(Anti) Submarine Warfare GB 2010 *CLOSED*

Thats a fine collection of cold war hunters Stik, very cool

Yes it is a Los Angeles Class. It is a "Flight I" boat with sail mounted dive planes and no VLS. I think Dragon got the idea of Dallas/Alfa from the book and movie of Hunt for Red October.

The next Los Angeles class that I will be building is gonna be a "Flight II" boat, USS Chicago of Tom Clancy's Red Storm Rising fame.

Well here is how my Battle of the Atlantic 1980s style is shaping up...

Akula, Dallas, Torbay, Alfa, Kilo...

Cool subs Stik, Is the Dallas a Los Angeles class? it looks like the one in the Hunt for Red October...

Well I built another 1/350 sub and have it ready for painting. So my stalled sub builds will have another one to join them and get the builds and painting rolling again.

Here solo and with my previously built (but not yet painted) USS Dallas, is the new Airfix 1/350 Trafalgar class SSN which I will be completing as HMS Torbay.

Yeah yor not wrong Randy, I have 3 little 48 scale fighters to finish up and then i'll crack on with it

Wow Julez  that thing is huge ! You have a hanger out back for it when its finished ?

i forgot to add this modest wip pic to my last post, stuck a Tamiya 109 in there for scale....

It's gonna take me until 2011 to get mine finished i think....

...you guys are gonna have me building an F-4 soon me thinks

I will hold you to that buddy. Been considering a next build for the group myself but i am overcomitted as it is.... Ah well.... it isn't 2011 yet....

Looking forward to see all your stuff goin on boys

Richard

Nice looking stuff going on here, you guys are gonna have me building an F-4 soon me thinks.

The P-3 is looking really good too

Nice looking stuff going on here, you guys are gonna have me building an F-4 soon me thinks.

The P-3 is looking really good too

Yeah Richard i've been doing alot of thinking about this build, i was going to throw a whole heap of Eduard in it but having studied the parts/instructions it's plainly obvious that very little will be seen once the model is finished so i've decided to concentrate on the pit and gun turrets and leave out most of the parts in the radio room and fueselage....I will be adding some flak damage to the wing and tail though...BTW it a great kit..

Thanks,

Thats the old Testers/Italeri kit in 1/72.  I built that back in the early 80s and is one of the few that have survived being packed up by my mother and sister 15 years ago when I got married.

Julez,

Can't say i am sorry you mixed up too much paint LOL. And i do know what you mean with modelling blocks. Sometimes you just can't get yourself do do certain stuff... Luckily it's a hobby so you get to decide what you do or don't

68GT,

Maybe a bit late on my part (sorry bout that) but i just went over your gorgeous pictures again and i must say that the C47 is looking very good indeed!. I take it it is 1:72? What brand/ kit was it?

Richard

Well i've accidentaly started the interior paintwork on the Wellington, decided to throw together another Mustang for NMF GB to kill this slump and mixed up way to much interior green so the Welly has it's interior base coat on....

I've already started the office buddy

Julez,

Splendid! Can't wait to see how you handle that one. Gonna be fun! Now, go modelling and show us your good stuff

Richard

68GT, looking really nice there, great progress and very nice paintwork  i'm thinking of the fish but it still looks big...

Well i have the Wellington now and i've cracked the box to have a look at it all and i'm very impressed with the trumpeter kit even if the detail is a little over done on the wings....

Wip pics soon....

Did some masking

and then sprayed some gray!

Got some white paint on the P-3C yesterday.  Now I just have to mask and hit it with gray.

Richard/Kermit – That is fabulous! Great work… love the water works… this one will be my first attempt at water. Weathering is superb, a great job all around for sure. Cheers !

Julez72

Man thats one Huge looking aircraft you have there...looks like a winner to me

Its 1/72 scale and not all that big.  Just think of a fisherman holding his catch out away from his body at arms length for a photo.  Then he holds the same fish close to his body for a photo.

You guys seriously need to stop inspiring me

Kermit WOW!!! you went and have out done yourself on this one, very very nice indeed If it wasnt for the frame I would swear its real

Julez,

Thanks my friend! By all means go ahead with that wellington. I see too little of those lately...

Ok,... brace yourself....

Tadaaa:

My first waterbased diorama (and second dio ever)! And boy was it fun to do. Definately will use this technique in the future. With thanks to the japanese modeler who posted his work over at IPMS stockholm

Couldn't help myself and did some photoshopping too:

Due to the fact that i have no thread or wire that was accurate to scale i ommited the antennae wires. Once i can get someone with longer hair to part with some of them ill leave it like that.

Thank you for following this build. Hope you had as much fun watching as it was for me building it

Richard

Richard, Thats awesome.......Love it Your making me wanna grab that Flower and stick it on a water base....Maybe next year....I'd like to do the Titanic sinking as well, with the 1/350 minicraft kit...I have patience issues with models so big ones are normaly taboo for me, i'm hopeing to break that trend with the Wellington for this GB.....

Julez,

Oh i know where youre coming from regarding the flower class... Makes me drewl and froth at the mouth a bit lol. Definately will try to get one in the future. It just takes up alot of space and ive also got a gato in my stash to build.... So probably distant future

Eatthis,

Your Nimrod is coming along nicely! Keep them pics coming.

As for myself i've been busy on painting my diorama today and am starting to reach the point where i am very happy with the paintwork i've done:

After the primer dried overnight i started out with dark gloss blue, lighter shades of gloss blue, a hint of emerald green and gloss white for the wave crests. After that dried for a bit i went over the whole lot with very light blue and white drybrushing. Topped it all off with a generous coat of future and voila

After securing the submarine to the diorama base i will add the cables and place the whole lot in it's frame.

Richard

kermit

Julez,

That is a fine submarine there! Did you ude preshading on it? I like the subtleness of the effect your weathering technique had. I did build the U99 kit too and remember having a blast with it It might not be the youngest kit outthere but it still kicks *ss Well done on a fine model

Eatthis,

Looks like you will be busy for awhile with all those builds going on Like your taste though. What brand of 1/32 spit is that?

N E ways....

Been a bit under the weather the past few days and tried to work on my projects as much as i could whenever i had the energy... Like the afforementioned websites explained i modeled bowwaves with modeling clay and filled in the foamy bits inbetween with ordinary putty. I think i can start thinking about priming the whole lot and paint it

Being busy with the clay and putty getting your hands dirty like that really takes you back to your childhood LOL. Having lotsa fun with this one... Thanks for peeking.

Richard

its revell iv made some progress on it and the 1/32 tomcat and the 1/72 concorde lol

Man thats one Huge looking aircraft you have there...looks like a winner to me

Richard, Yeah buddy i did preshade that one and used post shading with pastels...I built it before i started useing oils to weather and i'd love to have another crack at it now....But your right it's a good one for an oldie and it was a fun build....I did the 1/72 S-boat at the same time, so far my only foray into floaty things....I tell ya one thing though, that frikkin Flower class corvette at the LHS keeps calling to me and Great little Ships do a whole heap of upgrade sets for it...

Made a little more progress but still have some more sanding to do.