Zvezda/North Star Models 1/350 Russian battleship Sevastopol 1914

[SilverGhost]

This is my first serious model after my comeback to hobby after 7 years without models. Twenty years I built models of airplanes, and one time I decided to build ships.

 

 

The model of battleship Sevastopol is built at the moment of the end of construction near Baltic shipyard wall at first two weeks of September 1914.

 

As the main detail set, I used a North Star Models detail set for Sevastopol. In addition to him I used different etched and resin aftermarket detail sets:

·             Master 1/350 gun barrels set for Sevastopol-class battleships

·             North Star Models 1/350 long ladders

·             North Star Models 1/350 clamp-ladders

·             North Star Models 1/350 resin lifebuoys

·             3 sets Flyhawk Model 1/350 IJN Brass Strip

·             Rainbow 1/700 Fixing rings of flues

·             Complect ZIP 1/350 resin six-rope whaleboat

·             Complect ZIP 1/350 resin 76-mm Lender AA-guns

·             Elf 1/72 aviation navigation lights

·             Begemot 1/350 Russia/USSR decal flags

·             special decal 1/350 Russian Empire Fleet flags and pennants

 

Figures:

·             North Star Models 1/350 resin Russian Empire Fleet sailors at work – Part 1

·       North Star Models 1/350 resin Russian Empire Fleet sailors at work – Part 2

 

Scratchbuild and improvements:

·       boat booms

·       flagpoles and jackstaff

·       ventilation pipes near anchor hawses

·       yards and platforms at foremast

·       steam engine speed indicators at foremast halyards

·       correct bow, rudder and propellers

·       forward garbage chutes

·       boxes for signal flags at aft superstructure

·       flagpoles at motor boats

·       air shafts for officer wardroom

·       ladders for crew at boat booms

·       relocate 3 forward pairs of booms for anti-torpedo net

·       made holes at motor boat funnels and funnel pipes

·       imitation of glass at windows at main bridge made by Microscale Liquid Decal Film

·       rigging made using by fiber of Spandex thread (analog of Infini lycra)

·       insulator at rigging made using by thickened paint

 

Paint and weathering:

·       Gunze Sangyo Mr. Color paints

·       Gunze Sangyo Mr. Color semi-gloss lacquer

·       MIG neutral wash

·       AK Interactive Wash for deck

·       Waterline made using by Aizu Micron 1 mm masking tape

 

Work on the model began in early 2014 and ended at the end of 2015. Total number of details - more than 2000: 292 plastic parts from initial kit, 753 parts from North Star Models detail set, 162 resin parts, 515 etched parts from over detail sets and 295 scratchbuild parts/details.

 

This model took part in NAVIGA shipmodelling championships and cups from 2015 to 2019 in Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany and Bulgaria. The best result was 2nd place at European Championship 2017

 

 

 

Andrew SilverGhost

 

 

Edited April 5, 2020 by SilverGhost
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[SilverGhost]

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[SilverGhost]

Building photos

 

 

 

 

Prepare for primer and painting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Painting

 

Weathering the deck by MIG and AK washes

 

Resin officers and sailors from North Star Models sets for Russian Empire Fleet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andrew SilverGhost

[Courageous]

Beautiful work Andrew. Well done.

 

Stuart

[JohnWS]

1 hour ago, Courageous said:

Beautiful work Andrew. Well done.

 

Stuart

I second that!  A beautiful model.  

[Andreas.R]

Hello Andrew!

A really exceptional work!

Why was the plastic anchor chain kept?

For me personally the deck is a bit overpopulated

Regards

Andreas

[SilverGhost]

8 hours ago, Courageous said:

Beautiful work Andrew. Well done.

 

Stuart

Thank you Stuart!

 

 

6 hours ago, JohnWS said:

I second that!  A beautiful model.  

Thank you John!

[SilverGhost]

1 hour ago, Andreas.R said:

Hello Andrew!

A really exceptional work!

Why was the plastic anchor chain kept?

For me personally the deck is a bit overpopulated

Regards

Andreas

Thank you Andreas!

I want to use North Star Models etched anchor chain

But the look of the etched chain didn't satisfy me.

In 2015 there were no 3D-printed  anchor chains yet, like YX Model chains. In my next models I will use only this chains.

 

Without a crew, the model looked very empty. Battleship Sevastopol is a large barge with 4 gun turrets, 2 funnels and 2 masts without massive superstructure.

 

If we look at photos of the ship at 1915, we can see a lot of people at upper deck

 

Edited April 6, 2020 by SilverGhost
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[Andreas.R]

25 minutes ago, SilverGhost said:

Thank you Andreas!

I want to use North Star Models etched anchor chain

But the look of the etched chain didn't satisfy me.

In 2015 there were no 3D-printed  anchor chains yet, like YX Model chains. In my next models I will use only this chains.

 

Without a crew, the model looked very empty. Battleship Sevastopol is a large barge with 4 gun turrets, 2 funnels and 2 masts without massive superstructure.

 

If we look at photos of the ship at 1915, we can see a lot of people at upper deck

 

 

Sorry for the "overpopulated" It is why I am always very focused on the technical details! 

[SilverGhost]

1 hour ago, Andreas.R said:

Sorry for the "overpopulated" It is why I am always very focused on the technical details! 

Unfortunately, if the real prototype had more technical details, the crew figures could not be used.

The model was stay without a crew for a whole year from April 2015 to January 2016 and I felt dissatisfied with the result that it was empty and primitive. And when the crew added, the model had its own feature.

 

For example, if it were a Japanese battleship with pagodas, like Kongo, Fuso, Ise, Nagato. On this models, the crew would only interfere with the perception of complex architecture, shapes and details.

My friends named these Baltic battleships as "cruise ships" - they don't fight at WWI and crew was relaxed and safe at large empty spaces of upper deck😄

[Bandsaw Steve]

Awesome! 
I love warships of this era. This one’s a cracker!👍👍👍

[mick]

excellent work

[SilverGhost]

2 hours ago, Bandsaw Steve said:

Awesome! 
I love warships of this era. This one’s a cracker!👍👍👍

Thank you Steve!

1 hour ago, mick said:

excellent work

Thank you Mick!

[bismarck builder]

OUTSTANDING SIR

[stevej60]

Museum quality work Andrew,superb workmanship!

[SilverGhost]

1 hour ago, stevej60 said:

Museum quality work Andrew,superb workmanship!

Thank you Steve!

[Ex-FAAWAFU]

That is superb.  

 

And definitely not over-populated; the figures turn it from a sterile (if beautiful) 3D builder’s drawing into a living warship.

 

 

[Chewbacca]

9 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said:

That is superb.  

 

And definitely not over-populated; the figures turn it from a sterile (if beautiful) 3D builder’s drawing into a living warship.

 

 

Totally agree with that.  Warships of that period were the complete antithesis of today's lean manned vessels.  Bear in mind that Sevastopol was only 70 odd feet longer than a County Class destroyer yet she had a ships company of something like 1200.  There would have been a lot of work to do on the upper deck.

 

The only thing I don't get - and this is no criticism of a museum standard model that deserves every award it has won - is having said that I love the way the upperdeck is heavily populated, to my way of thinking the real ship look that that affords would look better in a seascape.  But that's just a personal preference.

[Gisbod]

Beautiful model!

 

I love the clean look, really suits the ship.

 

Guy

[SilverGhost]

12 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said:

That is superb.  

 

And definitely not over-populated; the figures turn it from a sterile (if beautiful) 3D builder’s drawing into a living warship.

 

 

Thank you!

[SilverGhost]

3 hours ago, Chewbacca said:

Totally agree with that.  Warships of that period were the complete antithesis of today's lean manned vessels.  Bear in mind that Sevastopol was only 70 odd feet longer than a County Class destroyer yet she had a ships company of something like 1200.  There would have been a lot of work to do on the upper deck.

 

The only thing I don't get - and this is no criticism of a museum standard model that deserves every award it has won - is having said that I love the way the upperdeck is heavily populated, to my way of thinking the real ship look that that affords would look better in a seascape.  But that's just a personal preference.

Yes, there were a lot of work. For example hard work of loading coal to bunkers at Sevastopol. 1915, at Helsingfors (now Helsinki)

 

or relax at sunny days at Helsingfors

 

 

 

I agree with you, that crew will be look better at  model at seascape. Like diorama.

Making seascape and art weathering - the next stage for me to study

2 hours ago, Gisbod said:

Beautiful model!

 

I love the clean look, really suits the ship.

 

Guy

Thank you Guy!

[IanJohnB]

On 4/5/2020 at 7:32 PM, SilverGhost said:

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The detail and the rigging are fantastic - amazing tidy build

[SilverGhost]

12 hours ago, IanJohnB said:

The detail and the rigging are fantastic - amazing tidy build

Thank you!

[sohoppy]

A wonderful model, you have achieved a sort of perfection here: she has come back to life. Put it in a display box before children or animals 'investigate'.

[SilverGhost]

On 4/14/2020 at 7:13 PM, sohoppy said:

A wonderful model, you have achieved a sort of perfection here: she has come back to life. Put it in a display box before children or animals 'investigate'.

Thank you!

All my models are always under the display boxes, except for the moments of refereeing at the ship model championships, photo sessions and work on the model.

 

My cat Barsik (photo taken at the beginning of 2015) neatly manages models and doesn’t taste them with his teeth and paws.

Following  6 years he has not broken any detail

 

Today he is much bigger and fluffy than at 2015