Tinners Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 (edited) It has been a labour of love and test of patience but after almost a year, I have finally gotten this finished. I have had a battle on my hands with this model, including losing the transparencies and decals: Thankfully, my laser printer and a sheet of acatate saved the day. Size-wise, this is a real monster: 3 feet long. It fits inside its display case with a mere 6 inches to spare and just squeezes inside with the radio masts having to be gently bent to get it onto the shelf. The crew are the Italeri set, but since I added Eduard PE, they don't quite fit as well as if it was all built OOB. I used Vallejo Model colour for the Schnellbootwiess, which is a pig to airbrush and is almost transparent when applied. Next time, I'll mix up some Tamiya. Weathering is all done with oil washes and a little bit of the Tamiya weathering pigment. The crew are painted using Revell Aquacolour. It is easy to go overboard with the weathering on this vessel (its all the white!) so I decided to go with a reasonably weathered specimen: something that has been out in the North Sea and Atlantic for a few weeks. Unfortunately, the lighting blows out a lot of the weathering detailing: in the flesh, the tones are very subtle indeed. There is a little bit of stuff to do: namely covering the screwholes up and a little bit of touch-up, but this is pretty much finished. DSC_0063.jpg DSC_0079.jpg DSC_0066.jpg DSC_0068.jpg DSC_0070.jpg DSC_0072.jpg DSC_0073.jpg DSC_0078.jpg DSC_0080.jpg Edited January 5, 2013 by Tinners 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave A Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Oh yum! Such a shame really fast boats with lots of guns went out of fashion for the navy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanM Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 That looks great Sir. A beautiful subject with fine detail and a fantastic finish. Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Superb! Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Surveyor Posted January 5, 2013 Share Posted January 5, 2013 I'm more of a big ship man but that's very tempting, lovely job you've done there! And huge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 That is one awesome looking build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayh Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Thats relly nice well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafu Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Amazing, really nice to see, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEEBEE Z Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Thats a cracker.I've got one of these in the hidden hoard,but don't have the guts to start it........................yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinners Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 Get it built: you'll not regret it for a second, but make sure you have the room for it before you do: I ended up buying a glass case specifically to put it in, so that was an extra £130-odd I didn't expect. Luckily, the Schnellboot itself was a Christmas present from fellow modeller AndyP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roof Rat Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I like this very much, congratulations. RR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgregor Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Lovely build, well done. Mac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buccymad Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 well that floats my boat ......i`ll get my Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Lovely model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamS Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) I'm really beginning to like these targets - there are some fabulous ones on here and this is no exception. Love it. Graham Edited January 7, 2013 by GrahamS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEEBEE Z Posted January 7, 2013 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Get it built: you'll not regret it for a second, but make sure you have the room for it before you do: I ended up buying a glass case specifically to put it in, so that was an extra £130-odd I didn't expect. Luckily, the Schnellboot itself was a Christmas present from fellow modeller AndyP. Wish I had friends like that,I had to save me pennies for mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyP Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Get it built: you'll not regret it for a second, but make sure you have the room for it before you do: I ended up buying a glass case specifically to put it in, so that was an extra £130-odd I didn't expect. Luckily, the Schnellboot itself was a Christmas present from fellow modeller AndyP. Well its not like you didnt spend the 6 months leading upto Xmas dropping hints about how much u wanted the damn thing very impressive work dude, surpasses even your Falcon IMO, look fwd to seeing it in the flesh now you figured out how to fit it onto the glass box  and still finished before my Hood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEEBEE Z Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Talking of things shippy,has there been a review of the Revell Corvette yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Stupendous build.. OUTSTANDINGLY GORGEOUS... HOUSTON. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Man I hate this site, soooo many superb builds to just demonstrate how far off the mark my own stuff is. An awesome build sir, well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ojays Posted May 30, 2013 Share Posted May 30, 2013 Love it, a very well done Boote and the weathering is really subtle. 5 ***** Gregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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