discussion 1/350 Knyaz Suvorov

[boatman]

LOOKIN really good Graham keep it comin
chrisb

 

[boatman]

ANY more work done Graham on this lovely model ?
chrisb

 

[BigGrandad]

Finished all of the railings. And a dry fit of the masts. A couple of mist coats of Matt varnish have hidden a lot of the ‘ickies’. Got some more weathering to do to hide a few newish looking painted bits. When I did the original base spray job I used a mix that I thought looked like a really worn black paint job. Like the idiot I am I neglected to keep some of the mix for touch-up, however by some fluke i had a pot of AK Dunkelgrau Dark Base that was close enough to this colour that with a minimal amount of adjusting, works OK (I‘be made a note 0f the mix this time!). Next up, ships boats!!!
Some help please, trying to find some PE of generic steps with handrails, loads of ladders but can’t find a sheet of just steps! Best i could find so far are some USN inclined ladders from WEM. Like I said before as far as Knyaz is concerned, not that stressed about total accuracy’ just something that looks better than small wedges of plastic that look like washboards!!!! Is there anything else like this out there?

 

[Mark1]

https://www.super-hobby.co.uk/zdjecia/2/5/3/605_rd.jpg
Not sure if this is what your looking for but advertised as ship's stairs.

Scale: 1:350
Manufacturer: Aber
Product code: abe1-350-04
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[BigGrandad]

Hi Mark
Thanks for this, looks like steps which is what I want (as opposed to ladders) but would need to add handrails, not sure I want THAT much grief.

 

[Mark1]

Is this more what your after

 

[BigGrandad]

Yup, that’s more like it, do you had details?

 

[Mark1]

These are part of an eduard set for the turpitz but there are plenty of generic sets on ebay usually come with some ladders or handrails.

 

[Bri62]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/353619893862
I ordered these for some spare I'm sure they do 1/350 too.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/393049417490

Brian

 

[BigGrandad]

Started on ships boats, base paintwork on whalers etc. will add some extra details to launches to make them a little less basic.
Also some initial work on the main and secondary armament, seen various different references covering detail on these so will apply my working premis of using spare bits from my surplus PE stock,, again as an aesthetic rather than accuracy.

 

[BigGrandad]

Also, masts are completed ready for a little weathering.

 

[Mark1]

Looking good :thumb2:

 

[BigGrandad]

Transferred “Knyaz” from her “dry dock” to her final resting place. Afraid I might damage any more delicate parts if i left this till later. Mainly just finishing the smaller parts an adding them on. This also means I can get a base layer of Aquitex down to see how the seascape will work.

 

[BigGrandad]

Base layer of Liquitex laid down, will play around with it as it drys. It will need 24/48 hours to dry clear then I will look at som colour and then another layer of Liquitex. Gonna play around with all the armament while it is drying.

 

[Mark1]

Thats coming along nicely :thumb2:

 

[Tim Marlow]

Liquitex looks great. She’ll look great when she’s done :thumb2:

 

[BigGrandad]

Started on ships launches, pretty dire, so I decided to hack them about a bit. Trying to find references that are clear. Not much success so I am basing the work on pictures from a ‘Borodino’ build thread. As I said before, not going for total accuracy, just something that looks a bit more interesting.

 

[BigGrandad]

More scratch work on ships launches.

 

[scottie3158]

I'm surprised you can even see them lol very nicely done

 

[BigGrandad]

Finished with the scratch build, diving into the PE spares for railings etc.
Not accurate but a bit more interesting to look at.