1/700 Amagi diorama

[SilverGhost]

Marijn, great weathering work!!!
Looks very nice!

[marijn van gils]

Many thanks Andrew!

But I'm just getting started�
A lot of weathering still has to follow: discoloration, dust, rust, waterline dirt, � and of course shading and highlighting.

Cheers!

Marijn

[zs180]

Yes! I've been waiting to see this kind of masterful weathering and I got just what I expected, or even more!
More of this please, it's so enjoyable!

[Goodwood]

Bloody hell, the epic Belgian strikes again!

Seriously m8, top effing museum quality there�bump that bar any higher and it'll be in low Earth orbit!

[Brett M]

Hey Marijn....loving all the little details you've been adding to this great work. The guide to how you're completing your work is beyond great.

Keep it up, this will be impressive when done!

[Silenoz]

Thanks for the how to and the splendid photographs that are accompanying it...

Marvelous result so far too...

[marijn van gils]

Many thanks guys!

There will be (a lot) more, but it will take some time as I'm going to leave on a 4-week holiday soon, and I will only be able to continue afterwards�

Cheers,

Marijn

[Ronald47]

Have a nice holiday

[marijn van gils]

Thanks Ronald!

But there is still time for one more detail, that I really like about this ship. ?
Apparently Amagi, like other IJN ships camouflaged in port at the end of the war, had some sand yellow camouflage haphazardly applied to some of the gun and director platforms.


I painted this with Humbrol enamels by hand, following the historical foto�s as closely as I could.





Also the stern area had this improvised camouflage paint applied.



Cheers,

Marijn

[Joe Simon]

Great work Martin!

[GewoonWouter]

Good to see an update. Actually a nice touch, that camouflage. Well spotted!

And bizarrely enough some of your PB photos in this thread are still visible and some aren't...quite strange. But pleased to see that not all is lost though ^^.

Keep it going Marijn

[Dan K]

It looks marvelous.

[LE BOSCO]

HI Marijin

Always a big slap in the face when have seen your progress I like it
"j'adore "
cheers
Nicolas

[marijn van gils]

Many thanks guys!

The discussion in the Unryu CASF thread helped a lot in figuring out what to make of the video and photo's of the real thing, even if this will still be my own interpretation (as a model in fact always is anyway). Thanks again Dan!

Cheers,

Marijn

[J. Soca]

This is simply beautiful! your level of attention never seizes to amaze me!




Jose

[pascalemod]

great build, following with interest!

[Aop Aur]

Very nice progress! Keep us updated!

Aop

[marijn van gils]

Thanks!

Don't worry, I'll post updates when I have them. But I have been on holiday abroad during the last 4 weeks and haven't done any modelling. I actually got back only last night at 2am!
Hopefully I'll get back to the bench soon now�

Cheers!

Marijn

[marijn van gils]

Ok, so I didn't get back to the bench soon�

But lately I have been painting again!
I first added a series of filters over the model to vary the tones, add dust, salt and rust effects.
They are most intended to color the entire surface, but as these consist of very thinned paint they tend to be drawn by capillary action into seams and around details too like washes. That is why I do these at the beginning of the weathering process, so I can add shadows to the seams afterwards.

The stern with only the base colours:
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Over this, filters were applied to break the evenness and get a richer tonal variety. First the surface was dampened, then different colours of heavily thinned oil paint applied, and finally these were blended in the surface.


After this dried overnight, this technique was repeated, but with dusty tones, sometimes adding vertical streaks in the process.


A forward section showing the same process. Intensity was varied so not every part of the ship will look the same. The effect might look overdone in some places, but will become less obvious after some more effects are added later.




The entire hull:


Filters were also added to the burned and rusted bomb damage, but with several rusty tones.




These rusty filters were allowed to flow as a wash too in corners, and some vertical streaks were added at the same time.




The entire interior:



The island received the same treatment:



And so did the flight deck. The aft section:


And the front section:


Next up will be shadows around all the details and some highlighting.

Cheers,

Marijn

[MartinJQuinn]

That looks amazing. Fantastic work.