January 4, 200719 yr I purchased a handful of 1980's RN/Argentinians surface and aircraft a while back, and more modern US/various. While aircraft are 1/1250 (I'm pretty certain), the ships are 1/6000. I finally got around to painting some, and last nights victims were a gaggle of Type 22 FF's. Wow, these guys are tiny. I did the hulls, no problem, did the extreme tops of the superstructure...ok. Tried to put a thin black line along the "waterline". Unreal. Luckily I'm paralleling these with 1/2400 so we'll see how that goes. Anyone else have any experience with either 1/6000 or 1/2400 ships? Pete
January 4, 200719 yr Author Some "in-progress" photos should be do-able tonight. As promised...with obligatory US penny.
January 5, 200719 yr Thanks Pete! Anyone who tries to paint such tiny beasts must be a little loony , color me jealous nonetheless.
January 6, 200719 yr Author Amphibious Task Force consisting of 6x Sir Galahad Class LSL's escorted by 2x Type 22 Batch I FF's, with obligatory US penny. Notice the sea textured base of aircraft in bottom picture. RFA Sir Galahad An unpainted Harrier flying top cover for the convoy. These aircraft are 1/1250 scale.
January 6, 200719 yr Author HMS Hermes HMS Invincible Old reliable RFA Sir Tristram Type 22 Batch I on AAW Picket (not actually certain of its role) A-4 Skyhawks coming in fast Uh Oh...Vampires! Finding its mark?
July 16, 200718 yr Author Yesterday's project was 5x MEKO 140 Corvettes, 5x Halcon PC's (they are really-really-really small), 5x SH-60, 5x A-6, 2x New Vanguard Very Large Crude Carriers (one laden, one ballast), 4x O.H. Perry, 1x CGN Long Beach, and 1x CVN Enterprise. Pic's maybe tonight. Next up are F-4 Phantoms, SH-2F Sea Sprites, RN Leander, Knox FF's and Belknap CG's. Also determining if using clear packaging rigid plastic to create "spinning" rotors for the 1:1250 helos. [Note: glad I just wrote 1:1250 cause I looked up the main rotor diameter of an SH-60B and it was 53' 08" and I was scratching my head when I calculated that would be under 3mm at a scale of 1;6000 - but it should be 1:1250 for the birds.]
July 16, 200718 yr nice ships Pete, to paint them one must not have a shaking hand btw, what about subs? cheers, Jan
July 16, 200718 yr Author btw, what about subs? The next inbound package has 3x Victor I SSN, and 6x Kilo SS.
July 16, 200718 yr check out this link for what you should do with your helos http://www.camospecs.com/Miniature.asp?ID=3185
July 17, 200718 yr Author Pic's maybe tonight. USS Enterprise USS Long Beach CGN OH Perry FFG USN Carrier Strike Group Lite passing through a choke point Halcon PC (this guy is tiny!) MEKO 140 Corvette SH-60B conducting ASW aft of its host the Perry FFG. AV-8B flying impromptu top cover SH-60B closer... Oceanhawk on the beach - maintnenance sucks! A-6 lining up a MEKO 140. (Color is agahst! It is painted "Aggressor Gray"). Comments, critiques...
July 17, 200718 yr Author Almost forgot the New Vanguard and New Vista Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCC). FFG escorting a laden VLCC. OPFOR MEKO 140 keeping its distance from the escort.
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