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Savvy · 12-05-2008

At last an update! work is really getting in the way of my hobbies!!

Ok, all the weathering that i did below the waterline just was'nt right, it just did'nt look like the photo's. So what to do? I know, i'll do it all again....easy! A tin of matt varnish, some oil paint, Mig pigments, white spirit, several knackered brushes, a roll a Tamiya masking tape, some bits of sponge, a whole day of painting, three day's of drying and two hours removing Maskol......and it's done!.....Easy!!

Actually there is still a bit of farting about to do here but it's basically done.

Comments and quetions welcomed,

Sav

**Bunkerbarge** · 12-05-2008

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Originally Posted by Savvy

At last an update! work is really getting in the way of my hobbies!!

Ok, all the weathering that i did below the waterline just was'nt right, it just did'nt look like the photo's. So what to do? I know, i'll do it all again....easy! A tin of matt varnish, some oil paint, Mig pigments, white spirit, several knackered brushes, a roll a Tamiya masking tape, some bits of sponge, a whole day of painting, three day's of drying and two hours removing Maskol......and it's done!.....Easy!!

Actually there is still a bit of farting about to do here but it's basically done.

Comments and quetions welcomed,

Sav

That looks absolutely superb. I don't ever remember seeing salt and barnacle encrustations looking as realistic as that. Fantastic job.

Any chance of a blow by blow account, I'm sure there will be people out there who would love to see how you achieved those effects.

Savvy · 12-05-2008

Hi Bunk,
Thanks for the kind words. It always helps when someone else thinks it looks right, and not just me! If you see what i mean?

Sure i'll type a few words of how i did the effect, have to be later though as no time now.

Thanks again,

Sav.

**Bunkerbarge** · 12-05-2008

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Originally Posted by Savvy

Hi Bunk,
Thanks for the kind words. It always helps when someone else thinks it looks right, and not just me! If you see what i mean?

Sure i'll type a few words of how i did the effect, have to be later though as no time now.

Thanks again,

Sav.

No rush but I'm sure it would be interesting.

Spyderman_uk · 13-05-2008

That looks fantastically real!
If it wasn't for the towel behind it you would have thought the pictures were of a full sized working vessel.

Very nice work.

Savvy · 13-05-2008

Thank you Spydie,

I'm working on a quick 'how to', complete with photo's to show how i got the paint effect below the waterline, so stay tuned!

Sav.

Savvy · 16-05-2008

....Get the effect of salt/barnacle encrustations.

Hello,

As promised here's a quick demo of what i did to get the above effect.
The first pic shows what i used (Minus the oil paints, i forgot to put them in!!)
I used the bits of scourer to dab on the maskol, this was watered down by about 25% as this makes the blobs 'n' spots off the scourer smaller. I followed the weld seams and along the join line where the saddle tanks meet the hull and did a few random dabs here and there for effect.

Once the Maskol is dry you can start to apply the oil paint. I did this by stippling it on with a large round brush (Like you would with a stencil) moistened with white spirit. The effect was faded out towards the scum line, this was also done with oil paint after masking the waterline with Tamiya tape. The tape was removed once both sides were done, followed by a few passes over the whole length with my finger to eliminate the hard edge.

Tip, keep whats left of your Maskol mix and let it dry off in the container you used it from.

After a few days drying the now dry/set Maskol was peeled away from the container i used to mix it up in. This was rolled up into a lovely sticky ball, ideal for removing the maskol on your model!

Thats about it really, the colours i used were copied from photo's of dry docked ships and boats 'Googled' off the net. Hopefully the photo's will explain it better than i have here!?

Sav.

**Bunkerbarge** · 16-05-2008

Superb, many thanks for that Savvy. One day when I'm feling brave I'll have a go at that, possibly with a model I'm not too fond of!!

The finished effect is superb and very very realistic.

Savvy · 16-05-2008

Thank you Bunk,
As this was a "I wonder if?" attempt, i did all the paint effects on top of a coat of matt varnish (Acrylic) so that if it all went tit's up i could at least wipe it all away with a white spirit soaked rag!

Sav.

Savvy · 3 Weeks Ago

Hi all,

Yes it's been a while but i ran out of steam on this build for a while and needed to take a break from it.

But, i'm back on it after seeing the progress being made by Glenn Buckner on his build of U-249, bet you never expected that, eh Glenn!?

Cutting folding and glueing up the PE net cutter from the Eduard set, it became apparent that using the kit struts, as indicated in the Eduard intructions would be a poor substitute for the 'more to scale' brass rod i had.

Believe me when i say that this was alot easier to say/think than it was to do! The placement and angles of the struts were taken from a photo of u-69, taking in to account that somthings on the Revell kit just don't add up when compared to the real deal! I quite happy with the way it turned out in the end and once painted up and weathered should fit in well with the rest of the boat.

Sav.