SMS Emden by modeller_masa - FINISHED - Flyhawk - 1/700 - Plastic

[modeller_masa]

This is a legendary ship of the German Kaiserliche Marine. I saw an interesting model that has a fake canvas funnel, so I started the same project.

 

Flyhawk is a well known brand as a high difficulty 1/700 kits. I invented several methods to compete with the difficulty.

 

This kit is very small, so I had lots of trouble holding it. I made a handling floating dock to protect the side hull.

 

 

The side walls protect the tiny parts and paints of the side hull. 

 

I learned this "temporary rigging" technique from the previous online lecture at the NRG.

 

Those temporary rigging fix the plastic mast and yards.

 

I made a straight and nice main mast successfully.

 

I added the fourth fake funnel using a brass rod and aluminium foil.

 

 

 

The main mast was broken when I was sprinting toward the goal. My heart was broken, too.

 

I tried to fix it, but the nice mast didn't come back. I had to remove the entire rigging and start from the beginning.

 

I gave up some and removed only the strongly twisted rigging. I added a less detailed rigging and wrapped up the project.

 

[modeller_masa]

I hope you enjoyed my project.

 

 

 

 

[Jim Lad]

May I ask why your German ship is flying the British white ensign?

 

John

[ccoyle]

3 minutes ago, Jim Lad said:

May I ask why your German ship is flying the British white ensign?

 

A ruse de guerre, no doubt! Captain Aubrey would approve -- if he were German.

[king derelict]

You did a great job with the rigging on such a small scale. Congratulations 

alan

[modeller_masa]

3 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

German ship is flying the British white ensign

The SMS Emden was the most successful ship in the German navy's history. She pretended to be HMS Yarmouth of the Royal Navy. Her pirate adventure and the last survivors' voyage around the world were very interesting.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Emden

[Jim Lad]

Thanks for that information.

 

John

[ccoyle]

I've seen at least two sources that state that the German East Asia Squadron were all painted gray as of 1910.

[modeller_masa]

38 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

German East Asia Squadron

And Royal Navy East Asia fleets in 1910s also had similar grey color paint. I think your sources are right. It is better to follow the first color scheme in the Flyhawk manual.

[Landlubber Mike]

Came out great!  Very nice job!  Thanks for sharing the mast alignment technique.

[modeller_masa]

14 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

the mast alignment technique

https://thenrg.org/events/workshops

 

I found the source. There are three "Strategic detailing" online workshops presented by Chuck Bauer.