Hms King George V 1942
For my first time building a ship model, I am using the Tamiya 1:350 HMS Prince of Wales to represent HMS King George V in early 1942. I have the Pontos set and the Eduard sets, though there are a lot of details missing or incorrect in both of those sets for the time period I am building. This means I am needing to us various additional detail sets as well as a lot of scratch building.
The bridge is mostly finished apart from the carley floats, cable reels, Oerlikons, pom-pom directors and stairs. I had to rebuild the back part of the first two decks as the kit parts for this area represented a later refit of the KGV.
The two diagonal pipes seem to be some sort of vents from the hangars below. The four etch boxes are ammo boxes for the pom-poms, with with what seems to be some sort of counterbalance on their lids.
The boat deck is currently in progress. I am trying to work out the exact types and locations of the boats, but there are very few references available showing this area.
The three 14" turrets are complete, with a mixture of Pontos and Eduard details
YX Models stud link chain and North Star anchors, with scratch built connectors.
Various oerlikon gun tubs. For the bow on the left and stern on the right.
Catheads. The Pontos versions were somewhat disappointing being significantly undersized and simplified.
Finished off the boat deck with railing and boat racks
Incredible Micro Master 3d printed ships boat
Partially scratch built crane with photo etch boom
Cable reels
The kit hull was completely smooth, but there were quite prominent plates on the real ship. The options for displaying these were to mask the plates and add paint to create a raised area, or to scribe in the plates. I went with the second option. First job was to mark horizontal lines around the hull, then using Dymo tape and micro chisels, I started scribing.
First few lines done
Once the main horizontal lines were done, I used a scribing tool to add vertical panel lines. It looks a bit over the top here, but will hopefully be less visible under a few coats of paint.
Bottom of the hull done. Again, maybe a bit too much, but it shouldn't be too visible.
Bow fairlead arrangement completed, mostly scratch built.
Starting to add the degaussing cables. The solid sections have been replaced with styrene strip.
Catapult in place. A few extra details have been added to the Pontos parts.
Deck hatches on the stern have been opened up, with steps added (made from small sections of cable ties).
Continuing work on the hull with propeller shafts and supports added
around 160 portholes glued into position
Ladders made from 0.2mm wire. There are eight of these around the hull with 5 steps each
I scratch built new propeller shafts and supports to better fit the bronze propellers from Prop Shop. I also have the rear Oerlikons in place.
Chains for the anchors and paravanes in place
Kommentarer
26 2 May 2020, 20:49
Mark Broughton
Peter really like this, one of the things I always struggle with is gluing tiny etch parts and getting it to look tidy. Photo 3 is incredible.
Peter really like this, one of the things I always struggle with is gluing tiny etch parts and getting it to look tidy. Photo 3 is incredible.
27 May 2021, 08:51
Peter Machin
Thanks for the feedback. I also struggle with gluing tiny parts Mark, it feels like each one required at least three attempts ?. Treehugger, if you are talking about the things on the right hand side of photo 15, these are flag lockers for signalling flags.
Thanks for the feedback. I also struggle with gluing tiny parts Mark, it feels like each one required at least three attempts ?. Treehugger, if you are talking about the things on the right hand side of photo 15, these are flag lockers for signalling flags.
29 May 2021, 22:35
Richmond
Yes I struggle with these small parts as well and I try and steer clear of CA wherever possible as there are alternatives
Yes I struggle with these small parts as well and I try and steer clear of CA wherever possible as there are alternatives
2 July 2021, 18:35
Simon Nagorsnik
So fabulous detail work- impressive!
you need steady hands and patience
So fabulous detail work- impressive!
you need steady hands and patience
5 December 2021, 16:22
Rui
I'm watching this build with great interest, as I am hoping to make the jump from aircraft to ships in the near future. It wont be anything as ambitious as this but this build is giving me a lot of ideas. The level of detail and ingenuity with the scratch building is impressive.👍
I'm watching this build with great interest, as I am hoping to make the jump from aircraft to ships in the near future. It wont be anything as ambitious as this but this build is giving me a lot of ideas. The level of detail and ingenuity with the scratch building is impressive.👍
5 December 2021, 16:31
Gary Victory
Always thought Ship building a bit of a dark art especially with all that P.E.
Total respect to anyone who has the patience and mind set to take to that level of detail.
Really nice work Peter. 👍
Always thought Ship building a bit of a dark art especially with all that P.E.
Total respect to anyone who has the patience and mind set to take to that level of detail.
Really nice work Peter. 👍
13 December 2021, 07:45
Dietmar Bogatzki
RFantastic all the PE and the scratchbuilding, the paintjob, hope sometime i can built a ship, by myself 👍
RFantastic all the PE and the scratchbuilding, the paintjob, hope sometime i can built a ship, by myself 👍
12 February 2022, 11:25