Scharnhorst 1940 by CDW - Flyhawk - 1:700 Scale - PLASTIC

[Edwardkenway]

Tiny work Craig 😲

Looking good !

[CDW]

2 hours ago, Snug Harbor Johnny said:

Hmmm ... Injection needles are hollow, and different gauges of needles are graduated by size and 'bore'.  Instead of just using brass inserts for the gun barrels (which is a great idea on its own), one could cut the length needed from a stainless steel hypodermic needle with a Dremel cut-off wheel.  This would fit right into the hole bored with the same size needle, but instead of being solid brass, it would be a stainless steel gun barrel with a genuine bore.  How cool would that be?   Fair sailing, Johnny

 

That works perfectly for straight gun barrels, but the Scharnhorst gun barrels are stepped down. Larger diameter at the base then smaller diameter for the length of the barrel. The brass barrels are turned on a lathe to achieve that step in diameter. 

[CDW]

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2 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

Tiny work Craig 😲

Looking good !

 

I can hardly believe how small some of the parts are cast. Parts 10 and 11 are so small, they are lost in the creases of the face on the coin.

 

 

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[CDW]

Main guns ready for paint. There are more secondary guns to do.

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

that size of gun has a elongated breech and barrel.......if your gonna fire something that big,  you'll need the room    look at the size of the breech on Leopold,  the German rail gun....freak'in huge!   I'm sure your using magnification for this one.......very nice!

[Landlubber Mike]

Those brass barrels really dress up the guns for sure.  Nice job!

[CDW]

Started laying down the wood deck pieces. The molded anchor chains are quite good and acceptable, but unfortunately must be removed in order to install the small wood deck pieces around them/under them. The replacement for the chains is photo etched chain and not quite as nice as the molded chains because the PE chain is 2 dimensional. Maybe I will test some paint to try and match the color of the wood deck and just paint the small deck areas around the molded chains and that way leave them in place.

 

[CDW]

I mixed three parts Tamiya flat white with one part Tamiya flat buff and I think it's pretty close for a match. After it dries, will use a little dark wash and it should be good to go. Need to come back and detail touch-up those molded chains.

 

[lmagna]

Not sure what you are saying about the PE chains. They looks 3D in the pictures above even when zoomed in. Nice work.

[CDW]

Just now, lmagna said:

Not sure what you are saying about the PE chains. They looks 3D in the pictures above even when zoomed in. Nice work.

 

Those are not the photo etch chains. Those are the molded on chains which I chose not to remove and replace with two dimensional photo etch chains.

The wooden deck calls for removal of the molded chains and replacing them with photo etch. I think that's a bad idea in this particular case because of the quality of the Flyhawk molded plastic details.

[CDW]

The rear deck now in place, the main deck is ready for guns and superstructure components.

 

[Edwardkenway]

The wood deck is great, your paint job to save the moulded anchor chains has worked a treat 😉

[Old Collingwood]

Cant believe how nice this is looking - really nice mate.

 

OC.

[CDW]

The secondary and main guns got a coat of light gray, then the tops of the turrets will be done in a medium gray.

 

Edited April 23, 2021 by CDW

[popeye the sailor]

agreed with the chain detail.......I chose to use the PE chain on the Vendetta,  and should they get bent {for some unseen reason},  they are difficult to lay down.  also they look 'flat'.   the deck is really nice.......interesting that they make them for this scale.  do you have bits for the upper levels of the structures,  or are they to remain 'metal' decking?

[CDW]

1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

agreed with the chain detail.......I chose to use the PE chain on the Vendetta,  and should they get bent {for some unseen reason},  they are difficult to lay down.  also they look 'flat'.   the deck is really nice.......interesting that they make them for this scale.  do you have bits for the upper levels of the structures,  or are they to remain 'metal' decking?

 

Yes, the pieces for the upper decks are included. 

[CDW]

Got a bit of bad news from my local hobby paint supplier when I learned that there will not be another shipment of Mr Color paints for another 6 - 12 months. Not certain of the cause, but it might be Covid related. On a positive note, my supplier became the US distributor for Mig Ammo paints. I've had good results with those in the past but they were hard to come by. Now they are here in my town in full stock. Will have to learn the conversion for them as almost all Asian models give color call outs in Mr Color reference numbers.

Edited April 23, 2021 by CDW

[Old Collingwood]

2 hours ago, CDW said:

Got a bit of bad news from my local hobby paint supplier when I learned that there will not be another shipment of Mr Color paints for another 6 - 12 months. Not certain of the cause, but it might be Covid related. On a positive note, my supplier became the US distributor for Mig Ammo paints. I've had good results with those in the past but they were hard to come by. Now they are here in my town in full stock. Will have to learn the conversion for them as almost all Asian models give color call outs in Mr Color reference numbers.

I like the Mig Ammo washes  but when I opened them I got quite a shock as they are quite smelly  even if being brushed on, I was concerend about the admiral  noticing the smell  as they are a bit on the Turps  type of smell.

 

OC.

[RGL]

My local hobby shop has very few paints available, and even online there is not a big selection. If I painted with a hairy stick I’d be quite concerned I’d run out. 

[CDW]

I've learned that when working with a detailed model on this small scale, it's important to work over a surface that will catch your small dropped parts and not allow them to bounce and wind up in places unknown. If you are anything like me, you will drop parts. They are so small, it's just part of the game. I found that laying a white terry cloth towel over my work surface will catch the parts when I drop them and make them easy to spot, gray parts on a white surface.

 

 

This funnel is nowhere near complete, and it already took seven separate parts to arrive at the stage as you see it here. Lots more parts to finish it.

 

[CDW]

By the way, I acquired a conversion chart that gives the correct correlation/cross-reference of the many various paint colors that match Mig Ammo paints and their color numbers. I am not going to post the chart here as I am afraid it may be proprietary and not suitable for posting on the net in a public forum.

If you want a copy of what I have, send me a PM and I will share it with you.

[Landlubber Mike]

6 hours ago, CDW said:I found that laying a white terry cloth towel over my work surface will catch the parts when I drop them and make them easy to spot, gray parts on a white surface.

 

 

 

That’s a great idea.  I’ll have to try that.  I’ve used paper towel before but a cloth towel with more area sounds like a better plan.  I don’t have a problem so much with the kit parts but the PE can be a real pain when it drops or pings off the tweezers.

 

[Canute]

Another trick for snipping small parts off their sprues is to do that inside a large, clear plastic bag. May want to "liberate" one of the large Ziploc or similar bags from the pantry.

[CDW]

Some of the superstructure photo etch is small and tedious (understatement).

 

[CDW]

I have reached my small part size limit. Anything smaller than this, I cannot do. Too small. Need to have my head examined for attempting these.

 

 

[lmagna]

So what in the H*** are they anyway?

[CDW]

Just now, lmagna said:

So what in the H*** are they anyway?

 

Mosquito eyelashes. 🤥

 

They are parts of the superstructure support gussets components.