Charlemagne, French Pre-Dreadnought BB, 1:250, Scratchbuild

[Greg S.]

Barry: French bb did not sport dazzle camouflage in WWI. They were painted in a very monotonous gray. The only other option is the black hull/light gray (Atlantic or Channel fleets) or buff (Mediterreanean) upperworks version of the early 1900s that GB is talking about.

GB: The detail in your second drawing continues to impress. You should think about becoming a naval CGI illustrator. You drawings are better than those in a CGI book I bought in Japan during my recent trip there.

[archangel1]

Originally Posted by Gharbad

Wow, that dazzle camo is crazy stuff.
I've never seen it or heard of it before.

Hi, Kuba!

Actually, dazzle camo was quite prevelant during both wars, ranging from the subtle to the blatant! Even the liners were often painted in outrageous schemes. Here's an excellent build article by Jim Baumann, who took JSC's 1/400 RMS Mauretania (which apparently comes with the dazzle scheme) and used it as a pattern to recreate it in plastic in 1/600, using Airfix's kit. Of course, he also added about 2000(!) figures on deck! It really is something!

Cheers,
Mike

[dansls1]

Great looking start there GB!

[-Jim G]

Originally Posted by archangel1

Here's an excellent build article by Jim Baumann

Try this link http://tinyurl.com/269aac

[archangel1]

Originally Posted by -Jim G

Try this link http://tinyurl.com/269aac

Sorry about that! That's twice I forgot to include links in messages, in spite of having the link ready to Paste! I was awake, too, honest!

Cheers,
Mike

[Golden Bear]

Well, Barry, I got the joke. I'm slaving over detailed light armament to annoy builders but make Renaud very happy!



Carl

[Gharbad]

Originally Posted by archangel1

Sorry about that! That's twice I forgot to include links in messages, in spite of having the link ready to Paste! I was awake, too, honest!

Cheers,
Mike

I wonder if they included the paint scheme in the ticket price... they probably could've without complaints

[CMDRTED]

Man I leave for a few months and you have Rhino skills down! And you're doing it 1 armed! I might as well finish building my bike and just sit back and watch, great job!

[Golden Bear]

Hey Ted! Actually I've found Rhino very easy to pick up. It is like many other 3D CAD programs, only easier in some ways. Now I need to use it a bunch to make the expense worthwhile. I think of it as an entertainment program, sort of like Halo would be to teenagers.

I spent all day yesterday on the light armament. Here are the 100mm and 47mm guns on the aft structure. Somebody will curse me for these detailed items some day!


Carl

[Clashster]

Looking great, Carl! Seems you are making Rhino pay off... Watching you design your ships is making me think more about trying something myself!