What? No thunderbox Kev?
You are doing a really fantastic job fitting out the MAS,

Definitely no thunder in my box !!

Just thought Al did you put in an overside discharge on your box or are your drains backing up. Could be a real cause for thunder

Thanks for your comments

Kev

Well made some more progress on wardroom









A few details required to complete the wardroom.



For reasons I've yet to explain to myself I decided I wanted the liferaft cradle empty.


So I've gone from this





To this





Got to admit I'm pleased with how it turned out, justifies the holes I've made in my hand with the soldering iron !!


Thanks for looking


Cheers Kev

Speaking of soldering irons, I had a friend who used to always clean his iron tip on his overalls leg, then one day he went to work and wore shorts. He attending medical later in the day after soldering for a little while with a bad burn on his upper leg..
Nice work there Kev, but I wouldn't be putting to sea with an empty raft holder..

Cheers Warren but there's not a lot of call for a liferaft when you sat in a cradle on dry land

Love the work you have done in the Wardroom. Looking fantastic.....Cheers mark

It just keeps getting better Kev, very elegant woodwork in the accomodation on this ship. Now just waiting for the big plate of "pasta" on the wardroom table "just like Mama used to make"
Julian

Finally I've got something to post

After two weeks holiday and having stripped the deck three times I think I have tamed the airbrush and masking tape !! :yahoo:





I can't write a book on how to airbrush/mask but I bet I can tell you most of the ways not to do it ;o)

I've used Vallejo paints with a little tan to tone down/weather the white and tan and orange to tone the red, looks right to me.

Yes, I will be touching up the dark grey! Tooo excited to wait had to post.



Couple of other successes are the props. Painted with bronze printers ink left to dry. Green & Ochre spot oil wash dry, then White & Ochre wash.



After / Before



If anyone has any ideas how to weather large areas of light/dark grey I would be most interested to hear...


That's all for now, thanks for looking.

Cheers Kev

Nice work Kev, the props are fantastic. Weathering a large grey deck? Some post shading with Tamiya smoke, maybe a filter and definately several washes and pin washes with oils.

Cheers Julian,
Any thoughts on what colours to use for washes & pin washes on light/dark grey, I'm really a novice at this.

Kev

I use Sepia, Lamp black, Wash brown,Burnt sienna and for grey tones Paynes grey and the new oil colours from AK. Also get yourself a couple of "Feathering brushes" and use a good quality artists odourless thinner.

Thanks Julian, I'll give it a try...

Small step forward, I managed to rig the lifebuoys with real thread lines. I was pleased with the bleached out orange look Citadel Paints 'Vomit Brown'



The world today revolves around photo etch but I've got to say I amazed at the delicacy of modern moulding !!





Thanks for looking,

Cheers Kev

Sorry to rain on your parade here Kev, but.....
The orange life buoys look great but I am nearly 100% sure that orange buoys didn't come into use until after the second WW.

LOL ! More a thick fog I think..

I must admit I had my doubts and I couldn't find a definitive answer.

Oh well the rope looks good and I wont be fixing them yet,

thanks for your thoughts

Cheers Kev

Really liking what you have done so far. She is going to be mighty impressive......Cheers mark

Terrific work Kev, really looks the business.

Cheers

Al

Kev, you are doing a fantastic job on your boat! Is all that wardroom for God or are you going to incorporate a clear roof so you can see it all?

I wish I had left my roof loose so you could see all the work that went in there.. At least I have photos I suppose.

Best of luck with the rest of the build
Warren

Thank you guys for your kind comments and support

Warren, deck will be firmly fixed in place but I do intend to fit some LEDs below deck to light what can be seen through the various apertures !!

I wonder has anyone ever done a cut away patrol boat like you used to see in comics and annuals of my youth.

Now that would be an interesting project.

Do you think Griffon could do an interior PE set

Cheers Kev

At last I get to post some more pics !!

Weathering in progress, think I'm happy with the effect...














Hopefully on these last three pics it looks like the deck paint has worn through to the wood and you can see the caulking in the planks.







Thanks for stopping by and looking, sorry its been a time between posting. Your comments welcome...

Cheers Kev

Looks good Kev, understated, but very convincing. Al

That looks very good Kev, nice look to the grey paint work.
I like it a lot. You might try experimenting with one of those feathering brushes to break up the edges of the brownish stains but it is certainly not a must Have a virtual beer on this progress sir!

Thanks guys !

Julian, I bought a fan brush...brilliant for blending!!
The darker brown in the scuppers I wanted to look more like a spillage. Fixing more of the deck fittings so now looking to blend those in.... on going work as they say

Cheers Kev

Well made some more progress, started quayside for diorama...

Made up from bits of wood/ply I had kicking around. Laid some 2mm deep wood expansion gaps, which gave me a level to scrape the Concrete (tile grout) back to.

On the face I planted wood 3 x 9mm to scrape the stone (finishing plaster) back to.







Stone was textured with sponge and scribed in as the plaster started to set.







Think it will look ok when painted/cluttered









Need to wait for plaster to dry out before painting..

Thanks for looking, your comments welcome

Cheers Kev

The slipway is brilliant, some painting and weathering and it will be the perfect base for the MAS. The deck of the MAS looks suitably used without being ripe for the scrapheap. All in all coming along in very nice leaps ands bounds Kev,
treat yourself to a virtual beer and give yourself a big pat on the back.