iggie's transport of delight (USS Montrose) ***FINISHED***

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Re: iggie's transport of delight (USS Montrose)

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That it does Shaun! Mind you, it doesn't do much for my temper on occasion chasing bits of PE around the lounge! :frown:

USS Montrose continues:
Added the bow, fo'c's'le and stern gun decks, some life rafts (yes I know there are some huge pin marks smack in the middle :oops: ; I'm calling them bungs to stop them sinking :-D ) which will get a set of oars each when (if) I get around to making some, yet more bloomin' railings and the foremast stepped temporarily

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What a difference you are making to that old kit, keep up the excellent work
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
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That is looking damn fine already, that etch takes it into another league.
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Agreed you are taking this one to a new level. Just shows what you can do with an old kit.
Keep the pics coming.
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I must admit I never thought this build would get so much attention! :-D
It is coming along slowly, last night was mainly adding a few bits and pieces, such a the funnel, guns, some more rafts, the central mast and such. I also painted the stern railings which got missed the evening before. I now have a lot of landing craft to paint, and their davits to install.... :shock:

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She looks pretty well armed, Iggie. Is it mostly anti-aircraft stuff?

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dwomby wrote:She looks pretty well armed, Iggie. Is it mostly anti-aircraft stuff?

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It would appear to be; from Wikipedia:
1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 calibre dual purpose gun
1 × quad 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) gun mounts
4 × twin 40 mm Bofors (AA) gun mounts
10 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons AA mounts

The kit does not see fit to provide the Oerlikons unfortunately!
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Stunning iggie. Keep the progress pics coming.
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Cheers OT 8-)

And there's more!! :-D
just a few of the many boats & landing craft!
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And with all masts and boat hoists in place. I have added some lines to the hoists but they don't show from fore & aft views :roll:
Oh and I have added some metal mesh into the bottoms of the rafts to tone down the larger block of brown; I hope it'll look better after some weathering.
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The soft toys in the background are the dogs..... :shock:
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Really, really good work !
Agreed, she looks like a busy ship with plenty going on.
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Cheers John :-D

Assembly is now pretty much done on the Montrose, she's had a coat of varnish and I've started some weathering. It looks a tad raw so far but I'll blend it with some darker washes to tone it down

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Not forgetting the landing craft

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Nice.
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Excellent. :grin:
Hoping to return to modelling sometime this year!! :lol:
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Excellent weathering on the landing craft, it really brings them to life.
My work bench is starting to look like Portsmouth Naval Dockyard.
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And...we're done!

I added some more weathering, using various shades of Flory washes dotted onto the hull and dragged down with a fan brush to simulate streaking, along with various splodges onto the decks etc.
Then I sprayed Xtracrylic matt varnish overall, and then did the decals and black hull bottom, plus some sewing-in elastic painted with Anthracite grey for rigging (highly simplified and non-prototypical :) )

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