Mals Way goes Civilan, never done a ship before.

[Javlin1]

Is their a way to remove the kit stand?I buy door knobs at your local hardware store and drill them all the way through the destroyer is the kit supplied.The wood you see there is Sapele a cheap African Mahogany but I do wood work also Mal have a decent shop just outside the model/office room it's another hobby.

[Mal_Belford]

No wood base, also its not glued....

 

As this stand will not be permanent, its only temporary, will have a base with concrete or wood blocks like railway sleepers, dry dock look.

 

This temporary base will be painted gor an idea for that meanwhile

 

Edited May 4 by Mal_Belford

[scvrobeson]

That came out looking great Mal!  A really awesome build, especially realizing the small size of the ship. 

 

 

 

Matt 

[Javlin1]

13 hours ago, Mal_Belford said:

ill have a base with concrete or wood blocks like railway sleepers, dry dock look

I did that one time on the Graf Spee did not really care for it but that's just me my rendition was really just so-so I look forward to your efforts Mal.

[Mal_Belford]

Allright.

 

That base for the ship. got my own crazy ideas as always 😁 thats why i call em Mals Way my builds lol....could cal em Mals Obsession tothat gone out of control😆

 

Primer, then paint, Brown in this case...the real crap color here 😁

 

 

Realized it looked naked, oh well, on with em resin rivets, Rob Halford would be jelaous when he sees this.

 

 

Clearcoat, the heavy chipping medium and paint on top.

 

 

 

And weather the hell out of this base LoL....More Is More here, Pigments, washes, scraping, used nails, teeth...all i could get my hands on 😁

 

 

And done......more pics later this evening

[Mal_Belford]

And its finnished.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This will be displayed next to my sextant, yes its the real deal.

 

 

 

[Hubert Boillot]

Great build, Mal  ! I enjoyed   Every minute of it !

 

And nice idea with the base,. Given the role of the Soya in Antartic explorations, I thought you’d go for something more « icy », but your choice is very effective 👍 !

 

Again, for a first ship build, you got it « right the first time »

 

Hubert

[Mal_Belford]

2 minutes ago, Hubert Boillot said:

Great build, Mal  ! I enjoyed   Every minute of it !

 

And nice idea with the base,. Given the role of the Soya in Antartic explorations, I thought you’d go for something more « icy », but your choice is very effective 👍 !

 

Had some of that idea, but it would be, cant find the english word for it...

 

to much small details and all that on a base with pinguis and a sledge idea icy and with ladders, nope...would look hmm missing words here...well think you gtr the idea, wanted more metal industrial look 1950 with rivets all rust and all that would suit this ship and yes it payed of, yes visualize alot in my mind what works and not, 

 

many times yes, and yes few times Nope lol

[Javlin1]

Luv it Mal and you see how the rigging can bring the ship to life and I bet those lines from upstairs to the the deck it was fun not creating the sag!

[LSP_Ray]

Absolutely beautiful ship, Mal!

Still think you should go for the 1/200 Yamoto; I would love to see that!

 

BTW, next time you go outside, wave to my brother, he is wandering around Stockholm somewhere. Our ancestors, up to great grandfather, were from Sweden.

[Mal_Belford]

18 minutes ago, LSP_Ray said:

Absolutely beautiful ship, Mal!

Still think you should go for the 1/200 Yamoto; I would love to see that!

 

BTW, next time you go outside, wave to my brother, he is wandering around Stockholm somewhere. Our ancestors, up to great grandfather, were from Sweden.

Yamato 1:200...

 

 

And yes ill say greetings for sure if i meet him 😊

Edited May 10 by Mal_Belford

[TankBuster]

Looks amazing and has been a delight to follow the build along. Cheers.

[thierry laurent]

A pure marvel!!! Bravissimo!

[red Dog]

That was quite a journey Mal, thanks for sharing it with us.

That stand screams : I can't get enough  it's super great