Soon to lay the keel, Trumpeter 1 350 Taszkient or Taskent

[boatman]

Bob,
I usually paint the difficult to reach places first - like the horizontal deck areas on your piccy, then paint the rest - In 1/700, the bits are small, so brush painting is the order of the day - the airbrush only generally comes in for priming, and final varnish coat. I try to make models in separate assemblies ( like turrets, deckhouses/funnels etc ), it saves complex masking & constant retouching of straight lines. Painting on the sprue is one of my normal techniques, but each model can be different in it's treatment - like US WWII warships, with their overall blue decks, where the airbrush is used.
Dave

HI Bob yes what Dave has said in the above is spot on for a small plastic kit like you are building as its stll similar to how i build my big tiger an that in separate assemblies ( like gun turrets, an parts of the S/S so easy peasy an just think ahead on what you are building or painting
chris

 

[BattleshipBob]

Bob,
I usually paint the difficult to reach places first - like the horizontal deck areas on your piccy, then paint the rest - In 1/700, the bits are small, so brush painting is the order of the day - the airbrush only generally comes in for priming, and final varnish coat. I try to make models in separate assemblies ( like turrets, deckhouses/funnels etc ), it saves complex masking & constant retouching of straight lines. Painting on the sprue is one of my normal techniques, but each model can be different in it's treatment - like US WWII warships, with their overall blue decks, where the airbrush is used.
Dave

Many thanks Dave, appreciated

 

[adt70hk]

Sorry Bob, saw it early in the week and forgot to comment..... Looking very good indeed so far

Keep up the good work.

Andrew

 

[BattleshipBob]

Sorry Bob, saw it early in the week and forgot to comment..... Looking very good indeed so far

Keep up the good work.

Andrew

Many thanks Andrew

Going ok but first go at railings coming soon!!

 

[BattleshipBob]

Right progress!

Painted hull and its bum, no topping yet!


The front deck section as you can see is loose, i thought trying to spray the attached lower superstruture in place would be tricky, so sprayed off the hull. Going to spray the upper deck again off the hull and then fit the deck.

Have left off the fittings on the side of the hull, will fit later.

Also started painting the other superstructure bits.


Pleased so far, much better going than Daring! Very pleased with Mr Color. Sprays so well

Hope its ok

 

[boatman]

Right progress!

Painted hull and its bum, no topping yet!

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The front deck section as you can see is loose, i thought trying to spray the attached lower superstruture in place would be tricky, so sprayed off the hull. Going to spray the upper deck again off the hull and then fit the deck.

Have left off the fittings on the side of the hull, will fit later.

Also started painting the other superstructure bits.

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Pleased so far, much better going than Daring! Very pleased with Mr Color. Sprays so well

Hope its ok

YEA Bob boyo you are heading in the right direction well done keep it up
chris

 

[Jim R]

Hi Bob
Definitely progress. Looks good. Glad you're feeling happy with it.
Jim

 

[Mark1]

Looking good so far

 

[BattleshipBob]

YEA Bob boyo you are heading in the right direction well done keep it up
chris

Cheers Chris, getting there!!

Hi Bob
Definitely progress. Looks good. Glad you're feeling happy with it.
Jim

Hi Jim, so am i lol

Looking good so far

Thanks Mark!

 

[BattleshipBob]

Tad more work, boot topping done


Very small paint creep but very pleased with finish

Painted upper deck, did not paint the main deck as i want the hull and the paint to fully cure, its still loose






So far so good, so much better. Not perfect but very pleased, thank god for that lol

Hope you agree folks??

Next respray the bins lol

 

[scottie3158]

Bob,
Looking good mate.

 

[boatman]

SEE i told you Bob mate that you can paint a floaty thing an you are doin great keep it up very well done boyo
chris ps dont waste paint on them bins lol

 

[Mark1]

Nice job, looking very neat and tidy bob

 

[Tim Marlow]

Looks really good Bob, lovely sharp boot topping and overall a very smooth finish.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Bob,
Looking good mate.

Cheers Paul, much better me thinks!

SEE i told you Bob mate that you can paint a floaty thing an you are doin great keep it up very well done boyo
chris ps dont waste paint on them bins lol

Hi Chris
Rediscovered that i can use a airbrush lol

Looks really good Bob, lovely sharp boot topping and overall a very smooth finish.

Thanks Tim, got to grips with the gentle art of masking!

 

[BattleshipBob]

Nice job, looking very neat and tidy bob

Much appreciated Mark

 

[BattleshipBob]

Before you all think it, i have not stopped but i am still plodding along!!

Brush painted the decks using Mr Color after watching a vid on YT i bought Mr Color mild retarder and it brushed ok, but need more practice

Turrets and torpedo tubes ready with a lot of smaller bit painted on the sprues

Still have ships boats to paint, getting close lol

 

[Tim Marlow]

Building up nicely to the great assembly……looking forward to the reveal!

 

[minitnkr]

Looking good. Very nice choice.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Building up nicely to the great assembly……looking forward to the reveal!

Thanks Tim, another learning experiance for me but getting there, need to improve brush painting!

Looking good. Very nice choice.

Many thanks!