Uncarina Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 (edited) The 1/35 Schnellboot is a really nice kit and looks impressive when finished.I never like the Higgins much but l do like the Eclo 80ft. What paint scheme will you have the Rodney in? Just noticed your in Tucson! Beautiful place! I love the surrounding desert. I do love the desert here as well. This place is a biotic nexus, with species at their northern limit here coexisting with others at their southern, such as the coati and bear. My HMS Rodney will be in MS.1 Dark Blue-Black (RN 04), MS.2 Dark Grey (RN 05), B5 Blue (RN 07) and 507C Admiralty Light Grey (RN 03). (For reference only) Cheers, Tom Edited April 14, 2018 by Uncarina Gazzas and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefenders Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Uncarina, you do a better job with 1/200 aircraft, than I do with 1/32! The Walrus is so detailed for such a small scale, well done. Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 I do love the desert here as well. This place is a biotic nexus, with species at their northern limit here coexisting with others at their southern, such as the coati and bear. My HMS Rodney will be in MS.1 Dark Blue-Black (RN 04), MS.2 Dark Grey (RN 05), B5 Blue (RN 07) and 507C Admiralty Light Grey (RN 03). (For reference only) Cheers, Tom Yea, I like that camo also. Nightmare to mask though but I'm sure you'll pull it off. You using WEM paints? I use WEM with Mr Color Leveling thinner and it goes on really smooth and dries quickly. Tamiya Lacquer thinner works nearly as good. I find that WEM dries to slowly using just enamel thinners. I look forward to your progress. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 Uncarina, you do a better job with 1/200 aircraft, than I do with 1/32! The Walrus is so detailed for such a small scale, well done. You are very kind! All of the detail, including the rigging, is from the Pontos set, so I just needed an Optivisor. Cheers, Tom LSP_K2 and thefenders 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 (edited) Yea, I like that camo also. Nightmare to mask though but I'm sure you'll pull it off. You using WEM paints? I use WEM with Mr Color Leveling thinner and it goes on really smooth and dries quickly. Tamiya Lacquer thinner works nearly as good. I find that WEM dries to slowly using just enamel thinners.I look forward to your progress. Cheers. I am using color chips, custom Tamiya paint mixes, and very large paint jars! I also have an assortment of Vallejo paints with matching colors for the inevitable touch-up work. I am tempted to move on to the hull to get the painting started, but my current plan is to finish up a few more details in the midships area, including the searchlights and the mainmast. Cheers, Tom Edited April 14, 2018 by Uncarina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted April 14, 2018 Share Posted April 14, 2018 Tom...unbelievable work with that etched brass. The Rodney is really coming alive! The walkway across the inside of the funnel is incredible...hope no crewman for punishment had to go across while the ship was underway! Saw a couple of posts back they bought the 200 scale USS Hornet...would love to watch that go together. Monday will be the anniversary of the Doolittle Raid...18 April 1942. Really wish they would do a 1/200 USS Enterprise as well. Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted April 14, 2018 Author Share Posted April 14, 2018 Thanks! You are very kind, and thanks for checking in. I seem to recall reading somewhere that a USS Enterprise is in the works. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 Trumpeter will release a 1/200 USS Enterprise CV-6 in 1942 fit next quarter. So it'll have Wildcats, Dauntless, Devastators in the kit same as the Merritt USS Hornet has. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aircommando130 Posted April 15, 2018 Share Posted April 15, 2018 WooHoo! Well...there goes part of my tax refund...... Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 A little bit of an update: the four main searchlights, and most of the mainmast. Each part consists of approximately a googleplex of brass parts, intense scrutiny, numerous glances at the Pontos instructions, adding glue, removing extra glue, realizing the alignment is off, detaching, cleaning, reapplying. But it is fun! I've painted the searchlights to avoid masking later. Cheers, Tom Fooesboy, Gazzas, Hubert Boillot and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted April 28, 2018 Author Share Posted April 28, 2018 You might notice that I haven't yet fished the maintopmast, so it is a little out of alignment! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Nice work mate! That's really starting to take shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 Thanks! Slow going, but I'm looking forward to finishing the mainmast, which will be the last of the big superstructure assemblies. Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Damn, thats good. Uncarina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted April 29, 2018 Author Share Posted April 29, 2018 You are very kind! Not much skill needed here, just the necessity to cut and bend small brass. It is amazing to me how small some of the parts are for such a big scale. I'd be better off sticking to 1/700 scale! Cheers, Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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