S-boat 55

Yes they've been promising Rodney for a while, the LHS in Gloucester has started showing it on their website as coming soon so I don't know if it will finally be appearing but I hold little hope

As they're on the gallery deck Id go with galleries else why call it the gallery deck - but that said the navy seemed to call things whatever they fancied at the time so........

Thanks both, I'll give it a go,

Thanks for the replies both, last question I should have said I'd be using with a brush, any tips tricks with applying it or is it generally idiot proof?

Okay thanks, given how long it takes me to build that shouldn't be a problem lol

Looking very tidy, Which green did you go for with the planes in the end?

Hi all, Quick question, will Windsor and Newton's Galeria Matt varnish be okay over Humbrol enamels ? Thanks

I had the same kit about the same age, a present as well, I made a mash of it and never finished, sold it on eBay a while back as I lack the patience to do what your doing, looks like your on the way to making something that'll be quite a stand out example,

You'd of thought but clearly they didn't, it wasn't too bad to do, but then as it's so close a wobbly line in the inside doesn't notice lol !

Evening, So tried my first pin wash to bring out the detail a bit, I realised that I may need to do some of this as I go rather than all at the end. I'm pretty happy with the results, Just used a thinned bit of humbrol black satin, the pic is merely to show the contrast with it applies against not. Having done that I thought why not try it with the deck as it was still to be finished and fixed to the hull. It turned out to be more of a mix an match of an area wash and pin wash as it didn't always flow where I wanted it to go. Any thoughts, comments or friendly critique welcome as I'm looking to improve from project to project. I think I'm happy enough with this one though, although I've toyed with the idea of a very pale grey or almost white wash over all of the deck. So having done that the the fore and quarter decks were finally fixed in place. At which point i promptly realised that the last thing i had meant to do was open up the fixing holes for various little bits in the foredeck. Ooops! Not wanting to end up doing it by eye or be beaten i took to using the wifes reading light (small sun level brightness LEDs) to show where the thinned areas were and then open them up from the top. Worked a treat. The only confusing thing is some of the holes are doubled up to allow for positions for the sister ship. The instructions show this but not very cleary so it took a few minutes to work out where things were to go and which holes to open. Putting the main deck in place I finally discovered a small alignment issue, its the first one of the kit that i really remember and its not exactly huge. Had I of joined the decks to each other before sticking them to the hull this wouldn't have been an issue as all it really needs is a good squeeze. The issue is there is a limit as to how hard you can press on the lower deck. So my solution was to open out the area under the forward superstructure to give me access to literally squeeze it together when it comes to it. I wont fix it down quite yet as I'll need to check the rear bulkheads align okay first and its getting a touch late. More soon S

So life has been lifey and stopped me doing much, but progress at last - the photo etch has begun going on to some bits, Bending curves is fun! the platform has varying degrees of curve and so it took about 15 minutes to do, i'm hoping I get a bit quicker. much much more to do, Sam

Hi all, I exclusively build 1:350 ships, my current solution for the photo etch isn't great, I've been looking at various bending tools from the likes of hold and fold from small to the 'large' type ones, Any recommendations as to the size to look at getting?

That's come up a treat, silly as it sounds to ask but what do you use as a scribe? Size/width of blade etc?

The lack of photos must be frustrating, stick with it I'm sure you'll get there,

That's some very impressive work, a little beyond me i fear, I'd not appreciated quite the variations within the subclasses,

I've got Bismarck in the stash, the detail makes the pontos set very tempting but it's so expensive on its own, that paint job must be a test of patience

I'd guess shed also convert to HMS Suffolk pretty well,

Looking through this thread I boggle at the patience to keep on keeping on with the same model, if I'm not done in a couple of months I get itchy feet

Looking good

Hi all, Any tips or tricks for bending out the treads on photo etch stairs? Sam

So given it was the festive period I thought I'd get a lot done, .... never mind! The reason I was hoping to get Dunkerque finished was I was fairly certain there was something on its way to me; As you see there was, - I already have an itch but will be 'good' and get Dunkerque finished. My only thought is Revell went a little overboard on the box! I'm really enjoying building dunkerque, the fit is exceptional and her lines are growing on me, so much so that I came very close to picking up her sister ship Strasbourg as well - still might. I decided to tone the red down as had been hinted at, very pleased with the end result. There's still a little touch up to do on the water line but that shouldn't take long. I have at least stuck the lower section of the tower on and the funnel, rest of it is just dry fitted. Aside that its been a case of slowly pre painting the etch, its slow but hopefully by the end of the week I can start tackling getting real progress on the smaller bits as the deck is nearly ready for a wash. First up will likely be these; More later, Thanks

Looking very good, I'd not thought of preshading the deck, I'm doing mine post as oppose pre the main colour, might try you way next time

Not really a new release but just an FYI amazon (yes I know it's not a LHS but a budget is a budget) currently have 1/350 Littorio's for £59,

So they're for moving some of the ships boats around, I can see them being a pain to paint though, was thinking I'd seal the deck first so when it invariably goes wrong I can at least clean it up and not affect the deck to either side,

If it works for you I shall try the same, thanks