Check out this Warship's paint job!

[Dan Randall]

I always look forward to seeing what Kier Hardy and his chums have been up to each month, but this 4mm scale Warship is something else....

http://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/modelpageindex.html

Can anybody attending Kettering tomorrow please show this to Pete Waterman and ask him very nicely to add the 7mm version to his range - soon!


Regards

Dan

 

[AJC]

It is really very, very impressive bit of modelling. What a heap! It's difficult to believe the real thing was still in traffic like that - a testament to Swindon's love of filler and, by the looks of it, rubbish surface preperation prior to being painted blue.

Adam

 

[Colin M]

http://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/modelpageindex.html

There are some really awe inspiring modellers about! Scrolling down that page made me think, "I must get on with more modelling to improve my standards!"

 

[mickoo]

I must get on with more modelling ........

Or just give up and take up weeding, can't go wrong with that!

Some nice stuff on there, the Deltics look nice and yes a 7mm Warship is long sought after after DJH/Tower stopped theirs, but to be fair nowt beats a Fred Phipps Warship .

 

[lancer1027]

What a great bit of knackered look weathering.

I would love to know the process to achieve something like that.

Rob

 

[Dan Randall]

What a great bit of knackered look weathering.

I would love to know the process to achieve something like that.

Rob

Rob, there's a column to the left of the photo where you'll see updates for each month. Click on the March update and you'll see a couple more work in progress pictures.


Regards

Dan

 

[lancer1027]

Cheers Dan

 

[Pennine MC]

Without even looking, the process involved can essentially only boil down to the application of different colours and consistencies of paint, blended together in as many stages as it takes to get the desired effect. This isnt to undervalue Keir's work, because it's clearly top notch, but a lot of folk seem to be put off attempting weathering by a perception that there's some sort of magic ingredient involved. If there is one, it's just persistence.

 

[Dikitriki]

If there is one, it's just persistence.

And the cojones to start.

Richard

 

[BrushType4]

Very nice. Just need to get my confidence up before I tackle expensive loco's.

 

[Dog Star]

And the cojones to start.

And for those WTers who do not speak Spanish.... ?

To be sure, someone here will have a suitable smiley.

 

[Pugsley]

Balls to them

 

[Pennine MC]

Very nice. Just need to get my confidence up before I tackle expensive loco's.

Confidence is largely what it's about. Not that things will always go precisely to the 'recipe' - because they wont - but the confidence, based on experience and judgement, that you can overcome any setbacks. That might mean going over things again, or maybe adapting them into a different effect than what you had in mind. That only comes with practice (which, as an aside, should not be done on anything expensive).