1/350 Marshal Shaposhnikov
Hi everybody,
A couple weeks ago or so, I started working on what I am going to call the rear sub assembly. (Everything on the lower main deck). Things did not go well. Just about everything that could go wrong, did.
I sprayed the gray and then gloss clear coated in order to try a wash to bring out the details around the control room. The wash wouldn't come off.
I redid the gray and mixed a custom color for the deck. It's more red than I wanted, but will be ok. First batch for the air brush was too thin, and second was too thick. Finally done and clear glossed again.
Applied deck helo decal. It went on crooked and wrinkled, no big deal though, plenty of water on the deck to slide it around. Nope... It went straight through the water and immediately bonded to the deck. It wouldn't budge. I had to scrape it off with a knife and repaint the deck. The result was lumpy and didn't look good close up. Thankfully, the cargo net covers most of the area and hides the lumps.
Any way, I didn't give up, and am glad to be able to say that the rear sub assembly is completely done.
For Posh specific changes:
Discarded the resupply equipment.
Discarded the building from the roof of the hanger.
Discarded the large middle ledge from the sides of the hanger (between the antenna ledges).
Moved the life preservers.
Added another pair of spot lights on control room below the windows.
Added antennas (looks like Posh needs 6 but could only locate 5 of them for sure).
Should have removed most boxes from hanger doors but didn't.
For general improvements:
Added assorted vertical supports.(not located completely accurately)
Added protective barrier wall to leading edge of life raft canister area.
Extended deck stripes to base of hanger doors.
Should have added diagonal supports to cross sword base but didn't.
Should have added pole (and possibly cone shaped wind direction flag) but didn't.
This is my first time building a Trumpeter clear helicopter. I didn't like it.
I didn't want to risk another wash mistake, so all shadows are drawn on with a pencil.
I would have used the more open square patterned design of the GMM cargo net, but the WE net is a little bigger and it's diamond patterned design is more dense and helped to hide the lumpy paint better.
On to the pics. Just sitting on the hull for now.
I think the next area to work on will be the middle sub assembly. (from the forward stack back to the crane area)
Thanks for looking,
Dan.