WIP of Japanese aeronef monitor in 28mm

[Svennn]

How about this one for inspiration? It's a piece I have earmarked.

I have that pic in an inspiration folder too. It would only need to be about five feet long (and tall)

Very nice work James. I have been following the thread but was awaiting the painted beast before commenting - no need as it has already hit awesome on the scale.

Can I have Pringle tubes FULL of strip too?

[Dewbakuk]

Had to pop back to the start to check. Is the decking done with individual strips of balsa?

[OSHIROmodels]

That Chinese 'flunk' (flying junk   ) is amazing, scaling it down a bit I think we have a winner for the pirate warlord's conveyance   (I think some of the smoke stacks are probably coming from the kitchens   )

@Svenn - Thanks for the compliment   The pringles tub has been on the go for about 6 years now, some of the strip in there is going rather a bad shade of yellow it's that old (gets quite brittle aswell)

@Dewbakuk - Yup, 1mm thick and 5mm wide, textured with a bit of 80grit sandpaper and then cut into 120mm lengths and alternated.

Give me another hour or so and I'll have some paint on it  

cheers

James

[OSHIROmodels]

Only a base coat tonight as I need an early(ish) bed

The main areas have had a base coat and there will be plenty of shading/weathering to go on yet (working from home tomorrow so I can spend a bit more time on it   )





Oh bugger, that last one's a bit bright, ah well, never mind. Night night all  

cheers

James

[OSHIROmodels]

Pretty much done now, I'm still waiting for the brass rod to do the railings around the main deck (bloody postal service   )

Still have the ensigns, main deck railings, name plates and ships wheel to do (and the base to finish painting) and that's about it. I might put a few paint chips on prominant places but we'll see.



















Thanks for looking  

cheers

James

[Grimmnar]

Hey James,

First have to say been enjoying this build ALOT. So much so when the S.E.D. arrives just follow the instructions.
With that said, in the beginning of the construction i had always wondered about the front upper MG's i think they are on the almost circular mounts.
I see the supports under them, but i was always thinking you were going to wall off under them for two more hard mounts for weapons. That make sense?
If so was that a thought by chance or were you always going this route?  :-)

Grimm?

[gamer Mac]

 
A lovely paint job to finish off a brilliant build.
I really like the colour of the wooden deck can you lets us know what paints you used
Thanks for all the photos and inspiration.
I will have to go and finish mine now.

[Malamute]

I am rapidly running out of things to say how wonderful this looks. It has to be one of the best I have seen.
I missed the photos yesterday whilst I was busy building my own stuff, so have only just seen the paintig pics. WOW

[OSHIROmodels]

Thanks again for the kind words chaps, it really makes me want to construct more... MORE I TELLS YA!!!

@ Grimmnar - It was intentional to have them as 'floating' decks but now you mention the hardpoint idea I could use that on a bigger one  

@ gamer Mac - The decking was given a base coat of Foundry Palamino light, washed with my own ink (a mix of GW's Devlan mud, Thraka green [god, they give them stupid names] and some Winsor and Newton peat brown with a little bit of Evian thrown in) then drybrushed with Palamino mid shade and final highlight with Palamino light.

I've just printed out a Nihon maru to go on the back  

cheers

James

[Dewbakuk]

Fantastic stuff! It really makes me want to continue on my VSF stuff. Unfortunately it's all in storage so my toy room can look like a bedroom again to sell the house

[Ray Rivers]

 

Wow, really fun watching this project go from start to finish!

Very, very nice!

[Admiral Benbow]

Lovely ship and very professional scratchbuilding techniques!
 

[andekmcc]

this looks great, very inspiring stuff

[thejammedgatling]

really, really good..it has come together splendidly and looks both very practical to game with and lots of eye candy at the same time...a hard thing to balance.

Hmm... I'm from Kingston...

[OSHIROmodels]

Hmm... I'm from Kingston...

Really, whereabouts, and the more important question, do you have a table?

cheers

James