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Zara by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC - Italian heavy cruiser


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Years ago I got the Anatomy Of The Ship book Bartolomeo Colleoni, and thought what a beautiful ship. So many of the pre WW2 Italian ships were, (but not that good in the real thing with other navies with Radar). The Trumpeter Zara is a new mold, with nice features and a decent upgrade sets on a slow boat from China. I got some Profile Morskie line drawings as well.

 

I've spent the last few weeks scouring the internets for photos and references, most of the research gold is from Russian sites so my plan is to populate a lot of this build with photos of Zara that are very very hard to find.  

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A few more photos, some are of her sister ships.

 

A wonderful open source site for ships plans in the Russian language and there is also a forum with 130 pages of every Italian ship imaginable. 

 

http://forums.airbase.ru/2007/07/t30810_99--chertezhi-korablej.html

 

Why the red and white bow? because the Italian air force at the beginning of WW2 attacked every ship they saw so the navy had to paint them for recognition

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sparse pictures?   looks like a really good ship to model Greg.  wonder what type of planes those are.  no doubt you'll do well with her ;) 

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

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So all up the ship is a little over 50cm. Hull already drilled and wooden blocks put in for the brass stands 0011795A-E70A-4436-B591-C4EB80FFF41F.thumb.jpeg.3266bf0a4033f0ce8855ca4894b0d2d9.jpegEBF3DF1F-6FC4-42D4-93A1-6D50C23B3B02.thumb.jpeg.6f2397b3726d0374b66ff137a22baefe.jpeg

the stern has some moulded prop guards which  need to be replaced42023A26-494F-417F-B36E-88CC5677698F.thumb.jpeg.4e14fdb30993717f1b9484ae61adaaa3.jpeg

 

the bow has a little node for the paravane chainsEC08BB10-9713-4D55-99A0-29A22DBABC80.thumb.jpeg.e98e34039925ee01f815d24091b615b0.jpeg

this is one if the Italian cruisers (can’t really understand its source) being salvaged after WW2 in Taranto Italy, but is shows it’s quite substantial 4E7BD74A-19B5-4FFA-B6DD-3DC5309510DD.jpeg.873c772a5b96f130f32ecc179abba6b8.jpeg

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The bow piece has some very nice etched in panels, but a silly faux chain which will have to go. DB7680D5-01C8-4C9E-A97C-01EFAD9609DF.thumb.jpeg.8dd4a966806b81027f7424b74858fa87.jpeg

the railings for the seaplane will be replaced. As well as the coverings so I can park one below decks. The kit only gives you 1 so I bought some more to make mistakes with. 8EA5C3CC-0FF5-4333-91C7-178236E03271.thumb.jpeg.098df99374668e95ddaf8edb880cac1e.jpeg

the stern has some nice plastic wood on which I’ll be putting a stick on deck. 73CC30BF-A69C-4472-B600-7F914A9CCD06.thumb.jpeg.e8709b0ef40cea4fa14140f4d845afe0.jpeg

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I'm just following along and watching another masterpiece.... 

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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This class of ship carried two observation aircraft in front of the fore turret. The kit provided a single aircraft and I want to have two so I bought a six pack of them, an Imam Ro.43.

 

I've sacrificed one for scale practice so I can see how it fits in the hangar. 

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So there are two large panels that cover the hangar that slide (or are lifted) to the side and the crane lifts the aircraft out or in. This diagram shows an older version of aircraft with wings that were removed, ands with a hoist, but it appears the Trumpeter Zara kept this width were the WW2 version obviously widened the hatches. . 301392921_hangardeck1.PNG.780e9e53e2f7e02093ff5bc85ce8daa9.PNG

 

This is a screen capture from a gentleman who made a 1/100 radio controlled model of Zara. Notice how he has a wider and longer deck hatch as well. IMG_2419.thumb.PNG.63c16069ad2fb95e7eda13069acf4a42.PNG

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1 hour ago, RGL said:

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Is it just me, but looking at the wakes, is the ship going in reverse?  The other pics looked right but these two have me scratching my head.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Beautiful and detailed.  I really don't know how you do stuff that tiny but it's pure artistry.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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10 hours ago, mtaylor said:

 

Is it just me, but looking at the wakes, is the ship going in reverse?  The other pics looked right but these two have me scratching my head.

I was expecting an Italian joke to pop up here, but it didn't directly, so no more need be said...

Cheers,
 
Jason


"Which it will be ready when it is ready!"
 
In the shipyard:

HMS Jason (c.1794: Artois Class 38 gun frigate)

Queen Anne Royal Barge (c.1700)

Finished:

HMS Snake (c.1797: Cruizer Class, ship rigged sloop)

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Oh goody, another RGL masterpiece to follow.  Nice job so far!

 

Is it me, or does it seem like the Italians put wonderful lines and other design elements in everything they make?  Clothes, cars, warships, etc.

Mike

 

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

 

Plastic builds:    Hs129B-2 1/48  SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48  Five Star Yaeyama 1/700  Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama  Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32   IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700

 

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle  Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700   Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350

F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72  Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48  Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48  Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72

Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

 

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

On the shelf:  Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits

 

Future potential scratch builds:  HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)

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Small tip  - when your parcel arrives from china  -  sanitize it  - just in case.

 

OC.

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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

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