We are getting off track here. Let's get back to the HMS Hood shall we?
No worries, just shoveling snow while the last coat of paint cures... did I mention shoveling snow?
Oh, and shoveling more snow!
First naval ship since childhood... painting with a brush takes a while with all those nooks and crannies! Even a toon ship!
Just using up some old Tamiya paints; looks much 'pinker' in the photo.
Topolino is giving me the 'Nanny stare'.
My grandmother was a feisty little Irish orphan who raised 4 boys and 3 girls through the Depression.
As a young woman, she trained and worked as a nurse, was a 'flapper', drove a car and roared through the Twenties!
She loved to tell stories, laugh and smoke her cigarettes, in that order, repeatedly.
Mustn't forget to put the tea on!
Living through the war in a ship-building town, and into the 1960s and 70s when I knew her, she commanded 'Water Street', knew everyone and everyone knew her. Accompanying her to pick up some groceries, I remember encountering a town wino down by the wharf.
Could've been "Johnny the Jigger" or some other character; she just looked at him, all 5 feet tall of her, and he stepped down onto the street.
The "Nanny stare" we called it: never was there a gaze so fierce, so resolute!
I'll be going with the dark hull variant... sort of 
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Both of my grandparents were born in the extreme end of the 19th century. They each had siblings older and younger, but this means they were middle-aged during WWII but my great-uncle (grandfather's older brother) served in France during the final days of WWI, just long enough to lose his hearing. This also means they were young adults raising large families during the depression. They did not have much money as in cash, but they had cattle, so bartering was enough to keep it all together. They were hard people by today's standards, probably normal during theirs.
My wife is mostly Irish, and I am maybe 20% as well. But the rest is German with some Danish, and they can put up a stare that I think would rival the Irish.
Good thing stereotypes are often wrong, or I'd be an angry drunk, will not even try to say which belongs with which...LOL
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I hope nobody is offended, I offer no retraction if so, but apologize since offense was not my intent.
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First coat below waterline, wash on everything else, second coat tomorrow, mid and hilight drybrushing...
Then Sunday propellers, detailing (I hope!)
Then Sunday propellers, detailing (I hope!)
Well, I went to be thinking I done ruined it with over enthusiastic contrasting drybrush, but today doesn't look half bad. Guess I stick to the plan and keep on going!
... mitigate the mottling, add some detailing, including a black waterline. (And the dreaded masking on an otherwise clean lower hull that I've heard on this forum can sink your boat)
While painting the lower hull with my favourite area brush, I have to say I was very impressed by my old bottle of Tamiya XF-50. Obviously not the exact colour of the original, but the exact-est bottle sitting in my paint rack!
The brush is from an Art Supply store, not the most expensive, but the best I've used for covering large areas with minimal to no visible brush strokes. Note the rounded, full bodied shape, so it carries a good amount of paint, and has built-in taper when paint is applied.
As to the Tamiya paint, I thinned it with plain old water, making some test strokes to check for coverage on a scrap of plastic kit. Dunno if it is the formulation of the carrier medium, or a very fine pigment that Tamiya must use, but it went on amazingly, putting my Vallejo and AK to shame.
Stay tuned!
... mitigate the mottling, add some detailing, including a black waterline. (And the dreaded masking on an otherwise clean lower hull that I've heard on this forum can sink your boat)
While painting the lower hull with my favourite area brush, I have to say I was very impressed by my old bottle of Tamiya XF-50. Obviously not the exact colour of the original, but the exact-est bottle sitting in my paint rack!
The brush is from an Art Supply store, not the most expensive, but the best I've used for covering large areas with minimal to no visible brush strokes. Note the rounded, full bodied shape, so it carries a good amount of paint, and has built-in taper when paint is applied.
As to the Tamiya paint, I thinned it with plain old water, making some test strokes to check for coverage on a scrap of plastic kit. Dunno if it is the formulation of the carrier medium, or a very fine pigment that Tamiya must use, but it went on amazingly, putting my Vallejo and AK to shame.
Stay tuned!
Aw, mighty gracious of you, but I'll take it!
Almost there...
Can't resist a bit of bling!
Can't resist a bit of bling!
Should I go for it? Brass posts, CA gel, lead wire... the wire may be too soft...
Good fun! I'm happily retired!
- "Damage Report!"
"They've strafed the ship, and left pilot holes at more or less regular intervals in the gunwales, Sir!"
"They've strafed the ship, and left pilot holes at more or less regular intervals in the gunwales, Sir!"
Very disappointed no one thought to stop me! I thought y'all got my back!
... only forty-six little brass posts!
Progress
The ship's a toon, and
I'm going Looney!!
A quick coat of paint on rails, still more to do...
Will have to decide if I paint the railing posts, or leave them brass (and clean them up after painting the rail).
Maybe paint the rail like the hull for contrast to punch it up?
Maybe some guy wires (rigging) ?
The base seems presentable with faux-quartz paint job and wooden drydock sleepers, haha!
Will have to decide if I paint the railing posts, or leave them brass (and clean them up after painting the rail).
Maybe paint the rail like the hull for contrast to punch it up?
Maybe some guy wires (rigging) ?
The base seems presentable with faux-quartz paint job and wooden drydock sleepers, haha!
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blakeh1
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Great work!
... decided to paint the rail and posts in the ship grey. For the wires, I've mooched and modified 'automotive' accessories to fit my purpose!
... not too bad, used eight for the required four on the spars (including prototyping) and three for the bow and stern.
Now to tighten the Easyline, and fix it to the jack staff(?) in the bow and to the stern ....
... not too bad, used eight for the required four on the spars (including prototyping) and three for the bow and stern.
Now to tighten the Easyline, and fix it to the jack staff(?) in the bow and to the stern ....
All in all, a fun and rewarding build!
Unexpected, but then again, the great thing about this hobby is that it is full of surprises!
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Unexpected, but then again, the great thing about this hobby is that it is full of surprises!
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Postscript: on the stand!
Dan the Modeler
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Outstanding job! Now you have officially gotten your feet wet and have built a Battleship!
Hmmm, we can't have that, where would that be?
Haha, well, my toes in the surf anyhow. The water's fine!
