"My 1st WW2 Scratchbuilt Ship" Topic
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| Murvihill | 25 Feb 2013 7:54 p.m. PST |
I wanted to try building a ship, and picked something offbeat to compliment my mostly plastic 1/1200th fleet:
Kinda crude compared to the plastic and lead ships, and I can't paint it until the weather turns, but it's my first try since I made a 1/700th Wichita out of a smaller Pennsylvania model in high school (30+ years ago). (and I'm purposefully not telling you what it is ) I've got the hull and turrets for the HMS Delhi, I think that'll be next… |
Shagnasty  | 25 Feb 2013 9:13 p.m. PST |
Good work. Looks like the "Averoff." |
| OSchmidt | 26 Feb 2013 6:14 a.m. PST |
Not bad at all. Good job. You'll get better as time goes on. |
| hindsTMP | 26 Feb 2013 8:55 a.m. PST |
Nice model of San Giorgio, as she looked when used as a floating battery in Tobruk. I assume you plan to paint her a sand yellow color (with the top halves of the funnels gray), as she was then. MH |
| Shagnasty | 26 Feb 2013 11:49 a.m. PST |
OK, I see the AA forward now. Interesting model. |
| Murvihill | 26 Feb 2013 12:06 p.m. PST |
Yup, the San Giorgio. They had her rated as a coastal defense ship, though she started as an armored cruiser. My rules give players one battleship, two cruisers or four destroyers, so I'm pairing her with the Prinz Eugen. I picked the San Giorgio because I thought her turrets were cylindrical, and didn't find out 'til later they were oblong and had the corners cut off. After I paint her I plan on using a craft marker to "busy up" the deck with the little things that tend to trip you after darken ship… |
| hindsTMP | 26 Feb 2013 6:19 p.m. PST |
According to "Mussolini's Navy", she had 6 boilers removed when she was converted to a training ship interwar, and could only make 16-17 knots. If you're pairing her with Prinz Eugen, you will need to postulate some sort of machinery upgrade… MH |
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