Small 20mm guns are completed. Now its time to move towards 37mm twin SK C/30 anti-aircraft cannons. There were 8 of those on Bismarck.Lionroad set provides resin and photoetched parts to build SK C/30 – I decided to replace barrels with dedicated metal sets from Master. Quite complex little cannon 🙂 and completed 8 pcs…
Its time to add details to Bismarck’s decks. I started with small rangefinders and optical devices, resin parts from LionRoar set with photoetched seats 🙂 Then fun part begun… 20mm guns (10pcs) totally made from LionRoar photoetched parts + dedicated Aber brass barrels – honestly I dont like repetitive work – but in this case…
2h of masking and 20minutes of painting 🙂 Generally I’m impressed with the result. Superstructure looks fine, of course some correction is needed, that will come later. Now its time to deep-dive into details!!! MORE DETAILS!!!! Bismarck looks cool!
As I started to paint superstructure and let it dry, I looked for a way, how to improve the look of wooden decks. I liked the way, how wood is painted, but it was a bit to gray… I would like to add “more life” to general deck appearance. At first I tried the wash…
I bought some time ago at Aliexpress cheap mixer/shaker for tatoo inks. I was using it for Vallejo paints and other with great results.Today I was in need to paint Bismarck with same colors I used before…. This paint was used last time more than 10 years ago – Gunze Sangyo German Panzer Gray –…
Added last part of ”non equipment” details to front superstructure – one Euro for scale reference…It seems like the next step will be painting!
Photoetched parts applied – small corrections is required after painting, specially for extraflimsy railings. Generally I like the way how it looks – cant wait to add all equipment in place. Next step – masking/painting.
Work with superstructure is progressing. My thinking about maritime models was always as a bit of self-punishment type – building all those details, tiny pieces and ”watchmaker-like” work…I got into it today with ammunition lift/elevator part, from LionRoar kit. Manual was straightforward… those few parts took me around 2h to build tiny elevator 🙂 Im…
This is so called – crazy detailed build. A lot of photoetched parts still left – LionRoar set that I’m using has full box of blisters dense with parts. I’m still impressed with level of details and accuracy of those pe parts. After 2 hours – top platform underside is completed. Damn – it looks…
My last models were Gunplas – I enjoyed this kind of model builds a lot – total freedom. Now I switched back to extreme detailed project – this type of model building is a bit simillar to some masochistic practices…. Your doing crazy painful things almost against your will. Those ”things”, that will be close…