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The Grand Old Lady


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This is the 1963 Airfix 1:600 kit altered to her 1940 refit.

Scratched 15 x single 20mm guns and screens, 2 x radar offices, a Type 273 Surface Warning lantern, a pair of davits, and one of the ships boats.

I used some of Set #6013 British Radars by Tom’s Modelworks.

3-bar rails and anchor cables were from White Ensign Models.

Brush and airbrushed in Humbrol Acrylics, AK Interactive, Vallejo Model Color, and Life Color paints.


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27 minutes ago, k5054nz said:

For the uneducated among us: what is the Grand Old Lady's name?

 

26 minutes ago, JosephLalor said:

HMS Warspite I think

Yes HMS Warspite, Airfix 04205 in 1:600

Thanks for your comments chaps :cheers:

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Thanks, I'm undecided about painting the bases. I have some left in a natural state and others I've painted. Then there's the question of colour; same as the sea or a dark blue or black? Decisions, decisions...

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Very nice rendition of maybe the most iconic ship that served in the RN. That said by someone who doesn't know a thing about naval subjects except that Warspite duly served during both world wars.

I only built a warship once but it's in my top three (with Graf Spee and Indianapolis) if ever I decide .....

 

Well done.

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Well done. 1/600th is too small for my eyes, so now I'm building her in 350th scale, Academys one with Pontos set. By the way, please don't get me wrong, Shouldn't  that dark gray be 507A? More darker I mean.... Close to Humbrol 27....

Something like this..???

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29 minutes ago, Ratch said:

The description I read said medium grey, so I went with 507B. Your images are not showing.

Yes, problems with sources... I'm sticking with Sovereign hobbies, they have a discussion on same topic here.

https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235090253-hms-warspite-hms-valiant-camo-circa-1941/

Beside with so much color variations of 507B, I guess it is near impossible to get things 100% right.... Unless someone is building her at exact date, but even If we had color photos, backdrop, lightning, film.....

So, if it looks right to you, then, IT IS RIGHT. . "Because beauty  is in the eye of beholder"!

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Without having checked the details of the shape of the pattern, the general appearance is broadly correct although they are portrayed using the same incorrect understanding of what the paints actually were that has plagued almost all Royal Navy paint topics for decades. 507B was discontinued in 1940 - I can guarantee it was not present on any battleship in 1942. It was also identical in its colour to 507A. Both have historically been portrayed wrongly since a bit of a logical leap taken some decades ago that if 507A = Dark Grey and 507C = Light Grey then logically 507B must be medium grey half way between them. This was, however, an assumption too far and one proven to be false.

 

 

In practise, therefore, the tones of paint shown on HMS Warspite and HMS Valiant were the same. Whilst the subject of paints themselves may seem semantic, I firmly believe that wherever a clear demonstration of lack of understanding of the paints themselves is apparent, then the reader should question everything derived from this essential core knowledge. If one doesn't understand the paints, they've either got more wrong about the camouflage overall and the paints used on it or if they did get something right it was by accident. Afterall, how can someone correctly identify a paint if they don't already know what the paints were?

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28 minutes ago, Zoran Srb said:

So, if it looks right to you, then, IT IS RIGHT. . "Because beauty  is in the eye of beholder"!

Gidday Zoran, that's my attitude with models too. I ask and take advice from others (with gratitude), and I try to get the camo patterns right but the exact shading of each individual colour I usually use the closest I have in my paint locker, without being too pedantic. But to each their own ideas and opinions. 🙂       Regards, Jeff.

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