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The Prince of Wales

a build story by Loo Chee Keong
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The camo of the ship required a lot of masking and I was guilty at some areas at allowing some ‘artistic licensing’ (another term for plain old laziness!) The actual shade of the colors might be a bit off as I was unable to get any conclusive colored plates for the actual hue but being not too concern about this, a couple of weeks were spent after work to get all the base coat in.

A couple of nights were spent by pushing in some bare metal foil into all the windows and washing them with a coat of black/blue hues to cut off some of the contrast but still maintaining some if its shine.

After installing the painted rails, and completing the riggings with some thin nylon thread and hair from yours truly, the final model was washed, matt and gloss coated selectively and set temporarily on a rushed base on the eve of the event.

The completed kit is presented here.










All in all it took me 5 months to complete this battleship and I am happy to say it will not be my last.
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About the Author

About Loo Chee Keong (CKLOO)
FROM: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

SFTPMS ( Malaysia) member. Interested in all genre of modelling but have soft spot for dioramas on Malaya/Malaysia related subjects.


Comments

MartinJQuinn
Nice build! Love the camo!
AUG 03, 2007 - 02:42 AM
madwolf
Very nice! I love it.
AUG 03, 2007 - 03:15 AM
skipper
A very good job and an excellent end result! Thanks for sharing it with us, Loo! Skipper
AUG 03, 2007 - 03:40 AM
Halfyank
20 PE pieces for each pom pom? FIRST SHIP built! Great googely moogley if this is your first attempt I can't wait to see others. I really liked the bridge area, and overall look of the ship. Great job. Thanks very much for sharing.
AUG 04, 2007 - 08:30 AM
blaster76
AHHH WEM brass. THey do love their multiple itty bitty brass piece put togethers. Thank God for Gator glue now. I might start tackling more of those. Just got so tired of superglue sticking the parts to me rather than the piece. Great camo job on the POW. Certainly one of the more challenging ones ever done on a ship (Not countng those zebra ones)
AUG 04, 2007 - 08:40 AM
CKLOO
Thank you all for your generous comments. It was a rather fun built despite the itty bitty parts and the hard fact that certain parts of your body is not what it used to be..( the eyes, guys). Its funny how after doing one ship, you suddenly end up with another 5 in your stash waiting for the spare 2.5 years to complete them!
AUG 05, 2007 - 12:52 AM
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