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[rogeroger]

What, no vehicle stash?

I'll have to whet your appetite.
I recently watched this vid of a German mortar carrier. I remember these being lethal in Sudden Strike 4.

[Andy H]

That was interesting stuff - seems light on its' feet, didn't churn up the local park as much as I thought it would.

Well...there are a few vehicles and figs knocking about here, awaiting the day I return to dry land...




Even some of those new-fangled flying machines...




And support...




So I should be busy should the maritime madness ever get me down. 


Meanwhile here's some nice wallpaper of Repulse leading Prince of Wales towards their date with disaster...

[rogeroger]

Now that's what I call a stash.

That's a great wallpaper of the Repulse leading the Prince of Wales. I don't know much about the force z sinking, will have to do some Googling.

[Andy H]

Time to give my hairy sticks a workout...LifeColor acrylics, at least my fleet should be the 100% right colours now. 

[Andy H]

Busy day cleaning up and feeding the carpet monster. Still nothing fixed to deck. It's getting there slowly. Not long until another colour comes out to play. Dithering over whether to shorten aft funnel as per the real Eskimo - only one way to find out if I can do it...
















Funny old kit, as mentioned. Some really nice details, but it's as if Trumpeter gave up close to a deadline.


Thanks for dropping by - back soon with more maritime machinations 

[Andy H]

As far as I got tonight. I'll tidy up the cammo tomorrow. Almost time to stick everything together. Hopefully, the carpet monster will regurgitate a couple of tiny parts in daylight...










 
Thanks for looking in - back soon with more miniature maritime merriment 

[Andy H]

That's better.   

Started highlighting details on superstructure - I'm thinking that shading with a wash would overpower everything, but curiosity might well get the better of me...



















Thanks for dropping by - back soon with more sea-faring silly-buggery 

[Andy H]

A liesurely day touching-up and touching in. Fully armed and everything finally fixed in place.

Thanks to the carpet monster, I used a Starling Models resin pom-pom gun - looks like I'll be using the chunky IBG pom-poms when I get around to the Hunt class destroyers. 

As predicted, curiosity got the better of me and I gave the torpedo tubes a wash - I'll redo them blue tomorrow. 

She's not glued to the base yet, but you get the idea.

Next up, boats and masts. Then it'll be time to think about the dreaded photo-etch.


















Thanks as always for looking in - back soon with more plastic pandemonium 

[Andy H]

 There she is built 'out of the box' - well, not quite; I added photo-etch steps and replaced the boats...oh, not forgetting the pom-poms that the carpet monster ate. The decals were nasty, hopefully they'll settle down and look better once the whole thing's touched-in and  matt varnished. I forgot the anchors somewhere along the way, so they'll need painting along with another 101 finishing touches before putting the railings on. Quite a way to go, but the end is in sight...























Thanks for looking in - back soon with more miniature maritime mayhem 

[rogeroger]

Well painted, I like these colours, and it looks like a good quality model for it's size looking at the close-up pics.

[Andy H]

Cheers, old chum! 

Apparently that cammo scheme was very effective, as long as it was well-maintained. As for the kit, hmmmm...on the whole, it's very nicely detailed with plenty of moulded on ladders & doors which come up a treat when drybrushed, but no steps or boat davits. Talking of boats, the ones supplied in the kit are of a German type , so I broke into a resin set I'd intenended for something else. Oh, well - it is what it is, and I'm fairly happy with how she's turning out. It's easy to forget that these little fellers are going to be mostly viewed by a MkI eyeball from a distance of one foot away or more, which equate to at least 700 feet in real life.

A nice touch is that Trumpeter ships come with an optional full hull, but I decided when I started this maritime madness that I'd be strictly waterline...never say never, though.

Well, I'd better get those photo-etch railings out and hope that my blades and glue behave today. Stay tuned...




Technical support, 1940's style..."Have you tried switching it off and switching it back on again?"

[Andy H]

A little progress at last, despite the efforts of my family to encroach upon a 'Me day'.

Minor touch-ups, pre-painted photo-etch railings fixed in place and touched in. The pre-painting makes life easier, but still a pain in the derrière. Worth the effort, though, I can't imagine doing a ship without them now...













Ready for fixing to base, a good squirt of matt varnish, water gel and r-r-r--rig-rigging.



Thanks as always for dropping by - back soon with more multiple-barrelled madness