Steve Jones
Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site
Ditto. Well worth the extra effort. Thanks for the links. They are very helpful
1/700 scale IJN Ships make over
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rtfoe
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Thanks Wouter and Steve,
With all this time now I can look at the builds differently and make the corrections and work on the little stuff. Glad to have helped with the links. Would like to see more ships done here as !/700 is starting to pick up. Brands like Fujimi and Hasegawa are upping the level and churning some really good kits. Unfortunately you only see them marketed in Japan. We do get them here as one LHS brings them in. We even have HMS Hermes in early and late variants. Then you have from Trumpeter the Queen Elizabeth class battle ships in early and late configurations. Basically spoilt for choice and for me opening a can of worms...how am I to concentrate on the other genres that I like.
Cheers,
Richard
With all this time now I can look at the builds differently and make the corrections and work on the little stuff. Glad to have helped with the links. Would like to see more ships done here as !/700 is starting to pick up. Brands like Fujimi and Hasegawa are upping the level and churning some really good kits. Unfortunately you only see them marketed in Japan. We do get them here as one LHS brings them in. We even have HMS Hermes in early and late variants. Then you have from Trumpeter the Queen Elizabeth class battle ships in early and late configurations. Basically spoilt for choice and for me opening a can of worms...how am I to concentrate on the other genres that I like.
Cheers,
Richard
boatman
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HI Richard ive only just got round to lookin through your thread an im amazed at your build dio an how you build such small ships really brilliant you are a true moddeler
chris
chris
rtfoe
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Thanks Chris for the kind comment and so are you as we both build at the two separate ends of scale. Mine though is glued down and don't move which is less of a headache but does strain the eyes. 
Cheers,
Richard
Cheers,
Richard
rtfoe
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Hi Guys, I know it's been nearly 2 years since I touched this dio. Even sadder is that the late Simon was waiting for the above train to be painted. Well today while pondering the USS Constipation, North Africa dio, Malayan Emergency and its monkeys, I decided to destroy my eyes and paint the train and trucks. These are 1/700 if you guys remember. Took me 3 hours and I haven't gotten to the wheels but here's the progress shots...
Ow!! My eyes...need a rest before more detail clean up. Hope it was worth the wait.
Cheers,
Richard
Amazing work.
Looks good.
rtfoe
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Thanks Paul and Tim, apologies for taking so long to render these little guys.
Acrylics made the painting a little faster...wonder what it would be with enamels or oils.
Cheers,
Richard
rtfoe
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No magic wand Rick but some have said I keep a shrinking ray gun and use it regularly.Niiiiiiiiiice Richard!! Love the train.....can't wait to see it in "operation"!!
......just tell me where you keep your magic wand!
I wasn't happy with the dark tones to the wharf surface and painted the individual concrete slabs in lighter shades...I'm halfway done so you can see here in the first photo the dark surface and half of the painted slabs in the other.
Looking at adding trees just behind the left gun tower.
Cheers,
Richard
scottie3158
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That is the dogs mate.
rtfoe
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Woof woof guys
A bit of a trial as Vallejo paints tend to dry darker so I have to lift the pigments higher which can look rather stark.Cheers,
Richard
rtfoe
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Thanks Andrew...it'll be a wow from me too if I finish this sooner than anticipated.
Cheers,
Richard
rtfoe
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Thanks John, good to have you along. I will be doing bits on the wharf before I tackle the ship rigging for 5 main ships and a few auxiliary vessels...not including the figures which I'm also gathering. Looking at adding some Japanese sailing junks and fishing trawlers just like the scene in the first Midway movie. These may need to be scratched.
Cheers,
Richard
rtfoe
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Hi, the last time I worked on the extra wharf it hadn't been painted yet.
This is what it looks now after painting it just now...
I have also stuck on the train and vehicles...
Cheers,
Richard
This is what it looks now after painting it just now...
I have also stuck on the train and vehicles...
Cheers,
Richard
scottie3158
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Richard.
That looks excellent mate beautifully detailed.
That looks excellent mate beautifully detailed.
rtfoe
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Thanks Scottie, I didn't have time to do the trees although I had the materials ready. That would be next.
Cheers,
Richard