Ratch Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 I have set her in a seascape on the wooden base (purchased from Just Bases). I mixed together blue, black and white poster paints and painted the horizontal plane of the base. I then mixed plaster of paris and a little water into the paint mix. I used a pallet knife to spread this over the base, making rough wave patterns. I then set the model onto the base and refined the wave patterns with an artists trowel and left it all to set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 I used Liquitex Gloss Gel to create the waves and water texture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 Admiral Graf Spee in disguise as she set out to the South Atlantichttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24799570/413800207.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24799570/413800208.jpg Just before the Battle of the River Plate, stripped for action.http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24799570/413800205.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24799570/413800206.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24799570/413800209.jpghttp://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL761/13303934/24799570/413800210.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 Well that went down like.... the Graf Spee didn't it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 "mugged by ships it easily outgunned" you mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 No I meant the topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Astle Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 the Graf Spee and her sisters realy were lovely ships.As Harwood showed they were flawed in design for a stand up fight but to look at the prewar pics, they were long graceful ladies who deserved a better master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airfixian Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I have a 1/700 Trumpeter Graf Spee, there are no raised lines to denote the black waterline, how can the width be worked out please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 I'd do the boot topping as thin as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAAMAN Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 It depends on weather Trumpeter remembered this time to include the boot top height in the hull to begin with. They arn't very good with "correct" details in any scale.If the height is there the boot top should be no more than 1mm deep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 It depends on weather Trumpeter remembered this time to include the boot top height in the hull to begin with. They arn't very good with "correct" details in any scale.If the height is there the boot top should be no more than 1mm deep.Even that makes the boot top 700mm (over 2 feet) deep. I've yet to be able to get close enough to a vessel to observe a boot top over 6 inches deep full size (based on looking at the Plimsol mark). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiKev Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 I recently bought a "Vintage Classic" 1:600 Graf Spee. Having done an Exeter conversion and currently working on Ajax, seemed only right to get one of these kits as well for the stash to complete the "River Plate" set. Have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the molding, minimal flash, and some good detail. Even the 4.1 inch mounts are a lot better than those on Bismarck and Scharnhorst, although I'll probably still build replacements for them. One criticism of the kit is how thin the main barrels are and I agree with this, their ends are basically the same thickness as the 5.9 inch barrels, but that should be easily fixed, perhaps with some sleeves added to bulk them up.This kit will need quite a lot of added detail, but it looks to be a very good basis for this, and only 4 solid ladder-ways to remove, thank goodness. A quick initial test fit indicates it should go together well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 As my finished images have gone I thought I'd re-post themGraf SpeeDeutschland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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