tamiya 1/350 bismark

[Jim R]

Hi Ken
Damage is always difficult to get to look realistic. You seem to have it sorted though. Enjoy your holiday and I look forward to the next stages of the build.
Jim

 

[papa 695]

Looking good so far Ken, some nice looking damage.
Have a great holiday

 

[flyjoe180]

Nice work Ken. Enjoy your break

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all started on rusting her, still loads of crud to add but I think it's a good starting point.

 

[BlackMamba]

Looking good! I can't wait to see the final result

 

[papa 695]

Coming along nicely.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all added some salt then a light grey wash to kill some of the colour, then knock some of the salt off add another thin sandy wash, knock some more salt off then a thin black wash. I feel it's getting there now.

 

[scottie3158]

Ken,
Count me in sounds like an interesting project looking forward to see how you do it.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all can you guess what this will be.

Started on a background

Put a blue whale in it which I've drawn to scale just to show how big the wreck is, i realise it don't look that great but I'm going to put dirty blue wash over the background so that should make it fade out a bit.

I'm really enjoying this build. Looking forward to my birthday and my next project (not a ship)

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all well I thought I could use this as the submersible used to light and film her, unfortunately it is totally out of scale so i will have to find something else, although I see that the effect will work quite well.

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all another small update

 

[scottie3158]

Ken,
Great attention to detail

 

[Jim R]

Hi Ken
Submersible with a light is a great idea. Hope you can make it work.
Jim

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all started weathering the deck.

Must say I'm a bit disappointed Tamiya don't supply and decals with this kit

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all added some damage to the superstructure

Trouble with doing a wreck is now I have to find out what the inside of that turret that's had the armour blown off looks like.

 

[grumpa]

Very ambitious project there Ken, kind of a "Drain the Oceans" theme, I like
When trying to depict battle damage to metal plate no matter what the scale (especially the smaller scales) one might consider removing a portion of
area concerned and replacing it with aluminum foil, suitably 'damaged'.

Thinness of foil will reproduce scaled down armor plate and or hull plates with much more accuracy and lend even more realism to your project.
Just a thought.

Jim.

 

[spanner570]

Excellent stuff Ken.
I do like the lighting effect. I did much the same on my U. Boat wreck. Makes the model look all spooky like doesn't it?

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all a bit more weathering on this

Anyone see the tiny little sea anemone

 

[Deleted member 3568]

Hi all built some more of the superstructure and added some more damage to the decking

I know there is no debris from the wreck in the immediate area but I'm sorely tempted to use some artistic licence and add some.

 

[james pithouse]

Very realistic. Showed leigh this one and the citreon with the flat bed me and him like them both, he said on this one " add more whales " lol and he liked and I liked they way you done the mini-sub to make it more relistic.