Old Collingwood Posted June 13, 2021 Share #1 Posted June 13, 2021 I brought and assembled this kit back in 2014, back then my modeling situation was very basic and despite poor eysight (not quite as bad as now) I used no form of magnifiers just my reading glasses. Its the Dragon type 42 Destroyer kit and builds lovely out of the box, all of the extended batch 3 type 42s can be built from the kit by I decided to build the last of the group that had some mods on her including a bow wave extension of her hull. I saw her a few times in the flesh where we used to live and that influenced me in building her - but looking at my attempts from then using my optovisors I can see all the flaws - so I thought why not have ago to see if I can improve on what I built back then using the same kit - nothing drastic I will not be taking her apart or re painting - just doing a wee bit of a tidy up job under higher magnification. Here are a few pics including a photo I took of the real ship and a last pic as she was being made ready to be scapped and my old model shots. Hope this will be worth it. OC. ccoyle, Canute, RGL and 5 others 8 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...
Old Collingwood Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share #2 Posted June 18, 2021 Evening all, I decided to make a start on this today - I started removing the superstructure from the deck so I could get a better look at the details - "Boy was it in a state" but no surprise really as when it was built I was using just the basic tools no optovisor and just a over head light on our old haunted cottage where we used to live. I have been gently scarping away to remove the rough paintwork that looks like it was applied with a trowel - not to mention the trapped dust under the paintwork. Its going well even exposing some of the sharp details that was lost under the paintwork, the idea is to clean it up as much as possible then re paint again using brushes but this time it should be a better job as I have magnification and a good light. I will put some pics on tomorrow. OC. mtaylor, Canute, king derelict 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share #3 Posted June 18, 2021 This was the kits box artwork its a mk 3 version of the lengthend type 42 - HMS Edinburgh had the extended frontage (that I had to scratch) OC. lmagna, Canute and mtaylor 3 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...
king derelict Posted June 18, 2021 Share #4 Posted June 18, 2021 That's a beautiful photo of Edinburgh under way. Alan mtaylor, Canute and lmagna 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share #5 Posted June 19, 2021 7 minutes ago, king derelict said: That's a beautiful photo of Edinburgh under way. Alan I took it where we used to live close to a naval port, I was thrilled when we saw her during her farewel tour. OC. mtaylor, lmagna and Canute 3 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...
Canute Posted June 19, 2021 Share #6 Posted June 19, 2021 OC, did you try isopropal alcohol to remove the old paint. I've used the higher strength with good effect. Might need to scrub with some small brushes in the nooks and crannies. Looking forward to this redo. 😄 lmagna and mtaylor 2 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted June 19, 2021 4 hours ago, Canute said: OC, did you try isopropal alcohol to remove the old paint. I've used the higher strength with good effect. Might need to scrub with some small brushes in the nooks and crannies. Looking forward to this redo. 😄 Thanks Ken, so far I have been using a sharp blade to good effect, I have a tiny amount of isopropal in a spray bottle but it wont be enough I dont think. OC. mtaylor, lmagna and Canute 3 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...
Old Collingwood Posted June 19, 2021 Author Share #8 Posted June 19, 2021 More progress with this tonight but before I knew it - was time to pack up and I forgot to take pics, so basically I have most of the parts scraped and cleaned showing some good detail, I have sanded down the hull sides and cleaned up the bow, the plan is - I will give all the parts a spray with Tamiya surface primer (rattle can) then a top coat again rattle can, then I will paint the decks by hand as they would not have been dead smooth due to the anti slip paint on them. This will leave a ship with no decals though (unsure where I can get a set - I have been looking) OC. Canute, king derelict, lmagna 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...
Old Collingwood Posted June 20, 2021 Author Share #9 Posted June 20, 2021 Evening all - here are some progress photos, most of the de-paint process has been done - its a nice flat area now ready for my surface primer, then the top coat, I will mask the rear flight deck so I will be able to rescue the heli landing circle and work on improving some of the lines by masking and painting, the deck/tops of the blocks will also be done by hand. Not the greatest pic I have taken as the lens favoured the details in the background. OC. Canute, mtaylor, hof00 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted June 21, 2021 Share #10 Posted June 21, 2021 Nice work cleaning her up. She will come back looking very nice Alan Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share #11 Posted June 21, 2021 13 minutes ago, king derelict said: Nice work cleaning her up. She will come back looking very nice Alan Thank you Alan, she will never be perfect as there are too many issues with it - some of the PE aerials leave a lot to be desired, I had to imitate one with the thinnest plastic stock I could find and sand a bit, to get it level I drilled a small hole right through the base of the main mast, then pushed it through and glued it in place, then the secondary radar globes were missing so I had to scratch build something similar (will need shaping as long as they do not come un glued) There will be no PE handrails as I do not have any and when finished she will most likely be without many decals including her pennant number and name plaque on her hull. But I think she will be an improvement over how I built her - it was my first plastic ship kit since a teenager and first one I ever built in 1/700 scale and under not the best circumstances - light and lack of viewing aids apart from my glasses. OC. mtaylor, Canute and king derelict 3 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...
Old Collingwood Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share #12 Posted June 21, 2021 Just found our a few things about the boat - she was the only one of her class to have the extended bow bulwarks, the reason for this was she was going to be trialed for the Phalanx system and it was going to be placed on her forecastle between her sea dart and 4.5in Kryton turret, but to make it less affected by the sea spray they built up the bulwarks and enlarged her break waters. So thats another job for me to do - extend her breakwaters. When we saw her it turned out we were very lucky to catch her as only a few months later she was sent off to be scrapped. OC. lmagna, Canute and mtaylor 3 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...
Old Collingwood Posted June 21, 2021 Author Share #13 Posted June 21, 2021 Evening all, more progress on the Fortress - first I decided to see if I could build up the break waters, I had some PE frets left over and I discovered that some of the edging was roughly the right size - so I cut a length using my sharp blade this was then shaped against the plastic break waters then with tiny amount of CA applied with a fine bit of wire, I then pushed it in place, I then found some slightly narrower edging and the same idea then glued in place. After they had set I shaped them using my edge cutters, after I added a small amount of detailing behind the rear most break water. I then worked on the main mast with the PE I added a small platform and created a small aerial, then I had a go at the Two round radar domes very very luckily I found Two perfect round bits of left over something or other - perfect they were the right size and were duly glued in place. Starting to look a wee bit busier now. OC. mtaylor, marktiedens, 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted June 22, 2021 Author Share #14 Posted June 22, 2021 Evening all, a little more work this evening - I added another aerial ontop of the bridge and a few other bits and pieces, then I dry fitted everything back in place to see how its looking - OC. lmagna, king derelict, mtaylor and 4 others 7 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...
Old Collingwood Posted June 24, 2021 Author Share #15 Posted June 24, 2021 Evening all, some quite good progress (I think) I have given the assemblies a couple of thin coats of Tamiya surface primer, followed by the top coat (again Tamiya rattle can) I think its not come out too bad considering the less than ideal original paint job I did with a blindfold using a painting trowel while jumping up and down on a trampoline. OC. Canute, king derelict, mtaylor and 4 others 7 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...
Old Collingwood Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share #16 Posted June 25, 2021 Work to do to her next - add the dark Grey anti slip deck paint / do same to the tops and decks of the superstructure, paint the main part of the masts Black and White, do the Two secondary radar domes White, do some detail painting - Black in windows etc, tape the flight deck and paint the Two straight lines - one from port to starboard and the other one going into the hangar White, possibly add the two bow and stearn flag poles to be made from my wire stock and paint them Brown for wood. OC. mtaylor, lmagna, Canute 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...
RGL Posted June 25, 2021 Share #17 Posted June 25, 2021 I’ve hit middle age eyes in the last few years. Live the optivisor and can’t imagine going to 1/700. So brave!!! Canute, mtaylor and lmagna 2 1 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share #18 Posted June 25, 2021 8 hours ago, RGL said: I’ve hit middle age eyes in the last few years. Live the optivisor and can’t imagine going to 1/700. So brave!!! I'm the same with my eyes blind as a bat need glasses for all reading/laptop/tv and now I use an optovisor for all modeling. OC. Canute, lmagna and mtaylor 2 1 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...
Old Collingwood Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share #19 Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) Evening all, some more progress this evening, its brush stage tackling all the small details - the decks still need painting. The magnification monster is making my work look very (poor) with some of the details smoothered from the original paintwork, also the near macro shot hasn't helped. OC, Edited June 26, 2021 by Old Collingwood king derelict, Canute, Haliburton 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haliburton Posted June 25, 2021 Share #20 Posted June 25, 2021 Looking great! Just like in real life a ship is in dry dock getting her retrofit and upgrade to stay in the game! Scott lmagna and Canute 2 Quote Currently building: HM Yacht Chatham - 1:64 - Caldercraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share #21 Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Haliburton said: Looking great! Just like in real life a ship is in dry dock getting her retrofit and upgrade to stay in the game! Scott Thanks Scott, could be better if it was a new kit I was working from (roll on my Hood Kit) I have learned a lot over ther years - mainly good light and ample magnification - optovisors. OC. Edited June 26, 2021 by Old Collingwood mtaylor 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share #22 Posted June 26, 2021 A superb builder at this crazy scale - am i amazed - yep just A lot. OC. http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=311390 king derelict, mtaylor and Canute 3 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...
RGL Posted June 26, 2021 Share #23 Posted June 26, 2021 I just looked at that link, old mate pretty much did it perfectly. mtaylor, Canute and lmagna 3 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted June 26, 2021 Author Share #24 Posted June 26, 2021 10 hours ago, RGL said: I just looked at that link, old mate pretty much did it perfectly. Indeed mate - some people just have an extra level of skill. OC. Canute and mtaylor 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted June 27, 2021 Author Share #25 Posted June 27, 2021 Evening all, so the progress in miniture continues - I have started to add the darker anti slip paint to the tops of the superstructure, and touch up some of the details. OC. lmagna, mtaylor, Haliburton and 4 others 7 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...
Old Collingwood Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share #26 Posted June 28, 2021 I have decided to add some aerials to her as I have some thin wire that will do the job lovely, she did not have wires attached between masts as such but a few blade aerials - like whip aerials. OC. mtaylor, Canute, Haliburton 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted June 28, 2021 Author Share #27 Posted June 28, 2021 Some more progress this evening - I have added some paint to the front block - Dark Grey tops and decks then touching up a few of the details and even Brown for the Bridge outer wood work. OC. marktiedens, lmagna, Canute 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...
Old Collingwood Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share #28 Posted June 30, 2021 Evening/morning all, a wee bit more progress on this - I will be honest my mind has not really been on it as we have had some issues where we live and its made me loose some of my interest in modelling - but I decided it would be a good distraction to take my mind of things - so I decided to have a go at painting the main deck (clear of the superstructure parts) same dark Grey but on the real ship she had fitted Two strengthening beams that also increased here beam slightly these did not go the full length but were tapered, and are the hull colour, so I had a go at masking these then I brushed on a few thin coats of Dark Grey. It was a hit and miss job as I was not getting a smooth enough finish due to the cut ins and profiles around the obstructions, I was also getting a little bit of the paint on the sides of the hull so this needed removing but left a few marks, also when I removed the masks there was a little bit of damage on the edge and a little area of the Dark Grey was also marked a bit (so all that's being put down to end of service wear) No pics as it was late when I finished and I forgot to take some. OC. king derelict, mtaylor and Canute 3 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...
Old Collingwood Posted June 30, 2021 Author Share #29 Posted June 30, 2021 Evening all, small update a bit more paint and the superstructure was glued down, then I masked up the flight deck and added Two White lines, a wee bit of touch up and a part from a rattle can flat top coat - think its near as damn it finished - I will of course do more pics when the flat clear coat is on. OC. Haliburton, mtaylor, Canute 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 1, 2021 Share #30 Posted July 1, 2021 Congratulations OC. She looks very tidy now. I want to try a modern ship. I have a 1/700 HMS Montrose and would like to build her as the the Black Duke; HMS Monmouth if possible Alan Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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