Soon to lay the keel, Trumpeter 1 350 Taszkient or Taskent

[Dave Ward]

Bob,
I have yet to find a way to finish PE railings, other than careful brush painting after assembly! The only ships I could make with an overall spray finish for deck & railings are the US Navy WWII Pacific warships!!!!!
Dave

[BattleshipBob]

Bob,
I have yet to find a way to finish PE railings, other than careful brush painting after assembly! The only ships I could make with an overall spray finish for deck & railings are the US Navy WWII Pacific warships!!!!!
Dave

Cheers Dave, does seem a very fiddly bit to do! Was wondering if either card or paper strips placed behind railings were possible might work??

[Dave Ward]

Cheers Dave, does seem a very fiddly bit to do! Was wondering if either card or paper strips placed behind railings were possible might work??

You have to do both sides of the rail - I can't see how you can mask the bottom edge of the rail from the deck! You have enough trouble getting the rails to stay in place without tempting fate by doing this! It is slow & fiddly, but causes less disturbance!
Dave

[scottie3158]

Bob,
All looking very nice to me mate.

[BattleshipBob]

You have to do both sides of the rail - I can't see how you can mask the bottom edge of the rail from the deck! You have enough trouble getting the rails to stay in place without tempting fate by doing this! It is slow & fiddly, but causes less disturbance!
Dave

Good point, was waiting to see who spotted that first :tongue-out3:

Bob,
All looking very nice to me mate.

Hi Paul, some seroius touching up to do, time for the mini roller lol

[Steve Jones]

Looks pretty good from here mate. Nice work

[BattleshipBob]

Looks pretty good from here mate. Nice work

Thanks Steve, room for improvement as always lol

[Jim R]

Hi Bob
Railings look fine to me.
Jim

[BattleshipBob]

Hi Bob
Railings look fine to me.
Jim

Thanks Jim, not bad but need more practice doing the bigger curves etc.

[Jim R]

I don't know how you go about curves but I lay the length of railing on a cutting mat. That has a bit of give in it. I roll it with something round and hard, a pen, a bit of brass tube etc. The smaller the roller and the harder you press the tighter the curve.
Please ignore this if you already do similar :smiling:
Jim

[BattleshipBob]

I don't know how you go about curves but I lay the length of railing on a cutting mat. That has a bit of give in it. I roll it with something round and hard, a pen, a bit of brass tube etc. The smaller the roller and the harder you press the tighter the curve.
Please ignore this if you already do similar :smiling:
Jim

Same Jim, cracking advice. I was wondering about the effect of different roller, cannot ignore excellent advice Jim and much appreciated

Bob

[BattleshipBob]

Almost done, bridge and first funnel added


At last it almost looks like a ship!!!

Fair bit to touch up on the blue front and still to do the last railings and some AA guns etc.

Forgot to paint the ships boats, bugger! I need to sort it out for the Graf Spee, i have spent too much time painting instead of all at the same time.

Cheers bob

[Steve Jones]

Thats really nice Bob. Great build my friend

[Jim R]

Hi Bob
She's looking very good indeed.
Jim

[BattleshipBob]

Thats really nice Bob. Great build my friend

Thanks Steve, shame i cannot use mud to hide stuff lol

Hi Bob
She's looking very good indeed.
Jim

Many thanks Jim

Big improvement over Daring, thank god lol