Patrol Torpedo Boat PT-579/588 (Revell 1:72)

[pjgtech]

Last update today, finished painting, touching up few bits, etc.
Applied gloss and then applied transfers and even managed a half bodged attempt at a flag, with a bit of wind ripple too! ?

Left it for couple of hours. Then did a bit of what I thought was "light" weathering. But turned out to be heavy weathering. [Doh!]

Tried a bit of panel lining, but TBH, the deck is so dark, is did not really show up much? ?
The picture on the box shows a lighter grey deck, but the instructions show a much darker deck (mix of black and dark green), and I went with the darker look, maybe go lighter next time, ho hum.....

Then tried an all over general grime wash, which seemed to work ok. ?
Then tried having a go at chipping/wearing to the deck with a small cut off bit of sponge, loaded it with paint then wiped most of the paint off so when dabbed, only small traces were left on the deck, but I tried to put it in areas where there would be lots of foot traffic, wear, etc, ... But think I overdid this a bit! ?♂️

Lesson for the day, = less is more.

Then tried some rust lines going from the deck, down onto the hull, where the ancillary equipment is located near the deck edges, eg: torpedo holding frames, etc. Think I may have overdone that a bit too.
Lastly did a very light rust wash to the anchor and few other bits, eg: rear exhausts/baffles and the propellers. Seemed ok.

But this weathering lark is hard trying to make it look realistic!
Finished for today, only thing left to do is apply a matt varnish, which I am hoping will "knock back" some of the excessive weathering from my heavy handedness.

We'll see, its all a learning process..... but generally happy with it overall.

Last pics for today...

[Waspie]

Looks fine to me. i’ve just been looking at the few pics I have of PB’s and they look about the same. (Rust and staining). They, (my pics), do have a few scrapes horizontally from berthing, but not excessive. You’ve done a great job in my opinion.?

Inspired by your build. Ive also been looking to see if there are Russian fast boats, an old Komar or Osa. Only found a few Osa’s.

[scottie3158]

That's a cracking result. Nicely finished.

[Jim R]

Nothing wrong with that Peter. Well done.

[pjgtech]

Final update on this one. I put a nice coat of matt clear varnish on the boat late last night, hoping that it would "knock back" the slightly heavy handed weathering that I had previously done.
Got up this morning and had a look, and it had indeed "knocked back" some of the worst bits of weathering, so it looks much less weathered now and has a much nicer matt finish.

So this one is now done, no more tinkering by me, I have to learn when to stop!

It is not perfect by any means, but I'm happy with it, especially bearing in mind its still only my third model back into the hobby. I am learning lots and I think slowly getting better.
I am also realising that brush painting will never look as "nice" as airbrushing, but I like the brush painting process, and I can only get better hopefully.
Maybe I'll look into airbrushing at some point, but for now I'm sticking with the brush.

Anyway, enough waffle, my last pics of this now completed model.... Cheers

[spanner570]

Excellent result Peter.
Top work.

A couple of observations, if I may.....

Brush painting can be as good, and sometimes better than the results from an A.B.

No one will, or can achieve perfection. Be happy with your own model making results.

I have a tee shirt. Written on the back is the following....

"Perfection doesn't exist. Even a beautiful woman has pimples on her bum!"

Onwards and upward.

Ron

[pjgtech]

Cheers for that. I am a bit of a perfectionist, so am always looking to do better.
Having seen some of the models on here, actually I think some of them are works of art and the modellers are very, very skilled, its hard not to compare what I produce, with those. I have to remember that I'm still very new to this, whereas some on here have been doing it for many, many years and have many, many hours perfecting their techniques.
But I still compare..... ?♂️
But I have to say that I'm enjoying it tremendously. ?
Its very addictive this hobby, and I've already sorted out my next build.

[HAWKERHUNTER]

Well done Peter. It looks quite a complicated model, lots going on on the deck. To say you have brush painted it I think you should be pleased with it. And I think you nailed the weathering on the hull, really makes a difference to the finished build.