Live at the dock yard, me hearties!

[Defiant911]

Thanks Andy, wish i could use a roller lol

Right finished the grey bits, not 100% happy with my brush skills ( thanks again to young Ron ) cannot get the thinning right every time :sad: bit patchy in places by ok, lot to learn

Superstruture is still loose.
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Next is either the boot topping and ships boats lower bitsp or the deck??

Painted AA guns in plain black, not far off

Grey looks good to me Bob, one thing I’ve noticed is that a lot of so called light greys appear quite dark. I’ve been testing a few I have to decide what to use.
looks like your making good progress anyway.

[papa 695]

Coming along very nicely Bob.

[BattleshipBob]

Thanks all for the kind words and encouragement, appreciated

Perhaps should have done another ship, despite all my work some parts look bad even after a lot of messing around with!

[JR]

Well I for one admire you stepping out from something you know and love into the world of floaty things, Is Chris responsible for all this I wonder ?

[Tim Marlow]

Hey Bob, it looks like HMS Nelson, so what more do you want? It’s also making you dip your toe in uncharted waters, so that’s no bad thing either. You have also rekindled my interest in big gun ships, so I salute you.

[JR]

See Chris, another one has fallen to the spell !

[boatman]

Well I for one admire you stepping out from something you know and love into the world of floaty things, Is Chris responsible for all this I wonder ?

HI John i bear no responsibilty for this when he first told me i thought it was a wind up for a month or more till Bob actually shew the kit an then he says lets have a vote on which one he should build SO from bein stug crazy to ships i think he's had a brain tilt lol
chris

[boatman]

See Chris, another one has fallen to the spell !

YEA John another one gone over to the floaty things you will be next lol its a very powerfull spell now you see why its had me for 30 odd yrs in its grip an i cant break free lol
chris

[boatman]

HI G/M Bob regards this grey paint on warships an before you do this lovely KGV after a stug this is my recormendation i know i build fairly modern warships but to me the right colour is humbroll matt light grey no. 64 as when i was in NMBC there were several people building different types of warships an the right colour grey was disscussed a lot an lookin right an we all bought pics in on this warship grey that the R/N uses an we all found that this colour was the closeses colour grey to being right as in all the different pics the grey looks diffenent an caused quite a bit of disscushion as its all to do with the sun light shineing on the ship as if a dull day then the grey looks grey but you get the sun shineing on the ship an the grey shows a grey bluleish tinge an yes its a trick of the light but it happens even on my models when on the pond just thought id mention this before you start that beautfull TAMIYA KGV
Chris

[BattleshipBob]

Well started on the boot topping on one side and it looks terrible, almost sent nelson to the bin:angry: i should have used one long length of masking tape as theres a lot of overspill, i have touched up as best i can.

Have done the other side with a long length and left to dry. So annoying but all part of learning, never masked a StuG lol

[boatman]

Well started on the boot topping on one side and it looks terrible, almost sent nelson to the bin:angry: i should have used one long length of masking tape as theres a lot of overspill, i have touched up as best i can.

Have done the other side with a long length and left to dry. So annoying but all part of learning, never masked a StuG lol

WELL come on boyo an lets see it as its all part of the learnin tecknquie

[BattleshipBob]

Will do another thin coat then we will see how bad it is!

[Steve Jones]

Keep up the great work Bob. Enjoying watching this floaty thing come together

[BattleshipBob]

Keep up the great work Bob. Enjoying watching this floaty thing come together

Thanks Steve, its got me on the ropes lol

[BattleshipBob]

Right removed the full length strips of tamiya masking tape




About 50% not bad, will try to touch up the bleed, thanks to Dave' post on using varnish to control bleed, i will practice on scrap card.

I know i should have sanded off the raised boot topping lines, but this is total practice build and it certainly shown i need it :sad: Bit cheesed off as i must have not thinned the paint enough and put to much on the tape edge, bugger!!