Building the Roma
all the small parts...
...more of them...
...MORE of them...
...OKAY. THAT`S IT!!
Chimney with some PE
In its position, and also the command-tower...
Platform for ths small-AA
And the completed command-tower
And again small parts, this time for the 90mm AA
platform for the small AA and the barbette for the 90mm AA
As the 90mm AA has had a Blastbag, I had to make it myself.
Copperwire and wood-glue is are used therefore.
painted with Revell 76 and Tamiya Decktan
In position, together with the small AA´s
And the actual look. With the rangefinder for the 152mm, small AA, 90mm AA, 105mm for lighting and some other parts.
The aft-command-tower, also called "the mushroom" 😉
The parts for it.
completed and painted in its position
The boats and small parts
The 152mm turret parts
This is, what my dockyard looks like during work...
Difference between the kit and the real ship: 20mm twins. This is, what they were like aboard the Roma
Big problem: The paint shemes, shown in the literature, are not correct. So I had to correct it, according to the photos.
PE-railing
Boats in position. But the photos only show these two in position. All the others are "missing", even these two aren´t on all the pictures. So there won´t be none of them on my model.
And this is, why: Bad quality 🙁
Parts for the catapult
Parts for the aft-deck
Ro 43 floatplane parts
And in position
Anchors in position
the completed aft-deck
the completed aft-deck
And this are the last parts: Anchor-chain and railing ...
... floatplane and sprues for heat-stretching
The beginning of the railing.It doesn´t fit 100%, although it´s the original Trumpeter one... 🙁
The kits anchorchain. Without...
... and with colour.
The beginning of the rigging.
And more of it.
The Ro 43 floatplane. The decals required a lot of softner, to make them fit.
The finished rigging. The flagg is also in its position.
Ready, waiting for the socket. I order mine @Diosockel.com.
Commenti
7 18 November 2013, 21:49
Mathias CarlThank you, mates.
Building it isn´t as easy as I thought.
The overall fitting is not that good.
Actually it requieres a lot of filling and sanding... 🙁
19 November 2013, 05:28
Duncan CookIf you like you could leave this parts to me, you know i love sanding and filling😉
Just joking, take your time this is not a speedbuild.
19 November 2013, 12:18
Holger KranichHey thats a nice project!
Have you seen the build blog on Modellversium?
19 November 2013, 13:05
Holger KranichWas the Roma not one of the ships that had been hit by a Fritz X?
19 November 2013, 13:07
Mathias Carl@Holger:
Jupp, I´ve seen it.
And also in real when Jim was at Fuldatal a few years ago.
I´ve had a real nice conversation with him.😉
19 November 2013, 19:40
Christian Bruerunusual subject for you - no German Navy😉 but, nice one Mathias!!!
20 November 2013, 19:19
Mathias Carl@Christian B.: You´re right, but the Littorio´s are definitly some of the best looking ships.
26 November 2013, 19:17
Mathias CarlSome new pictures.
The command-tower ist finished, just like the 2 chimneys, most of the 20mm and 37mm AA, the 90mm AA and some ohter parts like platforms a.s.o.
Next step will be the boatdeck, the aft tower and the aft 152mm.
23 February 2014, 12:33
Christian BruerThe Italian Navy is not my favorite but this one turns out really nice not only because it?s interesting color variation, red and white forward deck, grey camouflage and green underwater hull. Good result with the AA gun blast bags. That comes our very realistic!
23 February 2014, 13:03
Mathias CarlSo almost finished.
Only the railing and the riggin have to be done.
14 March 2014, 14:30
Mathias CarlI declare this model finished. 😄
The railing and rigging is done, she´s only waiting for the base from Diosockel.com.
Aaaand:
She will be at Wilnsdorf with me😉
20 March 2014, 19:11
Jermaine HoskinI admire your dedication to build something like this. Outstanding!
20 March 2014, 19:25
Christian MeyerhoffLooks great! Some minor washing on the wooden decks would make it perfect.
20 March 2014, 19:27
Mathias CarlThank you guys.
@Christian:
I don´t use washing.
Since I´ve been sailing aboard the Gorch Fock, I´ve a good impression of what real wooden decks look like from a certain distance...
And a washing wouldn´t be helpful in my opinion.
It wouldn´t look good, I think.
20 March 2014, 19:41
Alan RushHello Mathias. I have not attempted a ship model, but if I did, I would hope it would look as well built and painted as yours. Very beautiful job patiently put together.
20 March 2014, 20:52
Mathias CarlThank you very much, mates. 🙂
It was hard work, I have to admit...
The overall fitting isn´t as good, as I was used to it from Trumpeter.
But in the end it was still fun, and that´s waht´s important😉
21 March 2014, 05:19
Christian Meyerhoff@Mathias: This was just a recommendation, it looks very nice the way it is.
21 March 2014, 09:09
Kevin FouremanI build Italian aircraft and getting ready to do armor as well and thought about trying to do this ship! After much thought I simply have too many projects to add this to my list, but I am super happy getting to watch you build yours. You are doing a fantastic job. How long is this model? Are you going to weather it any?
21 March 2014, 11:32
Mathias CarlThanks mates.
@Christian:
That´s just the way, I understood it 🙂
@Kevin:
I´m not wethering my ships.
They will be presented on a socket, and not in "water", so I think, weathering wouldn´t fit.
21 March 2014, 11:43
Wim van der Luijtwhat a fantastic project. You obviously did a lot of research and it looks better for it...
22 March 2014, 07:44
Mathias CarlThank you, guys.
As soon as she is on her socket, I will post some new pictures.
22 March 2014, 07:48
Fulvio ZandaLavoro meraviglioso, grazie mi accingo a costruirla e queste foto sono illuminanti
19 September 2021, 07:00
Album info
This will be almost a simple straight oob-build.
But I hope you like 😉
Some minor modifikations will be carried out to give it a good over-all-look.
