SMS Seydlitz by Canute, Cog, Stein Gildberg & RGL - FINISHED - Hobbyboss - 1/350 - PLASTIC

[lmagna]

I have been trying not to interfere with your build Greg but is the picture of the real ship coaling the same ship? It appears that your ship has planking on all decks while the ship in the picture appears to have a painted steel deck. Same ship, different time? Different ship?

[RGL]

It is said to be Seydlitz but could be any of it’s sisters as it’s over 100 years ago. I Did read they used canvas when coaling and later they used Linoleum but such a large area should be a huge fire risk. 

[lmagna]

I had also thought of canvas but if they did then it was a special cut pieces that go around the boat davits and deck furniture. I thought that was somewhat unlikely. I had not thought of it being Linoleum. I thought that it was also interesting that the seams seem to be about every six or seven feet apart then after the four strips the seams appear to completely stop all of the rest of the way inboard. 

 

Oh well I will go back into my watch mode and continue to wonder. 

[RGL]

I’m  going to go with canvas as coaling was a dirty business and it would be a lot easier to clean up afterwards and cutting it to size would be easy enough. They were coaled frequently so the expense would be worth it. The photos look like canvas and every other photo shows decking amidships 

Edited February 5, 2019 by RGL

[RGL]

Now the aftermarket set provides brailing davits with no placement instructions or even folding instructions. I’ve taken a self educated guess as to their placement. I’ve replaced the kit and aftermarket sets railing with individual stanchions. 

[Old Collingwood]

Looking amazing greg.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

you continue to amaze Greg............she looks absolutely awesome!   

[RGL]

Thanks. 

 

Using 1/700 destroyer bollards I’ve rigged the first half of the brailing davits. I also added 6 German coaling winches to the deck. Starboard side done 

Edited February 6, 2019 by RGL

[yvesvidal]

This is getting insane..... 1/700 parts on a 1/350 model.... Where will he stop ?

 

Yves

[Osmosis]

I have a feeling we are just beginning to glimpse the madness. Keep up the great work Greg it is a pleasure watching your descent into insanity.

[Old Collingwood]

I think we are witnessing the scale king of artistry  - next off I bet we will be seeing greg super detailing  at 1/1200  scale,    1/700  will be too much like a walk in the park.

 

OC.

[BANYAN]

That is is some very nice detailing Greg; your 'bodging' efforts are showing what can be done.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Piet]

VERY nice work Greg, she's looking great.

 

Cheers,

[RGL]

Back at work now, which has slowed me up. Lots of tiny details to collate again before the next update. It’s now up to me build partners. 

[RGL]

Returning to the forecastle, I removed the home made chain stoppers and replaced them with Pelican hooks which are correct. Three are loose as I intend to have an anchor hanging down. You can just make out lines running to the capstan and bollards which will be run down to the torpedo net booms later. 

[RGL]

Pretty much as much as I can do on the forcastle. 

[BANYAN]

That looks good Greg; some of those hull 'scrapes and dents' look very realistic.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[Piet]

Looking rather realistic Greg.

 

Cheers,

[cog]

Looks quite good, mate. Your deck's planking looks a bit newish compared to the hull though. i know it's easy to comment  ... I'll get my due when I start ...

[RGL]

Yes I know, the thing is when you stain it the waxy pre chewed deck’s planking disappears 

[cog]

Hmm, that would be a pitty, even with pastel powder?

[RGL]

Tried, wrong at this scale. Stepping back it’s not too bad. The decks would be hardwood in real life. So if wet would look almost black, if dried out, grubby. I can play with it a bit but if real it would be a like plastic deck. Using pastels with a fixer will lose the detail of the planks. 

[cog]

pastels with mat varnish ...

[amateur]

But he will not be able to reach under the details already there.

resulting in non-treated areas around the tiny stuff. Don't know whether that is a good idea....

 

Jan

[popeye the sailor]

amazing work Greg......early gallery pictures     always a feast for the eyes!  

[cog]

Thought about that too Jan. You are right. SHould have been done "ages" ago

[RGL]

Sigh. I tried it on scrap pieces ages ago and did not like the outcome. Maybe some oils. 

[cog]

Or a different "wooden" deck

[RGL]

Probably 

[RGL]

It does not seem like much, but 2 days work to rig the railings. I have only done a single rail amidships as this appears on original photos. I’ve also added the 12 waist gun barrels and 6 88mm’s.