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April 9

Well,,, Longer I watched my base, I liked it less. Finally I decided made it once again. At first I made a balsa-wood frame.

Then I watched some fotos with ships to know what effect I want achieve. I'm not very familiar with all these All this wakes, waves and foam... Here are most interesting photos (from forposteriorityssake and navsource webpages):

As usually watching photos with real objects helped me a lot. I sketched waves on styro-foam and sculpted it with chip electric-chisel.

As previously, I smoothed surface with diluted modelling paste.

I also added some gel with microballs for wakes, crests and moving water.

Then I glued paper handkerchief. I made glue from diluted medium with a little blue acrylic paint.

Then I brushed a few semi-tranparent layers of medium mixed with paint. I gave less paint in stern area between wakes. Finally it is somewhat lighter colour with more details of wavelets. I like this effect it simulates delicately moved water:

Finally added some Sea Foam Texture from Green Suff World. Thats how it looks now. I think it is still long way for improvement, but I'm quite satysfied.

Model is not fixed yet.

Regards, Michal

April 9

Great introduction! Next parts will not be worse, I'm pretty sure. One ticket for this show for me, please!

Even though I can't say Hunts were pretty ships 😉 .

Regards, M.

April 6

American Dido!

Sounds vvvvery interrrresting!

Love this "boat", will look with interesting. However I wait for later San Diego.

March 24

I traced your build with great interesting. Fantastic model, eye-catching camouflage and great details. Gratulations!

Michal

March 18

Thanks fellows for your interesting!

13 hours ago, robgizlu said:

Looks really interesting Michal - who is the manufacturer?

Rob

This person just announces his model on polish modelling-forum, Modelwork. He even has no his web-site so it is a little bit mysterious matter. 😉 Top-secret industry??? :wicked:

"Birdie is his second or third model, earlier he produced cold-war era soviet Osa-class missile boat. 13 such boats served in Polish Navy during 1964-2006.

Quite small (39 meters) boat but quite complex, I think.

8 hours ago, Jeff.M said:

Michal,

Your images are coming through (to me) as little blue squares with “?” on them. Perhaps it is a setting or something at my end? Or maybe because I am viewing them on my phone—others seem to be able to see them. The pics of the real ships came across fine though.

Jeff

I am very sorry I don't know why you can't see my pictures. I always load these from Imgur. Has anybody the same problem?

Meanwhile I still work with water on my Hibiscus-model...

Regards, Michal

March 17

Today I purchased new kit of small polish producer. If you think Flower Corvettes are small, look and compare:

"Birdies" were 6 small (45 meters) coastal minesweepers/minelayers bulit in Poland during 1935-1939. They carried up to 20 mines and were armed 1 75 mms gun and 2 machine guns. e Jaskółka class was a versatile design which allowed the ships to serve in the role of either a minesweeper, small minelayer or a sub chaser.

More here: ORP Jaskółka - Wikipedia

and here: Jaskółka-class minesweeper - Wikipedia

In September 1939 they laid some mine fields around polish coast, supported with guns polish infantry and fought against German airplanes. Some of them were bombed by Ju-87 Stukas and sunk.

Later, a few birdies served in Kriegsmarine as atorpedo trials craft and after war again in polish Navy as patrol crafts while Żuraw (Crane) was survey vessel and training ship.

Railings are really tiny!

Various details. Boats are rather simply and I'll give them covers.

Mast is 3D printet too and has various details:

And some photos of real ships (threre were Crane, Swallow, Lapwing, Heron, Seagull and Tern):

...and in German Navy with quite spectacular camouflage:

I think build will be short and simply however I want finish Hibiscus at first. So if you are interested in - be patient and stay tuned, please 😉

Best regards,

Michal.

March 17

After some layers of medium gel ,acrylic paint and gel with microballs...

Some waves to add...

Michal

March 16

One of my favourite destroyers! You made very good model.

March 15

Finger's heavy work!

Still lots to smoothing...

Regards,

Michal

March 12

Slowly I am adding various details. Anchors, winch, railings, canvas dodgers and depth charges.

For canvas dodgers I used thin aluminium foil. I like its somewhat tired and weathered look.

BTW. The last 3 days-weekend in polish Beskidy mountains (about 1000 - 1200 m above sea level). I spent one night in tent and one in bothy (former sheperd's hut) with one million dollars -view and fantastic sunset at 6.18 😉

Regards,

Michal

February 17

Quad Vickers, additional Lewis-guns on platforms, nice camo, anchor-barrel... Very interesting Flower and scene. As always you did very good model!

Best regards,

Michal

February 9

@robgizlu, @Jeff.M - as you see, I am very good boy (or I try at least ;-))) and I'm listening to the advices of the wisers. What I did?

I removed boat platforms with CA remover and cleaned these. Then I just sicked PE parts with 0,2 mm plastic sheet, painted and washed with dark brown wash. And painted shells yellow. I also added grating imitation on bridge-extention. It is just PE-fret painted with light wood colour.

When I watched @theskits62 fantastic Round Class trawler I realised it was perfect boat's platform reproducing:

However 1/72 and 1/350 models are quite different worlds. My interpretation is not perfect but good enough for me.

And finally once more detail: adding front support under pom-pom platform was very difficult and tricky. That was a reason why I bought a new tweezer, quite specific shape. And... finally after a few attempts, I succeeded!

Hope more soon.

Best regards,

Michal

February 5

Once again sorry for long pause. Life...

HMS Hibiscus already with decals printed by my friend. Thank you!

Beside, I did a few small modifications.

I extended bridge and relocated some portholes. I modified as well aft Vickers baystand - removed shelter and lip around baystand's edge. On stern I added depth charge's doors. Unfortunately I think they aren't very accurate, but I will not change these.

I have two questions. First - which colour I should paint gun shells located around gun? Metallic, brass or just grey?

And the second one. Behind the bridge we have platforms for boats. Utill now I thougt they were made just from thick wooden boards with no epty spaces between these boards. Have you ever seen such open-work platforms here?

Best regards,

Michal

... and sorry for these crazy pinkish photos, I hope next time they will be better!

February 4

Fnatastic work. It will be great model! I see lot of inspirations for me...

Michal

January 29

Thank you again for kind comments, it is very motivating for further modelling!

On 22/01/2024 at 22:29, 593jones said:

That's lovely work, build and paint job, well done! I've just finished re-reading 'The Cruel Sea', and the second ship featured in the book is a River Class Frigate, HMS Saltash, nice to see what she would have looked like.

I read The Cruel Sea (in Polish) first time when I was about 12 years old. Even today I find Monsarrat's book very good and touching. Another good book by the same author I wrote is Three Corvettes.

On 23/01/2024 at 09:12, Chewbacca said:

Superb work Michal and an inspiration to us all. I enjoyed following her development in your WIP.

So what's next then after you've finished HIBISCUS?

Thank you for so niiice questions. Our new buys and plans - thats what we like talk about the most. 😉

This year is 90th Anniversary of D-Day. This is good motivation for finishing LST-52 model.

(picture from navsource.org)

I begun it once a day however it bored me when I sanded of oversized ribs on hull. Now I think I rested enough and I'm ready to go further.

And what else?

Maybe finally something with Polish white and red ensign? There is nice 3-D printed 1/350 model of post-war Osa missile boat clas made by one modeller from Poland...

...and finally I hope I will at least start this year Trumpeter's new Dido. I consider HMS Naiad or a little newer HMS Sirius or Argonaut.

Best regards,

Michal

January 25

Their II world war US Navy destroyers are really pretty models so it would be very nice return and hope for more great models.

Regards ,

Michał

January 24

Here we have first renders and photos of HMS Naiad:

http://www.trumpeter-china.com/index.php?g=home&m=product&a=show&id=3977&l=en

Regards,

Michal

January 22

Thank you very much for your comments, I really appreciate it!

On 14/01/2024 at 23:29, Autle said:

Lovely work, what an interesting ship. I really like the colours used not to mention the weathering, spot on

One remark, today i would paint decks rather grey instead Brown, I think grey is more likely.

On 18/01/2024 at 13:21, S-boat 55 said:

I'm glad you added more photos because they really show the efforts you've gone to!

Thank you, I had lot of fun making photos too. Especially those with her "steel sisters", Copper Cliff and Hibiscus together. I like these photos which give you illusion being on real ship too and I tried to do such shots.

Regards, Michal

January 20

Fantastic model.

At once you are thinking: grey, grey. No streaks, no chips. Kingdom of boredom. But later...

You are more and more involved. So many subtle shades (of Grey? 🤭) , factures (canvas boat covers!!!, ropes, rusty chains, wood and so on), details and colours. Fascinating story, I watched your model a few times and still I like to come back here.

Could you write how did you do canvas boat-cover, please?

Real gem and fascinating model, gratulations!

Michal

January 18

13 hours ago, Michael M said:

according to his preference

References??? I have the only one reference!

January 17

Great little model, Mike! Tell us please who will eat and who will be eaten here????

Regards!

January 15

Nice progress, Dear Shogun 😉

Did you consider changing thick plastic gun-barrels for just thin wires? These railings and PE details looks very delicate, good and just spotted on, but this sewer pipes... :fraidnot:

Maybe it is still time for change?

Regards,

Michal

January 13

On 13/01/2024 at 10:19, robgizlu said:

That's a superb end result Michal - I especially love the weathering which is so excellent. The rigging is top notch with double halyard wires (how'd you do that!)

Thank you, Rob.

It isn't sofisticated. Infinity is very easy to work so I wouldn't have problems with it. However I have only black thread from Inifinity. White thread was much more difficult: it was very soft and bending and unravelled (?). So i just dripped thread's end in CA glue to make it smoother and more stiff. ~~tried to roll the thread between bedrivelled (sorry!) fingers~~. Of course at first I had to find good attaching points: railing or special frame like on picture behind.

On 13/01/2024 at 10:19, robgizlu said:

It's great to see Hibiscus in the background - what a great Camo scheme - let's see some progress on that

I'm working now with my own earlier faults. When I begun buiId this model I just undersetimated differencies between various ships and made poor research. That was a reason why I temporally lost my motivation for this beautiful flower. Beside, I have broken a few 3D parts. I will repair it of course but it was somewhat frustrating. Stupid boy, Michal! However I think I'm back on the track again. More - soon!

BTW, if someone want see my finished Desert Storm Panavia Tornado, it is here.

Regards,

Michal

January 13

@Alun Gallie , @Foghorn Leghorn , @MilneBay @mick b- thank you!

Starling's River is very good resin model with nice and decent PE fret. Only two faults I found are wrong aft AA platform's shape and wrong maing guns and aft AA guns cofiguration. Fortunately these problems are easy to resolve. Nevertheless I found some details oversimplified and decided to improve and detail it. Let me show you for example how I changed the bridge. I think it is one of crucial model's points, always eye catching:

Most details I used were from excellent Micromaster and Black Cat sets (guns, depth-charges boats, carley floats, minesweeping gear, various boxes and figures) however I used another sets too (anchors and excellent bridge equipment from North Star Models, a few figures, rope-grommets, Oerlikon-bases from L'Arsenal, Oerlikon-shields from Aber, anchor-chains from Trumpeter and wooden deck for bridge - I don't remember).

Decal with pennant number was printed by my friend Marek - thank you really very much!

One special set is anti-skid plates. This set containing 3 different patterns were designed and produced after studying many real ship's photos by my friends from small polish company, Shelf Oddity. I think they can produce these sets on request.

For rigging I used excellent black and white (for halyards) Uschi thread and extremly thin (0,06 mms) metal wire for long, horizontal wires between foremast and mainmast (how to call it English?), once again from Shelf Oddity. As I wrote earlier, eyelets are from L'Arsenal Rigging Sets, however you can find similair sets from varous producers.

I added as well many details made just from scratch. Hull-plates, boat-davits, funnel-grill, signal-flags lockers and many, many more. It was the most time-consuming part of this build but the most satisfying too. Lead and copper wires, plastic plates and profiles, PE checks and bars give more opportunity for your imagination and planning.

Let's start our walk.

This is my second seriously-built ship's model and I learned many, many new techniques. It took me much more time than I anticipated and I had to made a few long pauses (for example after bending by accident nearly completed tripod-mast) however I think this time and effort was good investment and final result is quite satisfying.

Regards,

Michal

January 12

There is fantastic book with many informations and photos:

5 pages are devoted to Waveney class, including nice cutaway.

Maybe this film from Youtube will help you?

Regards, Michal

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