Tamiya 1/350 King George V Build

Does anyone have a good paint guide to the KGV? The paint instructions arent the best in the tamiya instructions that I have seen. I am doing the 1945 scheme. So no more crazy camo like the Queen elizabeth, phew, needed a break on that.

So I need a good paint guide to the 1945 KGV. I know the hull and superstructure markings, but my main issue is the main battery turrets and other guns are showing that they are to have the tops painted blue. I have looked up some other model pics with the 1945 paint, and most have the guns painted the same gray as the superstructure and stuff. A couple did have the tops of the guns painted blue though....

So historically, what is accurate?

BBorBust

Thanks for the tips as always Bill. I will do my best to not prime areas where glue goes. And for the parts that do get primer on it, I invested in some 320 grit nail files that will do a fine job for this.

 

Thanks, I cant wait to start on her!

 

One can also scrape off paint. If it is a long seam, I just draw an X-acto blade along the seam at 90 degrees.  Also, if the edge is really bad- flash or curvature, I put a sheet of sandpaper on benchtop and slide the pieces around to both straighten and remove paint from seams.  However, it is a very visible seam I like to glue pieces together first and sand and fill before priming, and the priming reveals bad spots in the seam. 

For gluing small pieces to a big section like a deck, I sand or file paint off the small part, then drill a series of shallow holes in the deck or whatever in the footprint of the small part to remove enough paint- drill down till you can see a shallow cone of plastic.

For removing paint from small part joining areas I tend to use a needle file- it stays flat and is handier than sandpaper IMHO.

Thanks for the tips as always Bill. I will do my best to not prime areas where glue goes. And for the parts that do get primer on it, I invested in some 320 grit nail files that will do a fine job for this.

Thanks, I cant wait to start on her!

Excellent plan. Now, when you do that, you cannot glue together pieces using solvent glue where there is paint.

Your choices are: Sand off the paint from the gluing surfaces; or:

Use CA glue.

There are pros and cons to both.

Solvent glue is a true welded joint. A good plan for major stuff like hull halves where strength matters. But sanding is required- a few swipes with the nail stick.

CA sets fast and will adhere painted parts togethr. But the joint is no stronger than the adherance of the paint to plastic. A good plan for sticking on small pre-painted part, but not strong.

Another thing I like to do.

Photo copy the sprue diagram in the funny pages. Circle parts or groups of them and label the final color. It helps when you set up to pre paint things.

You wil love this kit. It's a little older, but it builds up very nicely.

Bill