Group Build: Historical Warships of WWII

[Calico Jack]

What do ya'll think looks best?

I would have to say I lean toward the 6 and 9 o'clock, they both have a blue hue that looks good. Final thought... 9 o'clock for me...lol.

 

[scottrc78]

I'm tossed between 3 and 9 o'clock. 12 looks too much like just wood stain and 6 looks a little too sun bleached for the time period.

 

[scottrc78]

I considered a wood deck for my kit, but the wood decks offered in 1/700 look a little too out of scale for me. I used them before and they all fit really nice and were easy to use, they just gave a clunky look to the model after it was finished.

 

[Calico Jack]

@scottrc78 Yes, it is very hard to scale down the deck for 1/700 kits to where they don't look out of place. Even at 1/350 scale this can be an issue.

 

[Edbert]

Gonna be some primer sprayed tomorrow.



A bit disappointed that the plastic part of the catapult (steam piston?) is skewed, it must have slipped while the CA dried.

Still working on an acceptable finish on the decking, the wash worked great is some areas, not so much in others. Plus I'll have to hand paint some of the bits that are gray not blue since the wash has impacted them. Right now I am wishing I had not chose measure 22, hopefully the end results will change that opinion.


Edit to add:
Those deck guns (5-inch?) are really wobbly, thinking I should glue them to whatever elevation is appropriate. What do you ship guys do, have them varied, or all pointing level, or something like 15-degree elevation?

 

[Calico Jack]

Edit to add:
Those deck guns (5-inch?) are really wobbly, thinking I should glue them to whatever elevation is appropriate. What do you ship guys do, have them varied, or all pointing level, or something like 15-degree elelevation.

Actually I believe some variations in the deck blue will give a more realistic effect. As far as the 5" guns, if the model is static, I always pose them in a neutral position. That pretty much goes for all the main armament as well as secondaries and AA.

If modeling in a dynamic diorama, then I will play around with possible positions to reflect action at sea. HTH, you're doing an outstanding job on this Texas build Edbert!