Author Topic: Warspite gets a few scars (Read 32013 times)

kpnuts · « **Reply #50 on:** November 16, 2014, 04:10:56 AM »

Hi all playing with the 1/350 planes this one I was going to have crash into the sea behind Warspite but I had a thought didn't some of the German pilots do suicide runs and deliberately crash their crippled planes into ships. If I did this I was thinking they would aim for most damage so I would imagine they would try for the bridge or one of the big guns and hope to hit some ammo.
If I did this would something like that have been enough to sink a ship like the Warspite. Obviously I dont want her sunk.

also here is some work I've done some work on Warspite

FAAMAN · « **Reply #51 on:** November 16, 2014, 05:23:52 AM »

Cool explosion effect on the Betty!!! The whole thing's coming along nicely

kpnuts · « **Reply #52 on:** November 17, 2014, 04:14:48 AM »

Hi all here is todays, been playing with the sea, do you guys and gals recon it needs more colour or is it ok ?

still got 2 more 1/350 planes to add over all how do you think its going.

finsrin · « **Reply #53 on:** November 17, 2014, 07:00:19 AM »

WOW - I can't find good enough words to express how much I like Warspite & diorama. Way cool

Cliffy B · « **Reply #54 on:** November 17, 2014, 08:10:11 AM »

If you're not already a member I highly recommend you give modelwarships.com a look and post this gem of a build over there. Can't wait to see this completely finished!!! :)

Old Wombat · « **Reply #55 on:** November 17, 2014, 09:02:07 AM »

More colour - no.

A little more chop on the water - IF you think you can get it right.

Otherwise - leave it alone, it's very good as is.

:)

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #56 on:** November 18, 2014, 02:44:07 AM »

Perfect! :)

Buzzbomb · « **Reply #57 on:** November 18, 2014, 07:24:11 AM »

Love it!

kpnuts · « **Reply #58 on:** November 19, 2014, 04:31:28 AM »

Hi all well all the lighting is now set up and I have installed most of the guns.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #59 on:** November 19, 2014, 07:46:14 AM »

That ... is ... like ... WOW!

Way cool, dude!

kpnuts · « **Reply #60 on:** November 20, 2014, 01:41:55 AM »

Hi all I knocked up a quick background what do you all think.

GTX_Admin · « **Reply #61 on:** November 20, 2014, 02:42:18 AM »

This needs to be displayed somewhere like a museum!

finsrin · « **Reply #62 on:** November 20, 2014, 03:11:53 AM »

Back ground is ideal final touch. Is just right in bringing out perspective effect you built into diorama :)
Yes - is worthy of being a museum display.

kpnuts · « **Reply #63 on:** November 20, 2014, 05:46:47 AM »

Thanks guys got a long way to go yet, I was wondering about doing an airman parachuting to the sea from the blownup plane nearest Warspite what do you think, a bit too far or believable.

Old Wombat · « **Reply #64 on:** November 20, 2014, 08:45:10 AM »

Not highly likely, fatality rates were extremely high for Stuka crews in aircraft hit during an attack dive - not far short of 100%.

The method of attack & the altitudes at which they were hit generally didn't give the crew enough time to bail out.

FAAMAN · « **Reply #65 on:** November 20, 2014, 01:51:12 PM »

Agreed Wombat, with those two big fuel tanks alongside the cockpit a plunging fiery end was almost a certainty for aircraft and crew.

kpnuts · « **Reply #66 on:** November 22, 2014, 04:18:55 AM »

Hello all thought I would add a bit of life to her, got loads more of these to add.

FAAMAN · « **Reply #67 on:** November 22, 2014, 06:38:04 AM »

Coming along

kpnuts · « **Reply #68 on:** November 24, 2014, 03:42:58 AM »

Hi all here is this weekends work.

Brian da Basher · « **Reply #69 on:** November 26, 2014, 06:57:02 AM »

That's coming together very nicely!

I especially like your paintwork!

Brian da Basher

kpnuts · « **Reply #70 on:** November 27, 2014, 04:48:34 AM »

Thanks for the comments guys here is my next update

kpnuts · « **Reply #71 on:** November 28, 2014, 04:11:05 AM »

Hi all here is tonights offering

Old Wombat · « **Reply #72 on:** November 28, 2014, 08:21:08 AM »

Just a quick observation:

Is Warspite engaged in surface action, as well? If not, then her main guns should still be trained fore-&-aft; as they weren't of any use in anti-aircraft engagements, that was the purpose of the secondary & dedicated AA armaments (some of which I note are trained fore-&-aft).

Weaver · « **Reply #73 on:** November 28, 2014, 09:44:14 AM »

This is an awesome project - it looks amazing, particularly the lit explosions.

Re the weathering, you seem to have got it about right now, with rust streaks on the hull, but the superstructure fairly clean. Basically, they'd clean and repaint anything they could reach/get at*, but things they couldn't (sides of the hull or high up bits) would suffer the longer a voyage went on and the worse the conditions. It was worse on WWII ships than modern ones because they didn't have the anti-corrosion and paint technologies we have nowadays, and many of them were painted in a rush even by the standards of the day. If you look at pics of the RN ships coming back from the Falklands, you can see that Hermes (near WWII standard) looks far scruffier than Invincible (1970s standard).

*DK Brown reported that when they re-built the Leanders in the 1970s, they found as many as 80 coats of paint, weighing up to 45 tons, on some of them.

kpnuts · « **Reply #74 on:** November 28, 2014, 02:56:21 PM »

Thanks weaver, wombat wait till I post the new updated background there may well be some surface action. But I will admit I had no idea. I do have a question then if that is the case would all the big guns be facing thecsame way and firing at the same time.


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