DocRob Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 On 4/5/2023 at 1:55 PM, Bomber_County said: Rob, absolutely stunning, are you going to bring a microscope to paint those figures, I was second guessing in doing mine at 35th scale…….. I'm not good with 35 scale figures, what could probably go wrong with these 100 times smaller renditions . Cheers Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted April 6, 2023 Author Share Posted April 6, 2023 22 hours ago, CANicoll said: Rob, awesome work. You need to do a master-class for us on working with tiny PE, bending PE, etc. I see all of that PE and my sphincter tightens. Chris Holy , batman! Those are clothes pins under the two-sided tape! wow... Nah Chris, there is nothing to it. All is about 100 times smaller, that's it . Honestly, I enjoy most of the PE work, as the quality and fit of these parts is good. The boats racks were an exception. They are a bit flimsy, but lastly they hold up painting and weathering. Where bad plastic meets good PE, there are sometimes fit problems, but all in all, I had expected worse. Good that you reference to the clothes pegs and tape, because it's not so easy to spot something above with the bare eye . Cheers Rob 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted April 7, 2023 Author Share Posted April 7, 2023 Phew, I painted up the figures. The printing quality is excellent for the scale and these little guys will bring some life onto the decks of USS Arizona. The figures were primed matte white with the airbrush and then followed by skin color, light blue and blue gray, brown for the shoes and some other details, applied with a 000 brush. Last, I brushed on a mix of grey oil paint and matte thinner as a wash, to let the detail pop a bit more. And here there are the first officers and sailors on duty (or resting). Cheers Rob 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 Hi Rob, Some of your figures look great. And then some are out of uniform. White is for summer and tropics, Blues for winter in colder climates. Dungarees for daily working uniform for enlisted men. Khaki for officers and Chief petty officers for regular work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted April 7, 2023 Share Posted April 7, 2023 On 4/5/2023 at 12:21 PM, HubertB said: Now you know where your recent health problems come from 😅… Did you mention that hazard to the docs 😉 ? Hubert I'm blaming Doc Rob!! 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 6 hours ago, GazzaS said: Some of your figures look great. And then some are out of uniform. Thanks Gary, the reason, some of the guys look incorrect is, they are pure fantasy products. After a quick search, I found many sources showing navy uniforms for certain years and there were lots of differences. I decided to go fantasy, as I don't want to dig deeper into the subject. What you see is what I remembered from photos and movies. Cheers Rob 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 4 hours ago, CANicoll said: I'm blaming Doc Rob!! 🙂 Disclaimer : I'm not responsible for medical issues caused by my builds or comments here, as long as I follow the forum rules. Since now, I was never mentioned to a doctor as the reason for health problems. I will not stop using PE only for the sanity of other forum members. I will not refund your health insurance on the base of my build thread. With other words, reading is an unforced input of information and the author cannot held responsible for bodily reaction of readers, especially not, if the subject of nuisance is pointed out by a member I will not name, except the hint that his name starts with H and ends with ubert . Disclaimer off. Honestly Chris, I read about your health issues and it sounds frightening and serious. I wish you the very best on the way to regain your good health. Cheers Rob 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted April 8, 2023 Author Share Posted April 8, 2023 It's a bit of cash in time now, as it's the time of the build, where all the pre fabricated sub assemblies got finally detailed and added to the decks. I mounted the planes on their sleds onto the catapults, dozens of bollards, winches, AA guns and mid artillery with their gun shields. Not all is glued yet, and I try to assemble in a logical order, without risking to destroy glued on details through bad sequencing. Suddenly the whole build appears to melt together with these very rewarding steps. Cheers Rob 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted April 9, 2023 Share Posted April 9, 2023 Rob WOW ... right on the money - as the details and assemblies are added, it's a whole new ballgame and the Arizona is looking fantastic. All the hard work and countless hours is paying off is spades. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 Looks brilliant, Rob. You've done a great job to modulate the colors on the ship. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 I like the weathering Rob!! The railing is really going to make it pop. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted April 10, 2023 Author Share Posted April 10, 2023 20 hours ago, Peterpools said: WOW ... right on the money - as the details and assemblies are added, it's a whole new ballgame and the Arizona is looking fantastic. All the hard work and countless hours is paying off is spades 8 hours ago, GazzaS said: Looks brilliant, Rob. You've done a great job to modulate the colors on the ship. 7 hours ago, KevinM said: I like the weathering Rob!! Thank you Gentlemen, these steps of assembly are quite rewarding as many parts klick together which were very tedious to assemble. There are still lots of things to do until I can tell the Arizona finished, but it feels good to reach this point. The weathering looks a bit over pronounced on the pictures. I can't explain why, but especially the hull looks less weathered to the eye than on my pics. Cheers Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted April 10, 2023 Author Share Posted April 10, 2023 I added more and more sub assemblies to the mix. After a bit of detail painting with a brush, the numerous boats were glued to the decks, later followed by the gangways. More figures were CA-ed to their stations. The superstructure and the mast section are not glued in place yet, as I will add some railings first. Not shown on the pictures are the anchor chains, which I blackened in burnishing fluid. Cheers Rob 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 Rob Looking so good and the figures add so much to the build nd the perfect complement to the weathering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted April 11, 2023 Share Posted April 11, 2023 On 4/6/2023 at 2:12 PM, DocRob said: I'm not good with 35 scale figures, what could probably go wrong with these 100 times smaller renditions . Cheers Rob Well, technically, they are 1000 times smaller… Hubert, playing smartass 😇 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Love the slackers near the funnel. The rest of the ship looks great, too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 Rob, the figures certainly do make the of model “pop”. Also love the subtle weathering and slight rust on the catapult etc. This is epic….. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted April 12, 2023 Author Share Posted April 12, 2023 17 hours ago, HubertB said: Well, technically, they are 1000 times smaller… Hubert, playing smartass 😇 I was exaggerating a bit, they are only 10 times smaller than your actual 1/35 figure. I wasn't speaking volume, Hubert, re-smartassing off . Cheers Rob 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted April 12, 2023 Author Share Posted April 12, 2023 On 4/11/2023 at 1:52 PM, Peterpools said: Looking so good and the figures add so much to the build nd the perfect complement to the weathering. 4 hours ago, GazzaS said: Love the slackers near the funnel. The rest of the ship looks great, too 3 hours ago, Bomber_County said: Rob, the figures certainly do make the of model “pop”. Also love the subtle weathering and slight rust on the catapult etc. This is epic…. Muchas gracias amigos, It's actually fun to place the figures poco a poco and think of small stories, they tell. These ION figures are ahead of the game, so many different poses and the detail is very good for the scale. I will slow down a bit the next days, there is a good swell forecast and I will surf until I'm numb and I cannot lift my arms anymore . Cheers Rob 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 The two guys carrying the mail(?) to the Kingfisher had me . 😄 as well as the guys lounging in the sun . 100% believe details should tell a story if you can , the interaction of the objects and the people is art , otherwise it's a thing with less context. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted April 12, 2023 Share Posted April 12, 2023 3 hours ago, DocRob said: I was exaggerating a bit, they are only 10 times smaller than your actual 1/35 figure. I wasn't speaking volume, Hubert, re-smartassing off . Cheers Rob Yes, but as a German, with engineering training on top, you cannot ignore that thinking in 3D speaks, literally, volumes 😂! Hubert, re-re-smartassing 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted April 14, 2023 Author Share Posted April 14, 2023 Phew, almost there. Some touchups are still to do and there are still some parts missing, like the anchors, which I forgot. I added all the railings, which proved easier than thought. I bent them to shape before carefully set them on a wooden board with double sided adhesive tape and then primed and sprayed the railings. Before installing the outer railings, I glued on the masts, cranes and superstructure, not to interfere with later. Lots of figures were added and I hope, they tell little stories with their poses, interaction and placement. Lastly, there is the question, if I rig the Arizona. I'm not so sure, if rigging would be visible in this scale, but this decision will be made later. It seems like I can think about new projects. There were times, where I couldn't think of getting to this stage, during the build and this feels good and satisfactory. Cheers Rob 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Absolutely amazing, what a great build, all aspects of it, the figures really add some more interst to it as well. Cheers Dennis 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Rob Right with Dennis X2 - awesome work What a fantastic build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted April 15, 2023 Share Posted April 15, 2023 I really dig the figures and how they work with the ship. Railings look good, too. I really hope you rig it. Or it will look naked. No pressure. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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