Guys I have been flat out working, so a build thread on my beautiful HMK Creations (Joel Stadnick) Seawolf is forthcoming.
In the mean time I hope you enjoy these photos of the boat that came together so beautifully since it arrived under my Christmas tree on Dec 24, 2011.
The boat here in is done save for stern light, and sail light details.
All I need do now is ballast her and she'll be ready for the Australian Subregatta coming up in Easter long weekend in Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Enjoy
I had an enormous amount of fun putting this together.
The paint job, I departed from my usual airbrush colours to try a new method out.
The whole boat is sprayed with an automotive primer grey
The whole boat is then sprayed with a semi gloss black automotive paint.
Next I spray the whole boat, save the anti-skid deck, with a Tamiya spray - new for me I'll see and report how the longevity of these paints hold up.
The Tamyia spray is called "Rubber Black".
I mark up the sonar windows and sonar bow. I sprayed these with Tamiya "Nato Black" -which has a dark green tinge to it. I deaden the green a little by a light dusting of the rubber black.
Joel's model has a beautifully scribed WL demarcation. Marked this off and airbrushed a fine mist of Gull Grey. Note I don't like a solid bath ring and have gone for a subtle demarcation line. Below this line the fun begins. I airbrushed some grey mist, red oxides, even some greens in, as well as some metalic colours too. I avoided apply this weather scheme to any of the sonar arrays as I understand these are less prone to crappy build up.
An interesting outcome is that the sail is the same "Rubber black" colour as the hull. Yet the sail sitting on and being surrounded by the automotive black colour of the anti skid, in these photos seems more similar to the anti-skid than the hull colour.
I am very happy how this turned out.
J
In the mean time I hope you enjoy these photos of the boat that came together so beautifully since it arrived under my Christmas tree on Dec 24, 2011.
The boat here in is done save for stern light, and sail light details.
All I need do now is ballast her and she'll be ready for the Australian Subregatta coming up in Easter long weekend in Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Enjoy
I had an enormous amount of fun putting this together.
The paint job, I departed from my usual airbrush colours to try a new method out.
The whole boat is sprayed with an automotive primer grey
The whole boat is then sprayed with a semi gloss black automotive paint.
Next I spray the whole boat, save the anti-skid deck, with a Tamiya spray - new for me I'll see and report how the longevity of these paints hold up.
The Tamyia spray is called "Rubber Black".
I mark up the sonar windows and sonar bow. I sprayed these with Tamiya "Nato Black" -which has a dark green tinge to it. I deaden the green a little by a light dusting of the rubber black.
Joel's model has a beautifully scribed WL demarcation. Marked this off and airbrushed a fine mist of Gull Grey. Note I don't like a solid bath ring and have gone for a subtle demarcation line. Below this line the fun begins. I airbrushed some grey mist, red oxides, even some greens in, as well as some metalic colours too. I avoided apply this weather scheme to any of the sonar arrays as I understand these are less prone to crappy build up.
An interesting outcome is that the sail is the same "Rubber black" colour as the hull. Yet the sail sitting on and being surrounded by the automotive black colour of the anti skid, in these photos seems more similar to the anti-skid than the hull colour.
I am very happy how this turned out.
J
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