Revell Northsea Trawler (Complete)

I don't know why but some hulls just drive you crazy trying to get the tape to form a straight line along the lenght of it.

Marcus

I’m starting  paint the hull today and I started having trouble taping things up for the waterline. I improvised.

GMorrison

Hey, I had a car like that

Saw one the other day that looked almost camoflaged from all the different colors of gray primer on it.  The hints of both red and green Bondo just reinforced that impression

Wow, that looks great.  can't wait to see more

CapnMac82

I've also seen hulls in nothing but red primer.  Decks, too.

Hmmm;

 I see fish juice and scales already in the corners .Alright !

I’m finally digging into the project. Working with brushing with the Vallejo paints I purchased has been going well, but my first attempt with the airbrush and the acrylics was sort of splatty (maybe too much of the Tamiya thinner?). I gave the airbrush a good cleaning and I‘ll try again this weekend when I do the hull.

I did most of the deck by brush, only taping the containers and airbrushing a dark base coat. The detailing is really odd in that the grain and spaces between the planks is raised instead of recessed, I tried to make it work and it made painting individual planks easy. I decided to make the ship a real working vessel and making it seem pretty worn. 

Your last Comment !

 I was reading a book and in it there was a fictitious game called " Pigeon Poop " The goal .Let your pigeons poop on as many landmarks and folks as you could . Hmmm. Pigeon Poop replaced by Seagull Leavings ?

You can absolutely go to town on the paintjob here. Paint it whatever colour you like. There's tonnes of weathering you could do to it too. Rust, grime, seagull poop! I wouldn't mind having a go at this kit myself after I've finished Victory (so, in about 35 years).

Merchies often have "unique" paint jobs; fishermen doubly so.

I remember one that appeared to have been painted by a color-blind skipper.  Or, just a cheap one who only bought returns--imagine a miz of lavender, coral, pink, and some red-violet.  In patches.  Maybe 5 gallon's worth at a time.

I've also seen hulls in nothing but red primer.  Decks, too.

Unless you have pulled out a specific reference photo to match, the choice is yours.  So, pick something you will enjoy.

Well ! Ditto " G " 

The USCG generally uses the term "Spar" for the buff topside color. But that's neither here nor there- this is a commercial British verssel. 

This type of boat did a lot of fishing in the Arctic, and they get pretty beat up.

I'm working on a purse seiner right now, out of Spokane by way of Monterey CA. She's white with black trim, smart looking.

I don't think there's any color scheme that could be called "wrong", just no polished brass.

That is Nice : 

    This is an excellent photo to go by . Yes , Some did have what the Coast Guard calls Buff . It's either a reddish or doeskin tan and every shade in between .

  Hull color is good . Now bear in mind , some trawlers ran their rig on one or the other side and some show heavy signs of this . This is like the model , a side trawl vessel .

  Stern Trawlers are a whole nuther animal . Many have the rig you see on salvage and research vessels .The big gantry on the stern for handling the net !  T.B.

Thanks for the tips. I found a pretty good image via google of the St Georges, which could be a good guide (although this looks 5o be an old hand colored photograph, so it may not be accurate). The hull is more of a gray-blue and supersructure ochre instead of the odd beige, some reds on the deck that pop. I’m planning to use acrylics for this project.

Well;

 If you were going OOB the deckhouse colors , to me were wrong anyway . Long Distance trawlers didn't have that much Brightwork showing period ! Bright-work makes a yacht look nice .We are talking about a working vessel here . Tuna Clippers were even more yacht like than most folks are aware . Many were all White with minimal brightwork and chotskies . 

 Then there were the " Showboats of the Pacific Fisheries . Brightwork out the wazoo and , very yacht looking . My Uncle's boats were a light sand color with No external brightwork . His thoughts , They are workboats , not toys !

 Most Trawlers and Long - Liners looked close to scrapping . Why ? the catch was more important than the looks ." Get on the fish , not in the yards ! " 

Darkhorse, I picked up this kit the other day after finding an ad online for a real one for sale that had been converted into a mini cruise ship. Only 12 cabins, very cozy. So that’s what I’m envisioning; a mini cruise ship running on the Great Lakes in summer and moving to the Caribbean for the winter. Follow the snowbirds as it was. 

  I’ve so far trimmed off two of the three fish hold covers and at the suggestion (read that; DEMAND) of a good friend in Tennesse, I’m going to make it look like there’s a pool installed.

As far as colors, I agree. That baby puke color of the superstructure has to go. I picked up a can each of Testors spray Gloss Bright Blue for the hull and Gloss Yellow for the superstructure. I think it’ll be pretty eye catching when it’s done.

This isn’t the exact one I saw, but it gives you the general idea.

https://m.boatdealers.ca/boats-for-sale/361131/custom-north-sea-expedition-trawler-powell-river-british-columbia

Do an image search for "Grimsby Trawlers".

A white hull would look nice.