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

[lmagna]

It is possible that if you pick the right period in time you could allow yourself to get a little more carried away, especially from the main deck down. 

It is a little hard to maintain a ship below the main deck in rough winter, North Atlantic convoy weather than it would be in the summer in the Med. Plus the weather would cause much more wear on the ship in a shorter time span. Probably not as much weathering as on a smaller ship, but still noticeable, at least until they hit the nearest port for provisions and fuel.

[RGL]

I think she was in the Med in this period to support the invasion of Italy so pretty calm

[lmagna]

One thing you could possibly do. I have seen pictures of gun barrels on ships after battle and the paint on the barrels is flaking off from the heat, and the area around the turrets are a mess. In the case of large guns this can apply to even the superstructure closest to the guns. Shore bombardment can burn up a lot of ammo in a relatively short time. 

[RGL]

This is from 1943 in the med (photo courtesy of the IWM), I’m going to have to figure out how to do a 3 tone barrel yet alone blistering it. I might await the next group build. 

[cog]

" 3 tone barrel " ?

[RGL]

3 colour bands

[cog]

Can you show me an example, perhaps ...

[lmagna]

I had forgotten about two and three tone barrel colors! 

[RGL]

White underneath, then blue with dark grey on top. 

[cog]

Nice! That shouldn't be to hard for the likes of you ... Although I have to admit that I would only know how to start, but to finish it ... the third colour ... at 1:1 it wouldn't be to hard, but it's the scale that's making my head spin two tone would be quite doable .... I'll certainly stick around when you will tackle that one!!

[RGL]

It’s going to be a pain to do but now I’ve mentioned it I have to do it. Not much will get done this week due to work. 

[cog]

Copycat, using the same excuse as me for little to no work done on the model!

 

At least we're in for a treat ...

Edited August 6, 2018 by cog

[Old Collingwood]

3 hours ago, cog said:

Copycat, using the same excuse as me for little to no work done on the model!

 

At least we're in for a treat ...

"Did someone mentions treats"  I like those icecream desearts   - "yummy.........."

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

oh my.........we're going from a popcorn cart,  to an ice cream truck! 🍧

[RGL]

Multiple tiny bits finally starting to come togeather. 44inch spotlights, 21 inch signal mamas (Northstar), replacements for the Pom Poms and single 20mms, ladders.....bottom half almost done, need to rig the signal ropes. 

 

A source of frustration is Pontos has designed the PE for the Prince of Wales not the KGV, which just throws things out a tad, and the extras are on the borderline of my level of competence because they are so small. One of Pontos phots shows a DF sticking out the front of the bridge but it’s not on the plans or the frets, so it’s not going to be there. 

Edited August 13, 2018 by RGL

[RGL]

I think when you look at this shot courtesy of the IWM it shows these octuple  guns are a little bit too big. 

[Canute]

The muzzles look like old blunderbusses, although the ones in the photo do look oversized, too. Muzzle opening seems a little smaller than a sailor's noggin. The model photo is shot much closer than the average viewer will be eyeballing your build.

[CDW]

They look very good to me. Maybe a tad larger, but not enough to notice unless it's pointed out.

[popeye the sailor]

very nice progress Greg........very busy...and very life like    really super looking!

[RGL]

Thanks all, signal Halyards done, I finally got smart and placed proper belaying points being bent railings 

[CDW]

That bridge is a model all on it's own. Looks super.

[RGL]

But wait! There’s more! 

 

The upper per bridge area has a lot of detail and it took a while to get my head around what was required. 

 

I cut cut off all the binoculars and range finder pedestals and replaced them all with North Star  as the Pontos stuff really made no sense and the instructions just gave part numbers. 

 

The high altitude range finders were all replaced with North Star as well, and I added 6 signal lamps. 

 

I just have to add the coat the coat of arms then park it until it’s stuck onto the ship and it will get the final rigging 

[cog]

The way you built the superstructure, it could have been a model on itself as OC wrote ... so much crisp detail, the camouflage adding a certain multidimensional depth to the structure, and makes the parts pop up, what would have been lost, if it was a mere grey blob ... it really did turn out magnificent

Edited August 14, 2018 by cog

[Old Collingwood]

Superb workmanship  greg.

 

OC.

[BANYAN]

Very nice work Greg; super detailing!

 

cheers

 

Pat

[RGL]

Thanks, given the absolute lack of detail on this kit (it’s really dated), it becomes like being a little bit pregnant, you detail or you don’t. It seems to upset my OCD to not detail but this is really quite a big piece. 

 

Now, my black and white effort

[Old Collingwood]

The b&w  really do it justice  - its like looking at a news paper photo of her from the time period.

 

OC.

[lmagna]

Greg

The B&W enhances the detail even more than in the color pictures somehow. That is a Very busy superstructure. It is almost as if she is passing under a bridge and we are looking down.

[popeye the sailor]

the rigging looks very good........how did you terminate them.......at the deck or the railings?  you've really out done yourself with the structures Greg....they look awesome!  love the B&W picts too    dirk's looks like it came from a magazine.

[RGL]

I used a single section of PE railinging and bent the top rail out, then glued it to the interior was, making a railing, then just glued the denier down with a tiny dab of CA 

 

Dirks photo hides a lot of sins 

Edited August 15, 2018 by RGL