1/700 monitor HMS Roberts (WWII) - Combrig

[Gerarddm]

Blown away by your paint job. OMG.

<sigh> Another higher cross bar to attempt.

[JIM BAUMANN]

VERY VERY SHARP !

HMS Roberts- like Abercrombie-- had various pipes and gash shutes on the sides of the lower hull.

Will you add those later and touchpaint?

The original image link

http://www.naval-history.net/Photo03monRoberts.jpg

here is my old Abercrombie--forgive the poor photo quality--cameras ans know-how have moved on!

http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/sh ... 0_3640.jpg

JIM BAUMANN

I assume you have the book BIG GUN MONITORS?--( the new one!)

if not--drop me an e-mail--I may be able to assist with images

Jim B

[DAVID BILEK]

Hi JIM!

unfortunately I forgot for these pipes and shutes just two months ago when I started (and I had that time only one photo with camo in some japanese book - and there these things were not so visible) and now is too late - Roberts is only waiting for flags. I have to live without this! But it is stupid mistake, I agree...

Cheers

David

[mike mccabe]

But it is stupid mistake, I agree...

David

Not quite as stupid as Petr Cech's last night though...

Lovely model, I can't imagine how you can manage to work so cleanly.

Mike

[Sean Hert]

Oh, I am quite jealous! Excellent work!

WEM, where is the 1/350 Roberts?

[DAVID BILEK]

Probably last update before finish...




(you can see here optical effect with rigging - black wires look thicker than brown, althought both have the same diameter of 0,04mm)

To Mike - do not tell me more about our football team. It was not "unhappy" (as Czech newspapers wrote), it was really stupid disaster.

To Sean - I was never interested in monitors before (which resulted in mistake noticed by Jim...), but now I understand your cry for Roberts in your scale! Strange look and british beuaty!

(complete step by step on my website: http://sweb.cz/DavidBilek)

David

[Miguel]

Fantastic stuff David ,trully a jewel,thank you very much .....great pics

[Guido]

AWESOME!
...
just awesome!
This has written "Masterpiece" all over it! Keep up the great work!
Guido

[DAVID BILEK]

I just finished her! HMS Roberts took two months and it was pleasure to work on such good resin kit from Kombrig.
Next step will be small dio - calm water, then I have to add figures,some tug and small ships.
More pics on my website: http://www.sweb.cz/davidbilek



Thanks to all for comments

David