1/700 scale IJN Ships make over

[rtfoe]

Started painting the figures. They are now too uniformed. I will do some in khaki and blue for those painting the ship and manning the AA guns.

Will coat them with enamel varnish so they are scratch proof.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Tim Marlow]

Not using that brush you won’t Richard LOL…..the point is about as wide as they are high
Is it just me, or do the signallers on that fret trigger memories of “The Village People“?

 

[rtfoe]

Not using that brush you won’t Richard LOL…..the point is about as wide as they are high
Is it just me, or do the signallers on that fret trigger memories of “The Village People“?

You're right about that brush Tim, I use that as a kicker applicator for CA and was a stand in for size comparison. I used a Daler Rowney No.0 brush without the magnifier.
They're the Village People fan club...they keep popping up everywhere.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[stillp]

Not using that brush you won’t Richard LOL…..the point is about as wide as they are high
Is it just me, or do the signallers on that fret trigger memories of “The Village People“?

Not just you Tim, YMCA was running through my mind when I saw them!
Pete

 

[Allen Dewire]

Nah Pete, "In The Navy" is much more fitting for this build!!!........I think Richard has all their albums too.........................

 

[rtfoe]

Not just you Tim, YMCA was running through my mind when I saw them!
Pete

I was hearing them in Japanese.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[rtfoe]

Nah Pete, "In The Navy" is much more fitting for this build!!!........I think Richard has all their albums too.........................

If you listen to their tracks from beginning to the end they all sound the same.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Tim Marlow]

If you listen to their tracks from beginning to the end they all sound the same.

Cheers,
Richard

Like almost every manufactured pop act in history……

 

[rtfoe]

I was hearing them in Japanese.

Cheers,
Richard

In my head Tim, in my head.

 

[Tim Marlow]

In my head Tim, in my head.

…and there was I just feeling sorry for the poor session musos that had to overdub it……

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Wow Richard those planes are the bees knees! They certainly add a welcome splash of colour to the battleship grey. Not terribly effective camouflage, though, I feel..... Then I looked again...

 

[rtfoe]

Wow Richard those planes are the bees knees! They certainly add a welcome splash of colour to the battleship grey. Not terribly effective camouflage, though, I feel..... Then I looked again...

Thanks Neil, sorry I took so long to reply.

I have a set of Eduard prepainted 1/700 figures and have compared with mine and discovered they don't paint the flesh parts.

Looks like I will have to paint them in then to keep consistency including the black boots and white puttees on the Japanese marines. The green is a bit jarish so will tone down with Russian green.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Mini Me]

Good Idea.......those green uniforms are hurtin' my eyes.

 

[Allen Dewire]

I don't know Richard, but the fret attachment points on those Eduard figs look huge. If you try to remove the one on his head, he might get decapitated for sure. The other fret looks much better in that aspect. Good luck Buddy.......

Prost
Allen

 

[rtfoe]

Good Idea.......those green uniforms are hurtin' my eyes.

A bit jarring ain't it.

I don't know Richard, but the fret attachment points on those Eduard figs look huge. If you try to remove the one on his head, he might get decapitated for sure. The other fret looks much better in that aspect. Good luck Buddy.......

Prost
Allen

I intend to paint the fret attachment white and cut slightly further up so it would look like a sailors cap...hope it works.

Anyway I'm still busy painting the figures and have done some flesh on the Eduard fret. I have left one row undone for comparison. The other frets got the black wash and flesh on. I've reversed the other earlier fret to show the back and the neck flap painted in navy blue for the enlisted sailors.

This time I've got the right brush in the pics.
I count 715 figures in all.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Jim R]

Great work Richard. You certainly aren't making life easy.

 

[rtfoe]

Great work Richard. You certainly aren't making life easy.

Thanks Jim, I just finished painting all 715 of them...yaawwwn...time for bed.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[boatman]

NIGHT NIGHT Richard sleep tight an dont let the bedbugs bite lol

 

[Tim Marlow]

NIGHT NIGHT Richard sleep tight an dont let the bedbugs bite lol

After that lot, if a bedbug turned up Richard would have it looking like a matelot in no time Chris

 

[rtfoe]

After that lot, if a bedbug turned up Richard would have it looking like a matelot in no time Chris

With eight legs.