Rich75 Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Hi all, felt brave enough to post my first build in about 30 years HMS KGV by heller, the colour scheme is from Sovereign Hobbies and and it's the first time I've tried airbrushing,washes masking etc ,hopefully a practice run for the tamiya 1/350 of the same.Quite a few broken bits in the box so apologies for the wonky masts and so on all in all quite a job for a first attempt,thanks for looking 39 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Looking neat Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Bravo! Quite an accomplishment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swralph Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Lovely build.😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Looks very fine indeed Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 Nice Job Rich You can see where this guy stood all those years ago https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205123838 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted February 8, 2021 Share Posted February 8, 2021 first build in 30 years ??? - nope, I don't believe you - it looks smashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich75 Posted February 8, 2021 Author Share Posted February 8, 2021 Thanks for the replies guys,honestly haven't made a kit since I was about 12,46 now, spent many hours on here looking for tips and ideas and the Sovereign Hobbies website was a godsend really as I'm colour blind so working out the colours would've been hard work🤷♂️definitely need some advice before attempting the 1/350....thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liizio Posted February 10, 2021 Share Posted February 10, 2021 Congratulations, superbly clean build, especially for a first one in such a long time. Very crisp painting on that cool camo scheme! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Great effort. The deck is particularly well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Cracking job 👍 beefy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 11, 2021 Share Posted February 11, 2021 Nothing wonky with this, magnificent. Great colours, great build, well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich75 Posted February 11, 2021 Author Share Posted February 11, 2021 Thanks for all the kind words,really appreciated, I think it was a great looking ship,thinking of taking the plunge with the 1/350 .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Browne Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 (edited) Very nice indeed! Lovely decks. Looks like she just came out of Scapa Flo ready for the Bismark. I'll put the kettle on for a cuppa ready for the Tamiya 1/350...🍵 Edited February 13, 2021 by pbrowne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 Beautiful model, excellent paint job ,i realy like the way you have made the deck look realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Great job. Way better than my first attempts when I returned to the hobby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich75 Posted February 20, 2021 Author Share Posted February 20, 2021 Thanks much appreciated, planning the next one now but I think I should get some weathering practice and some reference books if anyone's got any recommendations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundloop Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 I built one of these many years ago and, if I remember correctly, it had incredibly heavy plastic railings which, thankfully, you have left off! Or is my memory completely wonky?!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich75 Posted February 22, 2021 Author Share Posted February 22, 2021 Yes left them off they looked pretty bad same as the degaussing cables,i found out theres a photo etch set for it,but that was a bit beyond me for first time out,I'll give it a go on the next one though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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