HMS Zulu by king derelict - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/700 - PLASTIC

[king derelict]

Ships boats have been installed and the paint touched up on the details. Then weathering. I think it’s a bit too much but I was after a North Atlantic convoy escort look and went a bit further than usual. Looking at some photos it may actually be typical. I doubt anyone was hanging over the side in a bosuns chair with a paintbrush in mid Atlantic.

Im calling this one finished and will now move onto the last of the three Tribals.

Thanks for looking in, the likes and kind comments.

alan
 

[ccoyle]

Looks great, Alan!

[AJohnson]

Another lovely build in miniature, well done Alan! 

[Landlubber Mike]

23 hours ago, king derelict said:

Mike, I’m a bit nervous about using ca glue for the tripod legs of the foremast. Soldering them gives a strong enough joint to allow a bit of tweaking if the spread needs adjustments before fitting. I think ca works well for the yardarms, @mikegr shows an effective looking way of using ca glue on masts.

alan

What I like to do is run a thin needle with CA to add a good amount to hidden areas - interiors, etc.  Seems to work very well.  I’ve also done the same with two part epoxy.  I’m surprised you can solder such thin pieces of brass without destroying them - very impressive!
 

At some point I’ll have to learn to solder so that I can build up the GLS corvette class aftermarket.

[Canute]

Well done, Alan. Suitably weather-beaten.

[king derelict]

On 8/13/2025 at 7:50 AM, ccoyle said:

Looks great, Alan!

Thank you Chris. Another fun build 

alan

[king derelict]

On 8/13/2025 at 10:16 AM, AJohnson said:

Another lovely build in miniature, well done Alan! 

Thank you very much Andrew, the PE set is not perfect but it does elevate the build, the basic Trumpeter kit would be a bit bland.

alan

[king derelict]

On 8/13/2025 at 6:49 PM, Landlubber Mike said:

What I like to do is run a thin needle with CA to add a good amount to hidden areas - interiors, etc.  Seems to work very well.  I’ve also done the same with two part epoxy.  I’m surprised you can solder such thin pieces of brass without destroying them - very impressive!
 

At some point I’ll have to learn to solder so that I can build up the GLS corvette class aftermarket.

Thanks Mike. I’ll try that technique with the ca glue. I was taught to solder as an apprentice at de Havilland over fifty years ago, some of it stuck but I was untidy them too

alan

[king derelict]

11 hours ago, Canute said:

Well done, Alan. Suitably weather-beaten.

Thanks very much Ken. I thought if she had seen enough bad weather to take the paint off she needed a greater amount of rust streaking.

alan