elmarriachi Posted August 17, 2015 Author Share Posted August 17, 2015 *** UPDATE *** Starting with the already painted white/black stripes on the hull I marked the position on the first floor of the superstructure... my starting point. With thin tape I started to mark the stripes up to the highest point....several tries... lot of masking tape later... the stripe was ok. Then I masked it left and right and painted the white color. Once dry I masked the white side and painted the black side...... Then the moment of truth.... I removed the tons of masking tape..... and put the parts together...... some smaller mistakes... oversprays.... corrections.... but all together it looked well i think With a brush i made the corrections ... then sprayed a layer of future on it to protect the colors befor further steps. also the weahtering will follow lot of time later .... Then the last steps on the superstructure.... I added the wooden decks..... Lot of PE-parts still missing... also lot of detail painting and other stuff... but this will come several time later ..... once the next two parts of the superstructure are also ready ... .) That's it ..... (nothing glued together so far) .... ... Next step... starting the funnel .... QUESTION TO THE ExPERTS: What do you think.... at the white/black stripes... the insides of the covers of the fans and portholes... are these also black or maybe still grey? What do you think? Cheers Micha Bill Cross, Lars Befring, Girlscanplay2 and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kahunaminor Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 A great build Michael, As a first time ship builder, I will be following in preparation of my Tirpitz build (to begin 2016). Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitali Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 (edited) *** UPDATE *** Starting with the already painted white/black stripes on the hull I marked the position on the first floor of the superstructure... my starting point. With thin tape I started to mark the stripes up to the highest point....several tries... lot of masking tape later... the stripe was ok. Then I masked it left and right and painted the white color. Once dry I masked the white side and painted the black side...... Then the moment of truth.... I removed the tons of masking tape..... and put the parts together...... some smaller mistakes... oversprays.... corrections.... but all together it looked well i think With a brush i made the corrections ... then sprayed a layer of future on it to protect the colors befor further steps. also the weahtering will follow lot of time later .... Then the last steps on the superstructure.... I added the wooden decks..... Lot of PE-parts still missing... also lot of detail painting and other stuff... but this will come several time later ..... once the next two parts of the superstructure are also ready ... .) That's it ..... (nothing glued together so far) .... ... Next step... starting the funnel .... QUESTION TO THE ExPERTS: What do you think.... at the white/black stripes... the insides of the covers of the fans and portholes... are these also black or maybe still grey? What do you think? Cheers Micha I believe they were painted the same color as the camouflage color. Nice work on a difficult camouflage job. Two things I learn from building ships. photoetch will stick to anything that you don't want it to and you become a master at masking very small items! Edited August 19, 2015 by LSP_Ron Saving some finger energy not having to scroll through the pics twice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninaustria Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 What a beautiful build so far! Really enjoying this mate! Cheers Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 I have not idea how you managed to mask that but it turned out great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Michael Gorgeous work ... outstanding progress. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Thanks a lot Was an absolutly ugly masking job :) @ Kev: Thanks for your help... I think the same, but still wondering about the "Otter-Gerät" for example... have they painted these as well in black/white? Or other tools hanging there? I do not know.... wondering .... Cheers Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn M Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 gorgeous work, real clean build you're doing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted August 20, 2015 Author Share Posted August 20, 2015 Thanks a lot guys Now working on the funnel.... pictures follow at the weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hartmann352 Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 WUNDERBAR!! Wondering though, painting by hand, or AB? Gorgeous either way....I guess that's why, as bad as I want one, I'm concerned that I would not be able to pull off that paint job. Great work. Cheers, Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted August 21, 2015 Author Share Posted August 21, 2015 Hi Dave, thanks a lot All painted with airbrush.... and lot of masking tape .... Cheers Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmarriachi Posted August 23, 2015 Author Share Posted August 23, 2015 *** UPDATE *** The funnel.... same palstic parts... lot of etched parts.... lot of brass parts.... and some wire for the crane ... . Cheers Micha Bill Cross, Lars Befring, Hubert Boillot and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 Just sooo well done ! I can handle SOME small PE, but THIS, just wow. Terific masking........Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted August 23, 2015 Share Posted August 23, 2015 That funnel is just a work of art in itself. Keep at it, Micha! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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