dlh Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 See the build thread here: This is the Revell Germany reissue of the 1/200 North Cormorant Oil Platform. It's finally finished. Again, many thanks to Kallisti for building one first and giving advice. I anticipated running short on railing so I used some PE railings in some places. I'm sort of new to PE work. Otherwise I may have use PE on the whole model $$. I'm glad I used a darker color on the railings. Gives a bit more interest. For many of the railings I asselmbled sections first, then airbrushed, to hide glue marks. This model gave me LOTS of practice at repetitive work on small stuff, something I needed. I also sort of new to weathering so I was conservative. I used Citadel nuln oil on most surfaces and a little Vallejo pigments on the supports. The soot on the flare pipe is also Vallejo. (I need a lot of practice on weathering) The helicopter is diecast. It's the only thing I could find at 1/200. It still looks large to me, but the colors are nice. I used Molotow chrome pens on the helipad landing lights but they don't show up much in the photos. I think my next project will be the Italeri Fiat Mefistofele, which I already have. I've spent lots of time reading the builds of others. There are lots of tips out there, probably the best of which came from the legend, Harry Pristovnik. So sad that he's no longer with us. 27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 Very effective! I think that the weathering is probably enough in this scale. Martian 👽 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted July 13, 2018 Share Posted July 13, 2018 This is one big kit to build and looking great As for weathering you have to remember that the North Sea is not a friendly place so weathering would be fairly heavy unless you are depicting it as a new installation great job. 👍🏻 beefy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandsaw Steve Posted July 14, 2018 Share Posted July 14, 2018 Wow! That must have required some serious dedication to have built that! Great result. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlh Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 17 hours ago, Martian Hale said: Very effective! I think that the weathering is probably enough in this scale. Martian 👽 Thanks. I wish my weathering skills were better. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlh Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 16 hours ago, beefy66 said: This is one big kit to build and looking great As for weathering you have to remember that the North Sea is not a friendly place so weathering would be fairly heavy unless you are depicting it as a new installation great job. 👍🏻 beefy Thanks. My vision of this would be heavily weathered. I need to build some simpler models to practice weathering. I have a lot more products (like all of the Vallejo pigments) than skill. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlh Posted July 14, 2018 Author Share Posted July 14, 2018 15 hours ago, Bandsaw Steve said: Wow! That must have required some serious dedication to have built that! Great result. 👍 Thanks. I'm retired. I think of it like "prison mode" where I have all the time in the world (think "Shawshank Redemption) I'd rather build one giant complex model than 5 small ones. I've built only 8 other models, but that included some weirdos like the BMW Isetta, Bentley Blower, VW Samba ( I owned one). Also built a BMW 320i like the one I owned. I even sought out the exact color match from a touch-up paint source. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 smashing work there - I think Sweet Decals do a line of S61 or Sea Kings that might be worth looking into - they maybe 1/144 though.. not sure. Anyway, another great example of this monster built up and looking superb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlh Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 On 7/19/2018 at 9:29 AM, Gimme Shelter said: smashing work there - I think Sweet Decals do a line of S61 or Sea Kings that might be worth looking into - they maybe 1/144 though.. not sure. Anyway, another great example of this monster built up and looking superb. Thanks. Those look really cool. I think I'll get one just for giggles. I'm afraid they might be to big; the 1/200 that's on the pad looks a little large to me. I might be able to suspend one of the SWEETS above the rig. Sort of a "forced perspective" thing. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) Wow, I missed this RFI for all this time!!! It ended up looking superb, lovely to see another one built! It makes me want to dig mine out of the big boxes its now lives in, in the cupboard under the stairs! Sadly after a few trips to shows too many things were falling off/apart so it got retired from the show circuit. Edited August 11, 2020 by Kallisti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamevender Posted August 10, 2020 Share Posted August 10, 2020 Try Shapeways for 200 scale helos. https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace/miniatures/aircraft?facet[pdcId][0]=143&facet[pdcId][1]=490&facet[price][from]=1&facet[price][max]=2500&facet[price][min]=1&facet[price][to]=2500&q=&sort=popularity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansReggelsen Posted August 11, 2020 Share Posted August 11, 2020 Looks great! If you want some figures, Trumpeter has some in 1/200 scale! Cheers Hans J Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlh Posted August 11, 2020 Author Share Posted August 11, 2020 On 8/10/2020 at 7:27 AM, Kallisti said: Wow, I missed this RFP for all this time!!! It ended up looking superb, lovely to see another one built! It makes me want to dig mine out of the big boxes its now lives in, in the cupboard under the stairs! Sadly after a few trips to shows too many things were falling off/apart so it got retired from the show circuit. Thank you. Your experience building yours was very helpful to me. It's a big, but enjoyable model. I hope I never see another tiny railing again! ;-) Dave 16 hours ago, gamevender said: Try Shapeways for 200 scale helos. https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace/miniatures/aircraft?facet[pdcId][0]=143&facet[pdcId][1]=490&facet[price][from]=1&facet[price][max]=2500&facet[price][min]=1&facet[price][to]=2500&q=&sort=popularity Thanks. I did get one from Shapeways. But I liked the style and colors of the one that's shown, Even though it's die-cast. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunna Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 I have worked on the North Cormorant on a number of occasions and I can categorically state that it is much more weathered than this excellent model. You need to up the rusting by about 1000%! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumblestripe Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Interesting model. These platforms are becoming history as we speak! On a (I hope) related topic, I was walking my dog on the beach near the mouth of the River Tees and happened to see this offshore platform being towed into the Able facility to be cut up. Amazing site to see, just out of shot to the right is the Nuclear Power Station and it was roughly the same size! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 10 hours ago, Sunna said: I have worked on the North Cormorant on a number of occasions and I can categorically state that it is much more weathered than this excellent model. You need to up the rusting by about 1000%! Check out my version over here I did a lot more weathering and extended the jacket below the water surface... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunna Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 Great job mate but honestly, the rust is much, much more prevalent on the real thing. You wouldn't believe how rusty some of these platforms are. only the reasonably new ones show anything close to nice clean paintwork and North Cormorant is not one of the newer ones. The decks in particular are rusty, the legs, cellar deck etc very rusty. All of the superstructure has rust. I am not taking anything away from any of your builds but you should feel free to enjoy yourself weathering. This is one area where you can't over do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunna Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 15 hours ago, Rumblestripe said: Interesting model. These platforms are becoming history as we speak! On a (I hope) related topic, I was walking my dog on the beach near the mouth of the River Tees and happened to see this offshore platform being towed into the Able facility to be cut up. Amazing site to see, just out of shot to the right is the Nuclear Power Station and it was roughly the same size! Yes, lots are being decommissioned. You can see from this example how rusty they get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Newsome Posted August 13, 2020 Share Posted August 13, 2020 I somehow missed this, lovely job. Another reference picture to show just how far crazy could go with the weathering if you so wished. Ninian South.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlh Posted August 14, 2020 Author Share Posted August 14, 2020 On 8/13/2020 at 2:58 AM, Sunna said: Great job mate but honestly, the rust is much, much more prevalent on the real thing. You wouldn't believe how rusty some of these platforms are. only the reasonably new ones show anything close to nice clean paintwork and North Cormorant is not one of the newer ones. The decks in particular are rusty, the legs, cellar deck etc very rusty. All of the superstructure has rust. I am not taking anything away from any of your builds but you should feel free to enjoy yourself weathering. This is one area where you can't over do it. I wish my weathering skills were better. I haven't built many models so getting it to that point was challenging enough. I really appreciate the info you've provided about first-hand experience. Dave 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
At Sea Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 I like it... Build another 2 and a supply boat for the full 'North Sea Hijack' Diorama! As for weathering, I work in the North Sea and everything was new and shiny once. I'd be very proud if that was mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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