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#4474548 - 05/18/19 05:04 AM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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#4474821 - 05/20/19 12:40 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Here's the small AA. I had a couple of ideas on resizing, one which was too cut off the shoulder rest, chop a small piece out to shorten it and then reglue the shoulder rest back on. But then i was like, nope, whatever, it'll do smile From top on they are dodgy but the side view is passable enough.


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and a wrap up of where it stands. Small AA all finished, thank god. Turrets nearly done. I'm only putting the AA buckets on the two with the cut outs and the leaving the other two clean. The buckets look messy and take away from the ship overall imo. Bridge done except rigging, railings and some braces and poles. Hangar still needs a bunch of items added. Life boats done, secondaries still to be finished, rear gun director nearly finished, life rafts to be painted and still plenty of bits left on the sprues- deck fittings, hangar fittings, AA buckets and ammo boxes, anchors, mast pieces, rudders, props and prop shafts and some hull fittings. Still a ways to go yet!


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#4475895 - 05/29/19 02:50 AM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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I've decided to have a crack at an ocean base, can't be that hard can it ahoy The boring base supplied won't do anything for the model i feel and the colours should make a nice contrast. This test piece is the foam cut out of my template that i used a lighter on to firstly, see if can burn my house down, and secondly, to see how easy it is to make some sort of basic wave effect so it isn't a flat surface to start with. Next is placing toilet paper, yes we prefer the flower variety, and then laying on a ton of wood glue. After drying i used the only blue i could find in the house as a base colour, i would have preferred darker but at this stage it will do. Once this dries i'll start adding some other colours, grey greens, dark blues etc and then move onto some greys and add white caps. Waves and wake are meant to made from more toilet paper and glue worked with a brush and some paint detail and then the whole lot gets coated with a thick acrylic gel. We'll see how it all ends up. At this stage it looks like a kindergarten project..but i'm confident something can come of it.


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Rigging. I found some line finally and it's awesome. The lycra stretches seven times its length and is really easy to work with. I also finally bought a couple of pairs of decent modelling tweezers as well and at only $4.50 each i was pleasantly surprised at the pricing.


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The rigging, that i was silently dreading, was far easier than doing the photo etched rails, of which i need to buy more as the kit i bought does not have enough to do the whole ship so railings have come to a halt at the moment. The rails were aftermarket so with some cuts i had to leave a support pole off but they turned out ok. Some of these shots are outside in full sun and some under light, it's been hard trying to capture the weathering and colours correctly, to the eye it always looks much better than pictures regards subtle colour changes. I still need to trim some some rigging on the mast, cranes need a final position decision before i glue them, the bridge lifeboat needs some rigging line crisscrossed over it and some line from the stanchion at the rear of the AA guns down to the pole running horizontal below it. Because i've decided on an ocean base i won't be adding anything to the still bare hull until i have it solidly mounted in its new home.



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As it will all sit on the deck



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#4475973 - 05/29/19 06:37 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Beautiful work on those!


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#4475978 - 05/29/19 07:36 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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LOL, I thought they were CGI at first, as it looks too perfect.


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#4476046 - 05/30/19 07:49 AM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Wow, fantastic work Ajay! The cranes are real highlights.


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#4476377 - 06/02/19 01:14 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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The result of my first ocean test. After the base which was just the acrylic blue i dumped a few layers of wood glue on it to see if it would result in any sort of clear depth, it did in some areas but the thicker parts tended to be cloudy even after nearly three days of drying. Thinner but more layers may have been the go. Because it's all going by the seat of my pants and some bits and pieces from the net it's all learning which is cool. I've seen one guy who uses oats to build his bases from so i had an idea maybe i could use flour! I made up a thick paste of flour, water, the wood glue and added colour. That all got applied over the base and then worked around. The mix didn't react well to being played with much as it wouldn't bond with the dry glossy finish i was putting it over and the more i attempted to sculpt the more it came away. It dried like a big sort of goopy mess but i did get to attack it some more in it's final stages when it was nearly hard. That sounded wrong, but we are in the navy here...so carry on chaps! After drying it crazy cracked everywhere like mud in the sun and ended up showing the brighter blue through below which was a nice effect and something to store away for the future. I attempted to highlight the waves with a grey/green mix and then a finer and light drybrush grey/white/green mix over the top of that. This is where it was at that stage.


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At this stage i was liking the colours and thought the overall effects were looking pretty cool! The next part was to add a wet finish, i didn't want to use the glue so lacking anything else i dived in with some of the krystal clear mixed with water and gave it a hit. The big thing i took away from this was how the gloss really affects the colours. I was happy with the pre gloss look above, when glossed as below, not so much. This first pic shows the swells much better that i was aiming for when i burnt the foam before laying the paper, they turned out fairly decent yeah?



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So after that experiment I'm looking at two products for the real base, one is Vallejo Water Effects, a gel that has a semi scultable properties and then a finisher coat called Still Water. The gel i can mix colours with and it should be a lot easier to work with than my random flour mix. The whole paper and glue on foam base seems solid though although i may swap out the TP for water colour paper as the texture looks better. I'm slowly realising that this project is going to need a case, for dust purposes, and is going to end up somewhere between 75-80 cm long by 35-40 wide to accommodate a decent wake off the rear and sides.


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#4478882 - 06/19/19 01:14 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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The ocean moves on. New products arrived so i have been doing some mucking around to see what they look like and how you can work them.


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The Still Water paints on and dries like a shiny clear gel. The Water Effect is a lot thicker and dries semi clear showing the base through while retaining some colour, or i can add colour to it. The water effect slowly enough that you can keep prodding and dabbing at it for a while in an attempt coerce some life out of it. The atill watre can be layered to create ponds or streams and then even be lifted and moved for different dioramas if you wish. I have watched one guy who makes wicked ocean effects and he uses it in between paint and gel medium layers to help create depth which is what i am hoping for with it. So it goes, initial base layer of paint, Still Water layers, Water Effect layers and then finishing touches like wave crests and sea foam. My current test piece i stuffed up and only did one layer of the still water before painting down the water effect but overall so far it has yielded a better look than my previous experiment. This test piece needs another layer off the water effect to go and then play around with foam and wave highlights. The blue base is too blue for what i want as a final colour and i would like it too be a bit more patchy and random with colour shades as well.


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I hope to end up close to this colour for the actual base.


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Now my base wip, is it too big? I 'm going to knock off a decent section at the front as i don't think it adds much except size, the rear needs some length for the stern wash effects and the width also for the bow wave. I feel like it may still be too wide though and trimming it may tighten the whole project up? Atm it is 90cm long and 30cm wide.


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#4478938 - 06/19/19 05:51 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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#4478966 - 06/19/19 08:10 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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The seascape tests are looking really good. I agree with 'framing' it more tightly, as above.


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#4478990 - 06/19/19 10:24 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Yep, that pic Krazi posted shows about where i should be.


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#4479022 - 06/20/19 03:40 AM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Ok, sliced it down to from 90 by 30 to 78 by 26 and came up with a colour i am happy with. It is so nice to be able to spray at 30 psi and really open the gun up as well. Need to work some sections of paper at the front that stand out like dogs round bits and do a base coat of a lighter green/white mix for the stern wash, sides of the ship and bow waves. Next project after that will be to fix the hull and the current base to a solid base of timber so i can start filling in the gaps between hull and foam. The hull is sitting high in the pic below, when firmly down there may just be a smidge of the hull red shown.


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#4479604 - 06/23/19 03:29 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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The hull is drilled and bolted down to the base, that itself is fitted to a piece of mdf. Once i get a nice frame edge around it she should clean up nicely, unsure atm whether to go with a black or wood varnish look. The hull to ocean gaps have been filled with paper and watered down wood glue and needs to set for at least 24 hours before i can move on and blend them in and then do all of the foam etc at the hull sides. I might give it a couple of days of drying just to be sure. The base itself has the two coats of still water and one thin coat of the water effect, the next coat i can start fleshing out the bow wave some more and work the rest of it and then maybe one coat after that to finish off before adding the wave and foam/spray details. I'm thinking the sea has at least another week worth of work and then i can get back to the ship itself. Since the hull was down down and i couldn't do any more tonight i did a quick fit up to get an idea of how it all looks so far, fairly happy with the results so far smile


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I did manage to snap my rigging earlier this week by being ham fisted. Snapped the top half of the mast clean off, which was a pain as it is under a fair bit of tension, i thought i was in for a total rerig but the zap a gap and holding my tongue at the right angle saved the day. She has a bit of a lean to her now but i'll take that hit.


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#4479614 - 06/23/19 04:18 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Crazy good!

And a wood varnished edge, please.


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#4479632 - 06/23/19 06:56 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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looking very good Ajay. cheers


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#4479647 - 06/23/19 07:57 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Wow, very nice work on that ocean.


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#4479653 - 06/23/19 09:20 PM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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Really nice work Ajay. thumbsup


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#4479674 - 06/24/19 12:16 AM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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That base turned out really nice, congrats!

Not sure though, maybe lower the hull a few milimeters more? Check out the pic here at 4min, there seems to be less black waterline visible.

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#4479675 - 06/24/19 12:19 AM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Dart]  
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Originally Posted by Dart
Crazy good!

And a wood varnished edge, please.


+1...

Maybe some varnished/weathered small scale manilla line around the edge??

It's just freakin beeUtiFul as is mate.


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#4480157 - 06/27/19 02:17 AM Re: Remember how i said 1/48 was too small, well guess what this belongs to and i 'll start posting the kit- EDIT -Warspite 1/350 [Re: Ajay]  
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