HMS Warspite back on the workbench

[tigersteve]

Lovely detail....... Base is coming on too!

[BigGrandad]

Missed a yard arm off!!!!!!! Really should look at the instructions!!!!!!

[BigGrandad]

Smothered the base with liquitex. Toooooo shiny, will use a satin varnish to see what that looks like. Some work on the ‘Walrus’ too.

[BigGrandad]

Finished the bulk of the detail build now, just moving on to the rigging!!!!!!! Get this out of the way then it’s just finish the ships boats mount her on he base and finish the seascape. Want this one out of the way now

[BigGrandad]

HELP PLEASE
these just arrived from Black Cat, (1/350 figures for my Warspite), they look sooooo small and fragile.
How do I get these off the fret without breaking them? Anyone had previous experience?
How do I paint them!!!!!?
Might have bitten off more than I can chew here!

[Bri62]

Hi all my previous 3d printed stuff just breaks off make sure you hold the whole figure before breaking as for painting all i can offer is get a real detailed brush

[BigGrandad]

Yup, I think the ‘survival rate’ for these figures may be very low

[BigGrandad]

Don’t know how clearly this pic shows the ‘Heath Robinson’ blobs of blue tack holding the various rigging threads out of the way.
no way you can let these strands lie loose, they just attract each other and turn into ‘thread spagetti’.

[Guest]

How do I get these off the fret without breaking them? Anyone had previous experience?

Saw through the sprue underneath their feet with a fine-toothed modeller’s saw.

How do I paint them!!!!!?

Before taking them from the sprue At least, I think I would paint their main colour before doing that, then paint details like faces when they’re loose.

[tigersteve]

How are you attaching the rigging? Spot of super glue or similar....

[BigGrandad]

How are you attaching the rigging? Spot of super glue or similar....

Yup, I am using the VMS ‘XT Thin’ And using my home made applicator - an old darning needle (blunted) mounted in a piec of sprue.

[BigGrandad]

Saw through the sprue underneath their feet with a fine-toothed modeller’s saw.


Before taking them from the sprue :smiling3: At least, I think I would paint their main colour before doing that, then paint details like faces when they’re loose.

Gently snapped this one off with tweezers, don’t think that will work where there are more than the two location points.

[Guest]

It will work fine as long as the attachment points are weaker than the ankles slightly above them I wouldn’t try it with the sweepers, though, or the ones with supports under their hands.

[BigGrandad]

It will work fine as long as the attachment points are weaker than the ankles slightly above them I wouldn’t try it with the sweepers, though, or the ones with supports under their hands.

My thoughts exactly

[BigGrandad]

Right.
That’s all of the rigging I am prepared to mess about with, especially as I can’t seem to find 2 references that are the same!!!!
She is now going into the base permanently so that I can finish the sea and look at how I deal with the crane and Walrus.
Just some weathering work on ships boats, then they can go on as well. Oh, and then the figures!!!!!!!!