Scott Crouse Posted July 3 #1 Posted July 3 Started the R/N Fiume recently and decided to start a build log here. Occasionally I stream my building over on twitch at: https://www.twitch.tv/bartbandy Splurged and got myself a PE bender as well . Kit comes with PE and all the railings, only extras I bought was some brass barrels and will use EZ line for the rigging, otherwise, stock kit. Decided to try doing the hard mount thing instead of the kit cradle. The "candle sticks" are just temporary for the build, will use nice brass or something when I mount to the base. Lets get the red and white stripes out of the way first. That worked out ok. Discovered my hands and eyes won't allow me to paint individual planks so picked up one of these Easy cutters to make tape strips with. I love it! Masking various planks and did 3 different shades of brown. Gloss clear coat, then Naval Deck wash. Also painted the rest of the deck in a dark'ish grey. That works. Making masking templates. Increased the photo size to the same as the ship, cut tape to match. (wish I had stock in Tamiya tape for this project) That worked as well. German and US shades of green mixed to put on an Italian ship - love it! Almost zero touchup required - woot! Letting it cure a day or two before sealing it up with a gloss finish (there will be oil pants to tone it down yet). But happy up to this point. Canute, Thukydides, woodartist and 5 others 8 Quote
Landlubber Mike Posted July 3 #2 Posted July 3 Very cool, great start on this! I didn't realize Trumpeter made a kit for this ship. I love the look of the Italian WW2 ships. Canute, Scott Crouse and AJohnson 3 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans)
ccoyle Posted July 3 #3 Posted July 3 Great start! Rick310, Scott Crouse, AJohnson and 1 other 4 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund
king derelict Posted July 3 #4 Posted July 3 The wooden deck painting is superb. The result justifies the work to achieve it. alan AJohnson, Canute and Scott Crouse 3 Quote
Scott Crouse Posted July 4 Author #5 Posted July 4 Thanks, I was skeptical at first when I see so many people buying wooden decks but now after having done it, I find myself looking for a kit with an even bigger deck haha. I really enjoyed the process and it is rewarding. king derelict and Canute 2 Quote
Scott Crouse Posted October 10 Author #6 Posted October 10 Sorry for no updates on this project of late. I have to admit that come summer the model room takes a back seat to enjoying the great outdoors. Did manage to get a bit of a start on the PE and will be working on this around working on my Norwegian Pram project. RGL, mtaylor, yvesvidal and 2 others 5 Quote
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