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

[mikegr]

11 hours ago, Roger Pellett said:

At least in the US Navy, the realities of combat put an end to on board luxuries. I recently read that when new ships arrived in the Pacific Theatre, crews were even put to work removing paint from all interior spaces.  Interior paint was considered to be a contributing factor in the September  1942 loss of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp.  Thrown into the Guadalcanal Campaign before her crew had time to completely strip her for combat, painted surfaces helped spread fire throughout the ship.

 

I wonder how much of this had been done to the Italian Cruisers when they were lost at Cape Matapan.

 

Roger

Nevertheless the living conditions in the US Navy ships remained fairly good. Even quite cramped is some cases, there was A/C in most ships and food was quite decent with servings ok cokes, ice cream, fresh bread making machines etc.

In IJN conditions were not that good especially in certain units like submarines. Some claim, that was an psychological factor which affected negatively crew's combat performance, although i believe Japanese sailors had great self discipline and control. However even today they are building merchant vessels with less comforts for crew, small cabins with low ceilings etc. On the other hand they offer high standards of automation so even a 300K DWT oiler can fully operate with less than 20 crew members

[RGL]

The boat booms on the hull, the kit provides 4 and ignored a set near the Y turret. As you can see the kit plastic ones are poor. 

the PE ones are a bit bashed or replaced. Next is the boat davits, which are good enough but completely ignore how they worked so I fixed it with spares

[RGL]

So today I got the railings on. Getting there 

[BANYAN]

Getting there indeed; looks great Greg.  You have mastered these now so what is your next building challenge?

 

cheers

 

Pat

[RGL]

Once I get this done I need to tidy up some builds I’m putting in our local scale model show here in Canberra, I’m putting in the Langley, Thetis bay, Essex and Yamato. 
 

then I’ve got a fair bit to chose from ….

[CDW]

Just now, RGL said:

Once I get this done I need to tidy up some builds I’m putting in our local scale model show here in Canberra, I’m putting in the Langley, Thetis bay, Essex and Yamato. 
 

then I’ve got a fair bit to chose from ….

Wish I was there to see that show!

[RGL]

We ship builders are such a tiny group in the modelling world 

[RGL]

Ready for the big gun fit out 

[mikegr]

i think the high angled AA gun are not that much an upgrade. Because they look as a single piece. I think those provided in the kit can look great with some extra work like adding blastbags, drilling etc.

Are these made of plastic or resin?

[RGL]

They are 3 d prints that come in 3 pieces. The one on the right is the kit one 

[Tony Hunt]

There can't have been many warships with triple-gun turrets for the secondary armament.  Very stylish!

[Canute]

The 3D HA AA wins, since the rest of the build is so detailed.

[RGL]

Hours and hours of masking 

[RGL]

And more masking 

[RGL]

And the tape comes off. Next is filters, washes and highlighting. 

[RGL]

Big guns done 

[S-boat 55]

She looks stunning, love the open doors on the range finders, 

[AJohnson]

Think the investment in those turret upgrades well worth it Greg. Very nicely painted and detailed. 👏

[cog]

I wouldn't have bothered  masking to be able to paint canvas. A brush would have done the job just as well IMHO, or am I just lazy ...

[RGL]

The thing with acrylics is you need lots of layers with a brush which drowns the details which you don’t with an airbrush. So the time it takes to mask works out quicker. IMO…..

[cog]

I wouldn't use acrylics 😉 Told you I'm lazy 😆

Edited August 6, 2022 by cog

[RGL]

Crayons? 

[king derelict]

The details come out so beautifully. Congratulations

alan

[RGL]

Now the Micromaster lift rafts, the details are amazing and make the kit ones look like blobs 

[BANYAN]

Stunning detail and very well executed Greg; some great eye candy.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[mtaylor]

I find it interesting that they would store rafts on top of the turrets.  Seems they would be more susceptible to damage there.  

[RGL]

No idea why, but they removed all the ships boats before going into battle. 

[RGL]

Nearly done, if you zoom in You can see the little side scuttle, I’ve got about 160 to add plus the ships planes.  

[cog]

6 hours ago, mtaylor said:

I find it interesting that they would store rafts on top of the turrets.  Seems they would be more susceptible to damage there.  

I don't think it matters where they would stow them, Mark. When you consider the damage done on those ships ... splinters flying everywhere ... if not bomb fragments, parts of the ship would be flying around

4 hours ago, RGL said:

No idea why, but they removed all the ships boats before going into battle. 

That's probably a leftover from the 1600 and after period ships. To avoid men from having the idea safety was an option during battle, and in that time to avoid splinters from a shot up boat to fly over the deck, decimating gunners

 

NIcely done so far, RGL. "Just" one last tedious effort 

[mikegr]

8 hours ago, mtaylor said:

I find it interesting that they would store rafts on top of the turrets.  Seems they would be more susceptible to damage there.  

From what I can remember it seems that IJN didn't use many of these kind of rafts