The quality of the kit was decent, not great, some pinholes and mould defects were present. That said the build was a relatively problem-free one. I had to repair some broken-off detail. The circular AA platforms, masts and booms and life-raft fixtures all had to be scratch built, I used the photoetch supplied with the kit and nabbed a pair of anchors off a Tom's Liberty ship sheet I have lying around. Caenis thread was used for the rigging.
The model was airbrushed and brush-painted with Vallejo and AK acrylics and weathered with tube acrylics, AK weathering enamels and Vallejo pastels. It's the first ship model I have completed in fifteen years or so and my first resin model ever so it has been a guinea-pig for various techniques. It is also the first time I have made a diorama base, it is 3mm plastic card (too thin, it bends ever so slightly so I must mount it to something more substantial), covered with thick watercolour paper, painted with Mediterranean-looking shades of Acrylic tube paint, then "watered up" with Vallejo products. I am satisified with the effect for a first effort.
Broadside view, with the mandatory lighter for size
Quartering view, this and the following two photos were taken with a 35mm tilt-shift lens, tilted at f/11 to get all the interesting bits in focus
View off the bows
Overhead view, somewhat overtilted I am afraid. The sea is in focus at the stern, rather than the ship.
Edited September 9, 2017: Images now reside on Imgur, not Photobucket.
