by sgtryan13 » Mon Jun 04, 2012 12:06 pm
Great Job, well done all around, and I am especially impressed with the fact that you achieved this look usig only rattle cans for paint, brave indeed!
Since you are looking for any tips to improve, I will offer one that I noticed, that being the rigging;
I will say that rigging is by far my least favorite part of any build, I really do not like it! But, I have recently found some materials that have made my rigging life incredibly easier and not so dreaded. For 1/200, I use fly fishing "Leader" that I purchased at dicks. this stuff is great, and was a breexe to use, and looks very accurate as to it's size. As you pointed out, the wire looks too thick when painted, and I think the same goes for thread. Here is my recently finished 1/200 Yamato which is rigged exclusively with the fishing Leader:
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.html More accurate rigging will really kick the next beauty up another notch.
Give that stuff a try, you will not be disappointed in 1/200. For 1/350 try caenis thread, similar stuff, just way thinner.
Just a suggestion, as you asked for ti, but again, very nice job!
Great Job, well done all around, and I am especially impressed with the fact that you achieved this look usig only rattle cans for paint, brave indeed!
Since you are looking for any tips to improve, I will offer one that I noticed, that being the rigging;
I will say that rigging is by far my least favorite part of any build, I really do not like it! But, I have recently found some materials that have made my rigging life incredibly easier and not so dreaded. For 1/200, I use fly fishing "Leader" that I purchased at dicks. this stuff is great, and was a breexe to use, and looks very accurate as to it's size. As you pointed out, the wire looks too thick when painted, and I think the same goes for thread. Here is my recently finished 1/200 Yamato which is rigged exclusively with the fishing Leader: http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/bb/ijn/yamato-200-rl/rl-index.html More accurate rigging will really kick the next beauty up another notch.
Give that stuff a try, you will not be disappointed in 1/200. For 1/350 try caenis thread, similar stuff, just way thinner.
Just a suggestion, as you asked for ti, but again, very nice job! :thumbs_up_1: