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Breaking away from the worlds of laminar flow wings and muddy tracks to tackle another ship model. Of course I had to build the Seiran 1st. I added the Voyager PE set.
Tower is dry fit at the moment. What color should the decks be? the color mixed up from the Tamiya instruction sheet is a gross reddish brown. I am assuming some sort of wood but what kind. There has to be a more attractive paint than that mix.
Marc
Nice Marc,extra detailing looks great
Oh my, that is absolutely beautiful! The detail is fantastic. I also would like to comment on your work station, how clean, neat, and organized it is.
Toshi
On The Bench: Revell 1/48 B-25 Mitchell
Married to the most caring, loving, understanding, and beautiful wife in the world. Mrs. Toshi
Glad to see you building this one - I have it on the short list, so I'll be watching to see what you do with it. I've learned a lot from your posts & tutorials.
If you can access FSM Vol. 27 #5 (May 2009), there's a nice build by D*** Lee. His call for the deck was a mix of Mr. Hobby No. 43 Wood Brown with a "little" No. 39 Dark Yellow followed by a wash of Ivory Black oil paint diluted with Zippo lighter fluid. I use mostly Tamiya, so I'm thinking of testing a mix of xf59 with a dollop of xf54 for starters. From the photos his result is a light medium brown, a nice contrast to the hull color, plus it helps the Aichi standout.
Mike
There's a wood deck kit out there for this model.
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Just subscribed to this post as I just added this subject to stash. Now I'm gonna have to move it up my list. Will follow with much intetest. Anxious to know what mix you use on deck.
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When my finished models look as good as your WIP, I'll know I'm making headway. Keep it up and I'll continue to monitor progress. Nice to know a source when I start mine.
Very nice of you to say Templar. Thank you.
I love the smell of VOC's in the morning. OK, it was night. :P
Deck masked and hull primed. Conning tower is done except railings.
Since the wife was not feeling well and slept a good part of the time, in between tending to her I was able to get some quality bench time.
This is my 3rd boat and 2nd with railings and those curved railings on the tower were a test of my nerves. I passed the test, barely. The proof is that i didn't fling this against the wall, and urge that came over me a few times.
Eric
Excellent work on a boat, Wing! I cant help but notice the seaplane's even got paint chipping. Nice!
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Marc, very pristine work on this!
I know how difficult that must of been in this scale. Glad you you didn't fling this at the wall and are able to share with us.
regards,
Jack
Looks great, Marc! I really like what you did with the woodgrain and the overall paint. Looks perfect for a boat that saw very little actual service. I'm bookmarking your build as a reference.
Happy New Year!
That is a loevly build marc, so glad it didn't go flying. I do like what you have done with the deck.
And i like how you have displayed it. I am thinking of doing the same when i get around to some ships. What did you use for those strips to sit the boat on.
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On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3
wing_nutThanks for all the comments guys. Eric that's Tru-Color Iron Oxide straight from the bottle. Item # TCP 168 I don;t know much t all about ships but that looks nice to me. Is that a good color for that?
Psht, your guess is as good as mine on ships and their colors Marc! I like that particular shade and think it suits the sub in my eyes. Would love to have more info on how you built your base and attached the kit to it. I want to do something similar on one of Bronco's old Chinese cruisers or battleship.
Just archived your pics for my build. The bar's been raised.
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