1:350 USS Oliver Hazard Perry

Very nice work William! Nice clean build with a lot of great detail. 

I was the same way with weathering planes but I finally started out with a little gunpowder residue on the wings. After a few planes, I started adding exhaust marks. Slow but sure usually teaches how to do it and look right. If you have some scrap parts, that would be a great place to practice on.

Keep up the good work.

Jim 

Stay Safe.

You have a good start at simple weathering right there.  The black wash picking out the details on the front bridge face is good as are the washes used on other equipment.  Perhaps just a hint of rust-colored weathering powder or watercolor pencil on the hull. Good work overall

Dont go all in on weathering  on ship models displayed on pedestals or display cradles - that is not a natural environment for a ship. When you move onto basing your model on a water base you can begin looking at heavier weathering

The best armor modeler I know woke me up early one Saturday morning, "Ed, weathering a ship is just like weathering a tank, except you leave off the mud!".

Hi;

      Nice job. The only thing you need to go back and paint. is the exhaust outlets in the top of the stack on the hangar. Those would be burn't black already.

Very nice. 

Where do you get the nameplates? You do those yourself? 

Straycat1911

Very nice. 

Where do you get the nameplates? You do those yourself? 

 

Thanks straycat.  Yes, I did those myself.  Simple and fun actually.  It just aPowerPoint, printed on glossy photo paper and trimmed with scissors. Kinda fun researching the data I use for the information backside nameplate.  

Tanker-Builder

Hi;

      Nice job. The only thing you need to go back and paint. is the exhaust outlets in the top of the stack on the hangar. Those would be burn't black already.

 

Great observation,  tanker.  I realized I forgot to paint those after I glued the structure to the deck. I thought I'd just do it by hand later but forgot.  There's one other glaring mistake that was a great learning moment working with photo etch;  if you look at the closeup photo of the bridge, you will see the port and starboard look out decks on top of bridge roof.  I neglected to shave off the pre-molded base so each sits higher than they should.   I realized this after the bridge section was painted and glued to the deck below and was adding the last of my photo etch.  Cutting off that base, patching and repaint at that point would have definitely caused damage and a lot of rework, so I was like...  nope.  Best to consider my look out stations as undocumented additions and carry on.

Thank you Ed and Fox on insights and suggestion on weathering.  I especially appreciate the insight to avoid heavy weathering on display models vs a diorama.   I had thought about it from that perspective and it makes a lot of sense.  I do have some scrap pieces and going to experiment with some rust and grime streaks

WilliamH

Thank you Ed and Fox on insights and suggestion on weathering.

Panel outlining is legit, rust and crud is pushing it.  USN ships spend less than 4 weeks out of a harbor all too typically.  And get maintenance upgrades from 2 to 3 times a year.  Which is not a long time ou to get dirty or beat up.

OHP has 150-175 crew, and around 30-40 of those are tasked with keeping rust at bay and painting everything that is in reasonable reach. 

Else there are Uncomfortable Conversations.  As in the XO bend the ear of a Department Head, who bends the ear of a Division officer (or two), who then reach out to the appropriate LPO.

Hardest thing in the world to replicate is the number of patched-in spots of new paint over old.  Like the shadows of the Deck Gray after being repained after al lthe UnReps at the UnRep stations.

Next hardest is in modeling how the flight deck surfacing ages and gets beat up.

That's looking really nice! Clean ships make great displays. I was just like you a few years ago. nothing wrong with easing into weathering. CapnMac's got it right, especially for these new capital ships. He'll steer you right.

TheMongoose

CapnMac's got it right, especially for these new capital ships

Lol, having been a DivO and Department Head, and getting "specific" attention from the XO, such memories "stick."

In short, the further down the chain of command you are, the fewer 'roids you suffer from, and the more tender your sit me down is.

Beautiful job!  I have never been one to "weather" full hull ship models displayed on pedestals.  I prefer the clean look on these models.  Any display on a sea base could alter that depending on your wishes as the modeler and whether you want to display a ship that has been underway for limited time or one that has been at sea for awhile.  Even the particular ocean could affect weathering patterns.  It is up to you.

Bill Morrison

Well ,William H;

        I'll be honest with you, I didn't catch that. Does look like an upgrade to me, LOL, LOL!   

Nice clean work all the way around. I can really appreciate the deck stenciling and PE work with just enough wash to make the details pop.

I'm looking forward to your carrier build.

Ben

If you do that carrier check out the ships of the american flag gb for my rendition of it. Drop me a line with any questions 

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