Landlubber Mike Posted November 4, 2020 #121 Posted November 4, 2020 Wow, not sure how I missed this one, but you're doing an amazing job. Fantastic work! Canute, Old Collingwood, lmagna and 1 other 4 Quote 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)
Lt. Biggles Posted November 4, 2020 Author #122 Posted November 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Landlubber Mike said: Wow, not sure how I missed this one, but you're doing an amazing job. Fantastic work! Thanks mate, it’s been good fun Landlubber Mike, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote
Lt. Biggles Posted November 4, 2020 Author #123 Posted November 4, 2020 Completed the POM POMs decided to keep them a lighter shade of grey so they wouldn’t just blend in with the ship. and how they look look on the ship, not sure if they stand out abit too much yet. Might need a slight more blending in... thoughts? mtaylor, Old Collingwood, Egilman and 4 others 7 Quote
RGL Posted November 5, 2020 #124 Posted November 5, 2020 Looking good mate Old Collingwood, Canute, Lt. Biggles and 3 others 6 Quote Greg
Egilman Posted November 9, 2020 #125 Posted November 9, 2020 On 11/4/2020 at 3:27 PM, Lt. Biggles said: Might need a slight more blending in... thoughts? They should be closer to the color of the surrounding bulkheads, a bit lighter as they did stand out in the sun a lot and were exposed to salt spray a lot more...... They do look good, excellent scale representation.... lmagna, Old Collingwood, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
Lt. Biggles Posted November 11, 2020 Author #126 Posted November 11, 2020 I’m going away for a few days and also in the middle of moving house so might be a bit until I’m settled and ready to put the finishing touches on my project. The white water is the main bit and the final touches and highlights on the ship. But anyway dont want to just make a post with no pics when the pics are my favourite part of watching other builds haha. So here is a dry run with some white water added. I’ll make the boundary layer smaller on the real one but I like how it give a sense of motion. back shortlyish... yvesvidal, Egilman, hof00 and 7 others 10 Quote
Egilman Posted November 11, 2020 #127 Posted November 11, 2020 That looks super sharp!!! Crossing the Indian Ocean on her way to meet her fate..... (might not be, but that is what popped into my mind when I saw the pic) Excellent work, anticipating the finish now and your reveal.... EG Old Collingwood, Canute, Lt. Biggles and 2 others 5 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
yvesvidal Posted November 11, 2020 #128 Posted November 11, 2020 7 hours ago, Lt. Biggles said: That water is just gorgeous. The ship is perfectly displayed and it makes for a wonderful ensemble. Yves mtaylor, lmagna, Egilman and 4 others 7 Quote
Lt. Biggles Posted November 15, 2020 Author #129 Posted November 15, 2020 Thanks for the feed back and comments. It’s been a long process but I’ve enjoyed it a lot. Old Collingwood, Canute, lmagna and 2 others 5 Quote
Lt. Biggles Posted November 15, 2020 Author #130 Posted November 15, 2020 So I’m back and semi settled into the new place. Returned to find my last package waiting for me, took a few months in the mail. NorthStarModels 3D printed 1:350 Royal Navy figures. Cant have a moving ship without people on board! they are tiny tiny and so painting them is slow and no moustaches or different coloured eyes I’m afraid!! but I think they help bring the ship to life! The plan is my painting should improve as I do more so the first lot I’ll put in the more hidden places and as they get better will be in the more visible places. Egilman, Canute, lmagna and 4 others 7 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted November 15, 2020 #131 Posted November 15, 2020 That is Brilliant with the figures. OC. Egilman, lmagna, Canute 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
Lt. Biggles Posted November 15, 2020 Author #132 Posted November 15, 2020 A few more progress pictures of figures. please let me know if people are put in places people wouldn’t be as I don’t know much about what would or wouldn’t happen on board! I know the olden day ships had places you couldn’t go unless you were working but I’m assuming in ww2 some of those traditions didn’t work without sails and the like. If anything they do give a good sense of just how big these ships were! Canute, Egilman, yvesvidal and 5 others 8 Quote
lmagna Posted November 15, 2020 #133 Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Lt. Biggles said: please let me know if people are put in places people wouldn’t be as I don’t know much about what would or wouldn’t happen on board! One place would would be anywhere in the arc of fire of the main guns on the main deck if they were preparing to fire as your forward guns look to be. Same would hold true of turret roofs. The blast from those gig guns could do and almost always did some damage to the ship every time they fired. Could be a small as knocking off paint or as large as taking out windows on the bridge or knocking a scout plane silly. Also standing in front of a star shell launcher like the two guys standing on turret #2s roof may not be a super good idea either! Edited November 15, 2020 by lmagna yvesvidal, Canute, Egilman and 2 others 5 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
Lt. Biggles Posted November 15, 2020 Author #134 Posted November 15, 2020 12 hours ago, lmagna said: One place would would be anywhere in the arc of fire of the main guns on the main deck if they were preparing to fire as your forward guns look to be. Same would hold true of turret roofs. The blast from those gig guns could do and almost always did some damage to the ship every time they fired. Could be a small as knocking off paint or as large as taking out windows on the bridge or knocking a scout plane silly. Also standing in front of a star shell launcher like the two guys standing on turret #2s roof may not be a super good idea either! Awesome info thanks. I’d hate to have people in places anyone “in the know” would look at and think... those guys shouldn’t be there! Haha would the same idea be there if the ship isn’t in action? In my mind the ship is more in a standard cruise but on alert with no enemy insight. Would most men be stationed around the middle of the ship and none behind the rear main gun and forward of the front main guns? If it’s realistic I’ll keep them clear but had in mind some working parties or something like that? on a different note, I’m thinking it’s better if I have the figures more in small groups than only alone? From pics there always seems to be groups of guys is this pretty accurate? Thanks for all all your input! Much appreciated Egilman, Old Collingwood, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote
Egilman Posted November 16, 2020 #135 Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Lt. Biggles said: I’m thinking it’s better if I have the figures more in small groups than only alone? From pics there always seems to be groups of guys is this pretty accurate? For the most part, working parties of up to 8-16 men in an area with a rating or two doing supervision, a couple of officers walking the deck, stuff like that... And unless they were cleared away for action stations you could find them on most horizontal surfaces, wooden decks especially.... look for photos of the ship at sea, you will probably find them on ships or crew reunion webpages... there were always someone several dozens of people on deck when just cruising..... a couple of men around various equipment looking like they are attending to it would work..... Check here... https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205138247 Also these shots of KG5 class battleships.... Lots of people everywhere.... Edited November 16, 2020 by Egilman Canute, Landlubber Mike, Lt. Biggles and 2 others 5 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
lmagna Posted November 16, 2020 #136 Posted November 16, 2020 Like EG said, and you surmised when not cleared for action, people could be pretty much anywhere, especially in good weather or when forming work parties or entering or leaving harbors. One exception could be possibly standing in front of the radar antennas. Not really considered a healthy thing by most people. Now if it was Thanksgiving and you were a turkey.................... Another place I would think would not have many loungers would be the forward main deck. Not only is it a little windy and possibly misted with sea spray even on nice days, more importantly it is pretty much in plain view of anyone, (Like the Captain) on the bridge, and some officer may get the idea you have too much free time on your hands. Work parties are of course pretty much exempt. I wouldn't worry too much about it. You are doing a fantastic job and the fact that you are putting people on deck at all is a plus. Lt. Biggles, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 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
Landlubber Mike Posted November 16, 2020 #137 Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) Looking great! How do you like those Northstar figures? The flat PE ones (that you build up by folding in half) don't seem as nice as these. I can see using the PE ones at 1/700, but 1/350 can probably use more of a 3D feel. Edited November 16, 2020 by Landlubber Mike lmagna, Canute, Egilman and 2 others 5 Quote 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)
Lt. Biggles Posted November 16, 2020 Author #138 Posted November 16, 2020 Thanks guys for the info! Makes sense and I’ve been checking out as many pics of ships where you can see crew to try get a feel for where people would be located. Also there were 3 sets of sailors and the one I got is mainly people standing around, lookouts and walking so have to try fit in their poses to what they can be doing. Egilman, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote
Lt. Biggles Posted November 16, 2020 Author #139 Posted November 16, 2020 8 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: Looking great! How do you like those Northstar figures? The flat PE ones (that you build up by folding in half) don't seem as nice as these. I can see using the PE ones at 1/700, but 1/350 can probably use more of a 3D feel. I do like them, as tiny as they are they are still plenty big enough to paint some details. I’ve got great vision and they are right on the edge of my sight so maybe magnified is the way to paint. The officers have buttons on their shirts and some have fingers... so detail is great and 1000 times better than being flat. I tried to find posts with others painting them for an idea on what to do but apart from a few builds with the figures on but already completed I could find absolutely nothing on how to paint from others posts so I just have to make it up as I go. Have learnt they are too small for washes and also a wash just makes them gloss and they need to be super matte. Tough part is they are all together and no way to separate them for painting and removing them from the base has caused a few broken legs. Nothing super glue won’t fix once you find the pieces... I really like them Old Collingwood, Canute, mtaylor and 5 others 8 Quote
Lt. Biggles Posted November 18, 2020 Author #140 Posted November 18, 2020 Pro tip: do the tie down ropes on the boats before you glue them down... you can have that one for free! Haha Maybe black stands out too much and I’ll Change them to a a more hemp colour. Just might be a lot thicker. But I do have a question. would the tie downs be ok at random angles like I’ve got or would they be set perfectly parallel? Canute, Egilman, yvesvidal and 3 others 6 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted November 18, 2020 #141 Posted November 18, 2020 Awsome work - really nice. OC. Canute, Egilman, Rik Thistle and 2 others 5 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
Egilman Posted November 18, 2020 #142 Posted November 18, 2020 57 minutes ago, Lt. Biggles said: But I do have a question. would the tie downs be ok at random angles like I’ve got or would they be set perfectly parallel? That's what we do research for.... check your reference pictures for the boat details.... Overall the ship looks very very real.... Well done... Lt. Biggles, Canute, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow"
Lt. Biggles Posted November 20, 2020 Author #143 Posted November 20, 2020 I completed the tie downs, put ropes around one of the boats that didn’t have a cover on it but it just looked wrong so only wrapped the covered boats. as for the sailors well they take ages to paint and then once on the ship and I sit back they disappear. But look good when you are up close! Here are some close ups of some groups and then the last pic is a full ship view were they and all the other details merge into being a ship. It quite interesting. super close to being finished now. About 45 more guys to paint, some highlights and touch ups and of course that white water... Old Collingwood, Rik Thistle, ccoyle and 6 others 9 Quote
Landlubber Mike Posted November 20, 2020 #144 Posted November 20, 2020 Looks fantastic Biggles - great job! Canute, lmagna, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote 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)
mtaylor Posted November 22, 2020 #145 Posted November 22, 2020 Well have to start a game of sorts on this build... "Find the crew members". They do add a lot of character to your ship. lmagna, Canute, Egilman and 1 other 4 Quote 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)
Lt. Biggles Posted November 22, 2020 Author #146 Posted November 22, 2020 On 11/21/2020 at 3:41 AM, Landlubber Mike said: Looks fantastic Biggles - great job! Thanks mate. Old Collingwood, Egilman and mtaylor 3 Quote
Lt. Biggles Posted November 22, 2020 Author #147 Posted November 22, 2020 1 hour ago, mtaylor said: Well have to start a game of sorts on this build... "Find the crew members". They do add a lot of character to your ship. Won’t tell you how many crew will be on when completed but let’s just say more than 59... less than 61. I am liking the subtle change they add to the ship Canute, Old Collingwood, lmagna and 2 others 5 Quote
Lt. Biggles Posted November 22, 2020 Author #148 Posted November 22, 2020 Decided to give my eyes a break from painting the crew. Got about 1/3 of them painted so far. one thing I’ve learnt from this build is just how huge a toothpick is! I finally made a start on the white water. Found my best looking cotton ball and pulled it apart. painted on some Gloss Medium and started on the boundary layer wash. from this ill add the wake and bow bow wave white water. Egilman, yvesvidal, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote
Landlubber Mike Posted November 23, 2020 #149 Posted November 23, 2020 Looks fantastic! Those figures really show the scale of these ships. lmagna, Canute, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote 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)
RGL Posted November 23, 2020 #150 Posted November 23, 2020 Looks fantastic lmagna, Egilman, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Greg
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