RGL Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share #121 Posted December 18, 2019 Paint time, base coat of sea blue then normal blue, this lighter blue will be the base for the gantries, floater baskets and radio towers SigEp Ziggy, Landrotten Highlander, popeye the sailor and 9 others 12 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share #122 Posted December 18, 2019 The ship blue is so dark as to be invisible so I intend to brighten it up a lot before weathering lmagna, Javlin, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share #123 Posted December 18, 2019 Highlighting the hull plates. I now need to do a brue grey Blending overspray them maybe some filters. popeye the sailor, Ryland Craze, Canute and 13 others 16 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted December 18, 2019 Share #124 Posted December 18, 2019 (edited) Was she painted an evenly blue, or did she had some camouflage patten on top of that blue coat? [edit: forget my question: the answer is in your first post ] On my screen the blue really pops out: is that because of a badly calibrated screen, or was this navy blue that kind of bright blue? Jan Edited December 18, 2019 by amateur Canute, popeye the sailor, lmagna and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerdvr Posted December 18, 2019 Share #125 Posted December 18, 2019 A mighty steady hand there, very impressive work. Thanks for sharing your log. Harley mtaylor, lmagna, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Cheers, Harley<p Under Construction: USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 1/200 by ILoveKit Completed: F-35A 1/48 by Tamiya USS Atlanta CL-51 1/350 by Very Fire Liberty Ship John W. Brown 1/350 by Trumpeter HMS Spiraea K-08 1/350 USS Arizona BB-39 1/200 by Trumpeter/Mk1 Design HMS Sir Gareth 1/350 by Starling Models USS Missouri BB-63 1945 1/350 by Joy-Yard, 9/11/21 USS Indianapolis CA-35 1945 1/350 by Trumpeter USS Kidd DD-661, 1945, 1/350, on The Sullivans kit by Trumpeter USS Alaska CB-1, 1/350, Hobby Boss, Circa 2/1945 Brig Syren 1/64 Model Shipways, Wood Started,On Hold: Frigate Confederacy 1/64 Model Shipways, Wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share #126 Posted December 18, 2019 There are basically no decent photos in colour, and the MS scheme basically says a dark ish blue, but even the black and white photos would not look so light grey if it were dark blue if that makes sense? popeye the sailor, ScottRC, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottRC Posted December 18, 2019 Share #127 Posted December 18, 2019 Hi Greg, I have been following your work. I just completed the Lexington in 1/700. If I recall, only the Lex and Essex stayed in the overall MS21 sea blue. I can say one thing, I really got to hate all that blue. In 1/700, it was a bugger to keep track of all the small details until I started my washes. I did notice in my research that along the starboard side, the paint seemed to fade to a flat finish that was a lighter shade. This was probably due to all the direct sun exposure on all that surface area. After weathering, I went in with a flat brush and added "touch up" areas to represent there areas may had been touched up while at sea. Anything to break up all that blue. Great work sir, Scott GrandpaPhil, Landrotten Highlander, Ryland Craze and 5 others 8 Quote Current Builds: Revell 1:96 Thermopylae Restoration Revell 1:96 Constitution COMPLETED Aeropiccola HMS Endeavor IN ORDINARY Planned Builds: Scientific Sea Witch Marine Models USF Essex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted December 18, 2019 Author Share #128 Posted December 18, 2019 (edited) Very very blue; I can experiment a bit to what I’m happy with. This photo, which I’m pretty sure is from 1943 shows a lighter blue grey on the gun shield compared to the “sea blue” behind it. I’m thinking this will probable approximate what I’m after. Edited December 18, 2019 by RGL popeye the sailor, ScottRC, Ryland Craze and 5 others 8 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottRC Posted December 19, 2019 Share #129 Posted December 19, 2019 10 hours ago, RGL said: Very very blue; I can experiment a bit to what I’m happy with. This photo, which I’m pretty sure is from 1943 shows a lighter blue grey on the gun shield compared to the “sea blue” behind it. I’m thinking this will probable approximate what I’m after. I like your thinking. Blue is such a tricky color when trying to pull it off a photo. Who knows if its due to the Kodachrome, faded from the weather, or how it was mixed and applied. You should go with what your eye tells you. I used the Navy Measure color codes more as a guide than a rule. I also built the Enterprise as she may had appeared at Midway. Talk about trying to figure out the correct gray or blue. It made my head about to explode. But its fun to try to experiment with these colors in order to put life into the model. popeye the sailor, lmagna, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Current Builds: Revell 1:96 Thermopylae Restoration Revell 1:96 Constitution COMPLETED Aeropiccola HMS Endeavor IN ORDINARY Planned Builds: Scientific Sea Witch Marine Models USF Essex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted December 19, 2019 Author Share #130 Posted December 19, 2019 An overspray of grey blue and I’m pretty happy with a mottled finish looks about the right shade of blue to my eye. SigEp Ziggy, ScottRC, Old Collingwood and 15 others 18 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted December 19, 2019 Share #131 Posted December 19, 2019 Superb painting. Very realistic. Yves Old Collingwood, Canute, lmagna and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottRC Posted December 19, 2019 Share #132 Posted December 19, 2019 Ditto! Looks like shes been in the Pacific exposed to sun, salt, and countless attempts to retouch and fight the rust by deck apes. Old Collingwood, lmagna, popeye the sailor and 2 others 5 Quote Current Builds: Revell 1:96 Thermopylae Restoration Revell 1:96 Constitution COMPLETED Aeropiccola HMS Endeavor IN ORDINARY Planned Builds: Scientific Sea Witch Marine Models USF Essex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted December 20, 2019 Author Share #133 Posted December 20, 2019 How cool are dry transfers? tape is off, bootstrap looks OK, now filters and weathering popeye the sailor, lmagna, SigEp Ziggy and 12 others 15 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share #134 Posted December 21, 2019 Now I can park the airbrush for this part of the hull I can remove all the tape and show off the interior. Blue grey filter on the blue bits and some more grunge to dull down the boot strap. american, mtaylor, Blue Pilot and 16 others 19 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted December 21, 2019 Share #135 Posted December 21, 2019 Looks like your looking into the real thing - Excellent work Greg.👍 OC. RGL, Canute, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted December 21, 2019 Share #136 Posted December 21, 2019 Those interior shots of the hanger deck are so realistic yet at the same time haunting. She looks like even more of a ghost ship than the Graf Zeppelin did when you were building her. It is going to be amazing when you place the planes and possibly people in there to kill some of the echo! SigEp Ziggy, Canute, RGL and 4 others 7 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share #137 Posted December 21, 2019 Hull weathering, flight deck next FullSizeRender.mov FullSizeRender.mov Old Collingwood, jgodsey, american and 12 others 15 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Rogers Posted December 21, 2019 Share #138 Posted December 21, 2019 Wow! Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor, RGL and 2 others 5 Quote Regards, Jim Rogers Damn the Torpedoes , Full speed ahead. Adm David Farragut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigerdvr Posted December 22, 2019 Share #139 Posted December 22, 2019 Greg, you have truly captured the feel of the steel hull, the very being of the ship. A great job for us mere mortals to learn from. Have a Merry and a Happy Harley SigEp Ziggy, popeye the sailor, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Cheers, Harley<p Under Construction: USS Curtis Wilbur DDG-54 1/200 by ILoveKit Completed: F-35A 1/48 by Tamiya USS Atlanta CL-51 1/350 by Very Fire Liberty Ship John W. Brown 1/350 by Trumpeter HMS Spiraea K-08 1/350 USS Arizona BB-39 1/200 by Trumpeter/Mk1 Design HMS Sir Gareth 1/350 by Starling Models USS Missouri BB-63 1945 1/350 by Joy-Yard, 9/11/21 USS Indianapolis CA-35 1945 1/350 by Trumpeter USS Kidd DD-661, 1945, 1/350, on The Sullivans kit by Trumpeter USS Alaska CB-1, 1/350, Hobby Boss, Circa 2/1945 Brig Syren 1/64 Model Shipways, Wood Started,On Hold: Frigate Confederacy 1/64 Model Shipways, Wood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share #140 Posted December 22, 2019 Thanks folks. next the raisin d’être, the flight deck. This will be a major works in itself. lay deck trim deck do PE, paint deck (with provided stencils) add Dry transfers weather deck Landlubber Mike, ScottRC, Blue Pilot and 18 others 21 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted December 24, 2019 Share #141 Posted December 24, 2019 Amazing work greg, hope you and yours have a lovely holiday peace and health to you. OC. popeye the sailor, Canute, RGL and 1 other 4 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted December 25, 2019 Share #142 Posted December 25, 2019 catching up Greg...........can't believe tha amount of realism you've instilled ........ absolutely amazing! have a very merry Christmas ! Canute, RGL, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share #143 Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) Well I worked all over Christmas so I finally got some work done on the deck, the metal inserts for the deck joins, arrestor gear cables, elevator boundaries, tomorrow I’ll finish off the remaining 100 or so Tie down inserts and cable lifts and I can then mask and do the deck numbers. It’s a very blue deck which I will then have to weather which is a new learning experience but should be fun. Edited December 27, 2019 by RGL cog, popeye the sailor, Landlubber Mike and 11 others 14 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share #144 Posted December 27, 2019 Flight deck done with all the fittings, IMG_1512.MOV popeye the sailor, Dubz, lmagna and 8 others 11 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share #145 Posted December 28, 2019 Masking, line marking then dry transfers (I’m happy with the gaps in the lines as I’ll be weathering those bits The mask lifted tiny bits of paint from the metal fittings which I’ll repair later. The 1mm length markers are pretty cool. Jack12477, mtaylor, lmagna and 14 others 17 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share #146 Posted December 28, 2019 (edited) Deck faded and weathered, I really think this is probably enough IMG_1525.MOV Edited December 28, 2019 by RGL gieb8688, popeye the sailor, lmagna and 19 others 22 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Javlin Posted December 28, 2019 Share #147 Posted December 28, 2019 That should do for the deck Greg looks right. Kevin Canute, popeye the sailor, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottRC Posted December 28, 2019 Share #148 Posted December 28, 2019 Awesome work Greg. Dry transfers and paint are the way to go! mtaylor, popeye the sailor, RGL and 1 other 4 Quote Current Builds: Revell 1:96 Thermopylae Restoration Revell 1:96 Constitution COMPLETED Aeropiccola HMS Endeavor IN ORDINARY Planned Builds: Scientific Sea Witch Marine Models USF Essex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Rogers Posted December 28, 2019 Share #149 Posted December 28, 2019 Looks real. You Sir are a Master. RGL, mtaylor, popeye the sailor and 2 others 5 Quote Regards, Jim Rogers Damn the Torpedoes , Full speed ahead. Adm David Farragut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted December 29, 2019 Author Share #150 Posted December 29, 2019 The ships cranes; photo one is how they are supposed to look, the kit ones, (see grey blob) actually come with a crank which I cut off and put on the Pontos replacement which is on the fret but no instructions whatsoever. I had to change one of the tackle as the pontos kit one went somewhere into space. finally the winch controls which I built out of spares Canute, chris watton, yvesvidal and 15 others 18 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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