I am still a beginner on the wet side, this would be my second attempt at a waterline.
I have been wanting the make the FREMM frigate for sometime now but I found there are no kits available for it except a 1/700 scale kit at an absurd price.
After long search I decided to look for a 3D printable model of the FREMM and print it on my Solidoodle printer at home.
I finally came upon this over simplified model, it has been modified to allow easy 3D printing and has therefore lost a lot of details.
Since my printing limits are 20x20 cm I have printed the model at a diagonal orientation to try to obtain the longest size possible.
it was a rather neat print and needed a bit of sanding
in order to increase the level of detail, i added some scratch built details.
I then primed the model
I painted the Hull with Tamiya XF12 JN grey and the deck with a darker grey
I then added some home printed decals and hand painted details
proceeded to make the waterline base:
finally the final result:
I do realize that the result of 3D printing is far from good, but it was the only available option for the FREMM, I thought to share this interesting technique of building ships with you. Still this technology has fare to go before it can replace ready kits. but its a start
