Here's a little Christmas treat
So bow deck finished. So firstly a dark wash was given. Then some streaking with light grays. After this I drybrushed with black to get those different "compartments" on the deck.
After this a very light mix of thinner and dust pigments brushed on the whole deck. After this some burnt sienna oil washes on specific places for rust. Lastly some more streaking made with a brush dippened in thinner.
Some things to notice. There is no build up of rust or dirt in the bottom of the superstructure front. Most likely because the sea will actually clean it by itself when the waves crash to the deck, or the crew actually takes care of this area.
This is evident from all the photos you can find of this class. But the decks above in the front are always in a dirty condition. You can see this in the photos below aswell.
The railing were also added to the superstructure front. I cut the bottom run off aswell as the ending stanchions as the rails actually start and end from the superstructure.
The decks actually have edges so you could use the railing to produce that, but at this stage to get them seamless might be a bit too hard. So I just got rid of them.
The railing were cleaned and the airbrushed light grey. I didn't use any primer, and even handling with tweezers didn't scrape off the paint. I guess the leveling thinner really does make it more "harder".
After the rails were glued a couple of filters of blue and gray were given to make the rails fit in to the rest of the model.
A couple of shots how the real thing looked in Kiel.
And mine.
And overall again.
