collingwood]

So those are seperate stantions and you have used wire that pushed through eyelets in the stantions  -  Incredible.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

6 hours ago, Landrotten Highlander said:

Anybody can point me to a company in Europe ( preferably UK) that can reliably provide me with Pontos upgrades?

Also, what basic ship do you use?  I have experience with Tamiya and find them of good quality.  Compared to them the likes of Heller and Revell fall short.

 

Slainte gu mhath

L.H.

Give these guys a try   -    https://www.sovereignhobbies.co.uk/collections/pontos-model

 

OC.

[Landrotten Highlander]

Ta, Old Colingwood, I will

[Old Collingwood]

26 minutes ago, Landrotten Highlander said:

Ta, Old Colingwood, I will

No problem good luck  I will look out for your build when you start it.

 

OC.

[cog]

1 hour ago, Old Collingwood said:

Give these guys a try   -    https://www.sovereignhobbies.co.uk/collections/pontos-model

 

OC.

Although, you can often get it cheaper on ebay ... even with shipping & handling ...

[RGL]

Ebay can be incredibly cheap, but I bought some stuff from Starling hobbies (UK) last weekend and it arrived in OZ on Wednesday, it’s all about shipping practices 

[Landrotten Highlander]

I closed my ebay accoumt some time ago because of 2 things:

1) I had shipping issues that both the seller and ebay refused to look into

2) I do miniature painting, and I found it increasingly annoying that so much of their 'recommended' stuff came from known recasters (people who buy a figure from a reputable manufacturer and recast them (inferior quality) at a fraction ofthe price.  It came to a point that it was nearly impossible to determine if an unusual figure wasrecast or not.  Since I am a bit bored with most sculpters approaches (too static or the same pose for different subjects) the novel pieces are what gives me pleasure, and for that I am willing to pay the (sometimes relatively high) price those limit ededitions bring.  I am on a miniature forum, and all manufacturers that are on there report having the same problem and ebay not giving them adequate protection.

 

So I chose to leave ebay and focus on going back to the more old fashioned way of finding companies I can interact with properly, either physically (shop) or online.

 

Anyway, rant over, let's getback to this wonderful build and no longer hijack this thread.

[RGL]

I must concede, I’ve bought kits from Russia, HK, Japan and bits and pieces from all around the globe and never had a problem. I’m not even sure where my Vendetta came from. 

 

I lile buying direct from North Star as he is the manufacturer and his stuff is unique. There’s an Aussie called Randall Wilson who I follow on FB who painted nearly all the box art for 1/350 and 1/200 kits for Hobbyboss and Trumpy, if you look up his stuff he also scratch builds some magnificent warships. 

 

My my wife thinks I’m something of a nerd but there really are a lot of us worldwide. 

[John Allen]

Greg,

 

Cannot add much to what has been said. The pains you went to in  painting your ship was masterful, just masterful. Kudos X10

[Old Collingwood]

8 hours ago, RGL said:

 

 

My my wife thinks I’m something of a nerd but there really are a lot of us worldwide. 

Me aswel mate  Im deffo a nerd  and I drive the wife mad with it (tell a lie she likes to see what I am building,   she is my observer.

 

OC.

[RGL]

OC has been putting me to shame with his build, and I’ve been pottering on small bits. 

 

I did up the Tamiya/Pontos high altitudes gun directors knowing they really are not that accurate until I found the North Star ones I knew I had to swap them.  Not an easy build but amazing detail. 

 

You will not even. Price on the next post but I replaced the 44 inch search lights which unlike Tamiya and Pontos actually look like the real thing. 

[RGL]

Throw them all together on the rear boat deck, OK so far, and I’ll throw the boats on later but I quite like it so far. I scratch built some ventilation shafts in the middle which are on the plans but not the kit. 

[Old Collingwood]

10 hours ago, RGL said:

OC has been putting me to shame with his build, and I’ve been pottering on small bits. 

 

I did up the Tamiya/Pontos high altitudes gun directors knowing they really are not that accurate until I found the North Star ones I knew I had to swap them.  Not an easy build but amazing detail. 

 

You will not even. Price on the next post but I replaced the 44 inch search lights which unlike Tamiya and Pontos actually look like the real thing. 

I wouldnt say that greg,  I bow to your ability on here - you are without doubt the pe king,  I wish I had your dexterity.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

10 hours ago, RGL said:

Throw them all together on the rear boat deck, OK so far, and I’ll throw the boats on later but I quite like it so far. I scratch built some ventilation shafts in the middle which are on the plans but not the kit. 

She is ooking really smart mate, nice sharp pe work.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

your moving right along with the progress Greg.......looking at the pictures ,  it's hard to believe that the model is 1:350 scale.   very nice work with the PE and paint....she looks awesome!  

[BANYAN]

Nice work Greg, some very nice weathering effects you are showing - very realistic.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[RGL]

As tempted as I am to beat the hell out of her, being the King’s ship I just can’t imagine it being too bad. The pride of the RN would just not allow it. 

 

Ive started of the main superstructure but there is soo much small detail to add it should take a while.