the Baron
Ich bin ja, Herr, in Deiner Macht
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Just to prove that I still am actually working on the Pennsy, here is a quick update...
Construction is at the same stage as in my previous post, but in the meantime, I have begun applying the final colors. I went through a little detour regarding the colors, by the way, because of a mistake I made. I misidentified the color she wore in 1935 as haze gray. I asked a buddy of mine, Bob Ciccone, who is an experienced ship modeler, for his preference, maker and color, and picked up Testor's Floquil Southern Pacific Lettering Gray. I applied this to the model, and then looked closely, because it looked a lot darker than the Pennsylvania appeared in photos of the time. I did some digging and found that it was Standard Navy Gray that she wore in the Thirties, a much lighter color.
A couple of new requests on the Web brought new suggestions, especially White Ensign Models' specific version of
Standard Navy Gray--thank you, everyone, who replied with that advice. In the meantime, I went into my paint locker and got a rough equivalent--a little darker, perhaps--Tamiya's AS-16 Light Gray (USAF)--and that's what you see applied here:
I also made some minor touch-ups, including some rhinoplasty-if you look closely at her bow, you can see two small
holes which I drilled open:
Those are the hawse pipes, if I'm not mistaken, guides for the hawsers used to moor the ship to a dock. They are very visible in most photos, because of sunlight passing through. HobbyBoss did not mold them. I've drilled them a little too low on the bow, but when all's said and done, they'll look OK.
And here, I've begun applying a deck tan, starting on the after deck and the deck house:
This is a Model Master acrylic, applied very thinly by hand, though a little thicker than a wash:
I'm applying such thin paint, to avoid getting too thick of a coat and obscuring the molded hatch covers and other
details. I was able to proceed with painting the decks, after solving another riddle through my research, and that was whether the deck formed by the roof of the deck house--the deck house contains the 5" guns that you see protruding along her sides--was covered with teak as her fore- and main decks were, or if they were steel. In the Thirties, at least, they were covered in teak. I'll go over this coat with a lighter shade, too, Andrea's acrylic beige.
The deck house deck also had a railing, like the main and after decks did. Those will come in the next stage, after
I'm done painting, and I start applying the photo-etch.
I really do want to get the construction and detailing done, so I can tackle the base. I've never done a water base
before, so I'm excited to try it.
Criticism and comments are welcome, as always, and thanks for looking!
Construction is at the same stage as in my previous post, but in the meantime, I have begun applying the final colors. I went through a little detour regarding the colors, by the way, because of a mistake I made. I misidentified the color she wore in 1935 as haze gray. I asked a buddy of mine, Bob Ciccone, who is an experienced ship modeler, for his preference, maker and color, and picked up Testor's Floquil Southern Pacific Lettering Gray. I applied this to the model, and then looked closely, because it looked a lot darker than the Pennsylvania appeared in photos of the time. I did some digging and found that it was Standard Navy Gray that she wore in the Thirties, a much lighter color.
A couple of new requests on the Web brought new suggestions, especially White Ensign Models' specific version of
Standard Navy Gray--thank you, everyone, who replied with that advice. In the meantime, I went into my paint locker and got a rough equivalent--a little darker, perhaps--Tamiya's AS-16 Light Gray (USAF)--and that's what you see applied here:
I also made some minor touch-ups, including some rhinoplasty-if you look closely at her bow, you can see two small
holes which I drilled open:
Those are the hawse pipes, if I'm not mistaken, guides for the hawsers used to moor the ship to a dock. They are very visible in most photos, because of sunlight passing through. HobbyBoss did not mold them. I've drilled them a little too low on the bow, but when all's said and done, they'll look OK.
And here, I've begun applying a deck tan, starting on the after deck and the deck house:
This is a Model Master acrylic, applied very thinly by hand, though a little thicker than a wash:
I'm applying such thin paint, to avoid getting too thick of a coat and obscuring the molded hatch covers and other
details. I was able to proceed with painting the decks, after solving another riddle through my research, and that was whether the deck formed by the roof of the deck house--the deck house contains the 5" guns that you see protruding along her sides--was covered with teak as her fore- and main decks were, or if they were steel. In the Thirties, at least, they were covered in teak. I'll go over this coat with a lighter shade, too, Andrea's acrylic beige.
The deck house deck also had a railing, like the main and after decks did. Those will come in the next stage, after
I'm done painting, and I start applying the photo-etch.
I really do want to get the construction and detailing done, so I can tackle the base. I've never done a water base
before, so I'm excited to try it.
Criticism and comments are welcome, as always, and thanks for looking!