NorwegianWood Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Okay. A new start on a group build. Last GB I took part in stalled for my part but this could be a good chance to get back in the saddle. This Starter Set GB is perfectly timed with my annual trip to Germany, meaning I have a couple of weeks to kill some time in the evenings. Being in Germany I thought a german subject could be ok, and it being delivered by a german company is just a bonus. Here's the picture of the set Model set, glue, brush, 3 shades of grey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specky Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 Nice one! But at 1/1200, I hope you packed a magnifying glass! Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorwegianWood Posted March 31, 2016 Author Share Posted March 31, 2016 I have a pair of reading glasses, hope they'll do. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawker's Hound Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 (edited) Model set, glue, brush, 3 shades of grey Not everything in life is black and white. I think this is pretty Good, NorwegianWood. Edited March 31, 2016 by Hawker's Hound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Be nice to see a ship welcome aboard. (no pun intended) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorwegianWood Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 Time for some building. Here's the shipyard complete with paintshop and toolkit. The keel is laid out and in recordbreaking time the deck and superstructure is in place. Next will be some shades of grey to make it less visible and confuse the enemy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Don't make it more invisible lol its tiny but nice work I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specky Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Holy Cow! Now I see it next to the paint brush, I can appreciate just how small 1/1200 is - lets hope you have a zoom on your camera for the rest of the WIP Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorwegianWood Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 At moment I'm using the phone to take pictures . It has a macro function but I don't think it'l do the WIP any good . Best to keep it at distance, maybe well below the horizon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Jeez that's small! Bet you're glad you're doing it OOB 'cos the PE must be a nightmare!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorwegianWood Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share Posted April 4, 2016 "Not" "Patient" I've been googling for "PE Revell Scharnhorst" and luckily could'nt find any . Work is going forward, not exactly full speed but steady. Pics > 1000 words The colours that Revell has sent with the kit is 76 Light grey, 77 Dust grey and 79 Greyish blue. The instructions also calls for 88 ochre brown for the deck planking and 67 Greenish grey for the Arados. That means you will actually get away with not doing the splintercamo for aircrafts. There is one visible just above the brush in the picture above. And Mrs Plastix, here's the brush as delivered by Revell. The small pointy brush, actually 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specky Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Hi NW, its probably a good job that they didn't include paint for the deck, looks like it would have been a real mission to work that around the moulded on detail! Looks good so far though, keep it going Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Loving what you have achieved here as above can you imagine getting the ochre into all the nooks and crannies with that brush? And no splinter on the Arado? Boo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorwegianWood Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 Bits and pieces being put in place. I can see the end is coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorwegianWood Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 And suddenly the end was here. The kit was ok, bearing in mind that the scale is 1/1200. Everything seems a bit coarse (just look at the flagpoles fore and aft). The 3 pots of paint was good and most of the painting was done with at least 50% thinning. No problem with the thinning. The brush was not the best but with a little trimming it became ok. All in all good fun. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted April 8, 2016 Share Posted April 8, 2016 Nice work that. Especially at that scale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 That's a great result! Very well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthemodeller Posted April 13, 2016 Share Posted April 13, 2016 Fir such a small model, it captures the feel of the ship really well. Nice one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorwegianWood Posted April 14, 2016 Author Share Posted April 14, 2016 Thank you for the nice comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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