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Hi all,

After a long long time with no finished models (i spend too much time bulding ship models, so i do not have time to build ship models...) i present you a couple of 1/700 ships.
Both are Combrig 1/700 kits, with lot of PE and scratch details (mainly brass tubes, pipes and Master turned masts), painted with lifecolor paints and lightly weathered with oils and pastels
Lifeboats and some small guns are from Micromaster, they are a "few thousands steps ahead" of everything else on the market, while steam launches are from kombrig kits.
Both models are placed on a 15 mm black plexyglass base, grooved for fitting the protective plexy case, custom made for my needs.
Sea is simulated with heavy watercolour paper (Saunders Waterford 300g/m2, Rough Grain Torchon) painted with mixtures of lifecolor acrilics and covered with glossy gell stippled with an old brush to add movement to the surface.

The inflexible kit was slightly modified to match pictures from internet, that were used as a guide to figure out some areas of the ship.
The torpedo launching device on the bow was simplified because i could not find a better way to build it (and thanks to the members of the forum who helped me in figuring out what the hell that arched contraption was). As soon as i find a way to replicate that better i'll replace the one on the kit with a new, more correct one.
ION models figures from different sets are used for the crew.












The PE fret of Italia's kit was extremely thin and fragile, completely impossible to recover a wrong bend.
The flying brige with it's supports was a real pain to build and place in the correct position, only way i found to have a solid piece was to solder the three flat pieces mounted on the bottom half of the funnels, then adding the railing (white ensign models leftovers, to give some strenght to the bridge structure.
The supports on the underside were glued to the platform after painting and placing it, to be sure to not interfere with the placing of the bridge on the funnels.
The rest of the model was really an easy build...but that bridge is a nightmare!







Cheers from italy

Stefano

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Very beautiful models! Nice clean builds, and I really like the rigging. Very nice detail with the white trim on the hull.

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Very nice pair of iconic ironclads. Very clean and elegant. Thanks for sharing your photos!

Lovely pair of builds!

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Ciao a tutti!

Just two beautiful, very sharp build and painted clean models, on a nice sea base!

Congratulations Stefano!
Well done
BZ

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thanks to you all.

Hypno7, the white trim is a really thin xtradecal decal stripe, as is the boot line, and the "antifouling red" is a thin decal stripe too.
I think that this is (for me) the only way to achieve a really thin, constant line...

Cheers,

Stefano

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Not 'my' scale, but two wonderful models in a nice presentation

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Hey Stefano-

-long time no hear!

Two very cool ships indeed.

well done



Jim Baumann

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These are really beautiful models. Italia especially has the extreme steampunk look of many late 19th century warships.

Two beauties! Perfect 10

(ps: the italian flag is smashing and rigging simply spectacular)

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Outstanding!

Question - for Inflexible, how did you handle the complex structure supporting the larger boats aft? Did you assemble the whole structure in advance before gluing it down? Did you paint the rest of the stern superstructure before you installed?

Hi all, thanks for your appreciation for my two little ships.


yes, i've been absent for quite a while from the forum...



JC, i assembled and painted the hull and decks before building the complex (and damned) structure on the stern.
I found out that it was almost impossible to build it as per the instructions, so i placed every single segment down one by one (after having painted them white) trying to center them on the reeeeeally small notches on the bulkheads, then mounting the catwalks.
Be careful with the forward single element, as the catwalk is too short to place in the correct notch on the deck. I replaced the catwalk with a strip of brass from the frame of a fret that was of the right width.
One last note, i had to slightly adjust the cradles shape in order to accomodate the micromaster boats.

hope this helps.

Cheers,

Stefano

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Thank you that is helpful. I might PM you other questions later if that is ok!

Excellent work.

JC, feel free to ask any question, i'll be more than happy to help, if i can.

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Ahoy Stefano

did I send you these...? ( or did you not ask for them...?

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Jim, you posted them when i asked in the main forum what that hellish arched contraption on the bow was and these pictures were very useful for general detailing of the model

so thank you again for posting them, hope they'll be useful for other modelers!

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Building myself an 1880s ship, I appreciate why noone really builds these because of this "hellish contraption" situation everywhere really. Very cool work you did! well done!

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Beautiful work on both kits. I had my Combrig Italia kit out the other night and was wondering how much of a beast that bridge was going to be to build. When it comes time, I may try my hand at drawing and 3D printing it, if I can get the material thickness thin enough.

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How did I miss these?
Two beautiful models, in very convincing seascapes! Congratulations!

I wonder, how did you do the base on these? I can see you have left some space for a cover. Did you custom make glass cover (or acryllic)? Or did you order them somewhere? I would love to know more on this as I want to find a working solution for my models that is also as elegant as yours.

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