Hurst Castle - done at last

[seadog]

Finally finished, at least as far as it goes. It's been a difficult buildfor me, for several reasons. First, basically, I'm getting too old (74) for dealing with miniscule PE. For whatever reason, my fingerprints have sort of faded, and the feeling in my finger tips ain't what it was. I also have a feeling that the dose of covd I had in October has affected my concentration, whatever. I'm glad it's done. It has a case because I'm out of space, so it will have to live on an open shelf in my corner of the garage

 

 

 

 

 

Anyway, Thanks for looking!

Fraser

 

 

[ArnoldAmbrose]

Gidday Fraser, that's a beautiful model, portrayed in a rather unforgiving sea. Superb! 👍 Regards, Jeff.

[longshanks]

Cracking job in a beautiful setting

 

 

Kev

[seadog]

Thank you!

 

[RichieW]

That is simply beautiful! I would never guess you were suffering from concentration and finger problems after seeing the photos. 

 

Richie

[beefy66]

Great build and sea base there Fraser Cracking job.  

 

Stay Safe

beefy

[seadog]

Thanks all! Thinking about doing another car model - I've done a few. An antidote to all those nasty little PE bits!

[JohnWS]

Great job!  A beautiful ship & I love that sea scape.  

 

John

[theskits62]

Thats a great piece of work and like others have said I also really like the seascape, very convincing.

[seadog]

4 hours ago, theskits62 said:

Thats a great piece of work and like others have said I also really like the seascape, very convincing.

The seascape is the only bit I enjoyed on this one. I paint seascapes and doing thisissort of a three dimensional version...

 

[Dermo245]

That seascape is stunning 👏

[PF Naughton]

Hi,

Your build looks great.  I have long wished that someone would make some injection molded plastic kits of some of these and similar escort type vessels in a reasonable scale.

PAt

[seadog]

8 hours ago, PF Naughton said:

Hi,

Your build looks great.  I have long wished that someone would make some injection molded plastic kits of some of these and similar escort type vessels in a reasonable scale.

PAt

Thank you,

Well, have to say that as far as it goes , resin kits have a lot less pieces and even with injection moulding, you'd probably want a reasonable amount of photo etch to bring it alive. Injection molded kits aren't all that much cheaper either. I'm guessing that when you say reasonable scale you mean larger? Revell do a flower class corvette in 1/144th and there's also one in 1/72nd.

[seadog]

11 hours ago, Dermo245 said:

That seascape is stunning 👏

Thanks, my favourite way to do a seascape is carved wood, really satisfying. This one was a combination of wood and 2-part epoxy.

[PF Naughton]

16 hours ago, seadog said:

... I'm guessing that when you say reasonable scale you mean larger? Revell do a flower class corvette in 1/144th and there's also one in 1/72nd.

Hi,

I remember seeing the old Matchbox 1/72 scale kit way up on an upper shelf at a toy store when I was young, but could never afford it.  A few years back when Revell re-released it I snatched up a copy but have been too afraid to start since my building skills are still not that great.  As such I also ended up buying a copy of the 1/144 scale kit when they released that, but its also got me a little apprehensive.  Fortunately I also think that I picked up a Mirage Hobbies 1/350 scale Flower class kit around the same time, so maybe I will start there first 😃

[seadog]

Have fun! There's a WIP on the Micro Mer corvette on the forum.

[Norseman 3:16]

A superb build - both vessel and setting are stunning.  Well done Sir!

[robgizlu]

Fraser - that Sea is just terrific - I'm in awe that you've "sculpted" from wood.  The water surface markings are just lovely as is the ship and the whole presentation.

That to me does not suggest any lack of concentration or glove "neuropathy"!

Congratulations 

Rob

[mick]

great work

[robgizlu]

And BTW Fraser - do you mind me asking what  colours you used for your sea as they are absolutley spot-on!

Thanks

Rob

[seadog]

3 hours ago, robgizlu said:

And BTW Fraser - do you mind me asking what  colours you used for your sea as they are absolutley spot-on!

Thanks

Rob

Of course. The colours are the same as I use in a painting involving the North Atlantic - cobalt blue,  chrome oxide green, occasional touches of yellow - mixed in,  and white, of course. Deep ocean is bluer, coastal greener, The water in the Solent is often a light slightly bluish green. Or is that a greenish blue. cerulean and raw sienna, maybe...+

[MRMRL]

Very nice little ship you've got there, the sea Scape looks excellent - very convincing 

[Donald]

Nice to see this Castle-class so beautifully modelled on that fine base. I can almost smell the sea spray.

[seadog]

Thank you!

[albergman]

Like everyone else I'm most impressed with your (to my eye) perfection of the sea.   Not an easy subject to get right and to set the ship into it at a believable attitude is another skill.   I'm guessing you have some first hand experience of being at sea?    Wonderful modelling.