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General Ship Modeling
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1/35 Bronco Seehund build
janwillem
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Groningen, Netherlands
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Posted: Friday, March 01, 2013 - 12:21 PM UTC
Hi Guys

This is the first ship model I have ever made and I have to say I fully enjoyed the Bronco model.
It only has a few parts and it goes together in no time at all.
I basically built the model out of the box except for the loops at the front and rear and the two tiny eyelets at the front of the bow.
I also gave the exterior a going over to give the model a bit of a more used look by adding dents to it.
I painted the model with Testors paints and the torpedoes with Alclad.
I based the paint scheme on some references I found on the net.

I wanted to make it a well weathered model and I liked the idea of a heavy weathered upper part, a dirty water line and a less weathered lower part.

The weathering was done with a mix of Mig products and oil paints.

Enough talk here are the pictures


















Any tips or comments are welcome.

Cheers,

JW



Grauwolf
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Posted: Friday, March 01, 2013 - 05:18 PM UTC
Excellent model!
Painted just right and the subtle weathering is great!
Cheers,
Joe
Gremlin56
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Posted: Friday, March 01, 2013 - 05:27 PM UTC
Mooi werk JanWillem,
ziet er goed gebruikt uit
Groet,
Julian
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ARMORAMA
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Posted: Friday, March 01, 2013 - 06:00 PM UTC
Great finish you have managed there Janwillem it looks very realistic.
MrMox
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Posted: Friday, March 01, 2013 - 06:14 PM UTC
Beautiful build - i in particular like the waterline effect you have achieved - it lifts the model alot visually!

So whats next - bronco also does a XXIII
janwillem
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Posted: Friday, March 01, 2013 - 08:32 PM UTC
Thanks for the replies guy.

I have to admit I really enjoyed it. Ships / boats do lend themselves for some nice weathering options.

Maybe I might do the XXIII some day

Cheers,

JW
DanielMoscatelli
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Montevideo, Uruguay
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Posted: Saturday, March 02, 2013 - 03:11 AM UTC
Good Work!!
Welcome to Seehund's flotilla .... jejeej Tomorrow operations to 7000
Regards Daniel
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