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March 1, 2022

14 minutes ago, JOCKNEY said:

I had no idea the kit originally came with sheets of kitchen roll !

I always insist that my kits come with kitchen paper. It's really useful during the build!

February 28, 2022

This was my second entry to the 2022 Matchbox GB.

As usual, I didn't manage to finish the build within the GB's timeframe. So, the thread is now moved to the WIP area.

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Dear all,

this is my second entry to this GB: Revell's rebox of Matchbox's Twin Otter in 1/72. I'll build the Canadian Rescue Service version with skids.

Here's the box:

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There are 3 light-grey plastic sprues and 1 transparent parts sprue:

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There are parts for three different versions: wheels, wheels + skids and floats.

The decals look excellent:

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I haven't started this build yet but expect to start it in about two weeks after I make some substantial progress in my Westland Lynx.

Cheers

Jaime

February 28, 2022

This was my first entry to the 2022 Matchbox GB.

As usual, I didn't manage to finish the build within the GB's timeframe. So, the thread is now moved to the WIP area.

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Dear all,

This is my first entry to this GB: Revell's rebox of Matchbox's Westland Lynx in 1/72:

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Here are the sprues: 3 sprues of light grey plastic and 1 of transparent parts:

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There's some flash in places but not too bad and the level of detail is good, considering the age of the kit.

The decals are a bit yellow on the backing paper , but I hope they work well:

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I've started work by removing the main parts from the sprues:

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A quick dry fit of the fuselage shows that fit is reasonably good and some weight should be added to the nose to avoid a tail sitter:

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I removed a few more parts and cleaned them of flash but haven't progressed much yet.

Thanks for looking

Jaime

February 6, 2022

6 hours ago, vppelt68 said:

Yes of course, if I got that right you have superdetailed the interior but it's all still in little pieces? Welcome! V-P

Thanks V-P! You're right: I've applied the masks to the transparent parts and glued the cockpit PE in place and painted the interior but the fuselage halves are still open and all other parts are still in the sprues.

Cheers

Jaime

February 6, 2022

27 minutes ago, Col. said:

Yes Jamie this one is good to continue in our GB; both the subject and the progression level are fine

Thanks Col. !

February 6, 2022

To the attention of the GB hosts:

Would this build be acceptable to enter the GB?

Thanks in advance.

Jaime

February 6, 2022

Hi,

I intend to participate with two builds, both in Revell reboxes:

PK-108 : Westland Lynx

PK-127 : De Havilland Twin Otter

The Lynx will be built in Deutsche Kriegsmarine colours and the TOtter in the Canadian Rescue Service with skids version.

Hopefully, I'll start WIP threads in the next few days.

Cheers

Jaime

February 6, 2022

To the attention of the GB hosts:

Would this build be allowed to participate in the GB?

Thanks in advance.

Jaime

January 2, 2022

Nigel ( @Clashcityrocker ), Steve ( @stevehnz ), thank you very much for the kind words!

January 1, 2022

10 hours ago, Bertie Psmith said:

Two of the best quality! Nice.

Thanks Bertie! Very kind!

January 1, 2022

Hi Chris ( @bigbadbadge ), Greg ( @GREG DESTEC ),

Thank you very much for your appreciation!

A Happy New Year for you, too!

Jaime

January 1, 2022

Dear All,

In 2021 I only managed to finish two models. Here they are.

1. Heinkel He 178 V1 - first jet aircraft in History (Special Hobby/MPM 1/72)

This was a challenging build. It fought me back in every step of the build. In the end it turned out well, but it definitely isn't a beginner's model.

The WIP is here and the RFI is here.

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2. USS Greeneville (Hobby Boss 1/350)

This is my first submarine build since returning to modelling. It was a simple build. The real challenge was trying to weather it realistically. It turned out satisfactorily for a first attempt. I have a few more submarines in the stash now.

The WIP is here and the RFI is here.

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Thanks for looking.

Jaime

November 9, 2021

1 hour ago, giemme said:

Lovely detailing and painting in the cockpit, Jaime - way to get the best out of an OOB build

Ciao

Thanks Giorgio!

November 8, 2021

Hi again,

After a long period away from this build, I've finally made some progress last week in making air-intakes for the jet engines, which was scaring me away from the build.

However, I still must update the build log with work done earlier this year, from January to March.

First, I decided to complete seat with the foot-rests protruding in front of the seat. These were done with 0.13 mm-think plasticard:

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The foot-rests were painted by paintbrush:

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The raised detail on the instrument panel and side panels was highlighted by dry-brushing:

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The next step was applying a dark wash to the cockpit parts, after gloss-coating these parts. I used Vallejo's greased earth acrylic wash:

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A detail of the gloss-coated cockpit parts before applying the wash:

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After the wash, a matt coat was applied, resulting in this:

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The cockpit walls turned out very dark because I didn't remove the excess wash:

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I used some spare PE seat belts from a Cobra helicopter for this build, as they look very similar to the seat belts used in this aircraft. The seat belts were painted still in the PE fret:

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I decided to try a recently acquired liquid chrome marker to paint the buckles:

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Here's the result:

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The seat belts were cut off the fret:

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... applied to the seat:

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The seat was glued to the cockpit base:

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The cockpit base was glued to the port fuselage half:

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The model needs some weight on the nose to avoid becoming a tail seater. I used miliput to glue lead balls in place:

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I had to close the front of the cockpit base in order to avoid seeing the lead in the nose:

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The fuselage halves were glued together:

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I applied tiny drops of Aqua Gloss on the instrument faces to simulate the glass covers:

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Finally, the instrument panel was glued in place:

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Thanks for looking

Cheers

Jaime

August 23, 2021

On 19/08/2021 at 10:22, F-32 said:

Very cool build, I especially like the water line mark - nicely done

Thanks a lot! It's my first submarine, I wasn't sure about the weathering and tried to not overdue it.

July 27, 2021

4 hours ago, Bertie Psmith said:

I still think he's pulling our legs. That's the woodiest wooden base ever. 😉

Has the submarine had a puppy?

I swear it's a plastic base. The WIP pictures don't lie

I believe the "puppy" is some kind of remote controlled mini-sub but I must admit I didn't look for information on it.

Cheers

Jaime

July 20, 2021

5 hours ago, Adm Lord De Univers said:

Very helpful Jaime (I've screenshot'd your instructions too - thank you). The effect is quite astonishing and hands down the best stand/base I've seen - you could've told me it was wood and I wouldn't have queried it.

Greeneville is still looking fantastic too!

David

Thanks David! Very kind and much appreciated!

July 20, 2021

On 18/07/2021 at 23:30, Adm Lord De Univers said:

can we have some closeups of that base please?

In reply to @Adm Lord De Univers request, here are some pictures of the base, showing the wood-like effect I tried to achieve:

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The base was primed with Alclad Black Primer and Microfiller. Next, the holders were painted Gunze Metal Color MC219 Brass, which provides a very good metal effect. After masking the holders, I painted the base with Gunze H84 Mahogany. This was gloss coated with Microgloss and the wood grain effect was done by spreading spots of AMMO MIG-3512 Oilbrusher Dark Brown along the length of the base using a flat brush. To seal both the base and holders, I applied a good coat of Alclad Gloss Kote.

Hope this is helpful.

Cheers

Jaime

July 18, 2021

9 hours ago, Adm Lord De Univers said:

Jaime, this is a great build and I think you've nailed trying to mimic the real life photos in the wip.

Hi David, thank you very much for your interest and kind words. Much appreciated!

9 hours ago, Adm Lord De Univers said:

can we have some closeups of that base please?

I'll certainly post close up photos of the base. I'll do it tomorrow and let you know when the thread is updated.

Cheers

Jaime

July 18, 2021

I added a link to the RFI photos in the last post of the build.

It can also be accessed here.

Cheers

Jaime

July 18, 2021

Hello,

This is my build of Hobby Boss 1/350 USS Greeneville. It's also my first submarine and maritime build since I returned to the hobby in 2014 (I'm mainly an aircraft guy).

It is a simple kit to build and comes with a few PE parts to improve the propellers. Most effort was spent trying to get a (hopefully) realistic weathering. This was obtained by a combination of different tones of gray on the black areas of the model, pre-shading, grey wash and staining along the waterline. The WIP thread can be found here.

Here are the pictures of the finished model. All comments are very much welcome.

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Cheers

Jaime

July 18, 2021

7 minutes ago, Richard E said:

Tha's a very realistic finish JR.

Unfortunately the links to the images are broken but Pierre's @Kagou RFI thread gives a good descripton of the tools and techniques he used to weather his submarine models and @Roger Newsome also applied a very realistic finish to his Alpha Class build.

Thank you very much Richard, and thanks for the links. I'll take that into account for my next subs. I have the Zvezda 1/350 Kursk in the stash for a future build.

Cheers

Jaime

July 18, 2021

Thanks Jeff! Much appreciated!

I couldn't find much information on weathering submarine models,, so I had to improvise in order to try and reproduce what I saw in the pictures of the real thing.

Cheers

JR

July 17, 2021

51 minutes ago, S-boat 55 said:

Very nice weathering, great build imo

Thank you very much. Much appreciated!

July 17, 2021

Hello again,

Continuing with the build, I took some time to think about how best to weather the model. I opted to keep it subtle and decided to create some tonal variation on the dark top half of the hull. For that, I applied a pre-shading layer using white, along the lines of water flow when the sub is floating on the surface:

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This was followed by thin layers of NATO Black:

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After removing the masking, I got this:

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A microgloss coat was applied in preparation for the decals. Here's the setup for decaling:

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There are few decals to apply, only the ID number on the sail and the water line scales on the bow and rudder:

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I also decided to try and replicate a would finish for the base of the stand. First, I gloss coated the base and, next, I applied spots of dark brown oil, which were spread with a flat brush to simulate the wood grain.

Here's the mahogany-painted and microgloss-coated base:

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After spreading the dark brown oil:

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I still wanted to weather the model a bit more, in order to reproduce the weathering below from the waterline, as seen in this picture:

My first approach was to use a grey wash by Vallejo. Here's the set-up (the model had another microgloss coat to seal the decals):

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Before applying the wash, I applied masking tape along the waterline:

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The tape was loosely held to the hull, in order to allow the wash to spread unevenly below the waterline.

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The wash was applied vertically from the walkway to the waterline. The excess was removed with damp cotton buds shortly after. It worked but the wash tone was too dark and didn't stand out from the top hull's tone. In order to produce a better result, I decided to apply highly diluted Sky with a sponge over the matt wash. I didn't remask along the waterline.

Here's the tool: