WIP -Trumpeter's 1/700 Scale Graf Spee

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Greetings fellow modelers! This is Trumpeter’s 1/700 scale Graf Spee kit I am building for my friends at Stevens Intl. She, (or is it he for German warships?), will be OOTB except for the addition of P/E railings. The humble beginnings:

The color plan I will be following:

The hull glued and painted:

Boot stripe added:

Painting and washing the decks:

Here I have the main deck fitted to the hull:

Main deck glued with deck details picked out in MM light sea gray:

The upper decks also got painted and washed:

Next was the construction of the upper deck houses:

Here’s the bridge and funnel:

And here is the superstructure mounted to the upper deck. I also started the rigging:

That’s it for now. I hope to have an update soon. Thanks for lookin’ and comments/critiques always welcome! Happy modeling,

Mark

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im new to the ship modeling world. what colors and washes do u use to get the right deck

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Hello fellow modelers! just a small update tonight. I got the aft deck house built, painted , washed and P/E attached:

Here it is sitting on the deck:

This is her present state. Hope to get some more done tomorrow:

Thanks for lookin’ and Happy modeling!

col hogan - Thanks for the reply! I use Model Master enamels for all my models and various water based acrylic or water colors for my washes. I used Game Ink sepia for the deck and a product called the Detailer for the rest of the model.

mark

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Very nice work so far. I didn’t even know Trumpeter put this one out. Looking forward to seeing more of your work…Cheers Mark

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Wow, great method of applying washes to get the detail to “pop”…many try but few get the kind of results you have on this example…[Y][Y]…gonna be a fine model.

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I wouldn’t have guessed it was 1/700. Great use of the washes. I love the deck.

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Awesome!

Got nuthin’ else to say.

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WOW! Thanks for the encouragement guys! Here’s the next update - getting close to the end!

I’ve got the ships boats fitted:

I added the cranes too:

The torpedo launchers were next:

And the secondary armament assembled, ready to be fitted:

I’m adding the rest of the railings tonight, and then the floatplane. I should have some more pics up in a few days when she will be finished. Thanks for lookin’ and Happy modeling!

Mark