Tamiya 1:350 Japanese Battleship Musashi Build Thread

[rjwood_uk]

so barry, i am painting the hull jn grey....what colour should i pime it with? i have white or grey. which one would be best?

got to give the whole lot a wash first!

[Bunkerbarge]

Hi Guys,

The attached pictures were taken of our decks this morning. Unfortunately difficult to get a true picture with the sun so bright and the deck such a light colour.

I also took one under cover so that the colour might come out a bit more.

Although to be realistic the saturation should be increased a little the main point for me is the consistency of the colour of the wood from one plank to the next. The only exeption to this is when it gets wet when teak takes on a dramatically darker hue as in the last picture. Have a play around with the hue and saturation to see the colour show through a bit more.

Anyway just to generate some ideas for you and give you some food for thought. Ships wooden decking generally looks pretty similar to this but age and type of ship play a part. Decks get more discoloured with age and neglect but generally are quite an even shade throughout. You would find darker colouration around well used access areas or around machinery such as windlasses and capatans.

[rjwood_uk]

thanks alot richard, thats great! now just to deside how to do it.

so any tips on what colour primer

and also how to make a poll???

[Bunkerbarge]

You would have to ask John about setting up a Poll I'm afraid.

Although a darker primer would offer a better base for a darker finish colour there is a sound argument for using a lighter one to help highlight imperfections in the hull when you rub down and fill.

If you think the quality of the hull is good then just go for the darker primer. If the hull needs a bit of work on it first then maybe do a coat of white, do your filling and rubbing then a coat of grey before the top coat.

If you are looking at a purely static model, the hull is perfect and a dark colour to start with you may even consider missing out the primer. I didn't bother with a primer on the U-Boat. I think the paint has a good enough adhesion and it is all going to be protected with an overcoat of flat clear when it is complete.

[Nigel.D]

Hey guys look at these pics i found they are awsome
http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/german-navy?page=1

[rjwood_uk]

nice picture of the bismark for you there richard!!

the one of the two u-boats shouting over to each other is quite funny.

nice site, thanks nigel!

[Nigel.D]

Nice pics Richard but thats a very posh cruise liner not a battleship !!! But to add a bit here i know i havent lived my life at sea and walked many a deck (shaded ones lol) but looking at a lot of colour ww2 pics of battleships the deck colours did not seem that uniform also the effect i think looks much more convincing on a model rather than a plain surface
see
http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/us_navy/alf
I think in the end its like aircraft colours you know a seaharrier should be extra dark sea grey but if you painted it in that colour it looks soooo wrong Also i got to admit i like a little of the emphasis that has been given to the deck on the model to me it seems more real!!!! :-)

[Nigel.D]

Rest of that site is just as good the quality is incredible

[Pogo]

Scale colours help.

[rjwood_uk]

ok thanks alot nigel, is there anyway you can dumb down your way to do decking a bit for me? (just explain it a bit better) i spoze i am going to just have to decide when it comes to it!!!