I was honestly a little reluctant to post this one as it has stalled many times since it began like many of my builds do. This is Dragons Premium Tirpitz (the one without the DS styrene bits). I used a Gator Mask for the intricate camo scheme. About drove me nuts. The paints are all MM acrylics. Got some work on the boot stripe which I basically havent even started yet so kinda ignore that area please. The lower hull is molded in 2 halves both of which were extremely warped and twisted about every which direction you could imagine in my kit. The upper hull and a very bad upwards bow right in the middle of it. I cut some very thick sheet stryen and glued it into the bottom to stiffen and straighten it out as the kit comes with no bracing there.
Camera was acting all stupid ( or it could have very well been the user) so sorry for the poor pics.
Yeah, you should definitely check out Gators Masks as that is where I got the precut vinyl mask for this build. Worked great and it wasn’t so tacky that it pulled up paint either and I used MM acrylics only.
Yes stik, there is something about Manny’s statement that seems a “little” sinister…[:|]
Thanks for the comments, the scheme was a tough one but it really looks cool!! The MM colors that I used are basically flat white for the bow and stern. Flat Gull Gray for the lighter gray and a mixture of about 50/50 flat black/flat gull gray for the darker stripes. Pretty happy with how they came out I guess. Just wondering if I need to knock down the contrast a bit with a mist coat or leave it as is. Thoughts??
Well I’m no ship guy, but I’d be tempted to give it a light misting, if for no other reason than to knock the black down a tad. (Easy for me to say - you’ll be doing the work! [:D]
I’d leave as is and maybe give the entire ship a dry-brushing with a very soft, wide and flat brush----wipe the paint off until you see none and give it a once-over—gotta make sure you thouroughly get the paint off of the brush first, otherwise you’ll ruin the finish—especially in that scale…
Hmmmm…maybe misting would be a better approach, but anything in that scale is gonna be tricky if it isn’t done in an extremely subtle way…
Well I’m back with an overdue update to this baby. Deck color down and some detail painting on the deck fixtures. Got the primary color on all the secondary and tertiary batteries, will come back with some masking to match the splinter. Getting closer and closer to PE and some rigging on this one, ready to put it away in the books and be done with the old gal!!! Thanks for taking a gander, all comments are welcome!!
