bianfuxia Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 I'm not a big builder of ships but I do like to have a change of pace from time to time and over the last couple of years - since lockdowns - I've turned out a bit of a shelf-top navy. This pair is my effort at the Z37 (in dazzle) and Z39 (plain grey) twinpack set by Tamiya. I still need to attach the life rafts to Z37. I made the Z39 back in about 2018 I think, but I punched out Z37 in just a few days over the weekend. The paint scheme was mostly freehanded in the end - my masking tape very unusually ripped up the base coat of grey. The whole thing turned out to be a bit of an unholy mess so I was a bit disappointed but this was my first try at this kind of complicated scheme. The left side looks considerably worse than the right side, especially towards the bow. I liked the twin pack kit because apart from the two different paint schemes, the two ships are also slightly different. The plain grey one is a later fit out after these ships were upgunned on the AA side. One of the three single rear turret guns was deleted and a new platform was added with extra AA guns. Around the bridge, also, extra guns were added. You can see the main differences in the picture above. Behind the funnel on the rear ship you can also see a radar unit in place of the searchlight on the camouflaged ship. The differences at the front are visible, too: Some of the parts were pretty finicky and I swear Z37 had a rear flagpole when I took these outside for the photos. It doesn't now! Fun kits, built I know to a standard fairly low by comparison to some builds I see in this forum, but good fun for a quick turnaround. Moving on to the thee US destroyers I have in the stash... thanks for looking! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 5 hours ago, bianfuxia said: but good fun Gidday Bianfuxia, that's what it's all about, IMHO. I've bashed around two 1/600 Airfix Z28 kits into Z31 and Z25 for the same reason. Yours have turned out very well, particularly the dazzle camo on a hull with not much freeboard to play with. What are the three USN destroyers you're doing? Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bianfuxia Posted January 12, 2022 Author Share Posted January 12, 2022 8 hours ago, ArnoldAmbrose said: Gidday Bianfuxia, that's what it's all about, IMHO. I've bashed around two 1/600 Airfix Z28 kits into Z31 and Z25 for the same reason. Yours have turned out very well, particularly the dazzle camo on a hull with not much freeboard to play with. What are the three USN destroyers you're doing? Regards, Jeff. Hey Jeff, thanks! The kits I have are the Fletcher, Hammann and Cushing. One of them has what looks like a really hard dazzle scheme so I'll probably leave that to last! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Gidday, if memory serves I think it was USS Hammann that was torpedoed while trying to save the carrier USS Yorktown at Midway. I'd like to do USS Mullany, Hugh W Hadley and Evans sometime. Regards, Jeff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 My goodness, that sea looks rough! A nice pair of ships there. Good to see two for the compare and contrast effect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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