HSwMS Visby and HSwMS Härnösand by mikegr - 1/700 - 3D-printed

[mikegr]

These are two models of the Swedish Visby class corvette. I bought this design but had to make some modifications to print it in 1/700. Even at first attempt they printed great. Will enchance the model with PE and bit of work. I think with proper paint job will look nice on a sea base display

[king derelict]

Nice printing work Mike

alan

[Nirvana]

Very nice printing Mike,

I also have one of the Corvettes under printing.... mine is not 1/700 scale. Mine is larger and will be R/C

 

 

[mikegr]

Visby is the one with the single antenna on top whileH ärnösand is the other with the upgraded radar mast.

After a coating of neutral grey it was to start masking for spraying the darker grey. The side grills were made with carrier fishnet cut in oval shape and glued on a black area for maximum contrast. It was the closest thing to the real that I could think of

 

[mikegr]

It took me sometime but paintjob was done. I need to add a few details, decals and some PE work

 

[mikegr]

Final details added.

I need to spray with varnish, add decals and add guard rails at the rear section

 

[mikegr]

Decals added as well as railings

 No rigging fortunately.

 

[mikegr]

The base.

Sided were primed and painted in the same camouflage scene.

Styrofoam with heavy gel on top. I used a tooth pick making parallel lines to form waves. Then applied few gesso layers to smoothen it a bit. Around where boats will be placed, I spread with my finger some gel to make a smooth surface. Then sprayed blue. Then Tamiya clear blue. Then some white preshading. Ready for boat instalments and final work.

[mikegr]

I procced in the same way as usual. Only difference this time I extended the use of silicone to all white areas to avoid the "dry" looking of my previous themes. The whole thing was covered with 2 ingredient varnish like these used on automobile industry.

 

Then i decided to add smoke as a final touch

Small built but with noticeable effect

 

 

 

 

Edited September 29, 2024 by mikegr

[king derelict]

Another great seascape Mike. It looks really good with the smoke plumes.

alan

[mikegr]

2 hours ago, king derelict said:

Another great seascape Mike. It looks really good with the smoke plumes.

alan

Thank you Alan.

Always appreciated your comments

[GrandpaPhil]

Very cool!