DavidP wrote:
that is what I'm doing with my Revell 1/429 scale modified Arizona hulls to make all the classes of the OBB from the Arkansas to the Colorado's during different time periods of the war. an example is the Pennsylvania & Nevada at the end of the war with the Arizona & Oklahoma at the start of the war.
Yes, I think it is not interesting to model the ships in class the very same period, or very same camouflages/appearances.
Froggy84 wrote:
Hi Aop & Aur,
You are doing great! I like the colour scheme you've chosen as well.
I'm not sure if you've come across this painting before but there is an artist Frederick W. Bumford (active 1979–1986) who has painted the four of the HMS Thunderers built from history including 1781; 1877; 1912 but he also painted the lion class HMS Thunderer that was the fourth lion class that of course was never built. He painted this in 1986 but it is interesting because it's an artists impression of what she may have looked like at sea...
Thought you might like to have a look at it.
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http://artuk.org/discover/artists/bumford-frederick-w-active-19791986The HMS Thunderer series are on display at the Britannia Royal Naval College.
Regards,
Phil
Thanks a lot, Phil! It really means a lot! I have seen that painting before while doing an extensive research on the Lion plans on Google, but didn't see what the name of the artist was. He is a good painter. I would assume he used some of the plans and a few photos of the KGVs to create the painting. Both my brother and I are also painters, so we admire a lot of paintings as well. We are soon going to make a boxart painting of the Lion for a 1/700 resin kit we designed to be released under Tom's Modelworks. So that will be the second Lion class painting on the internet! But regarding the kit, we still cannot promise though, as we would need to get more of the designs done. At least there will be resin parts, PE and instruction! 1/700 Rodney's 16" barrels can very well be used.
Thanks for looking and comments/criticisms are appreciated!
Aop