Well, after seeing the newest Pontos detail set I was sold!
So, the basics are the Pontos new Arleigh Burke flight IIA detail set with the Trumpeter Momsen kit.
I was gonna happily already start the kit but someone was clearly angry at me and mixed my orders so getting the kit and detail set has moved into unforseen future!
Let's not let that get us down!
In the meantime here's some of the ideas I've cooked up for this project, so let me know what you think there's still time to fine tune my ideas!
Firstly I wanted to produce that texture of the nonskid surface on the decks.
Some might say that in this scale it might be a bit over, and it prolly it isn't that much in scale but let me know what you think!
So I made it with Mr. Surfacer 500 thinned down to milk and applied with a brush. This is just a test piece mind you!
I made sure I didn't hide the nice tie down details on the etch deck. After about 20 secs of drying I used a Tamiyas zimmerit tool to create the texture.
Then grey brushpainted, some filters, some light washes and pigments later we have this!

Looks ok?
So the other thing I wanted to try out was the weathering of the hull red.
I went to see pictures of ships at drydock untill this image caught my eye!

That looks cool I thought so off we go!
Here's my 1st test!

Ideas? Thoughts? Let me have them!
I go in detail how and what once I actually get to build the thing for real but for now I'm just looking for nice set of reference photos and cooking up more ideas!
Which reminds I did something kinda new for the oil canning effect aswell but a bit more of that later!