RN Roma by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/350 - PLASTIC

[RGL]

Cannone da 381/50 Ansaldo M1934 (The big guns)

[Canute]

Beautiful prints, Greg.  Superb detailing. WOW.

[AJohnson]

Those look stunning, I have in mind a few 1/350 RN subjects and had looked at this company, but wasn't sure, the quality you have there has made up my mind.

 

Now I just need to plan what I would need for a few projects to make the postage work for me and get a few items/projects in together.

 

Thanks for sharing a look at your goodies Greg. 👍

[yvesvidal]

With all these spare parts, I am starting to wonder if buying the kit is really necessary..... 🙂

 

Yves

[AJohnson]

3 hours ago, yvesvidal said:

With all these spare parts, I am starting to wonder if buying the kit is really necessary..... 🙂

 

Yves

I know, Greg probably has enough ‘spares’ to equip an entire 1/350 fleet. 🤣

But I understand, once you know there is something more accurate out there, well,  that is one awful scratch to not itch!

 If you are going to build a “Roma” you probably only doing it once, so might as well do it right! 👏

 

 

Edited July 7, 2022 by AJohnson

[lmagna]

18 hours ago, RGL said:

Who’s interested?

🥳👌🎁

[RGL]

I think that’s the thing, if you’re only going to build it once give it your best attempt before it gets parked on a shelf and never seen again. 

[RGL]

Centre deck blue. 
 

navy blue

field blue

medium blue

light blue

blue panzer filter 

 

looks really nice. Red and white stripes next on the bow 

 

[mikegr]

The detail difference in the turrets even noticeable in not something that cant be reproduced in plastic. If Flyhawk would release a 1/350 Roma i'm pretty sure it could compare with the fine Micromaster product

[RGL]

3D and PE are very different creatures, Flyhawk does great PE to a point but the complexity is somewhat a different level 

[cog]

6 hours ago, RGL said:

3D and PE are very different creatures, Flyhawk does great PE to a point but the complexity is somewhat a different level 

Which is why you can build it faster if you use 3D printed parts ... where is the agony and headaches, the joy of loosing parts in the carpet monster's jaws ... the search for the missing "link" ...

[AJohnson]

26 minutes ago, cog said:

Which is why you can build it faster if you use 3D printed parts ... where is the agony and headaches, the joy of loosing parts in the carpet monster's jaws ... the search for the missing "link" ...

Oh, how we suffer for our Art! 😆

 

That said, I bet you have to be careful separating some of the printed parts from the little "stalks" 🤯

[Canute]

Yes, sir. It's just as easy to launch a 3D part as a PE one. I need to do my work in a white room, so when a part goes pinging off into the next dimension, I stand a chance of quickly finding the pieces/part. Luckily,of late, it's been a tad easier, since the basswood & styrene shapes I'm working with are light colored.

[RGL]

I got rid of the rug in my study so finding stuff became a lot easier as the broom sweeps it all into one pile for searching, sot searching all the pile 

[RGL]

Painting the bow, white, dark red, red then pink. I need to finish off the bleed through, then completely re mask the whole thing 

[RGL]

Fixing the bleeding 

[RGL]

So I’ll take the dogs for a walk then start masking the whole deck again and all the dark blue bits. 

[RGL]

So this afternoon’s work! 

[cog]

4 hours ago, RGL said:

So I’ll take the dogs for a walk then start masking the whole deck again and all the dark blue bits. 

strange dogs they have downundah. The one in front we would call a cat up here ...

 

13 hours ago, Canute said:

Yes, sir. It's just as easy to launch a 3D part as a PE one. I need to do my work in a white room, so when a part goes pinging off into the next dimension, I stand a chance of quickly finding the pieces/part. Luckily,of late, it's been a tad easier, since the basswood & styrene shapes I'm working with are light colored.

You wear a straitjacket too?

[cog]

Nice painting, I found that some tape works better against bleeding than others. Further more a q-tip rubbing the edges helped me to avoid most of the bleeding. Nice painting though

[AJohnson]

5 hours ago, RGL said:

So I’ll take the dogs for a walk then start masking the whole deck again and all the dark blue bits. 

 

I know that look, get that at home from my pooches! - “Will you stop what you are doing, we need to go sniff some lampposts and bums NOW!”

[mikegr]

On 7/8/2022 at 9:04 AM, RGL said:

3D and PE are very different creatures, Flyhawk does great PE to a point but the complexity is somewhat a different level 

I think Flyhawk produces the best plastic in the market, turrets, funnels, airplanes, all comes in great detail even in 1/700 scale, plus the PE

 

Now for the 3D parts I found myself enjoying design and print my parts. I

This may take more time than scratchbuilding but while increasing my design skills hopefully the overall time will be shorten. Results are satisfactory although there's always space for improvement

[RGL]

I think Pontos and Infini give Flyhawk a run for their money as they probably a generation ahead of them. As to 3D, it’s a new art; I won’t get into it as I couldn’t draw anything and I’m happy for others to do the heavy lifting 

[Canute]

Same for me with drawing. I can give a sketch to a friend of mine with a laser cutter for special pieces/ parts.

 

And that's a rubber room for that straitjacket, Carl. White room is a super clean space, which ain't gonna happen either. It's a basement. Floor is dark, hides dirt. Also hides anything dark, like many model parts.

[RGL]

Base coat of the splinter camo done. Filters next. 

[RGL]

Nup, not happy, I’m going to remark and make the pale grey much lighter.

[RGL]

And it starts again 

[cog]

Never said camouflage is easy to apply ... even selecting the proper colour isn't easy ...

[RGL]

Redone. I’m happier now. 

[RGL]

And some weathering