DKM Graf Zeppelin by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC

[amateur]

The pics are easy: www.bundesarchiv.de

the rest is wizardry, as far as I'm concerned ...

 

Jan

[RGL]

I need new CA. Maybe it’s the turning of the season but it has turned to sludge. I managed to add the gantries and a lot of door that are on the original blueprints but not the model or the upgrade. I’m awaiting new glue before I add 100 or so gussets. 

[RGL]

15 cm gun housings. I had to cut the barrels off at the stem and drilled holes into the stem to place the aftermarket barrels. I then had to file the tops so they can actually move / rotate inside the hull. The colour photo shows one of the ship’s real guns in Norway. 

[amateur]

Looks good.

How picky are you in the details of the hulls molding?

In case you are, the indentation of the hull around the forward guns need a very small amount of filler: in the original it is rounded slightly below the upper plating belt, in the model it cuts into it....

 

Jan

[RGL]

I see what you mean but I won't bother as the camouflage on the starboard side will be a very dark blue over this section and not really noticeable. More importantly they completely left out the anchor on the bow (Which I only just noticed today). Simple fix to drill a hole though.   

[amateur]

Do you already have a camouflage scheme?

 

Jan

[cog]

33 minutes ago, amateur said:

Do you already have a camouflage scheme?

 

Jan

German grey

[amateur]

Executed in dark blue, sigh.........

Edited May 16, 2019 by amateur

[RGL]

This is the Trumpy painting guide and I quite like it. 

[cog]

Can't wait to see the finished hull. The camouflage looks very promising

[RGL]

I’m Going to use a lot of masking tape as it’s so bloody big!

[RGL]

So, new glue arrived and again I can start. Port side gussets added to the gantries, starboard side to go then I can prime. 

[RGL]

Other side done. I need another coat of primer before I go any further 

[popeye the sailor]

look'in awesome Greg!  

[RGL]

Using Tamiya fine red primer (rattle can) I’ve only spotted a few faults that will need sanding. I can proceed with putting the rest of the hull togeather and the rest of the priming can be done with an airbrush 

[RGL]

Now I can throw it all together 

[cog]

Yes, looks really thrown together the hull.Strange that when I start to throw things together they usually look something like this

[amateur]

Talent?

Outside and painted you get an idea of the size of the ship.

 

Jan

[yvesvidal]

Very nice and so unusual model. Another masterpiece for your collection.

 

Yves

[popeye the sailor]

can't argue with that job Greg..........looks great!  is the outer hull the same color as the lower decks?  plug the openings perhaps?

 

 

common Carl....that doesn't look so bad....look at all the nice detail you got there   

[RGL]

Things are slowing down due to work and a new commitment. 

 

A bit done on the lower hull, the panel lines have been preshaded and a couple of shades of hull brown added. Tomorrow I’ll get some oilcanning done. Whilst it looks rough now it will all blend in. 

[Canute]

New pupser, eh? Gonna be fun for the whole family.

[cog]

Your new commitment doesn't seem to demanding ... your bottom looks promising  

[RGL]

She was somewhat demanding at 4.30am this morning.....

 

anyways, oilcanning done

 

and barnacles added

 

have to let them dry for a while and black grey and green coats

[RGL]

First black to cover up the barnacles

 

then green

 

then grey

 

i can add some more grunge after the upper hull is painted. 

[RGL]

Lots of masking and the first colour, grey in three  shades. 

Edited May 26, 2019 by RGL

[cog]

Nice how you build up the colours.

[amateur]

I am still surprised by the relatively small part of the hull that is below the waterline.

The camo-pattern is a very nice one, indeed.

 

Jan

 

[RGL]

I reckon it would be very beamy 

[RGL]

All three colours done. Lots of little touch ups to go then some filters. Not ready for weathering yet. The hull is huge.