MSW crew-mate David J. Salvin shares his build story of Delphis Models Andrea Doria D553, in this MSW Feature!

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Thanks!
~Gunny

Hi David

Congratulations on a good finished model!
It looks great and I like the way you managed to sag some of the rigging.
If I can make a suggestion:
- Give a slightly dark grey wash around the hull recesses and details, it will highlight those small bits.

BZ

Cheers,
Rui

Very nice work David.

Very nice build, thanks for sharing.

what an interesting subject. Looks like she is a beautiful ship. Was it me, or is the hull warped? Looks like the bow is a bit high. Great job on what appears to be a difficult kit

very well done, interesting subject, thanks for sharing!

Thanks Rui - I sometimes use the wash, but while it makes for a striking model, it's not realistic. The real ship doesn't look that way, so I generally don't build them that way. This one was for a patron who wants the ship to look as accurate as possible, so I look at pics of the ship and build what I see.
(kind of like painting individual planks on a WWII ship's deck. - looks cool, but never saw a real ship's deck looking like that)