Kriegsmarine GB

A lot of scratchbuilding ahead of you Sean.  Good start.

I've progress a little bit myself but ship modeling is longer than I thought.  Now I'm drilling port holes on the main deck cause they are all missing from the kit.  I'm going to my LHS tomorrow and I'll try to get my hand on some PE set to add details.  And the Tom's modelworks PE set for the Bismarck doesn't have enough railing if you really want to install them where they supposed to be.  There are some plain plastic walls in some area that must be cutt off and replaced with railings.  It's a lot of fun so far but I'm anxious about the painting.  It will be either a masking nightmare or an awefull brush painting job.

I made some progress lately.  Most of the railing on the upper structure has been installed, and this was tougher than I thought.  I'm still waiting to receive a second set of PE railing so I can install the railing on the main deck.  The toughest railing to install were the rounded ones around the searchlights.  I had to remove the plastic and also, the railing had to match perfectly where they meet and the result is not bad but could have been better if I had more experience.  I also drilled some port holes on the main structure cause they were all missing.  I don't have any PE set for the port holes and doors but I had at least to drill them.  I made some doors from styrene cause some of them were missing also.

So far, I have a lot of fun with this project but like I said earlier, I'm anxious about the painting.

Here are some pics:

I still have a lot of clean up to do and I must drill the barrel of the guns.

Thanks Scott, I don't think I have any patience though!  My wife and kids could testify but you don't need patience when you're enjoying what you do.

I really enjoy ship modelling so far, it won't be my last ship that's for sure.

Hi Yan,

So far I have all the superstructure installed and painted and I now need to start adding the PE.  I hope to get some pics added once I get the time to take them.  Your railings look fabulous.  Mine still look like they have gone through a hurricane.   I can't wait to see yours painted.

This will be my first model where I have painted the PE before installing it.  I have always had a bugger of a time getting complete coverage on railings after they have been installed.  However, lets see how well the paint takes the stress of bending and folding.

Cheers,

Scott 

Yann Solo, Your PE job is truly amazing and same with the portholes. Now I see the importance of PE for ship models.

wooverstone8 wrote:

Yann Solo, Your PE job is truly amazing and same with the portholes. Now I see the importance of PE for ship models.

Oh yeah!  At least the railings!  Specially at 1/350.  It adds so much.  Next time I'll buy an "Ultimate set"

Just an update.

Kinda of cleared the workshop bench and now have the Airfix E Boat sitting there ready for action.

I will be into it over the weekend I expect.

How is everyone else going?

Regards

Fordboy

Update on my built : the S-boat has received it's first coat of grey primer.

Since the color of the primer is almost the same of the plastic color on the earlier pictures, I'll wait to add a pic till there is some more difference to see

DanCooper wrote:

Update on my built : the S-boat has received it's first coat of grey primer. Since the color of the primer is almost the same of the plastic color on the earlier pictures, I'll wait to add a pic till there is some more difference to see

 Haha, same for me.  I applied a first coat of Tamiya Dark Sea Grey on the hull of my Bismarck yesterday and I had a hard time to figure out where I was applying it.  Once dry, you can only notice it because of the flatness of the paint.

So far, I think ship modelling is alot harder than it looked at first sight.  The masking and painting process is very time consuming.  Progress has been very slow lately because of that.  When the job is tedious like that, I get a little bit discouraged and I work at slow pace.  But I'll get it done somehow.

just came across an exelent refrence for the Bismarck and Tirpitz.

http://www.bismarck-class.dk/

Hey everybody,

     All your models look great! Sorry I haven't posted in a while. My parents are getting divorced, so modeling sort of took a backseat. I won't have any progress pictures for a while since no progress can be made until my mother and I move out. I packed all of the modeling supplies, paints, kits, tools, etc. into boxes and am just waiting to find a new place. Hope to start up again real soon!

Hey everybody,      All your models look great! Sorry I haven't posted in a while. My parents are getting divorced, so modeling sort of took a backseat. I won't have any progress pictures for a while since no progress can be made until my mother and I move out. I packed all of the modeling supplies, paints, kits, tools, etc. into boxes and am just waiting to find a new place. Hope to start up again real soon!

Hope everything works out for you and we will be here waiting for you to return.

Scott, who hasn't been near his workbench for two weeks. 

Could I join up with a Tamiya 1/700 Scharnhorst?

edit could I also add a Dragon 1/700 Tirpitz?

Hello guys. It's been awhile since I last posted.

Here is some progress shots of the Seydlitz

This is only the basic layout. The real constructions will begin.

Welcome aboard, FrogFoot, I've edited the list of participants on the first post

Small setback for my S7 though...  the kids here have been playing with PicooZ's (tiny RC helicopters) and one of them has crashed on the railing, surrounding the AA gun, so I'll have to remove it's remaing parts and replace it with wire.

Wooverstone, that looks like you've got yourself into a hell of scratchbuilding project there, it's really starting to look good

Thanks for the add Dan Sorry to here about the railing

Wooverstone that looks like a interesting scratchbuild.

Here are a few progress pictures. I am trying to get both ships ready for the planking to be painted. But its not work since I keep jumbing around.

Scharnhorst not much done yet

Tirpitz

And here they are together. Note the cats at the top of the table.

Thanks guys for your comments.

Dancooper - Sorry to hear about your setback. You'll make a quick fix!

Frogfoot - Looks like you got a good start there! It's nice to see a comparison between the Scharnhorst and the Tirpitz.

Thanks wooverstone!

Here are a few more pics of the Sharnhorst. I have most of the bridge done, not every thing is fixed yet. Now I will paint the deck I believe this weekend. So now it is back to working on the Tirpitz

Nice and fast progress frogfoot. I could also use a step to step guide to ship painting since this is my first ship model. this guide would be very helpful indeed.

The hanger deck of the Sydlitz is almost completed. I'll post some pictures as soon as I find some time.

Thanks Woverstone. My building as hit a rock, life got in the way. Yet I was able to paint the deck on the Scharnhorst

The next step is to mask the deck now.