HMS Fearless
Posted: October 14th, 2011, 8:57 pm
Just in case anyone was thinking i had forgotten about this, i thought i had better upload some progress pictures
1: what i am trying to recreate:
probably one of the few ship box artworks that lends itsself to reproduction as it has more than just sea and shell splashes and the viewpoint is from above the ship.
2: first part of the base
3: the hull will sit down into the hollow. when the well was submerged, these ships did not sit level to the sea but in a distinctive tail down position therefore i could not just waterline cut the hull. with the raised base for the sea level, i can use PVA glue to get the correct hull angle.
4: the ship. this is one of the molds that Airfix really should retire. it never was an easy kit to build but now the molds have deteriorated which just makes it harder.
5: more detail pix, i am using the White Ensign etch for the railings; i always feel that ship kkts without railing look too toy like, but once you start adding them it can become very complex very quickly.
still to do is to finish off the ship, railings and daivots, tidy up the painting, add whip aerials and a white ensign plus a few more decals, rough and paint the sea, add the hull and the landing craft, add the wessex helicopters then some figures and she will be done in time for Telford
1: what i am trying to recreate:
probably one of the few ship box artworks that lends itsself to reproduction as it has more than just sea and shell splashes and the viewpoint is from above the ship.
2: first part of the base
3: the hull will sit down into the hollow. when the well was submerged, these ships did not sit level to the sea but in a distinctive tail down position therefore i could not just waterline cut the hull. with the raised base for the sea level, i can use PVA glue to get the correct hull angle.
4: the ship. this is one of the molds that Airfix really should retire. it never was an easy kit to build but now the molds have deteriorated which just makes it harder.
5: more detail pix, i am using the White Ensign etch for the railings; i always feel that ship kkts without railing look too toy like, but once you start adding them it can become very complex very quickly.
still to do is to finish off the ship, railings and daivots, tidy up the painting, add whip aerials and a white ensign plus a few more decals, rough and paint the sea, add the hull and the landing craft, add the wessex helicopters then some figures and she will be done in time for Telford