Ships of the British Flag GB.

Scott, that looks like fun.

Hey Scott it looks like you sussed it out. Looks straight and flat and no glue bombs Is there a bunch of PE on your kit? 

Steve,

Funny, I think of "Heart of Oak" when dealing with a British ship.

Bish Griffin, thanks.  I do have a PE set for British WW1 battleships and a fair amount of PE details came with the kit.  I was not expecting the deckhouse laminates. That is a concept that was new to me in a standard plastic kit.

I had a good morning at the bench.  All my sub-assemblies are done I am to the point of applying a flat black base coat that will help with effect shading when I do my top coats.  

I have everything just test fitted at the moment, one sneeze it would look as if the ship hit a mine.

scottrc

All my sub-assemblies are done I am to the point of applying a flat black base coat that will help with effect shading when I do my top coats.  

I love that effect! I use it on everything now. I like Tamiya NATO Black myself but I'm not sure I makes a diffrence.

Fantastic looking ship Scott.

That's looking good Scott. Making fast progress bud. I have finished my deck tractors. Each wheel was a separate part and it was a pita to get them semi straight. Next I will orient everything for the final display. 

 

Oh my , those are tiny Griffin. They look great in the yellow. They should really add to the scene.

Wow Griffin, those wheels look about as much fun as wheels on 1/700 scale aircraft

I got the decks painted.  I made a big mistake.  I mixed up the paint, which was acrylic, with enamel thinner and wondered why I was getting fisheyes.  Dang paint bottles look identical.

I ended up stripping the deck and now have a few minor issues. This build is moving fast.  Its a great kit.

I've found that boo boos will sometimes open the door for great looking weathering. The deck looks great.

I'm done with the HMS Invincible. All the items on the deck are not glued down so I can move the stuff around if I like. I just hope my cat doesn't want to reenact her own Falklands battle scenario. This kit was great. Very few problems. I look forward to seeing all the great ships that will be coming along. Thank you Steve for hosting. 

 

 

 

Hi,

That looks great 

Hazzah!

Well now Griffin old man, cracking job mate! That's bloody fantastic.
Which picture do you want for the first on the wall?

Thanks guys! I'm happy with the way it came out. I'm also happy to start a new kit in Bish's Commonwealth GB.  Steve the second pic will work. Thank you sir.

Your're welcome.

Grab and hoist the Jack.

Griffin25

I'm done with the HMS Invincible. All the items on the deck are not glued down so I can move the stuff around if I like. I just hope my cat doesn't want to reenact her own Falklands battle scenario. This kit was great. Very few problems. I look forward to seeing all the great ships that will be coming along. Thank you Steve for hosting. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stunning job there Griffin, she has come out really well and looks even better with all the activity on deck.

 Thank you Bish

Griffin, I congratulate you sir on such a very fine job.  

Although I washed all the parts, something in the plastic is causing fisheyes with the enamel.  I had this problem on the Prinz Eugen so I did a test spay and sure enough, fish eyes and orange peel.  They must use a silicone mold release agent that dish deteregent won't remove.  I will give the plastic a wash in acetone.

Weekend is over and back to work.  Here are the current progress pics.  I am doing the full hull and have built a base.

More test fitting, painting of the small deck details, and color balancing with washes and powders.  I hope to do final assembly over the week.

Finally, I have taken time out from working outside on the house.  I will begin my try at ship building (this is only my 2nd attempt at a ship with no masts). I built the large scale Constitution and United States many years ago. So, I am an infant at this ship "thing". 

For this GB I chose to build the 1:350 HMS Roberts, a Monitor class ship. I believe this is kind of what would also be called a pocket battleship, kind of. Here is some of the "stuff" I got for her...

Brass cannons/guns

Wood deck

More P.E. than in the kit (over kill?)

Crew figures

The lot of it

Colors

This is my first attempt to work with P.E. in 1/350 and first super detailing of any ship, wish me luck. I will update this thread as I progress....

P.S.: These are some wonderful builds and subjects in this GB that I am looking forward in seeing finished, great choices everyone!

v/r,

Ben

Hey Ben it looks like you got all the goodies for that monitor. I really like the crew figures. That will really add some flavor. I've never tried to paint figures that small. Look forward to seeing it

Scott, I never saw that before, your solution should work.

Ben, nice looking set of AM. If you can do a square rigger, you can do this 

Wow!  What great work!  This is my first ship and man, you guys are good!  So....I have two things to say about the ship genre since I started.

1.  I have a respect for you ship builders!  WOW!  There are some seriously small parts here!  I've got shavings from my 1/32 F-4 that are bigger then most of the parts of this ship!  LOL!  I already lost one AA gun.  A slip of the tweezers and it is missing in action!  LOL!

2.  I will NEVER complain about 1/72 scale airplane kits again...EVER!  LOL!

I know this is going to be a messy build for me.  I didn't think about painting the deck until after I got some 14 AA guns on the deck!    And so many life boats!  Is there a certain color they are to be painted? 

All in all, I'm having a fun time with it.  I hope it turns out well.  Don't want Her Majesty to be upset.  LOL!  Here are a couple of pics.  First is me just opening it up...and beginning to get very worried about the build.  The second is where I'm at now.  Enjoy.

Nice start Bobby, i am sure you will be fine with it. Does that kit include a lower hull or is it just waterline.

Ealge, that is looking really good  I don't know how many times I lost an AA gun, once they fly away they are almost impossible to find. I either find an inconspicuous place to omit it or scratch a new one. At that scale no one can really tell the diffrence unless you're going to show it.

I would say the small boats should be painted base hull color with deck tan interior.

Bish

Nice start Bobby, i am sure you will be fine with it. Does that kit include a lower hull or is it just waterline.

 

Thank you sir.  LOL!  I had to laugh when I started and seeing how small these parts were.  Amazing what you guys do with these ships!

No hull, it's a Tamiya Waterline kit.  Ihas you put a piece of metal in the waterline part....they call it ballast.  Not sure what's it's for.    I'm sure it is there for a reason...I just don't know what it is.  LOL!

modelcrazy

Ealge, that is looking really good  I don't know how many times I lost an AA gun, once they fly away they are almost impossible to find. I either find an inconspicuous place to omit it or scratch a new one. At that scale no one can really tell the diffrence unless you're going to show it.

I would say the small boats should be painted base hull color with deck tan interior.

 

I thought the same thing....I was going to take a paperclip and fabricate one, but the paperclip is too thick!  LOL!  If I don't find it, I'll use some plastic and make one...I hope.

Thank you for the boat color advice.  I wondered if they would put tarps over them or just leave them open.  Thanks again for the help!  Much appreciated.

Eagle90

I wondered if they would put tarps over them or just leave them open. 

They didn't tarp them as far as I know.

Getting back to the POW, I started applying the deck hatches and there are a lot of them. putting each one on will take some time. I also need to make the reels and wanted to wrap some line around the spools. I never tried that before and this is a good a kit to start with. I always try to attempt something new on each build. Sometimes my ideas work, sometims they don't.

modelcrazy

Getting back to the POW, I started applying the deck hatches and there are a lot of them. putting each one on will take some time. I also need to make the reels and wanted to wrap some line around the spools. I never tried that before and this is a good a kit to start with. I always try to attempt something new on each build. Sometimes my ideas work, sometims they don't.

 

WOW!  That deck looks awesome!  Like I said, you guys do some amazing things with these ships.