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Post by Boots on Aug 8, 2024 21:01:18 GMT
OH YESSEROOONIE!!
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Post by Armorguy on Aug 8, 2024 21:06:45 GMT
OH YESSEROOONIE!! π€©π
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Post by JEFF on Aug 8, 2024 21:23:54 GMT
Sweet Mother of Pearl.
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Post by tommygunn on Aug 9, 2024 0:17:58 GMT
Canβt tell the difference between the test fit and the real pictures!
I will be doing something similar with a couple of my battle ships.
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Post by Paul B on Aug 9, 2024 7:55:07 GMT
Yes, yes and yes
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Post by bwilt on Aug 9, 2024 8:15:59 GMT
So, which of those three is yours???
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Post by Armorguy on Aug 9, 2024 8:19:59 GMT
Jeff, you're too kind!π Tommy, you'll nail the idea of yours.π Paul-bro, happy, happier, happiest.π I started the day with the smell of paint fumes in the hobbyroom, there's no better way for a modeller. A firm coat of gloss black x-1 was sprayed onto the white of the picture frame. Masking, then the sea colouring (and it'll be a time consuming job...1/700th scale remember?)π
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Post by Armorguy on Aug 9, 2024 8:21:11 GMT
So, which of those three is yours??? You stop it Bert!πππ
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Post by Boots on Aug 9, 2024 10:06:40 GMT
Thats tidied that up very nicely fella
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Post by Armorguy on Aug 9, 2024 10:44:12 GMT
Thanks Boots-bro, meanwhile I have decided to mask the glossy black sides and to spray on German grey xf-63 with just a drop of gloss clear x-22 added to it which gives it more of a satin look. I did this as I want to enhance the contrast gloss#satin (the sea part is high gloss).
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Post by JEFF on Aug 9, 2024 14:14:19 GMT
Absolutely marvy,Guy. Good idea with the different gloss levels.
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Post by SteveM on Aug 9, 2024 21:14:48 GMT
The frame and seascape look brilliant AG. I'm watching with great interest..
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Post by Armorguy on Aug 9, 2024 21:57:51 GMT
Jeff and Steve, thanks for jumping by and giving me courage. I did a lot of airbrushing this afternoon working from dark to light blue shades. The U-boat will be glued in tomorrow and the remaining gaps will be filled and coloured by airbrush. When that's done I'll slap on the foam and bring it more to life.
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Post by Paul B on Aug 10, 2024 6:22:57 GMT
Certainly starting to look like the north Atlantic now
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Post by Armorguy on Aug 10, 2024 8:34:21 GMT
It's a start my friend, a lot of fiddling lays ahead.
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Post by Ian H. on Aug 10, 2024 10:49:33 GMT
Amazing work on every aspect of this, Guy!
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Post by Armorguy on Aug 10, 2024 12:10:27 GMT
Thank you Ian, I've been busy with the definitive placing of the U-boat in the gap I cut out for it. I used Magic Sculp to get that job done. More transparent gel medium was brushed on in two thin coats. The product has to cure and harden thoroughly between the stages. Checked the water bling factor (the left and right part of the photo was faded, so this was cheating a tadπ«£, and a filter was added). Happy with the result though.
Next : fooooooooam.
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Post by Paul B on Aug 10, 2024 12:17:56 GMT
Cheating or not, that looks fabulous
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Post by Armorguy on Aug 10, 2024 12:20:29 GMT
Thank you Meister P.ππ
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Post by Ian H. on Aug 10, 2024 12:55:14 GMT
Wow! I can almost hear Jurgen Prochnow screaming from the conning tower.
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