Here she is, finally finished. For the water I used the procedure
outlined by Rusty White on the Steelnavy web site, with a few minor modifications.
Rigging is done with clear nylon thread, stained black, and then heated
to stretch taught. If you look closely at the shots of the bridge
and fantail, you can make out figures. I used the Preiser Merchant
Marine 1/350th scale set and painted appropriately. |
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Unfortunately, Preiser only offers the one set of 6 figures
in this scale, and at $13 for the set they're too pricey to do a large
ship; too bad, I like them a lot better than bent and painted PE figures. |
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Weathering was accomplished by first adding an overall
gloss coat of Future, then applying washes of oil, and then dry brushing
with oil based paints. I'm really impressed with the subtle highlights
you can get with oil based paints over acrylic or enamel (of course this
doesn't show well in the photos. Figures). The rust streaks and various
salt bleaching on the deck and hull are from ground pastel gray and rust
pencils. Decals were then applied (ship numbers from the kit, the flag
is one of Duane Fowlers commercially available sets), and then an overall
coat consisting of Future, mixed with 25% Tamiya flat base, and then 10%
Isopropyl, plus a few drops of light gray paint to give the entire model
an overall muted and faded look. |
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And that, as they say, is that! Of course I have
picked up a few other kits while building this one. Now to pick a
follow-up... |
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