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[quote="Fossil_13000"]What a wonderful build. I am enamored by the detail you have put into the project. I have one question if you don't mind, you spoke of a taping technique for creating the small shading effect on the hull. Are you doing the base gray then overlaying a tape grid pattern on top then adding a light misting of white over it the get the shading effect?

I have attempted to use other methods to add more detail to the hull but what you have done is by far the best I have seen.

Would love your advice on proper shading technique.

Thanks and regards,[/quote]

Hey,

Yes I use a tape method to produce the oil canning effect on the hull. Like you said, first the base grey, after that I start with the horizontal lines, which are tediously masked one line at a time, then sprayed with the base grey lightened with white.
After all the horizontal lines are done, I start masking and spraying the vertical lines one by one. And yes it's a tedious process and would prolly be easier with a self made specific mask. After all this is done I mist coat another lightened grey shade to tie and blend the effect down. This usually with reference in hand as it's not equally intense in every area.

Here's a few shot of a different project for examples:


The bow area only has the horizontal and vertical lines without the mist coat.
[url=https://imgur.com/btq0Ceu][img]http://i.imgur.com/btq0Ceuh.jpg[/img][/url]

The stern with mist coat already applied.
[url=https://imgur.com/IYbcgK8][img]http://i.imgur.com/IYbcgK8h.jpg[/img][/url]

What a wonderful build. I am enamored by the detail you have put into the project. I have one question if you don't mind, you spoke of a taping technique for creating the small shading effect on the hull. Are you doing the base gray then overlaying a tape grid pattern on top then adding a light misting of white over it the get the shading effect?

I have attempted to use other methods to add more detail to the hull but what you have done is by far the best I have seen.

Would love your advice on proper shading technique.

Thanks and regards,

wow?fantastic?nice work?I have learned your skill?thx

Another impressive model from you! Thanks for posting; I really enjoyed watching each progress! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Aop

Great work my friend! :woo_hoo:

Absolutely marvelous work and a very good reason to no longer say that modern ships are boring :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Breathtaking!

Jabb

Also I am baffled, everything is fantastic,workmanship and weathering , top notch , hardly see a finer example , my compliments truly an amazing work,thank You for sharing your build.

The weathering you've done looks really very convincing to my eyes. Masterful work!

Brilliant. Love it. :big_grin:

We sure enjoyed this build, and learned some tricks too.... Thanks for explaining, and it sure is a very beautiful model... Congrats with this beauty...

And I think we're done! :big_grin: :big_grin: :big_grin:

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More pictures here! https://imgur.com/a/iLEh5

All in all I enjoyed the build a lot! Hope you do too!

Great details! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:
A lot of work went into this model�

Looking forward to the chopper, and to the pics of the finished project.
Cheers!

Marijn

Welcome mate! :cool_1:

And good stuff if we can be of inspiration and help!

One last chopper left and the ship is finished!

So expect a picture filled post this weekend!!!

:big_grin: :big_grin: :big_grin:

Hello everyone, new to the forum. Just wanted to tell Koppalakki that your work is excellent and an inspiration. I saw your Yamato thread and learned a great deal. I will be posting a small A-86 torpedo boat I'm nearly done with soon, but I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to detail your process. As you are probably aware, it helps us newbies quite a bit to see a master and his techniques. :thumbs_up_1:

Excellent...and not over done! Have a look at DDG-67 USS Cole...

[url=https://postimages.org/][img]https://s26.postimg.org/qrtphufu1/DDG-67-280314_Andere.jpg[/img][/url]

cheers
Uwe

So didn't recieve the last veteran bits this week so might aswell post some other stuff while waiting! :big_grin:

So I had some time to go through and add more details while waiting.

Various ropes made from wire were added in few places. Painted Tamiya deck tan and brown wash.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/xaxfRdQh.jpg[/img]
[img]https://i.imgur.com/vO6ZSDEh.jpg[/img]

White caps for the nulka launchers.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/eIsf0twh.jpg[/img]

Various lights on the aft deck made from random PE stanchions. The light bulb was made from white glue then painted silver and on top of that clear orange.
Then an electric wire added for wiring.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/CyI1JOMh.jpg[/img]

The arrestor cables for the flight deck netting made from uschi rigging line. Lines were cut and then the other end dabbed into CA and put into place. The other end was then just pushed in toward the edge of the deck.
54 in total.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/dnIMbUEh.jpg[/img]

Made sure the PE crane base was seamless. One light and a lot of electrical wirings added.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/8hqvf4Fh.jpg[/img]

Also the additional satcoms (???) added on both sides.

[img]https://i.imgur.com/PwBFoj0h.jpg[/img]

[i][size=200]Soon...[/size][/i]

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[quote="Koppalakki"]I prolly differ from the rest aswell as I don't buy any kits to my stash. I plan my projects in advance and then buy everything I want and go for it.[/quote]

Funny, I'm exactly the same! :big_grin:
I'm pretty sure we're quite exceptional in that way in the modelling world� :cool_2:

The mast looks fantastic by the way! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Cheers,

Marijn

Cheers guys!

Well, to be honest I kinda like these smaller ship projects, as you can go HAM on them and superdetail the **** out of them but the project still won't sucumb you.
Atleast I tend to burn out if it starts to feel too much and you can only see the ship getting finished after years. For some that's okay but I want to get sh*ts done!
I prolly differ from the rest aswell as I don't buy any kits to my stash. I plan my projects in advance and then buy everything I want and go for it.
Yes I do have some unfinished ones but I don't stash them! :big_grin:

Well anyway, everything is moving on fine and dandy, wife took camera away for the weekend so no pics. Close to finishing only thing got me wondering why the Pontos set didn't have the choppers and the RHIBs from veteran like the perry class had?
The kit RHIBs are so out of scale they don't even fit the properly so I won't be using them at all.
I ordered some veteran ones so gonna take some time to get them but I'll finish everything else in the mean time.

So next photo update will be the finished model I bet maybe next weekend maybe the next who knows we'll see!