mollythedog Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 I was given a couple of these castings some years ago,by the producer of Rhenania models in Germany. For those that don't know,Norbert Broecher makes some of the very finest models in the World,either military or civil. He had several "gash" models with parts poorly cast or broken off,and I was happy to take them off him. Suffice to say that have sat around since,waiting the time to finish them,and,as afar as I know,the model is well and truly OOP,as are a lot of models made in this scale. I finally got around the cleaning one up,and adding some extra details,such as bridge supports,masts, finer gun barrels,TT davits etc. Blown over with some primer it is starting to look like the classic British destroyer. Having painted it, I thought I'd have a go at some simple rigging, a skill I have wanted to try and master for some time. A trip to SMW and a look at the likes of Messrs Baumann, McCabe and Kernaghan will inspire anyone I think,though I have along way to go and see this as just an apprentice piece. The "rigging" is not as fine as I'd like,and takes some careful handling,but I think the next will be better.As it is,this makes no pretence at being scale nor realistic,but at 1/1250 scale I think the usual materials used by 1/700 and larger models won't work. I managed to lose the decals in the intervening years,which is why it remains unnamed until I can source/make some. It retains the correct,early twin TTs. If you want to see how it should be done,I suggest a visit to www.finewaterline.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted February 11, 2012 Share Posted February 11, 2012 Amazing detail for such a small scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forlornhope Posted February 12, 2012 Share Posted February 12, 2012 That is very well done and how did you paint the deck with all the parts in place? The 1/700 scale is small this must be tiny as and looks it compared to the paint tin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 You rigged it? I can't believe it! Well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madam I'm Adam Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 Pretty impressive. 1/1250, You are bonkers! one thing that is amazing is how the detail pops out when you started painting. Cheers and good luck with the next one. Cheers Adam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike DeTorrice Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 A remarkable job on this great small-scale destroyer ! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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