GPM Prince of Wales, 1/200 waterline model

[Sakrison]

Originally Posted by Longbow

Thanks guys

Yes, the point where I have to decide on the water part nears..
1. I could ly her at anchor, one crane picking up a plane
2. Steaming in the atlantic wigh blues, greens, greys and whites
3. Steaming in the pacific with more blues and whites

For the material to use
1. Buying ready made plastic stuff (not going to do this)
2. Use plaster like the saratoga
3. Clay like play doh.
I'm thinking of using the clay. It stays soft longer and so lets me correct longer..

Your advice will be apprecated !!!

One material popular with some model railroaders is acrylic matte medium.

[Longbow]

Thanks David,
Was thinking along the same lines.
Bought the final ground plate yesterday and discussed my final plans with my wife.
She is magnificent: she lets me talk and listens, we enjoy a glass of Lagavulin, and she lets me develop my own ideas, using old photographs of the Prince.
I do not have enough room (space ? Is that correct english ?) in my plexi glass
show case to allow a very wide groundplate, so I think that emulating a heavy sea or a fast steaming Prince is not an option.
I will use the first option with a calm sea and a plane that is lowered by a crane, colours as if in the Atlantic. Arcrilic of course, does not smell as heavy as oil paints.

[lancer525]

Hey, I bought some 1/200 figures from a European seller on eBay. I think I paid something like $12US for 100 little white plastic figurines.

I took one of them and glued him to a small paper circle to use as an indicator of scale for my current project, and named him Fred. Here's a pic of Fred next to some parts I'm working on.

[Longbow]

Lancer,
Thanks... I'll have a look.in eBay right away
The cranes look great ! Your Georgia build, right ? Impressive

[lancer525]

Klass.... eBay has so much stuff that's handy, that I can't believe I'm not bankrupt already...

I don't recall exactly from whom I bought them, but I think the guy was in Belgium, if that helps. They were made by Preiser and came in a little plastic bubble pack with 100 figures.

[Longbow]

Lancer, I've got them
Thanks !

Incredibly small, they give a good idea of the size of the ship.
Just for fun I put two of them on the ship.
I have been busy with a new baseplate, trying to create water, and made the railings on the ship. Will update you when I can share pictures that are worth viewing

As jet the figures and railings are unpainted, but I wanted to share the size of the figures with you guys.

[lancer525]

Jeez, Klaas... That's got to be one of the most humbling pics I've seen in a while... Here I am worried about getting the major components to work, and you're building with detail that I could never even dream of achieving.

I'm so very glad that you found the figures, and that they were suitable for your needs.

Happy to help.

[Longbow]

I started with the baseplate this week.
After creating the railings on the ship's sides I unscrewed the model from the build baseplate (see first post)
I then took the maximum size from the showcase I made two years ago.

It became clear that the width of the baseplate does not allow a very wild sea. So I decided to create a seascape where I could lower one of the planes using a crane. Furthermore I can create one of the side stairs using the more calm sea.

I cut out the baseplate from 8 mm MDF plating, and put on a base coat specially made for MDF. MDF is made using glue, so you'll have to basecoat it first else nothing will stick to it.
I then drew the outline of the Prince on it, and decided where to place the ship allowing for the lowering of the plane into the water.

I tried to create the water with plaster. In my mind it was to rough, so I sanded the plaster mith my thumb while the plaster still was a little bit wet.

My wife helped me with the colours for the atlantic (I don't see colours very well) and painted the base plate in the basic colour.
I will add accents using mixes with blues and whites later on.

I then made the frame of the baseplate from wooden frames from the local DIY, and varnished the frame.

Then the big moment: joining the ship (without the cranes because they are too fragile) to the baseplate.

Next I will correct the joining of the ship to the 'water', filling it using play doh, and paint the water accents. But that is for later !

CU next time ! Any tips : allways welcome !!

[eatcrow2]

Excellent clean work!! Really like the "in-scale" rigging. Looks very realistic..

[Michael Mash]

Hello Klaas,
It really look terrific in that final photo.
Nice seascape.
Mike