Recent content by Longbow

I usually build ships & planes, but came along this model from Paper Manufacturing. Having never built a model of this category I gave it a try. And wanted to share it with you. It was fun to build, the fit was very good, some colours were a bit off, but retouching with paint solved a lot. I...

Proceeded with the smokestack, finished the lower part. There is to be a mast on top of it, but I will wait with the construction untill I have completed all lower parts in order to avoid damage. I added the 'railings' on the sides using leftovers from my earlier 'Prince of Wales' build. Never...

Thanks Oliver ! I started with the deckhouses. I thought it wise to build the deckhouses like Sakrison did in his superb build of the Bismarck: almost complete them and then glue them to the hull. It makes the work easier and prevents damage to both. Started with the middle deckhouse with the...

Well, I am happy to report the hull is almost ready. I attached the sides first, attached the bottom from the outsides to the centre. Strangly enough I got some 3 mm more paper than I needed. No problem, better too much than a gap. I painted the hull with Vallego flat red, the water line with...

Thanks ! The 'new' GPM paper is quite thin. I guess 100-120 grams paper. I think that this is one of the main problems the hull was so wrinkled when I started. I have applied one side yesterday evening, using the tip to glue the parts of the side first and then apply it. I am not disappointed...

Gentlemen, My proceedings so far : First I stripped the sides and bottom hull and cleaned the formers from glue parts that were left. I left the dome as it was; it was reasonably smooth. Just painted it with water colours. Because oase (the stuff the flowershop works with) is easier to cut...

I'm sorry to say that disaster struck. I sanded the hull, put on a bit of putty -and Bison constr kit, sanded again and thought I had a reasonably smooth hull. It does not have to be perfect: it is a paper model after all and should be recognisable as such. I thought of spraying in stead of...

As the outer has been assembled, and I did not want to start anew I have decided to sand the seams and the dome. Then I will apply some putty to the bowdome to create a better bulb shape. And sand again, and reapply putty, and sand again. You get the picture. When this does not work, I have to...

I applied the hull sides and plating. I am not very happy with it, and honestly do not know how to tackle the problem in order to smoothen in out. I've been thinking of sanding the dome (and other seams) and filling them using some putty. After this I could paint/spray the black belt and the...

I never built a full hull ship. I was (and still am) afraid othe the underwater hull part because of the various seams that (in my eyes) don't look too well. But, try everyting once, so I gave it a go. Being lazy, I bought the lasercut parts. I started with a selecting a straight wooden base...

F813 Witte de With In the early 1970s, the Koninklijke Marine (Royal Netherlands Navy) developed what became known as the 'Standard' frigate, with anti-submarine and anti-aircraft versions using common hull designs and machinery and as far as practicable, common electronics and sensors. It was...

Praying for a speedy recovery !

Zathros, What kind of view do you want ? front/back/broadside ? Or a walk around ? The ship is more than a meter long, so I've got to take the pictures from some distance. Just gimme your 'wish list ':) I've got the dining table to put the model on, is that a problem ?

Zathros, You are so right, I should paint the contact points with the ship using more white or light blue/grey ! Will do so asap, have to remix the paints. The missus is away (works for KLM so she is a lot of the time ooo, and she has got the 'colour' eyes :)) Thanks for the suggestion, very...

I tried to bring life to the water using the drybrush technique with lighter shades of the base colour. Lightened the original color it with blue and white pigments. The paints I use are from the local DIY, the flat brush as well. See the first pic. The second pic shows the first drybrush...