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  • Member since
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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Bronze Propellers
Posted by Don Stauffer on Monday, February 13, 2017 3:08 PM

Here is a shot of my latest work on simulating bronze propellers (most large ship propellers are not brass or gold, they are bronze).  I started with the pot metal props posted in my last wip post on my B110 torpedo boat/destroyer.

After priming the props I put on a coat of Testors Copper.  Then, a very thin translucent coat of Testors gloss dark Brown.  Both of these were with an airbrush.  Then, I did very light shading in a few areas by dry brushing Testors Olive Drab.  These props are half inch diameter, and I think they do a fair job in representing cast bronze.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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  • From: providence ,r.i.
Posted by templar1099 on Monday, February 13, 2017 4:31 PM

Filed away, thanks Don.

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  • From: San Antonio, Texas
Posted by Marcus McBean on Monday, February 13, 2017 7:01 PM

Don, nice work.  I do the same thing with my propellers if I am going to show the ship weathered.  The dry brush with the brown and green really makes the props look like they been heavy used or sitting in salt water over a long time.

Marcus

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Posted by GMorrison on Monday, February 13, 2017 8:26 PM

Nice looking. I'm lucky if I haven't lost one by the time I finish the model.

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  • From: Tempe AZ
Posted by docidle on Monday, February 13, 2017 10:41 PM

They look good Don. I usually use Tamiya's Bronze paint but they never look like that!

Steve

       

 

 

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Posted by gregbale on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 7:28 AM

Lovely result and a useful tip!

Greg

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  • From: Formerly Bryan, now Arlington, Texas
Posted by CapnMac82 on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 10:39 PM

Looks good to me.

Compares well to this one (out of the water since 1947):

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Posted by GMorrison on Tuesday, February 14, 2017 11:47 PM

The thing is...

it is really hard to find props that have a decent shape. Most plastic props have blades that look like prickly pear leafs.

If memory serves, the old Revell Essex kits had good ones. But I dither..

i have made quite a few using a hole punch of thin plastic, three glued to a tapered stick.

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    May 2008
  • From: Wyoming Michigan
Posted by ejhammer on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 7:38 AM

Your bronze looks great. I always kinda shudder when I see bright brass or gold screws on a model. Even brand new they weren't like that.

Vallejo bronze with a wash looks pretty good too. At least it looks kinda like I remember the ESSEX class screws of the 60's while in drydock. Memory can be pretty subjective though - mine is.

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Posted by InternationalRescue on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 3:16 PM
Nice work, really looks clean but not too clean. I'll be trying this method on my next naval project! Thanks for sharing.
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Posted by modelcrazy on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 4:32 PM

I stipple on some Mr thinned putty then Vallejo Bronze followed with a black oil wash.

Steve

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  • From: New Braunfels , Texas
Posted by Tanker - Builder on Monday, February 27, 2017 5:16 AM

Capitan;

 Das is a dirty  ,vorn looking U-Boot .You must be doing goot chob , looks vell veathered . T.B.

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Posted by GMorrison on Monday, February 27, 2017 4:06 PM

double post

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Posted by GMorrison on Monday, February 27, 2017 4:08 PM

 

This guy is a client of mine, does a lot of ferry and tugboat work. You can see bright, dull and really oxidized all here. That one by the yellow bollards musta hit something...

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