steve5 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 incredible work mate , your weathering and PE work are is so crisp . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1832 Posted March 22, 2021 Author Share Posted March 22, 2021 Many thanks to all who posted and looked in. Here I have sprayed, weathered and fitted the breakwaters and the cranes. Had a few problems with the paint. It kept blocking the airbrush the bottle is nearly empty but has gone off after 5 months. Yet the other bottles are fine. Have ordered another light grey to replace it for weekend spraying. Chris 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Really meticulous work, the tiny, minute rust streaks and effects are superb. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve5 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 very , very , nice . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted March 23, 2021 Share Posted March 23, 2021 That's hugely impressive - I had to go back and check that this wasn't 1/200!!! The weathering is top notch Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1832 Posted April 11, 2021 Author Share Posted April 11, 2021 Hi guys, thanks for looking in and nice comments. I have now done all the boats and finished painting and adding the rest of the deck items. Leaving me the railings, all the guns and cannons then the masts and rigging. Chris 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-boat 55 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 looking good, curious about the black 'trim' on thr forward superstructure, did that only run around the forward area/was it painted over when they added the camo scheme? Sam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1832 Posted April 12, 2021 Author Share Posted April 12, 2021 There isn't any black trim around the forward structure. I think it looks that way from the shadows. The only black paint on the ship is the hull banding. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-boat 55 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 3 hours ago, magpie1832 said: There isn't any black trim around the forward structure. I think it looks that way from the shadows. The only black paint on the ship is the hull banding. Chris Ah okay, my mistake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Well that is really taking shape now Chris. 👍 Stay Safe beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bismarck builder Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Sir your paint work is outstanding is there any actual room to train those torpedo tubes cheers gary r 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1832 Posted April 19, 2021 Author Share Posted April 19, 2021 Thanks for looking in and nice comments. I have now made the 2 cranes which were a royal pain in the backside to make. You need 4 hands to hold things and glue things. I think these are not bad. Would probably do differently next time. Chris 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-boat 55 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 That crane is looking just a little bit fantastic! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Gidday Chris, your "Lone Queen of the North" looks like she needs her makeup attended to. This is an excellent model. Those cranes make have been a pain to do but they look really good now. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 Super job on those cranes !!! It's really coming together Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 54 minutes ago, robgizlu said: Super job on those cranes !!! It's really coming together Could not have but it better myself nice one Chris Stay Safe beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve5 Posted April 20, 2021 Share Posted April 20, 2021 yikes , glad it was you mate , not me . very nice work . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adm Lord De Univers Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 I have just found and read this entire build thread from start to finish. The level of detail here is so stunning, I'm off to drink much whisky in the garden. Excellent work Chris, weathering is top notch too. David 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socjo1 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Put the crane next to Tirpitz, don't fix it and don't paint it! Its really beautiful masterpiece. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1832 Posted April 27, 2021 Author Share Posted April 27, 2021 Thanks for looking in and your nice comments guys. I have made up the main turrets and made all the blast bags from resin sculpting clay. I also made the twin 10.5cm guns. They just need the PE fitting to them next. Chris 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Great stuff neat blast bags will have to make a note of that. Stay Safe beefy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacques caroff Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 Very subtl work. All in watermark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted May 2, 2021 Share Posted May 2, 2021 On 4/27/2021 at 9:03 PM, beefy66 said: neat blast bags As Beefy says, very neat idea and it looks good. Lovely work. Terry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magpie1832 Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 Many thanks guys. I have made one of the 20mm flack 38 guns. The pics show the kit part vs the pontos one. The kit one has 3 pieces where as the pontos one has 25 parts. I will show a break down of parts when I build the rest. This one took an hour and half to do. Chris. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Gidday Magpie, that quad 20mm (Flakvierling?) is a model in it's own right. Well done. And where do you get those large matches 😁? (Yeah, I know, that's an old one.) Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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