Inspired by, among other things, Archduke Piccolo's recent posting about his scratchbuilt pre-dreadnought battleships, I dug out my own work-in-progress hulls and proceeded a good deal with building them.
The Swedish coastal defence ship Äran got a full paintjob, all she needs now is a layer of gloss acrylic medium and finish on her base (and gluing the hull to said base).
The not-quite Charles Martel (forgot an extra layer of superstructure) also starts to look like herself, finished all twele turrets (the French designers just got a little bit overboard with that aspect) and installed the cabin windows, stacks and upper platform. As you can see I also did a little bit of pre-painting on hard to reach areas. Her main hull will be finished in dark grey, upper structure yellow ochre and the deck a linoleum color.
There are also a few hulls of Tordenskjold-class monitors in the background, more on them at a later time.
Excellent and impressive scratch-built ships, Andrew!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Dean!
ReplyDeleteI am very impressed by your construction techniques - the difference between making models (yours) and toys (mine). That 'Not quite Charles Martel' is great - especially the tumblehome and ram bow. Real 5-star country!
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Ion
Thank you for your kind comment Ion! Shaping the tumblehome hull was a real challenge, even compared to other scratch-building ventures.
DeleteFortunately by now I have developed techniques (not necessarily my own ideas, mind, but picked up from here and there) with which I can shape balsa wood quite efficiently.