Trondheim 24th July 1943 / Work-in-progressnäkymä: Diaesitys Mosaiikki Lista 1January 10, 2016My first German WWII ship... 2January 10, 2016...and its typical camouflage scheme. 3January 10, 2016Replacement barrel for 15 cm make actually little difference... 4January 10, 2016...but the smaller the guns get (twin 3,7 AA)... 5January 10, 2016...or even smaller (2 cm) the difference becomes quite noticeable. 6January 24, 2016in some instances the Trumpeter kit feels a bit over-engineered 7January 24, 2016the radar is from an add-on 8January 24, 2016well, I guess I shouldn't have used those anchor chain "Just because they were there" (in my spare bin) 9January 31, 2016dry fitting of components (30 Jan)... 10January 31, 2016...with some details missing... 11January 31, 2016...as well as side camouflage... 12February 7, 2016Almost finished, including my still rather pathetic attempt at rigging... 13February 7, 2016...also small photo-etch I tend to bend... 14February 7, 2016...the wire is from Uschi van der Rosten and pretty neat... 15February 7, 2016...I still have some guys to add.. 16February 7, 2016...and all the railings (uff) 17February 13, 2016First ship finished... 18February 13, 2016...the railings are OKish (the decal horrible)... 19February 13, 2016...now two more (sub & oil barge)... 20February 14, 2016And here the second ship... 21February 14, 2016...a brisk build over a weekend... 22February 14, 2016...still my photo-etch work can be improved... 23February 14, 2016...but I am quite happy with the (1:350) VII C... 24February 20, 2016...the VII C is complete... 25February 20, 2016...albeit I might have overdone the weathering... 26February 27, 2016...and the 3rd ship of the planned scene... 27February 27, 2016...the Norwegian oil barge "Munkholm"... 28February 27, 2016...an US Oil Barge played the part as it was the only ship I could get... 29February 27, 2016...rigging (uff) still missing... 30February 28, 2016...all three ships safely stored (for now)... 31February 28, 2016...now I can start the groundwork (base)... 32March 6, 2016Dress Rehearsal 33March 6, 2016Dress Rehearsal 34March 6, 2016Dress Rehearsal 35March 6, 2016The inspiration for it all... 36March 13, 2016one step further to finish the base 37March 25, 2016Langsam pinselt das Eichhörnchen (Stein um Stein) 38March 26, 2016Almost complete. The base is still latest bed for colors as it will be covered by foam. 39March 27, 2016close-up after weathering... 40March 27, 2016...I am not sure that I will keep the current "wet" look... 41March 27, 2016This is the first layer of water, before painting (obviously) 42March 28, 2016...the Norwegian sea is blue in the summer... 43March 28, 2016...but maybe not THAT blue... 44March 28, 2016...and I might have overdone the foam... 45March 28, 2016...but overall I am 75% satisfied out to here... 46March 28, 2016...I filled the gaps with more acrylic gel... 47March 28, 2016...sometimes quite a lot of actually... 48March 28, 2016...so I hope that tomorrow after drying everything will be nicely opaque... 49March 29, 2016...the (toiletpaper-made) explosion is not entirely convincing... 50March 29, 2016...and I find myself adding more and more foam to the waves etc... 51March 29, 2016...so that I have to switch to B/W to get a better looking shot. 52April 1, 2016The Niko-made WR 360 and railcars are really great... 53April 1, 2016 54April 1, 2016 55April 1, 2016this is from Shapeways 56April 3, 2016...weekend update... 57April 3, 2016...still cars and people are missing... 58April 17, 2016The 1:350 North Star Models figures are really neat... 59April 17, 2016...albeit in close-up my sub-optimal water surface modeling skills become much more obvious, 60April 30, 2016Basically finished... 61April 30, 2016...some crates and barrels added... 62April 30, 2016...just the unlucky crew of U-622 to be added. Kommentit25 November 2024, 00:34 - Project infoTrondheim 24th July 194362 kuvien1:350valmistunutKaikki albumitNäytä kaikki albumit »