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I've said it before and will say it again.  Weathering always causes me the shivers.  When a build has lasted so long there's that awful feeling of mucking it up in the final furlong :whistle:

 

So no better time to try out the Mig Ammo "Oilbrusher " in Starship filth.

 

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I use very small amounts and effectively dry brush it on building up in small areas at a time.  I also try to "embed" all the deck furniture by dry-brushing around the bases which leaves them "sitting" more realistically ( To my mind anyway).  The whole deck took about 3 hours!!

Original pics show these boats were often quite grimey and whilst I accept it's easy to overdue the weathering I do like my models looking like used working boats.

 

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Next up was to apply a flat varnish on the deck and for this I thought I'd try the AK Ultra-matte offering which gets good reviews.  I like differential varnishes on a model which adds to the weathering - flat for wood and often leaving "metal" objects with their coat of "Klear" to give that slightly sheeny metallic look

 

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The flat varnish actually tones down the oil weathering.  I'm pleased with how matt it is, all be it needing 3 separate coats

 

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And with that all done it was time to go to the next step which I've been dreading - "raising" the radar gantry.  And by raising I mean cutting off the base cross members before gluing it down to the bridge section:unsure:

 

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It didn't collapse:yahoo:

...and you also see those nice Brodie helmets painted up above the flag locker;)

 

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It's actually starting to look the part

 

Happy New Year to you all!

Rob

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Keep up the worrying about weathering ............

 

The result is a lived in working environment, nailed it mate!!

 

Good too see your erection, was viagra used in this procedure? 😉

 

Neat touches with the flag locker and helmets.

 

Can't remember if you said how you are going to display this beautiful boat

 

Happy New Year to you and yours

Kev

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Happy New Year to you all.

I can only echo what the those two have said. Looking well sharp.

Now I have done very little weathering, let alone on a ship/ boat but can I make an observational query. What about weathering the gantry or the gantry bases, just asking?

 

Stuart

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On 1/1/2019 at 6:56 PM, longshanks said:

Good too see your erection, was viagra used in this procedure? 😉

 

Can't remember if you said how you are going to display this beautiful boat

 

Happy New Year to you and yours

Kev

Thanks Kev.....errrm no Sildenafil needed!

As to presentation - the original plan was to mount on a mahogany type finish base but I've been discussing with Paul from Just-bases about mounting within a perspex case.  Any thoughts?

It definitely wont have a sea base - I wouldn't have the first clue:blink2:

 

On 1/1/2019 at 8:11 PM, JohnWS said:

Happy New Year Rob!

 

You're a better weather man than I.  After many tries, I still not happy with most of my attempts at weathering.  Like Kev said, you "nailed it".

Thanks John - that really is appreciated

 

On 1/1/2019 at 8:41 PM, Courageous said:

Happy New Year to you all.

I can only echo what the those two have said. Looking well sharp.

Now I have done very little weathering, let alone on a ship/ boat but can I make an observational query. What about weathering the gantry or the gantry bases, just asking?

 

Stuart

Thanks Stuart - now the gantry is stuck down I've removed the base members and added supports from plasticard and decaled those with archer rivets - Pain and weathering to come

 

On 1/2/2019 at 5:20 PM, GMK said:

Amazing work, Rob. Not long to go now!

Thanks GMK - don't be too sure !!

 

On 1/1/2019 at 10:22 PM, Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies said:

That's looking sublime Rob.

Thanks Jamie and take a bow :clap2:- read on to the next bit.

 

My copy of Allied Coastal Forces Vol 1 - second edition came today. 

 

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A bargain IMHO at £28 from Amazon - nearly half of what I payed for my first edition - now very well thumbed and used.  The layout is identical apart from an extra 8 pages of colour plates showing various colour schemes with a 250 word "A note on  Camouflage colours for modellers" acknowledging Jamie Duff and his research colleagues.  Well done JamieB) and I quote, "...but James believes that they have compiled the single most complete overview of Second World War Royal Navy colours ever put together, and furthermore it is a set of conclusions that in no way conflicts with original documented sources nor does it clash with contemporary artwork or the rare colour photographs and cinefilm clips which, unfortunately, the inherited colour palette often did."

 

Take a bow that Man:thumbsup:

Rob

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Oh wow. I shall let the others know starting with @dickrd. This is a Seaforth publication I presume? I vaguely recognise the wording there I think. The editor there ran something past me last year sometime I think but the memory has faded a bit!

 

 

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14 hours ago, Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies said:

Oh wow. I shall let the others know starting with @dickrd. This is a Seaforth publication I presume? I vaguely recognise the wording there I think. The editor there ran something past me last year sometime I think but the memory has faded a bit!

 

 

Jamie - it is indeed a Seaforth publication.

Rob

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Thanks Steve

 

On 1/4/2019 at 1:10 PM, Matt Parvis said:

Looks really good Rob. 

 

I may have missed it earlier in the thread, but, is there any crew planned for this? 

 

Matt 

Matt - always good to hear from you :cool:

I'll be using some of Al's figures which are rather splendid

Gunthwaite Miniatures

Here's some I did for an earlier build

 

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Took Delivery of these Float Nets from "Micromaster" on Shapeways

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He and I both presume they had some role in rescue but if anyone can throw any further light on their role I'd be curious

They appear in original pics

 

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And here they are unpainted and not yet cleaned.  The hope is that they'll add to the general deck clutter

 

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And finally I've been sculpting some Splinter Mats from Green Stuff this morning

 

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Thanks for looking

Rob

 

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Cracking job on the matting Rob what is the pipe work from the bridge to the tower is it armoured cable or the captains rum supply line. :drink:

 

beefy 

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Hi  Rob,

It  is  looking  really  good.

 

The  “Flotanet” was  a  Pre-war  design.

 

They  could  be  fixed  to  a  point  on  the  ship  and  unrolled  down  the  side  of  the  hull.  Then  they  could  be  used  in  a  similar  fashion  to  the  scrambling  net  to  get  into  the  water.  The  net  would  then  be  released  and  used  as  a  floating  device.  You  could  sit  on  it  with  your  legs  through  the  net  or  lay  across  it.

 

It  came  in  four  sizes.  The  9ft  X  20ft  version  was  for  22  people.  10ft  X  30ft  was  for  38  people.

 

Below  are  some  links  to  photos  showing  it  in  use  at  Walcheren  in  November  1944.  They  have  not  bothered  to  unroll  it.

 

A 26233  https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187389

A 26238  https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187392

 

The  cork  rings  were  about  4 inches  in  diameter.

A 26243  https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187394

A 26236  https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187390

 

Regards

 

Danny

 

PS  Photo  of  one  unrolled  here  on  canvas  cover.  A 26239  https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187393  

 

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23 hours ago, Dads203 said:

Just gets better and better Rob, the Green Stuff putty is rather good kit :thumbsup:

 

 

Dan 

Thanks Dan - not my favourite putty and I'll mention a little more further on

 

23 hours ago, beefy66 said:

Cracking job on the matting Rob what is the pipe work from the bridge to the tower is it armoured cable or the captains rum supply line. :drink:

 

beefy 

:lol::lol:  Thanks Beefy and I rather think you have done far too much partying over the Festive season!!  May I have an invite to Beefy-World please:)

I believe it's the power supply to the type 971 Radar.   Though a Rum supply would indeed be a whole lot more interesting.

 

23 hours ago, Danny L said:

Hi  Rob,

It  is  looking  really  good.

 

The  “Flotanet” was  a  Pre-war  design.

 

They  could  be  fixed  to  a  point  on  the  ship  and  unrolled  down  the  side  of  the  hull.  Then  they  could  be  used  in  a  similar  fashion  to  the  scrambling  net  to  get  into  the  water.  The  net  would  then  be  released  and  used  as  a  floating  device.  You  could  sit  on  it  with  your  legs  through  the  net  or  lay  across  it.

 

It  came  in  four  sizes.  The  9ft  X  20ft  version  was  for  22  people.  10ft  X  30ft  was  for  38  people.

 

Below  are  some  links  to  photos  showing  it  in  use  at  Walcheren  in  November  1944.  They  have  not  bothered  to  unroll  it.

 

A 26233  https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187389

A 26238  https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187392

 

The  cork  rings  were  about  4 inches  in  diameter.

A 26243  https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187394

A 26236  https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187390

 

Regards

 

Danny

 

PS  Photo  of  one  unrolled  here  on  canvas  cover.  A 26239  https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205187393  

 

Danny - Many Thanks yet again for coming to the rescue of a naval modelling dullard!  Your acquaintance with the IWM collection is enviable.  Great photos and once again I am indebted.

THANKYOU!

 

With a momentum that is astonishing me, I managed to get the coach roof gun safety-rail done 

 

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fitted the stanchions and checked the fit for all planned pieces...

 

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I slavishly moulded individual splinter mates for the rear twin Oerlikon yesterday but the noticed flicking through Lambert & Ross that in fact most if not all Oerlikon bandstands were surrounded by twin mats rather than singles.  So back to the bench today and I moulded the mats as doubles.  Green Stuff is not my favourite putty because it dries to slightlt pliable plasticky finish and is hard to file when cured.  However it is easier to handle whilst still going off and the difficulty is "pressing" in cross (stitch) lines which are so characteristic BOTH sides.

Having tried and failed to do this well with Sylmasta A&B putty this is a note to self

1) use Green stuff

2) Knead and mix well - and roll to approx 12mm width lengths on a watered glass surface

3) If you leave to dry on glass try to dry it on KY jelly or vaseline

4) Use the sharp side of a No 11 blade to imprint.

I draped the mats directly onto the bandstand rails for the putty to cure in situ and I'm pleased with the final result

 

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I also completed the 2" Rocket Flare launchers

This is the single pic that tells all there is to know .....

 

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Thanks again Danny :thumbsup: :worthy:

Rob

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Hi Rob

Those mats look fine to me.  However, have you tried milliput?  Roll it flat on a plastic bag that's been sprinkled with talc. Put it under a lamp to speed the cure (but not, I suggest whilst it's still on the plastic bag!).  Obviously it can be sanded, but also to get rid of any hard edges a rub with wire wool will do the job.

Al

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Impressive, very impressive. Coming to life on deck now.

 

Small correction to beefy's rum drip feed. I think it's actually the wave guide for the radar. This feeds the signal to the screen in the wheelhouse. Can we all come to beefy's next party? :hypnotised:

 

Can't see anything wrong with the splinter mats, if you ignore the blue haze above them 😉  Like Al I find milliput easier to work with.

 

1 hour ago, robgizlu said:

This is the single pic that tells all there is to know .....

 

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This is how I initially read this post. Nudge, nudge. Wink, wink!

 

On a serious note it's interesting that the lifebuoy appears to be two colours. If so what colours?

 

Kev

 

 

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3 hours ago, robgizlu said:

Thanks Beefy and I rather think you have done far too much partying over the Festive season!!  May I have an invite to Beefy-World please:)

I believe it's the power supply to the type 971 Radar.   Though a Rum supply would indeed be a whole lot more interesting

Well no parties for a while but if you fancy a good Crac in March I will be in Benidorm for St Patricks week and you have to dress like this

 

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beefy the leprechaun  🍀

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Rob, the splinter mats look great, as does everything else on this build.

 

Looking forward to the next update.

 

John

 

PS:  Have you noticed this forum in being infested with little green people - aliens & now leprechauns?  Oh my! :laugh:

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