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Savvy · 13-03-2008

Cheers Bunk,
I scraped back through the paint to the wood with a scalpel, this is more accurate than sanding and offers more control. I made my own stain initially out of oil paint thinned with turps, this was then sort of dry brushed and stippled with various grey enamels which were then feathered with a clean brush dipped in turps.

Savvy · 28-03-2008

Started on the weathering, my favorite part of any build.

All weathering so far is done with MIG pigments fixed with turps.

Sav

maninblack · 29-03-2008

hi mate
weathering looks great!! any tips on how to do it as not that great on weathering
what greys did you use for the boat?????
cheers

M.I.B

Savvy · 29-03-2008

Hi M.I.B,

Right then, first up the greys. The schiffsbodenfarbe (Dark Grey) is revell 74 and the Hellgrau 50 (light grey) is Humbrol 127. For the light grey i used the nearest light grey i could find in Humbrols spray can range. I brush painted the dark grey in downwards strokes as this gives a fine 'grain' in the finish, like rolled steel.

For the weathering i used MIG pigments, but to be honest if ya on a budget get ya self a set of cheap artist pastels. These will work in very similar manner to pigments. You use pastels as a dry powder or mixed up with water into whatever consitency you want. Be aware though that they work best on a MATT finish rather than a gloss finish.

So if you want a gloss finish you need to apply a clear varnish preferably in spray form. This will have the effect of making a lot of your hard work dissapear!!!! so instead of water use turps/white spirit to fix the powder.

In the pix of my Falcon ALL of the weathering was done with pastels and paper masks, see below. Remeber for a good weathering job you need good reference, this way you will end up with a realistic effect.

Any Q's, you know where i am,

Sav.

**Bunkerbarge** · 29-03-2008

One of the nicest examples of this model I have seen. Lovely weathering job and some fantastic textures and finishes.

maninblack · 29-03-2008

hi savvy
many thx for the reply,as i said earlier great looking boat
mick

Savvy · 29-03-2008

Thanks very much Bunk and Mick,

Here's a bow to stern view of the port side, essentially finished but a few tweaks as things progress will no doubt creep in!

Notice how the conning tower is a shade darker than the hull sides, this should come together with the hull as the weathering progresses in this area......i hope

Savvy · 01-04-2008

U-69, it's now official!

After receiving some new photo's of U-69 it was apparent that a few changes were needed. The conning tower railings are now black as per the photo's. I will also need to modify the railings on either side of the 88 deck gun.

Sav.

Savvy · 02-04-2008

More weathering,

Moving up now onto the conning tower. All this is done with pigments thinned out with white spirit applied in the same way you would with oil paint.

Apply a small dot of 'paint' and draw off a fine tail in a downwards motion, quickly swap your brush for a slightly larger brush which has clean spirit only on it, then lightly fade out the tail of the dot in a downwards motion until feathered out, easy!

Sav.

Savvy · 09-04-2008

Ok, onwards and upwards....actually, it's downwards....on the hull that is....I'll get me coat!

Copied some photo's off the net of a couple of U-Boats in dry dock, plus a couple of modern ships and subs to see how they weathered underwater.

It's taken what seems like a week of fortnights to get it to look like this but i'm pretty happy so far.

Sav.