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Post by Loiner on Mar 27, 2011 17:32:27 GMT
Trying to track down the colours is proving quite difficult, for 5-H Haze Grey, 20-B Deck Blue and 5-NB Navy Blue (Measure 22 scheme). I know White Ensign do them and I'm sure they'd be a perfect colour match but they only do enamels and I'm only used to working with Acrylics and not keen on enamels. I've checked out the 'Ultimate colour reference chart' that has been publicised a bit, and they give some Tamiya paint references for all three of the above, so I think I'll need to give them a try. www.paint4models.com/paintchart/paintconversionchart20100101b.html#Can anyone else who has painted the US Navy Measure 22 scheme advise what paints they used?
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Post by Loiner on Sept 26, 2011 13:19:54 GMT
Hi. I have Gold Medal set for Missouri but Eduard are cheaper and seem more there for your money. Not started yet as I have a backlog of ships to Spray and finish painting. Yes I to am doing the measure 22 for 1945 Tokyo. Also the Tamiya King George V Battleship for that time zone. Will do them both together,'I hope'. Hi Foxy, just wondering how you got on with your 1945 Iowa class 'Missouri', and 1945 'King George V ' ? My USS Missouri is finally making good progress, mostly finished with photo etch etc all complete, just a few details, crew, rigging and base left to complete.
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Post by frankaplin on Feb 18, 2012 10:07:02 GMT
That sounds like you have been busy Loiner on Missouri.
Do you have any pictures of your finished or near finish, would be nice to see.
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Post by Loiner on Feb 20, 2012 20:45:31 GMT
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Post by frankaplin on Feb 23, 2012 18:24:23 GMT
Fantastic Lioner mate, looks better on water . What did you use for rigging, thats allways been me Achilies heel Glad I asked now. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2012 19:39:47 GMT
Robert, what can I say matey? ... I'm not a ship modeller but that is a fantastic looking model, well done!
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Post by Loiner on Feb 23, 2012 21:26:24 GMT
Thanks very much gents. For rigging, I think as fine as possible improves the impression. I was learning on the job with this and actually used two methods. The longer runs between masts were done with White Ensign's laytex rigging (available on their sales site), but for the rest of it I tried the stretched sprue method advised by Jim Baumann (on the Finewaterline SIG site). I have tried stretched sprue before without success, but Jim's method involving a quick stretch to arms length creates a long hair thin line (as many as you want, instantly), and after much trial and error I settled on attaching them with white pva glue. link - www.finewaterline.com/pages/tips&tricks/sprue/sprue.htm(Incidentally, a full set of photos finally appeared on the modelwarships.com's gallery today)
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Post by frankaplin on Feb 26, 2012 16:24:50 GMT
Great to know Lioner. is that the Lycra Z01 you mean from WEM for rigging. I do use streached spru and have never used anything else, but will try other sources. Have ordered a couple of thease to try .
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Post by Loiner on Feb 26, 2012 18:42:41 GMT
This is the product (not sure if this is advertising or not, but it's just one product I would recommend, though no doubt others are availalble). www.whiteensignmodels.com/p/WEM+Z+01+Lycra+Rigging+Material/8943/But having said that, I think on balance I will try to move towards mainly stretched sprue, although may stick with the lycra for the most vulnerable parts (horirontal runs between upper masts/yardarms) as the one huge advantage is it can be touched/knocked accidentally after fitting and it just stretches easily without breaking. It's down side is it isn't quite smooth unless stretched really tight, then its hard to fix; it's not very noticeable but stretched sprue is perfectly smooth. The good thing is both happen to be the same thickness (like fine hair) so can be used side by side with little noticeability.
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