beefy66 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 I know I should just concentrate on one build but the BPBC 466 is soo delicate and has a lot of parts that can go missing that I have started this just for a Thursday night at the local model club I go to Hull built up and main gun I know that the kit is not totally accurate but this will be an OOB build so I can get some more practice in with the PE and camo pattern beefy 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 I'll be watching this, huge fan of the RN Monitors. Steve. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seahawk Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 6 minutes ago, stevehnz said: I'll be watching this, huge fan of the RN Monitors. Steve. Agree. No-one who has ever read Douglas Reeman's HMS Saracen could be unmoved by a RN monitor build. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 43 minutes ago, Seahawk said: Agree. No-one who has ever read Douglas Reeman's HMS Saracen could be unmoved by a RN monitor build. Very much where my thoughts come from too. Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugle07 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Good, if weird looking ship she is. Count me in for this one, my Grandad served on her for a while during 1944 as a CPO. She's definitely on my want to do list. Geoff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 1 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 This should be interesting to follow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 I'll be monitoring your monitor's progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Another big fan of monitors,especially the book HMS Saracen by Douglas Reeman. All fiction, but a great read. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted September 14, 2017 Author Share Posted September 14, 2017 Sounds like this will be a good read will have to invest in a copy Thanks for the recommendation gents, beefy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripaman Posted September 15, 2017 Share Posted September 15, 2017 Nice start Beefy will look forward to the next installment. Regards Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Nice one Keith, I have the Roberts in my stash. Be interesting to follow this build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted September 17, 2017 Author Share Posted September 17, 2017 12 hours ago, Gremlin56 said: Nice one Keith, I have the Roberts in my stash. Be interesting to follow this build. Thanks Julian did you make a start on your Roberts a while ago or have you still to remove parts from the sprue 📚 beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gremlin56 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 No, didn't make a start. It's still living in it's box in the stash Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kris B Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I am building my first ship and found that PE is more fiddly comparing to the armour I used to do. Will be checking your progress. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 Beefy - this slipped me by. I didn't realise this was a WWII combatant. Looks great - looking forward to seeing the colour scheme. I'm watching with interest Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted September 21, 2017 Author Share Posted September 21, 2017 Thanks Kris and Rob not many updates at the minute as waiting for my computer to return from repair shop just using the wife's I Pad to post at the moment beefy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted October 16, 2017 Author Share Posted October 16, 2017 OK see if I can get back into this fingers crossed the computer is OK now Started to paint the main parts in the camo but not to happy with the green I have used 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Suggest you add a tiny dash of either red or orange to the green. These are complimentary colours to green so that tiny little addition will just kill some of the ‘greenness’ without darkening the colour. Don’t add too much though or the paint will turn a mud colour. looking good otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Not to be argumentative, but the RN were specifically against red undertones in their colours and all documentation ordered that it was to be avoided. The "green" itself is also a fallacy that is still perpetuated by some authors who have never troubled themselves to visit the archives and actually see anything documented - be they words or samples. The only "greens" used were Western Approaches Light Green (WALG) which this isn't, G20 (which this isn't, didn't exist before May 1943 and was an olive shade) and M.S.3. which was a medium/light grey with a very weak greenish caste to it - which is what this shade should be. M.S.3. looks like grey on its on, and only looks slightly greenish when next to truly neutral or bluish shades of grey. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shar2 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Nice start, I have the Trumpeter kits in the stash, but have ony built the White Ensign Models HMS Roberts, which was a delight. When I reviewed the Trumpy Abercormbie there was just too much wrong for me to actually want to put it on the bench. HMS Roberts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Just to be clear - I am not claiming that adding a tiny touch of red will make the green more accurate (I really wouldn’t know) but it will tone it down a bit and will make it a bit less intense. When landscape painting I often add a tiny touch of complimentary colour to slightly deaden any hue I am finding a little too loud. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 53 minutes ago, Bandsaw Steve said: Just to be clear - I am not claiming that adding a tiny touch of red will make the green more accurate (I really wouldn’t know) but it will tone it down a bit and will make it a bit less intense. When landscape painting I often add a tiny touch of complimentary colour to slightly deaden any hue I am finding a little too loud. Ah ok, understood. If it's getting redone anyway, I'd suggest it's a good desaturation that is needed, by mixing with a medium grey. This is a render of a typical MS3: As above, it only looks green next to a bluish grey like 507C or MS1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 I have one of these kits to build so thank you for posting that image of MS3. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted October 17, 2017 Author Share Posted October 17, 2017 Well talk about a can of Thanks for clearing that up Jamie I had a feeling this was not right the colour chart from Trumpeter gives you a completely different outlook on the way the ship should be painted But looking at some photos from the web it does look green but it must be the trick of the light as the photo was taken when the ship was on the Tyne and we all know that we do not get much sunshine up here this is the main reason for me building Abercrombie as it was built on the Tyne near where I live so have a thing about building ships from a long gone age of shipbuilding up hear anyway started the smaller armaments and primed ready for when I re-do the hull beefy 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugle07 Posted October 17, 2017 Share Posted October 17, 2017 Hi Beefy, was that the Lifecolour paints you used for the green or something else? Think there's a pretty good match to the MS3 in the first RN set. At least to my uneducated eyes. Geoff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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