Tim R-T-C Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Thought I'd take a break from aircraft modelling and while rummaging through a stash box, found these warship models I picked up earlier this year while ordering wargame parts for a diorama. I was planning to make something for the Anything But Injection GB of @Mjwomack so this would be my entry for this year. They are from GHQ, their 1/2400 Harpoon wargame series. Whitemetal with very simple assembly (in fact Gorshkov came as a single piece) but surprisingly good detail and even a sprue of helicopters each. Base here is just a quick test on some watercolour paper, I will probably try and do a slightly larger version of this to represent a Channel escort operation - they usually have a bit more distance between them. Work today was to prep up both ships with Vallejo primer, then painted Duncan. I used Light Ghost Grey and a mix of Med Sea Grey on the hull and Neutral Grey for the decks. Seems similar to the photos of the ship - although the greys do look completely different in every photograph. Some details in white and black. Need to raid the decal stash for numbers and flight deck details. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted September 3, 2020 Author Share Posted September 3, 2020 Admiral Gorshkov has gone into a few shades of grey and a canvas has received a stroke of Deep Sea Blue 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted September 8, 2020 Author Share Posted September 8, 2020 Decals 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Making waves 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim R-T-C Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 And complete. Pretty happy with this one, the GHQ ships are lovely and I'll probably have a look at a carrier group next. The sea worked better than I expected, maybe overdid the wake a bit - I'll assume that the Russian sailors were testing the British crew by speeding up. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Great looking pair Tim, love the work on the base as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 Very nice Tim. Congratulations! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torbjorn Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 What they said - and the wake doesn’t look overdone to me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Fine work Tim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Nice work Tim, a great overall presentation with the base. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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