JSC 1:400 ORP Conrad

**marco1971** · #1 05-12-2011, 07:48 AM

Hello, today begins a new adventure with the ORP Conrad. Also in 1:400 scale. Always trying to enter details or changes that the kit's JSC does not have.

completed hull

Marco

P.S. about to change .. in this model there are the batteries of pom-pom and so far I hit my head to figure out how to make a decent ... Any ideas?

**Don Boose** · #2 05-12-2011, 07:52 AM

Very nice, clean, and precise work. I appreciate the step-by-step construction photos, which are very useful to show the techniques for constructing JSC models. I have a huge stack of JSC ships and hope to build at least some of them some day.

Don

**CMDRTED** · #3 05-12-2011, 08:21 AM

Marco, for starters if you have a small punch drill out all the portholes. Put some type of bright strips of paper behind them so they stand out, bright blue or green works well here. For small detail parts I've discovered you do NOT have to make every detail. On the pom poms make sure the ammo boxes look good, add a wire gunsight, straight barrels and if it is the big mount place the small wire rail on the back part. Add small seats and that should do it. With small scale all the very little detail gets very lost and is wasted effort. Use contrasting colors on edges and small parts to force a perspective or 3d effect. look at some of the details on Hosho and Kashima and the JSC Card. Alot of the details are printed on, you have to have a scanner and printer to do it that way, if not a very steady hand and small paintbrush can do. The other thing is to make extra hatches and little deck details and glue them to the printed on details, and example are the water doors. Good luck, it can be done in this scale!

**marco1971** · #4 05-13-2011, 03:22 PM

Thank you very much for the advice you gave me. Unfortunately I did not hole punch, I tried to order it on amazon site but they tell me that my country can not send it.

This is my beta pompom ... Should I reduce it a bit wide but the idea should be this one.

Marco

**GMintz** · #5 05-13-2011, 05:20 PM

Marco,

Very impressive guns!! They would be hard in 1:200 and for most people impossible in 1:400. Can't wait to see the rest of the build.

Best wishes,

Greg

**marco1971** · #6 05-16-2011, 12:41 AM

In the the kit of Conrad there are also 4 patrolboat.

This is S2.

Marco

**CMDRTED** · #7 05-16-2011, 07:13 AM

Now you are getting it Marco. Now another advanced technique. On your pom poms, I suggest either; paint the barrels gunsight and rails a color 2-3 shades lighter than the base colour. Or drybrush the whole assembly with a shade 2-3 lighter. The details are great but when it is a single colour you loose them as a whole the eye sees a grey mass. Dry brushing taking a small puddle of paint let it 98% dry on a paper towel, then take a wider brush in this scale it would be @ 1/4 " and dip the tip in the paint. Then swipe it a few times on the paper towel then flick it or brush it across the edges of your part the contrast will be apparent anf the details will pop out. See the Hosho thread where I built thecrane assembly. The first run where I had to paint it all was drybrushed. The patrol boats look superb Marco, another 1/400 scale afficianado!

**Don Boose** · #8 05-16-2011, 07:27 AM

That's an excellent patrol boat!

I am enjoying this thread. I like your models, I like the way you build them, and I am learning from you and from Ted's valuable advice.

Don

**marco1971** · #9 05-17-2011, 01:22 AM

Hello thanks for the advice. I tried to build another pom-pom reducing it by 20% compared to the previous and coloring the viewfinder and the railings of a lighter shade. I think now may be the definitive version.

Marco

**legion** · #10 05-17-2011, 05:10 AM

That looks good, Marco. I'm building the JSC Shimakaze atm, so all these JSC threads do help! On the other hand, i kinda feel too unskilled with all the tiny stuff going on...