king derelict Posted July 28 Share #1 Posted July 28 I think this will be the start of a number of fairly short builds as I explore the contents of a rather large collection of Eastern European kits bought on a whim because of the uncommon subject matter. Mikro Mir, Dora Wings, IBG, Amodel and Roden are all likely to be showing up in various guises. So first up is the Mikro Mir 1/44 scale Holland Class submarine; the Royal Navys first venture into submarines at the start of the 20th century Not very many pieces but lso very little flash. No location holes / tabs but the pieces fir together very well and the hull and deck pieces joined together without the need for putty or excessive sanding. At 63 feet long with a crew of 8 they must have been cosy little crafts I have built up everything in the kit except for the PE bilge keels which will interfere with the masking I used Mig One Shot black primer and then added some white to try to bring some variation into the dark grey top coat So far it has been entirely enjoyable. The paint scheme will be light grey uppers and dark grey lower. I plan to display it on my usual submarine base of an acrylaic rod and a simple sea bed. Thanks for looking in. Alan yvesvidal, AJohnson, Old Collingwood and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegr Posted July 28 Share #2 Posted July 28 Nice I'm going to present my own collection of less famous, smaller vessels soon. Some are 3d printed. Old Collingwood, Canute and thibaultron 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 29 Author Share #3 Posted July 29 I air brushed Tamiya XF-24 Dark Grey onto the lower hull. I'll let this dry overnight and then mask and paint the light grey upper hull. I then added some terrain to teh base using some foam offcuts and toilet paper soaked in white glue. Thanks for looking in and teh likes and comments Alan Landlubber Mike, GrandpaPhil, thibaultron and 8 others 9 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 29 Author Share #4 Posted July 29 On 7/28/2024 at 1:02 PM, mikegr said: Nice I'm going to present my own collection of less famous, smaller vessels soon. Some are 3d printed. Thanks Mike I look forward to seeing them. Your 3D printing skills are excellent Alan mikegr, Old Collingwood, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted July 30 Share #5 Posted July 30 Another Great little build mate. OC. Canute, thibaultron and AJohnson 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...
mikegr Posted July 30 Share #6 Posted July 30 i see some white spots. Is this a desired a effect? If not may need to regulate your airbrush possibly the spitting effect is created by thick paint thibaultron, Canute and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 30 Author Share #7 Posted July 30 22 hours ago, Old Collingwood said: Another Great little build mate. OC. Thanks Oc. Its a nicely made kit and fun. More of a painting exercise really though. Alan Canute, thibaultron, AJohnson and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 30 Author Share #8 Posted July 30 17 hours ago, mikegr said: i see some white spots. Is this a desired a effect? If not may need to regulate your airbrush possibly the spitting effect is created by thick paint Thanks Mike The air brush did spit a little; I'm not sure if its getting too hot in the garage where the painting takes place. Maybe I need to add some retarder. Alan thibaultron, Old Collingwood, mikegr and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 30 Author Share #9 Posted July 30 I masked the hull and sprayed the light grey upper hull colour. The masking produced a nice crisp line. I added the PE bilge keels which will need to be painted and then I will add some rust and washes to bring out the detail. I painted the seabed and that is now ready for submarine Thanks for looking in and the likes and comments Alan mikegr, Ian_Grant, kgstakes and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJohnson Posted July 31 Share #10 Posted July 31 That paint job looks very smart Alan. thibaultron and Canute 2 Quote Andrew Current builds:- HM Cutter Trial - Vanguard models (1/64), HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64), Hawker-Typhoon-1b-"Car-Door" - Airfix (1/24) Completed:- "Nisha" - Vanguard Models (1/64), HMS Orestes(Mars) - Caldercraft (1/64), HM Cutter Sherbourne - Caldercraft (1/64), TSS Earnslaw - Paper Shipwright (1/250), Puffer "Starlight" - Paper Shipwright (1/250) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted July 31 Author Share #11 Posted July 31 16 hours ago, AJohnson said: That paint job looks very smart Alan. Thank you very much Andrew Now its time to mess it up with some rust. I hope all is going well with you Alan AJohnson, Jack12477, thibaultron and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted August 1 Share #12 Posted August 1 Really nice work Alan. OC. AJohnson, thibaultron, 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...
king derelict Posted August 1 Author Share #13 Posted August 1 After a gloss coat I added a black wash around the detail and then followed up with some dark and light rust washes.. I need to touch up teh propellor but otherwise the submarine is ready for a matte coat and mounting onto the base. Thanks for looking in and all teh likes and comments Alan AJohnson, NavyShooter, yvesvidal and 10 others 9 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted August 2 Share #14 Posted August 2 Beautiful, Alan. Very well done. Yves Canute, thibaultron, AJohnson and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted August 2 Share #15 Posted August 2 Nicely done, Alan. Suitably grubby. 😁 AJohnson, Old Collingwood, thibaultron and 1 other 4 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...
Landlubber Mike Posted August 2 Share #16 Posted August 2 Looking great Alan! Nice quick build! Old Collingwood, thibaultron, AJohnson and 1 other 4 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted August 2 Author Share #17 Posted August 2 11 hours ago, yvesvidal said: Beautiful, Alan. Very well done. Yves Thank you very much Yves. I do like submarines. alan thibaultron, Jack12477, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted August 2 Author Share #18 Posted August 2 10 hours ago, Canute said: Nicely done, Alan. Suitably grubby. 😁 Thank you Ken. A very enjoyable painting exercise. alan thibaultron, Old Collingwood, AJohnson and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted August 2 Author Share #19 Posted August 2 3 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said: Looking great Alan! Nice quick build! Thank you very much Mike. The east European kit companies have some intriguing subjects and I rather overindulged. Most look like short builds but that just moves the problem from too many boxes to too many on display. alan mikegr, thibaultron, Jack12477 and 5 others 5 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted August 5 Author Share #20 Posted August 5 I added the model to the base in my usual way with an acrylic rod. I think this now complete. A nice kit and very enjoyable. Thank you all for looking in, for the likes and for the kind comments Alan Old Collingwood, GrandpaPhil, Thukydides and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJohnson Posted August 6 Share #21 Posted August 6 Well done Alan a neat little project! kgstakes, Jack12477, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Andrew Current builds:- HM Cutter Trial - Vanguard models (1/64), HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64), Hawker-Typhoon-1b-"Car-Door" - Airfix (1/24) Completed:- "Nisha" - Vanguard Models (1/64), HMS Orestes(Mars) - Caldercraft (1/64), HM Cutter Sherbourne - Caldercraft (1/64), TSS Earnslaw - Paper Shipwright (1/250), Puffer "Starlight" - Paper Shipwright (1/250) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted August 6 Share #22 Posted August 6 Love it! Looks a perfectly questionable mode of transportation! Old Collingwood, AJohnson and Canute 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted August 6 Author Share #23 Posted August 6 14 hours ago, AJohnson said: Well done Alan a neat little project! Thank you very much Andrew This was a better experience than I expected, no flash and everything fitted well although no alignment pins etc Alan AJohnson, Old Collingwood and Canute 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted August 6 Author Share #24 Posted August 6 10 hours ago, ccoyle said: Love it! Looks a perfectly questionable mode of transportation! Thank you very much Chris Its very reminiscent of the submarine invented by Leonard of Quirm (a character found in the Terry Pratchett books) Alan Canute, AJohnson and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted August 7 Share #25 Posted August 7 That looks Excellent Alan, I love it - you should be proud of what you have done there. OC. Canute, mikegr and AJohnson 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...
GrandpaPhil Posted August 7 Share #26 Posted August 7 Fantastic work, Alan! AJohnson, Old Collingwood and Canute 3 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted August 7 Author Share #27 Posted August 7 22 hours ago, Old Collingwood said: That looks Excellent Alan, I love it - you should be proud of what you have done there. OC. Thank you very much OC. It was a nice kit to build too. Alan Old Collingwood, Canute and AJohnson 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king derelict Posted August 7 Author Share #28 Posted August 7 7 hours ago, GrandpaPhil said: Fantastic work, Alan! Thank you Phil Alan Old Collingwood, Canute, AJohnson and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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