ChrisSC Posted January 11, 2021 #1 Posted January 11, 2021 I’m giving my first resin model a try, a 1/700 SS Normandie. Unfortunately, the bottom half of the hull was considerably wider than the top. This has taken a bunch of time and aggravation to join but it seems like it looks reasonable enough to proceed. I epoxied some nuts to the inside of the hull so I can mount it to a display stand. GrandpaPhil, cog, lmagna and 6 others 9 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted January 12, 2021 #2 Posted January 12, 2021 That turned out great - but frankly is did not expect any less from you Chris. OC. ChrisSC and Canute 2 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
wemattson Posted January 14, 2021 #3 Posted January 14, 2021 Great job taking care of that seam. I'm so glad to see someone build one on this forum. This is one of my favorite liners and have given some thought to buying this kit. I'll be watching closely. lmagna, ChrisSC, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Current Projects: Kate Cory - Model Shipways - 1:64
ChrisSC Posted January 17, 2021 Author #4 Posted January 17, 2021 Thank you. I did some masking and painting. Between the resin and the scale I'm finding it very hard to do a decent paint job. Being basically one big piece there is way too much masking. This is definitely a challenge for me. I'm not sure how I'm going to paint the windows...they are TINY! The black is in gloss now until I get the decals on, then I will tone it down with some flat clear. I prefer styrene lol. hof00, GrandpaPhil, ccoyle and 8 others 11 Quote
Roger Pellett Posted January 17, 2021 #5 Posted January 17, 2021 Beautiful Ship! Beautiful work! ChrisSC, Old Collingwood and Canute 3 Quote
ChrisSC Posted January 17, 2021 Author #6 Posted January 17, 2021 7 minutes ago, Roger Pellett said: Beautiful Ship! Beautiful work! Thanks Roger. The Normandie was a huge ship but in this scale a cup of coffee looks gigantic next to it lol! Old Collingwood, lmagna, yvesvidal and 2 others 5 Quote
lmagna Posted January 17, 2021 #7 Posted January 17, 2021 You must be traveling tourist class Chris if all they will give you is a Styrofoam cup! Nice work so far. It looks like all your effort in masking paid off. Canute, Old Collingwood and ChrisSC 3 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
ChrisSC Posted January 18, 2021 Author #8 Posted January 18, 2021 On 1/16/2021 at 8:32 PM, lmagna said: You must be traveling tourist class Chris if all they will give you is a Styrofoam cup! Nice work so far. It looks like all your effort in masking paid off. Thanks Lou, yes low budget lol! Today I'm experimenting with getting color into the window recesses of 1/700 resin Normandie. Some will have tiny white PE frames over them if I can get them on and some need touch ups. Old Collingwood, GrandpaPhil, oneslim and 5 others 8 Quote
hof00 Posted January 19, 2021 #9 Posted January 19, 2021 Hi Chap, Looks awesome!! I admire your attention to detail, esp. at 1/700!! Great stuff and certainly an inspiration. (The Coffee is "Huge!!") Cheers and Regards, Harry. Canute, lmagna and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Completed Builds: A/L Bluenose II A/L Mare Nostrum Sergal/Mantua Cutty Sark A/L Pen Duick A/L Fulgaro Amati/Partworks 1/200 Bismarck A/L Sanson
cog Posted January 19, 2021 #10 Posted January 19, 2021 Nice to see a liner between all the warships. Looking very good. Any PE detailup available for this one? Ian B, Old Collingwood, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
ChrisSC Posted January 19, 2021 Author #11 Posted January 19, 2021 Thanks Harry and cog. Yes it has quite a bit of PE. I'm not sure how well I'll do with it though at this scale lol. cog, lmagna, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote
wemattson Posted January 19, 2021 #12 Posted January 19, 2021 Chris, It looks great. What method did you use for painting the windows? Cheers, Wayne lmagna, Canute and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Current Projects: Kate Cory - Model Shipways - 1:64
ChrisSC Posted January 19, 2021 Author #13 Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) Thanks Wayne. The only thing I could come up with was using a Faber-Castell artist pen. It is the only thing I have found with a small enough tip to get in these tiny recesses. The issue is it is India Ink which doesn't dry on plastic or paint, at least not for a long time. I am going to seal it with light coats of flat clear and hope it does not run. I would rather have used a different type of ink but I ordered a bunch of artist pens and this small of a tip only comes in pens with India Ink as far as I can tell. The windows don't appear as tiny as they really are in photos. In person some are terribly small. I have my fingers crossed that the ink stays put after I clear over it! Edited January 19, 2021 by ChrisSC Old Collingwood, Canute and lmagna 3 Quote
wemattson Posted January 19, 2021 #14 Posted January 19, 2021 Thanks for the explanation and I'm looking forward to the next installment. Old Collingwood, Canute, lmagna and 1 other 4 Quote Current Projects: Kate Cory - Model Shipways - 1:64
Old Collingwood Posted January 20, 2021 #15 Posted January 20, 2021 Excellent work as usual Chris. OC. ChrisSC and Canute 2 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
ChrisSC Posted February 4, 2021 Author #16 Posted February 4, 2021 (edited) Thanks. I had to take a break from this 1/700 resin Normandie to preserve my sanity. I now attached one side of the lower hull PE window frames and decals. This model is beyond my abilities and patience but I will finish it. The size of the PE and resin combination is not something I will do again lol! Edited February 4, 2021 by ChrisSC yvesvidal, wemattson, lmagna and 4 others 7 Quote
yvesvidal Posted February 4, 2021 #17 Posted February 4, 2021 Agreed. It is a recipe for insanity. Yves Old Collingwood, ChrisSC, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote
wemattson Posted February 4, 2021 #18 Posted February 4, 2021 I'm sure it was a real PIA but the frames really add a lot of visual interest and you've done a great job on them. Canute, Old Collingwood, lmagna and 1 other 4 Quote Current Projects: Kate Cory - Model Shipways - 1:64
cog Posted February 4, 2021 #19 Posted February 4, 2021 You are a far braver person than I am 😰 ChrisSC, lmagna, Old Collingwood and 1 other 4 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ...
ChrisSC Posted February 10, 2021 Author #20 Posted February 10, 2021 Thanks. I'm determined to finish it at some point regardless of how it turns out. I may need a straight jacket when I'm done though lol! Old Collingwood, Canute, yvesvidal and 1 other 4 Quote
lmagna Posted February 11, 2021 #21 Posted February 11, 2021 9 hours ago, ChrisSC said: I may need a straight jacket when I'm done though You should possibly have gone through the straight jacket routine BEFORE you started. By the time you are done with this excellent build you will be due a medal! cog, ChrisSC, Canute and 1 other 4 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
ChrisSC Posted February 13, 2021 Author #22 Posted February 13, 2021 Lou you are absolutely correct about the straight jacket. Some slow progress on this Normandie. Dry fitting some mostly painted parts. yvesvidal, wemattson, lmagna and 3 others 6 Quote
ChrisSC Posted February 16, 2021 Author #23 Posted February 16, 2021 I wasn’t happy with the forecastle paint so I tried to touch it up with a brush. This turned into a disaster as there was a bad paint reaction that ruined the whole forecastle. I thought the model was trash. I stripped it all off with acetone which caused a gloppy mess. After it was cleaned up I sanded, carefully masked and sprayed it again. Thankfully it looks OK to me now. I need to learn to leave well enough alone lol. New paint is on the right in the photo. Old Collingwood, Canute, yvesvidal and 6 others 9 Quote
lmagna Posted February 16, 2021 #24 Posted February 16, 2021 (edited) Looks good. Glad it made it. We don't want any repeats of Normandie history! 😭 Edited February 16, 2021 by lmagna Old Collingwood and ChrisSC 2 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
ChrisSC Posted February 17, 2021 Author #25 Posted February 17, 2021 16 hours ago, lmagna said: Looks good. Glad it made it. We don't want any repeats of Normandie history! 😭 Thanks Lou. Yes, we certainly don't want that repeat. lmagna, Old Collingwood and Canute 3 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted February 18, 2021 #26 Posted February 18, 2021 Glad you got it fixed Chris, no worse headache or dissapointment to get to that stage and have a problem like that. OC. Canute and ChrisSC 2 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
ChrisSC Posted February 19, 2021 Author #27 Posted February 19, 2021 23 hours ago, Old Collingwood said: Glad you got it fixed Chris, no worse headache or dissapointment to get to that stage and have a problem like that. OC. Thanks OC. Not to worry, there are many things left for me to screw up lol! Some of these 1/700 parts are crazy small. The spotlights and speakers are like specs of dirt. Too small for tweezers. A wax pencil and holding my breath sometimes works. Landlubber Mike, Old Collingwood, lmagna and 4 others 7 Quote
ChrisSC Posted February 21, 2021 Author #28 Posted February 21, 2021 There are lots of details on these tiny funnels. I don't think they will be noticed when the ship is complete though due to the scale. I'm slowly moving along on this 1/700 resin Normandie. lmagna, hof00, Canute and 4 others 7 Quote
ChrisSC Posted February 24, 2021 Author #29 Posted February 24, 2021 This is a 1/700 photo etch marathon. I'm seeing double, maybe even triple! ccoyle, Canute, wemattson and 3 others 6 Quote
Old Collingwood Posted February 24, 2021 #30 Posted February 24, 2021 1 minute ago, ChrisSC said: This is a 1/700 photo etch marathon. I'm seeing double, maybe even triple! "Holly Mollies" thats hurting my eyes just viewing your masterpiece - and look at that water in pool - thats it Im getting my trunks... OC. lmagna and ChrisSC 2 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
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