Chief Cohiba Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 As I watched the TV series "Vigil" recently, (which I really enjoyed, btw) I felt the sudden urge to build, exactly, a submarine - something I haven't done for, well, I think - never! But, hey, someone has to start somewhere, and in my case I started on the website of a modellers shop and ordered the Bronco Vanguard and - not the Hobby Boss, but the Trumpeter - Astute. As they come from the same molds, I thought they are the same kit, more or less - but I was rather surprised, and, in the first moment, quite dissappointed, that it was prepainted. Rather a toy than a kit for a serious modeller, like I consider myself. (you might have a laugh here). But then I thought I give it a try and as I haven't build a modern submarine before, I start with this one. In brief, I was rather happy, and it turned out to be a beautiful model. As this was more a side-build to my current Walrus, there's no WIP, but at least here's the result. I'm ok with it, given it's more a first testbed for some new techniques to me. It did, though, start a new passion in building some more submarines in the near future, as it is such a pleasing subject. Rather interesting, s the topic as such was always of some interest to me, I just never thought of building some. So, guess there's more to come soon in this direction... 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Cohiba Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 Some more pics, if you're interested ( I thought to put them in two different posts). 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 So is this the Trumpeter paintjob or did you re-do it? I'm a bit confused. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Cohiba Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 5 hours ago, Bertie Psmith said: Trumpeter paintjob or did you re-do it? The Trumpeter finish was just plain black plastic, with a few dots on the deck and on the antennas, as well as the golden propeller. I painted the bow and side sections of the hull grey, and the flank areas red-brown, the latter achieved a copper dry-brushing. This covered by a hue of dilluted black to tone it down, followed by a clear coat for the decals. Then came some light oil streaks, as well as some light dry-brushing to accentuate the edges, then came the decals, and another two layers of clear with a drop of dark grey to give it a final finish. I thinks it's about seven or eight layers here. Honestly it looks better in real, the 25mm lens of my camera is somewhat unforgiving in close details. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Now I get it. I was thinking it looked really good but you didn’t mention painting it so I thought that was how it came. 😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wilkins Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 I am working up to some larger Royal Navy builds and it's awesome to see an example of an HMS Astute kit as I have my eye on this one for my fleet. I think the weathering looks really good and it really gives the surface some depth and realism. I am working on a sub that is matte black and I am going to emulate your weathering techniques but I think I am going to use light grey, dark grey, rust and dark green below the waterline to represent algae growth. Thanks for the post! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Cohiba Posted May 9, 2022 Author Share Posted May 9, 2022 7 hours ago, Bertie Psmith said: but you didn’t mention painting it so I thought that was how it came. Sorry, my bad - I thought mind-reading is a wider used capacity in this forum 😉 . I should have mentioned it right in the beginning. But the existing colouring truly is a good point to start from, but of course there's some more to be done (which was rather fun). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Cohiba Posted May 9, 2022 Author Share Posted May 9, 2022 8 hours ago, Brian Wilkins said: I am going to use light grey, dark grey, rust and dark green That's a good approach, I guess; I used light brown for some light streaks (salt and rust), and some light green for the biological aspect of it. Simply because I had it at hand, but some darker colours surely would have suited it better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 great work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Wilkins Posted May 11, 2022 Share Posted May 11, 2022 (edited) . Edited May 13, 2022 by Brian Wilkins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 I like it lots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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