Revell S-100 Class W.I.P. **Update 2/28**

Doh....................Sorry, just me being impatient

Julian

Thanks J for looking. I havent painted the deckhouses yet. From what I can tell, they are suppose to be schnellbootweis. That will be my next step,

One question though, there are small circlular porst above the exhaust ports and above the water line. I am assuming that these are bilge ports?? If so, should they all be drilled as well??

I drilled those through as well (yes, bilge ports).

Your build is coming along nicely but aren't the deckhouses too dark? (and after weathering things tend to get darker still).

cheers,

Julian

Got some more work done on the deck tonight. I decided on Tamiyas German Grey XF-63 lightened with a few drops of white to represent deck grey. Not sure if the pics show it clearly but went with an uneven coat to show wear. I plan to enhance the high traffic areas of the deck later to show a bit more wear than other areas.

 

Thanks for the tip Julian! I drilled mine out at a slight angle which I think gave them a bit more depth than just drilling them straight through. I think I am just going to glue some thin cardstock on the inside and let it ride as they add quite a bit of dimenson to it as is.

One question though, there are small circlular porst above the exhaust ports and above the water line. I am assuming that these are bilge ports?? If so, should they all be drilled as well?? There are 3 on one side and 2 on the other. My refs show some of them pretty clearly as pumping water but I cant find a good pic of the others.

 

Here is the deck before priming with all torpedo racks on. I think Eduard was ingeniuos how they designed these in PE!!

And after a coat of rattle can flat black..

And the drilled intake and exhaust ports...

More to come, thanks for dropping by...

On my Revell S-100 I stuck pieces of sprue on the inside of the exhaust and coolingwater outlets so that I could drill them through from the outside. Gives a sense of depth to the vents.

Cheers,

Julian

Just wanted to add that the Revell instructions have you install the torpedo tube loading doors on wrong. All the refs I have show them opening to the outside however the destructions have you install them opening to the inside. The deck is primed on my eboat and I am drilling out and modifying the exhaust ports and intake ports on the hull as I type this. Will hopefully get some picks up soon.

Very nice indeed, keep the photos coming. I love watching builds in progress.

cheers,

Julian

looking good...