HMS Roberts - WWII Monitor - 1:350 Trumpeter

[Guest]

Do not know what to say Derek. It is just very impressive. Love to see this in the real.

Also Derek you are another who seems to work at the speed of sound. Quite remarkable progress.

Laurie

[flyjoe180]

Lovely work Derek, this is awesome work. Very inspirational in fact.

[tr1ckey66]

Looks superb Derek. A bit of careful weathering (which I know you'll do right) and this will be a real stunner.

Great stuff

Paul

[Guest]

Looking great Derek!

[Guest]

Laurie/Joe/Paul/Trey, Thank you Gents for your continued support, it means a lot to me. I have found a photo of HMS Roberts Ships Crest, see below. Also some history of the Ship, see this link -

http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-03Mon-HMS_Roberts.htm

I didn't know until recently that the battle honours earned by a RN Ship is credited to any subsequent vessel of the same name.

Cheers Derek

p.s. I noticed an anomaly in the kit the other week, the box art shows the Vessel equipped with Oerlikon AA guns, where as the kit is supplied with Bofors guns which were not fitted until 1945 for Far East service which was subsequently cancelled when Japan surrendered.

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[Guest]

I didn't know until recently that the battle honours earned by a RN Ship is credited to any subsequent vessel of the same name.

That is an interesting and fascinating piece of info Derek. Assume they would also include the previous Captains being mentioned.

Laurie

[flyjoe180]

Ark Royal is a good example. There have been five. They have all carried the Battle Honours of the previous ship.

[Guest]

Looking good, nice clean build and painting

[Guest]

Phase 1 now complete, will try my first seascape next and add some of the 1/350 figures. Cheers Derek

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[Guest]

Very nice Derek. If the seascape is on the same level it will be a good as it gets.

A question Derek. How did you achieve the rust streask both the short ones on the sloping sides and the larger streaks around the anchor capstans. Did you use an airbrush ? Did you perform this on a matt finish ? Just that with the Merlin Helicopter I am having a trial, many of them, in getting similar finishes to my satisfaction. Yours are very realistic. Jealous !

Laurie

[Guest]

That's really good Derek, amazingly detailed! My hat is definitely off to you sir!

[papa 695]

Thats looking very good indeed Derek

[Guest]

Thanks for viewing Guys,

Laurie to answer your queries, this is what I used for all the rusting on HMS Robert. I also use aluminium kitchen foil as a palette. I half fill the small container with the Sansoror which is a low odour turps, but also dries slower. I wet the area where I plan to do the streaks and after smearing some of the paint onto the 'palette' just put the smallest amount of the oil paint on the tip of the paint brush and apply it lightly, if it doesn't look right I wipe it off with the cotton bud and try again. You are better putting on too little initially, as you can always add more later. Give it an hour to dry, if it looks too dark, wipe it very lightly with a cotton bud in the opposite direction of flow and this will take some of the paint off.

For the light grey salt streaks at the portholes, I use the same technique after first mixing black/white till I get the right shade of grey

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When I have a larger scale model such as my 1/48 Trawler http://www.scale-models.co.uk/community/threads/finished-1930s-aberdeen-steam-trawler-star-of-freedom.16732/ I use this.

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For my Seaking I airbrushed the exhaust stains http://www.scale-models.co.uk/community/threads/finished-raf-rescue-seaking-har-mk3-1-48-hasegawa.18908/

Cheers Derek

[Guest]

Thanks Derek and thanks for spending the time to explain.

Much appreciated.

Laurie

[Guest]

Thanks Derek and thanks for spending the time to explain.Much appreciated.

Laurie

Hi again Laurie, I forgot to address your other points.

The model was sprayed with Tamiya Aerosol Satin varnish before I weathered it, several light coats.

HMS Roberts had a steel deck, so I added some very light rusting an the fore deck as I suspect, like the KGV class Battleships who also had little buoyancy at the bow, would have been a very wet ship in rough seas. Here I put a spot of paint in the areas affected and scrubbed it in over the area, I blended it in with a cotton but.

Sorry for the earlier omission. Cheers Derek

p.s. Trumpeter give no guidance regarding the rigging, so I have to take the details off the internet. The rigging was made with flower arranging fine wire, courtesy of the BOSS, and painted dark grey.