PanzerWomble Posted March 20, 2023 Author Share Posted March 20, 2023 27 minutes ago, GazzaS said: Guy, she looks great so far. I find most PE just has to be endured with the final result in mind. I have also started cheating, using tacky canopy glue whenever I can to get the part in place. Then I reinforce it with a bit of CA. re: the railings…. At the model warship forum they recommend attaching them with CA and then running a bead of thinned PVA along the bottom to prevent them from detaching when there are temperature changes. Thanks for the tip that's golden 👍. I find PE a PITA , often preferring to make stuff from styrene sheet or copper sheet , both of which are easier to work I called it a night and did some sea stuff instead . Nice white styrofoam .....cut boat hull shape ....rough swell cut with a knife, and then the wakes planned out . Final rough shaping using a gas lighter with melts the foam naturally rather than leaving cut marks . Rolled with a rolling pin to even out . End stage one ! Thank you Chris Flodberg for this method. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 PITA for sure. But the only way to get close to scale in many aspects. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 4 minutes ago, GazzaS said: PITA for sure. But the only way to get close to scale in many aspects. Disagree buddy . You can scratch to scale as well . I'm also dubious about a lot of PE sets as my pal Simmerit points out..... a lot of the Eduard ones for armour are often pure fiction. 🤣 Still it's only glueing bit of plaaaaaztik together after all . I need to get back to my FJ1200 restoration at some stage. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 18 minutes ago, PanzerWomble said: Disagree buddy . You can scratch to scale as well . I'm also dubious about a lot of PE sets as my pal Simmerit points out..... a lot of the Eduard ones for armour are often pure fiction. 🤣 Still it's only glueing bit of plaaaaaztik together after all . I need to get back to my FJ1200 restoration at some stage. Well... I'd hate to try 1/350 railings in plastic, then. I've tried to make various thin things in plastic... but they usually don't have that factory look to them. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 8 hours ago, GazzaS said: Well... I'd hate to try 1/350 railings in plastic, then. I've tried to make various thin things in plastic... but they usually don't have that factory look to them. Oops yes , you're right there. Was thinking more armour stuff, track guards , stowage bins, grills etc. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 37 minutes ago, PanzerWomble said: Oops yes , you're right there. Was thinking more armour stuff, track guards , stowage bins, grills etc. You need to leave your armor zen and meditate upon the spirit of things 1/350 if you hope to reach warship Nirvana.😄 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted March 21, 2023 Author Share Posted March 21, 2023 7 hours ago, GazzaS said: You need to leave your armor zen and meditate upon the spirit of things 1/350 if you hope to reach warship Nirvana.😄 Too stuck in the mud maybe ? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted March 21, 2023 Share Posted March 21, 2023 On 3/21/2023 at 12:29 AM, GazzaS said: Well... I'd hate to try 1/350 railings in plastic, then. I've tried to make various thin things in plastic... but they usually don't have that factory look to them. I remember succeeding doing railings in 1/600 for an Airfix HMS Repulse, using stretched sprue, and it looked to scale, to boot. It was a one-of-a-kind success though, as I never managed to replicate the railings for other projects. With hindsight, it was probably the quality of the plastic sprues I used. I then found PE, and forgot about replicating the « stretched sprue experiment ». Hubert 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted March 22, 2023 Share Posted March 22, 2023 Stretching sprue used to be an art form in its self. I tried just recently and the result was ……………. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted March 25, 2023 Author Share Posted March 25, 2023 Ground to a halt here ...really struggling to find any joy with this build.......... tiny blobs of plastic pretending to be detailed ....so I'm parking it on SOD for now . I'll cycle back round in a bit and finish it off before the end of the GB but I need to go do something more intesting . It's answered my question as to whether 1/350 ships are for me ...so glad I didn't flash out $000's on a large Hood or some such . Bit like 1/72 for me - after two builds last year decided I wasn't interesting in the low levevels of detail offered by that scale either. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted March 26, 2023 Share Posted March 26, 2023 PW When the erg returns, it's back and so much better to move onto a build that keeps your juices flowing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaS Posted March 27, 2023 Share Posted March 27, 2023 On 3/26/2023 at 3:58 AM, PanzerWomble said: Ground to a halt here ...really struggling to find any joy with this build.......... tiny blobs of plastic pretending to be detailed ....so I'm parking it on SOD for now . I'll cycle back round in a bit and finish it off before the end of the GB but I need to go do something more intesting . It's answered my question as to whether 1/350 ships are for me ...so glad I didn't flash out $000's on a large Hood or some such . Bit like 1/72 for me - after two builds last year decided I wasn't interesting in the low levevels of detail offered by that scale either. Sorry to see you docking this. i was looking forward to the result. i can tell you from personal experience that the dragon kits offer a lot more detail with less blob-fakery. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 OK decided it was time to womble up and finish this or bin it . So starting adding bits to the superstructure ....PE ladders .....joyous ! And some weathering.... no..... lots of weathering . 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted April 15, 2023 Author Share Posted April 15, 2023 And some working on the base Covered the hull in clingfilm and used filler to close the gap to the hull . Covered it with tissue paper using Liquitex Acrylic Gloss Medium , mixed with some gray . Textured is fine . And then you have this ... Needs about 10-12 coats of medium to build up the sea gloss....plus some white water. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Looking mighty good 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted April 16, 2023 Share Posted April 16, 2023 Is there no limits to your talent……….impressive, looking forward to the finish….. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted April 16, 2023 Author Share Posted April 16, 2023 On 4/16/2023 at 8:13 PM, Bomber_County said: Is there no limits to your talent……….impressive, looking forward to the finish….. Yes- I'm a so so modeller who has learnt to take half decent pix ....it's all smoke and mirrors Phil ! And all done with this one now / Link to carefully chosen pictures 🤣 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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