Seydlitz development

[rjccjr]

Started this project some time back. Have been working at it ever since and am now about to complete the Mk IV prototype. It amounts to nearly thirty pages of card stock, without directions. However it it on time and within budget, since there are no parameters. There was a previous post back in the dark ages, but I do not know how to get back to it. Hope i got the pictures right.

Regards, rjccjr

[Scott K]

Looks very good! One of my favorite ships, and also one on my own design list. Hope to see more, what scale is it?

Scott K.

[Don Boose]

Glad to see more on this project.

Don

[rjccjr]

Hi;

Thank you for the kind comments. Here are a few more pictures, taken yesterday. The scale is 1;250. I started doing card models while stationed in Germany in the early 1960's, mostly Willhelmshavener kits. Hence the scale of this project to compare for size. Have been photographing the process since the start. Big discovery was that, when you try to scratch build, you have to become a historian, and it is so much more complicated that simply building a kit. there were a couple of other projects before this, but this turned out to be very much more complicated. The main turrets elevate and traverse. The casemate guns and cranes traverse as well. The are not pinned into the hull, they are integral to the structure.

Regards, rjccjr

[rickstef]

One way to find what the threads are you posted, go to your profile, and click on Statistics, and then click on Threads posted, and a listing of the threads you started will be returned

here is your previous thread on your ships
update

[John Dell]

Nice work. I've always had a strong interest in World War I German battlecruisers. I’ll be looking forward to your updates.

I recommended this book to a modeler building SMS Von der Tann. If you don’t already have it, I can highly recommend it.

https://www.amazon.com/German-Battlecruisers-World-War-One/dp/1591141915

[douglasmarrel]

Love those ships from that era

[rjccjr]

Hi;

Have gotten to the stage where bitts, chocks,cleats and skylights are being attached. Here are four shots which show the initial layout of the ocean. At this point it is textured acrylic modeling paste. Paint will be applied after any drying cracks have been filled. Rigging and railings are still quite a way in the future.

Regards, rjccjr

[rjccjr]

Hi ;

Got to the point of laying in the ocean. It's probably an old fashioned notion, but a ship that is not in the water seems reminiscent of a beached whale. The ocean is made of acrylic modeling paste applied to the base board and textured with a teriyaki skewer. Once that is fully dry and any cracks filled, color is added with acrylic artists paint. The palette has only four colors, blue, yellow, black and white. Small portions of the paint are mixed and applied as the work progresses. Slight color variations are created as I go along. When the primary colors are dry, tinted accents are applied with a dry brush technique. There is practically no raw white coloring in the whole affair. After everything ig very well cured, a variegated gloss surface will be applied using acrylic floor polish.

Regards, rjccjr

[rjccjr]

Hi;

Finally, got a day when it is not raining. The surface coat on the ocean is dry, and I put Seydlitz out in the sunlight. There is still quite a lot of detail work to do, but it is getting there.

Regards, rjccjr