BossMark builds the Bismarck - Page 3

Jimbuna · 11-23-14, 06:46 AM

Coming along nicely Mark, the brass etch work will be pivotal in the appearance so at that scale you should be onto a winner

BossMark · 11-24-14, 09:47 AM

Painted the false bow and wave but will have to make a slight alteration as misjudged as to how far the false bow came out

BossMark · 11-26-14, 07:51 AM

Masking and painting the black and white camouflage stripes on the hull, pictures to follow.

BossMark · 11-26-14, 11:16 AM

After a few minor tweaks on the painting, next will be the fitting of thw wooden deck

BossMark · 11-27-14, 08:03 AM

Wooden deck in place, with the recognition markings painted apart from swastika (As yet)

BossMark · 11-28-14, 10:46 AM

All I have been able to do today is fix the lower part of the superstructure, due to it being very dark all day (no light through the windows been a very poop day in Leeds) And I dont like working in artificial light.

BossMark · 12-01-14, 02:22 PM

Slow work but hopefully more pictures later on tomorrow.

BossMark · 12-11-14, 11:08 AM

Slow indeed and losing the anchor chains didnt help.

Anchor chains in place along with most of intake and ventilation shafts, a bit of tweaking here and there is needed.

Aktungbby · 12-11-14, 06:29 PM

That's a lot of 'bleeding' in the $$ deck wood from the swastika-what's the solution?

Quite a deceptively complicated paint job

NICE!

em2nought · 12-17-14, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aktungbby

That's a lot of 'bleeding' in the $$ deck wood from the swastika-what's the solution?

Maybe a coat of satin polyurethane beforehand? Unfortunately won't help now. Those decks really are a beautiful addition though. Maybe just expand it out as little as possible, and make it a tad oversize. Maybe a port to starboard line of some kind of sealer before expanding the red area.

Sailor Steve · 12-18-14, 08:15 AM

Spray on very light coats which dry almost instantly. For the swastika itself use a decal.

BossMark · 10-18-15, 08:49 AM

Bismarck went a bit tits up I somehow managed to lose a number of very crucial parts

so now I looking as to where I can find these. But in the meantime I have purchased Trumpeters 1\200 HMS Nelson which I have just started I will post some pics tomorrow or the day after when I am on my days off.

Jimbuna · 10-18-15, 09:20 AM

Been that long I thought I saw your Bismarck on Antiques Roadshow

BossMark · 10-18-15, 11:29 AM

Yes I can just about believe that Jim, but the truth is having lost the part, I turned my house upside down looking for them , I got a bit fed with modelling and left it alone for about 8 months but now I have started again.

Sailor Steve · 10-18-15, 12:07 PM

Good to hear. A hobby like this should always be fun. That, I think, is the real reason I keep taking longer and longer breaks. When it starts to feel like a job it stops being worth it.

11-23-14, 06:46 AM	#31
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Coming along nicely Mark, the brass etch work will be pivotal in the appearance so at that scale you should be onto a winner __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

11-24-14, 09:47 AM	#32
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Painted the false bow and wave but will have to make a slight alteration as misjudged as to how far the false bow came out __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

11-26-14, 07:51 AM	#33
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Masking and painting the black and white camouflage stripes on the hull, pictures to follow. __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

11-26-14, 11:16 AM	#34
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	After a few minor tweaks on the painting, next will be the fitting of thw wooden deck __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

11-27-14, 08:03 AM	#35
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Wooden deck in place, with the recognition markings painted apart from swastika (As yet) __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

11-28-14, 10:46 AM	#36
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	All I have been able to do today is fix the lower part of the superstructure, due to it being very dark all day (no light through the windows been a very poop day in Leeds) And I dont like working in artificial light. __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

12-01-14, 02:22 PM	#37
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Slow work but hopefully more pictures later on tomorrow. __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

12-11-14, 11:08 AM	#38
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Slow indeed and losing the anchor chains didnt help. Anchor chains in place along with most of intake and ventilation shafts, a bit of tweaking here and there is needed. __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

12-11-14, 06:29 PM	#39
Aktungbby Gefallen Engel U-666 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: On a tilted, overheated, overpopulated spinning mudball on Collision course with Andromeda Galaxy Posts: 27,823 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	That's a lot of 'bleeding' in the $$ deck wood from the swastika-what's the solution? Quite a deceptively complicated paint job NICE! __________________ "Only two things are infinite; The Universe and human squirrelyness; and I'm not too sure about the Universe"

12-18-14, 08:15 AM	#41
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Spray on very light coats which dry almost instantly. For the swastika itself use a decal. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

10-18-15, 08:49 AM	#42
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Bismarck went a bit tits up I somehow managed to lose a number of very crucial parts so now I looking as to where I can find these. But in the meantime I have purchased Trumpeters 1\200 HMS Nelson which I have just started I will post some pics tomorrow or the day after when I am on my days off. __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

10-18-15, 09:20 AM	#43
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 180,992 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Been that long I thought I saw your Bismarck on Antiques Roadshow __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

10-18-15, 11:29 AM	#44
BossMark Fleet Admiral Join Date: May 2011 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 15,272 Downloads: 278 Uploads: 0	Yes I can just about believe that Jim, but the truth is having lost the part, I turned my house upside down looking for them , I got a bit fed with modelling and left it alone for about 8 months but now I have started again. __________________ Never trust the Tories look what Thatcher and Major did in the 80s and 90s and look what the wicked witch May is doing now doing now

10-18-15, 12:07 PM	#45
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Good to hear. A hobby like this should always be fun. That, I think, is the real reason I keep taking longer and longer breaks. When it starts to feel like a job it stops being worth it. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo