Revell Northsea Trawler (Complete)

Well I completed the build. Biggest takeaway is that I need a bigger, better workbench. I may make one. I also need better lighting with a magnifying glass on it, I was really straining my eyes with this. Anyway, here’s my weathered, salty and rusty trawler. I like working with acrylic washes as it reminds me of watercolor painting. I was sort of rushing through this build as I’m not going to be able to spend time on kits for the next 3 weeks, nor do I want to think about them (vacation coming up), but I did spend a lot of hours on this in hindsight. Those life preservers were a pain to paint, and ended up using a finely sharpened toothpick a lot. On that note, my wife was impressed, saying she can barely paint her nails let alone something like those tiny life preservers. All in all I’m pretty happy with how it came out, and it looks better in person I feel. 

Wow,

That looks great.  Its amazing what you have accomplished with this old kit.  (I sometimes get a little defensive when I hear people criticise old kits.  I know that they may not be as great as some newer stuff, but I always feel that given some effort you can still do something with them.  And in the right hands there is the potential for a really nice build, like you have shown with your build)

PF

Great build. Perhaps, if you could add a rough sea diorama, like this picture, your model would be an added attraction for viewers.

Happy modeling    Crackers   

very nice weathering dark horse , lovely job on the build . I agree with cracker's , when you come back from hol's , that would make a great dio .

steve5

That's cool.  One crusty working vessle.

Thanks for the comments. Yes, the age of the kit was a wee bit problematic; some of the details were almost worn away on one ladder on the top of the superstructure, and almost completely vanished on that forecastle part. The railings were very inconsistent. Having said that, there was still plenty of teen to be creative and improvise. I would like to get into dioramas, but I’m not sure where to begin. I’m sure FSM has a book I can pick up about it. But I think I’d like to start really small, like with a very small battleship in water (maybe with an island) to begin with.

Very nice build.

As far as dioramas are concerned there is information about how to build them on the 'net. You might look at some accomplished modelers' completed builds for ideas. This guy was one of the best:

http://www.donaldmcnarryshipmodels.com/menu.html

Shipspotting.com recently posted this photo of the British fishing trawler WYRE VANGUARD, built in 1955 and seen in this picture in September 1969 returning back to port at Fleetwood, England. Went to the breakers yard in 1981. This trawler looks like the finished model.

Happy modeling    Crackers    

Looks like I made things authentically rusty. 

Making things filthy is pretty forgiving. Tonthat end I’m thinking my first diorama may be along the lines of a WWI tank with some infantry figures. Then I’ll move onto something more precise and clean with ships, like the Russian Nuclear Icebreaker I was talking about, and also the Hasegawa Soya Antarctic Observation ship (I don’t think I’m ready for that yet though). 

Darkhorse - a wonderful job on this working ship! The weathering that you have done is very impressive. Nice work on the washes. Congratulations !!!

Needs seagulls!

I can smell the fish.

How do you apply flag decals to flag pole please? 

Hey Darkhorse!

 Nice Job. Next time get the Hull a wee bit dirtier. Very good work at this point.Your weathering on the deckhouse is superb! There is one very important thing missing.Where's the bunch of seagulls at the stern? Trawlers always had that escort!

Robert63

How do you apply flag decals to flag pole please? 

 

My preferred method is to use heavy-duty aluminum foil (I use restaurant supply house, not grocery store).

Find a way to hold a suitable-size bit of the foil vertical, then drape the decal over the edge of the foil, and allow to set up (a couple of days, at least).

Note that you can sneak a bit of fine threadinto this process, too.

Frim the foil to the edge of the decal.  Bend the foil as desired (carefully, so as to not tear the decal).

A teeny bit of CA glue will stick the flag to the pole or to some thread to tie it off to the pole.

That model looks awesome!  I remember that kit when it was the "Russian Spy Trawler".  I agree with the comment about older kits having their value.  I have this kit in my stash and I hope that it turns out as nice as yours.  Great job!

tjs

Lovely work on her. Love the weathering.....Cheers Mark