Thanks Gam,

I did wanted a few more ripples, but yes it is satisfactory. I want to add just a wee bit of cotton here and there for a small whitecaps and break up the monotony against the hull and such.

Now comes the tough part, all the PE rails, rigging, scratching the boat booms, adding the sailors.

Ahhh, some whitecaps would make it look even better. 

Good luck on the 'fun' stuff like the PE and rigging.... 

Really nice there Steve. Very differant from you otehr water effects, but just as effective. And the Eugen herself is looking splendid.

Thanks Bish,

The research continues. I found two more thing which were different and added for the test a Bikini. The rangefinder located on top on the bridge was removed and was replaced with a 4 legged stand for the antenna. Also the single AA gun located just in front of the admiral’s bridge was removed and some kind of square antenna replaced it.

I just keep finding more as I go.

Just a small update for now. I got the engine mounted. Tamiya engineered this very well to be held in place with poly caps and metal rails, but since I broke the interior structure of the engine, I had to glue mine. No big deal, and I managed to glue it without messing up the paint job, which might be a new thing for me.

I also realized I left out half the cockpit when I built this - control stick, gunsight, harness and the window into the nose wheel well. No big deal, as I planned to show it with an open canopy, but I think I love the lines so much with it closed that I will add the aforementioned parts and close it up again. It just looks too cool like this, and it's big enough and clear enough to still see inside what is really kind ofa boring cockpit anyway.

-BD-

BrandonD,

Your 162 looks outstanding! The camo pattern fits it extremely well! I think I might have to add one to the stash!

Love the look of that BD, really nice work.

Brandon: Well done on getting the engine on without mishap. It looks great.

Steve: Your Prinz Eugen is looking magnificent as well as the water effects you achieved. I find it fascinating that you are still finding tidbits of detail to apply to your build. You really do have some great modeling skills my friend.

Moff: Your barrel turned out awesome. Your construction and detail are really choice. Nice work indeed. I sure hope you're able to pull of the scheme you want as that would look sharp. 

That is some impressive effort in patience and meticulous skill. I'm not sure if I'm inspired or scared senseless of building my first ship model from watching the PE work your doing.. Regardless, your abilities are mind boggling.

Joe,

There is little difference between detailing a ship and detailing a plane, there's just alot more of it and it takes longer. I usually work on other "quicker"  builds so I don't get burned out on the "long distance" build. The only thing that can be a pain is all the fiddley bits that can break off.

BD: She's lookin' great! I know what you mean about leaving out cockpit parts there- hope you can get them in there without knocking other stuff off. 

Steve: She's lookin' better and better! Speaking of knocking stuff off, that's why I don't use much PE. I swear that once I get beyond a half-dozen pieces or so I end up knocking off two or three for everyone I attach... 

Steve,

Amazing work on the Eugen! I'm looking forward to when this one is complete! Absolutely love seeing your completed ships! What scale is this kit?

I would like to apologize to everyone in the GB. I haven't worked on my Type 4 since February. I haven't even sat at my work bench for 4 months. Anyway, recently I dug out a different kit to get the juices flowing again. I'm close to completing this kit, and when I am, I'll be jumping back into the the Type 4. Bare with me, I'll have some WIP pictures soon!

hogfanfs

What scale is this kit?

1/350

Wow, ModelCrazy - that looks great. I love the weathering. She looks like she's been at sea a while.

-BD-

Slowly but surely on the Salamander. I took the bang seat out of the cockpit and built the HGW harness for it last night (about 1.5 hours with 22 pieces). Also added the decal and a wash to it. I may drybrush it to highlight some of the raised detail.

-BD-

Oh wow BD, that seat looks fantastic!! I wish I could do so good on cockpit seat. 

 

BrandonD

Slowly but surely on the Salamander. I took the bang seat out of the cockpit and built the HGW harness for it last night (about 1.5 hours with 22 pieces). Also added the decal and a wash to it. I may drybrush it to highlight some of the raised detail.

-BD-

 

WOW indeed, really nice job on that seat, i do like those belts.

modelcrazy

Oh wow BD, that seat looks fantastic!! I wish I could do so good on cockpit seat. 

A small update, but it represents a ton of work. I have the PE railings on, now on to the rigging, boat booms, lifeboats, porthole baffles (in the original picture, probably for airflow in the July heat at Bikini), flagpoles Etc. Etc.

 

 

And wow again, looks amazing, and i love those last two pics. Do away with the edge and make your pic B&W and you have the same image.

Ok, rigging, now this is what i have been looking forward to. 2 questions. What do you use and how do you decide where to run the rigging.

I use EZ-Line and light gage monofilament. I usd to do the stretched sprue thing but it's too hard to get constant and it's too fragile. 

For placement I look at actual pictures and completed builds. It also hepls to kinda know what the lines are. Some are guy wires, some are flag lanyards while others are low frequency antennas.

You don't typically have to put every line on, just a sample. There are way too many actual lines on a real warship and it would be overly complex. Since the scale line is much smaller in 1/350 it would look overdone. I have some line that you can barely see with the naked eye which would probably better in scale but almost impossible to work with.

Are you thinking of your Bismarck? I took a picture of the Eugen next to a friend's Bismarck,  what a size difference!

Thnaks Steve. ye, initially i am thinking of Bismarck, but would like to gte some otehr 350 ships. But i have always just been curious. I did imagine people would not replicate every single wire, when i look at the real ships my head just spins at the thought of just were to start let alone doing them all.

I do have some 1Ib fishing line as well as the easy line, i think i will use those. I have seen an aerial view of the 2 ships in Norway, but if you get the chnace and can post that pic here, would love to see it.

Here’s the picture of the two. The guy who build the Bismarck is part of the local model club. The size difference is impressive especially the difference between 20.3cm and 38cm main guns.

Ye, i can see what you mean. Is that the Revell Bismarck.

He said it was the Tamaya.

I built the Tamaya several years back...25 maybe but is was damaged in a move and was lost at sea. I hear the Revell is far better and I really want that kit.

I read all the reviews and the revell seemed to come out on top so thats what i opted for. I am hoping i can get to it in a year or two, but got a couple of other naval subject to get in first. But i definatly wnat to ad the Eugen, i can't have one without the other.

Hi guys! Nice progress here!

It´s been while I have updated my build. Right after last post me and my wife we went to hiking (only two days and 45 km) near eastern border. We didn´t met bear, but someone week before us did, successfully. Or atleast I think that who wrote about that was the hiker not the bear, because he didn´t mention anything about flavor.

But something we stumbled upon. First we saw two old machine gun nests and next to those were about 15 dissembled dugouts. (Used to be similar as this: http://www.luontoon.fi/documents/10550/367001/PETK_korsu_HeikkiKorkalainen_444.jpg/76d49bb8-7e79-4a85-b08c-d590c24a1df5?t=1452156416229) That was part of "Salpa line" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salpa_Line

Before we found those I didn´t even notice, that we were five kilometers from border at nearest.

After that trip I´ve been bit busy, so I have built this mostly at nights. That´s why updating build log is bit slow.

But let´s get back in bussines!

Saving Tank Tiger

So I started to try to correct colors with Mig washes. Five layers of "warm white wash" to green surface, two layers of "brown wash" to red and one layer of "earth wash" to dunkelgelb. I think that worked. Swastika decals I modified from Revell 1:48 Me 110 decals. Numbers are from some US fighter.

Next some details and tracks.

Nice work!!! BD, Steve, Trabi, great work guys- love how these are coming!!! 

Trabi: Wow, that's awesome to stumble on bunkers and MG nests like that (not so much the bear). 

Trabi, sounds like you had a nice hike and some nice finds. Was that near the border along the Karelian Isthmus.

I like the look of the Tiger, nice scheme.

Thanks Gamera and Bish!

That place is more north. About half way of Finland. At "loin of maiden Finland" as we say.

And the Tiger:

I looked pictures of Sturmpanzers in Finland and I liked idea of added logs on side of tanks. Those were against magnetic mines. Should work also for anti tank guns.

Sturm:

My version:

BrandonD

Slowly but surely on the Salamander. I took the bang seat out of the cockpit and built the HGW harness for it last night (about 1.5 hours with 22 pieces). Also added the decal and a wash to it. I may drybrush it to highlight some of the raised detail.

-BD-

 

Brandon,

The seat looks perfect! Bless you for having such patience. Great job!