Thank you gentlemen for the kind words, but let's not rush ahead, the end result may not be what I would like. The last few days, for example, were unfortunately not very productive, and the result of my work has become rather doubtful...
Wefalck! I want to depict the ship at the turn of 1912/13, shortly after it entered service, which is why this linoleum thing would be important.
So, I'm looking at the pictures and drawings to see what details have been left out so far, small things anyway, but still clearly visible. The model is missing the place for some temporary cranes, which can be used to lift in torpedoes, for example. The cranes are not, but I replaced their small connection points with 1-1 circular photoetch piece.
Then a telephone and the rear winch controller were missing on the aft deck.
I really hope that Viribus Unitis was also equipped like this, because I couldn't find a photo of it with a clear view of the stern, and the picture was taken on the Prinz Eugene. I put this together from the usual scraps. The bottom of the phone is a cylindrical element, the top is 1 mm evergreen thread, and I glued on the sides a few elements. The controller wheel is a 1/700 photoetch cabble reel piece.
Then came the question of the windows on the balcony. Firstly I filled the gaps of the windows with 3D varnish, then pressed the black-painted frames on top. It became black and not some bronze or gold color because I have never seen such a metallic shine of the frame or the railing in any photo. In my book about the Szent István, it was written that the railing was wrought iron. I think it was simply black. If I was wrong, I will leave it at that. But considering that the balcony was made from the inside, I wanted something extra here. Then I saw in this photo that one of the windows is open!
Since there are 6 photoetchetch parts in the box, and there were 5 on the ship, I cut one apart, which became the frame, and one went inside, as if it were just open window frame. You would have thought that even then, nothing of the whole thing is really visible...
The nameplate is still missing, but for now, as long as time allows, I can't varnish underneath, and the topcoat can't be applied either...
What I really don't like now, however, are the metal plates visible at several points on this deck, 4 of which were placed in the shape of a rectangle. I don't know what they are, but they are quite spectacular. The plan was to draw the black parts along the template with a black marker, and then use a brush to draw over each line with the color of the deck, as you can see in the picture. Well, this doesn't look pretty up close. I'm working on a new solution, but if it doesn't work, maybe I just repaint the 1-1 black stripe.
If I don't report back by then, happy holidays to everyone and happy building!
This is what I don't have the guts to put up... but it's very interesting.
