WIP: 1:96 USS Constitution

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Chrome

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While I stayed in Serbia I found a store carrying a lot of good old Revell kits which were (in my eyes) dirt cheap so I just had to get me the biggest model I could find in the store and then walked the streets of Novi Sad looking like a five year old with a huge grin on my face and sparkling eyes, carrying a box that was half the size of myself.

I have decided to share this childish joy with you guys while I assemble, paint and slightly convert this small thing called a model. The finished model will measure 91,8 x 68 cm(that's 36.1 x 26.7 inches for you across the pond) and the kit contains 1307 pieces with sizes ranging from 696mm long to F*ing tiny. Painting the crew is something I'm quite looking forward to. :)

I decided that this project needed a log of its own, after all, the model is so big that it needs to have its own workspace in order for me to be able to go on about my everyday life and other projects in between sessions.

And the first thing I did when I got back home was naturally to set up the workspace.

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Welcome home, my child.

I'm hoping you'll have just as much fun following the thread as I'll be having building the ship. :)

Stay tuned!
 
In Chigh P.I.

In Chigh P.I.

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Nice looking kit. Ive been a big fan of Revell for a number of years now, i look forward to seeing this take shape.
 
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SkelettetS

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cool. its just like those scale model tanks i know people build, where you have to glue every cog. one zillion pieces that make game workshop's "mulit part plastic kit" kind of laughable. anyway, will be great to see this take shape, although i think you should have choosen a swedish warship, like Kronan or something. where is the patriotism here?! ;)

oh, and by the way, what's up with GDUK?
 
PegaZus

PegaZus

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I am such a freakin' scifi nut I was all excited to see what you'd be doing with such a large starship model. Scale seemed off. At 1:96 surely it would be larger, right? Scroll down and...

Oh, THAT USS Constitution. Uh, okay. Carry on.
 
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Chrome

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SkelettetS said:
cool. its just like those scale model tanks i know people build, where you have to glue every cog. one zillion pieces that make game workshop's "mulit part plastic kit" kind of laughable. anyway, will be great to see this take shape, although i think you should have choosen a swedish warship, like Kronan or something. where is the patriotism here?! ;)

oh, and by the way, what's up with GDUK?
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Yeah, I still take some mild offence whenever some random store kid complains about the complexity of the GW kits. Back in MY day dammit... :D Kronan will be done some day, just haven't found/been bothered to search hard enough for a level 5 kit of her, those are the most enjoyable ones. :)

I can't afford UK this year, two trips abroad kinda drained me sadly. :/
 
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Chrome

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PegaZus said:
I am such a freakin' scifi nut I was all excited to see what you'd be doing with such a large starship model. Scale seemed off. At 1:96 surely it would be larger, right? Scroll down and...

Oh, THAT USS Constitution. Uh, okay. Carry on.
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Too much Star Trek eh? :D
 
GreenGears

GreenGears

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Oh my goodness! I remember putting this kit together as a 10 year old kid. I had such lofty goals in mind, and fell so very short. Here's hoping you have more talent and patience than I did at 10.
 
cassar

cassar

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Hmmm not much chance of that im afraid...i reckon chrome will manage about two thirds before he gets bored, drops it like a hot rock n moves onto something else lol
 
GreenGears

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Well here's hoping that's not the case Cassar. I'd love to see someone bring the image I had in my 10 year old head of billowing sails, salty spray, *insert other majestic nautical adjective/noun* to life. I'll be following this build. Best of luck Chrome!
 
terroroy

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GreenGears said:
Well here's hoping that's not the case Cassar. I'd love to see someone bring the image I had in my 10 year old head of billowing sails, salty spray, *insert other majestic nautical adjective/noun* to life. I'll be following this build. Best of luck Chrome!
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batten down the mizzenmast! hoist the anchor! swab the decks ye scurvy dogs! and walk the plank! yarr!
 
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Chrome

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Well then, secondary goal with this project is hereby to prove Cassar wrong! Moahaha! :sinister: (only because he does have a point, apart from my GD entry I haven't finished anything in ages, I need to change that.)

Been doing some hull painting today, first I primed everything white, then I used Scorched Brown as a base colour for the wood and Hashut Copper for the ehm, copper.
I then washed everything with Badab Black to mute the colours quickly and give the copper the first stage of verdigris.
The wood was drybrushed with some graveyard earth to pick out the grain and make it look slightly aged and worn.

I then continued by sponging most of the copper with a mix of 5 parts Kabalite Green and 1 part Chaos Black creating a dark green and very uneven layer of verdigris which got covered with an even more unevenly sponged layer of pure Hellion Green (those new dry paints from GW are absolutely wonderful to sponge). I finished the verdigris by mixing some of the Hellion Green with water and streaked downwards on the copper to create the feeling of an often wet surface.

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This has a really nice, almost textured effect with very eye catching colour variations, not bad for a first attempt at trying verdigris on such a large area if I may say so myself. :)
 
cassar

cassar

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I have to say that looks SWEET a really really IMPRESSIVE effect there Chrome.......shame you wont finish it.... LOL only pulling yer leg ;) matey Yaaaaarrrr!
If you're going for the "realistic just into dry dock for a service effect" might i suggest barnacles made from your rock plaster only ground up nice n small and applied like you would salt for the salt weathering technique only with glue instead of hairspry obviously.
 
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Chrome

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cassar said:
I have to say that looks SWEET a really really IMPRESSIVE effect there Chrome.......shame you wont finish it.... LOL only pulling yer leg ;) matey Yaaaaarrrr!
If you're going for the "realistic just into dry dock for a service effect" might i suggest barnacles made from your rock plaster only ground up nice n small and applied like you would salt for the salt weathering technique only with glue instead of hairspry obviously.
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Thanks mate! :) That could make a really nice effect! I'll definitely get me some spray glue when the money rolls in the next time. :)
 
me_in_japan

me_in_japan

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That's some lovely copper, and no mistake.

Re: spray glue - I'd ga canny with spray glue if I were you. If you're not very careful you run the risk of getting glue in places you really dont want it, and I've found that spray glue tends to dry tacky (meaning the hull of your ship will be tacky, at least up until it grows a fluff-jacket :( Possibly just splodging glue on with an old brush might work better, and be more controlled?
 
cassar

cassar

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me_in_japan said:
That's some lovely copper, and no mistake.

Re: spray glue - I'd ga canny with spray glue if I were you. If you're not very careful you run the risk of getting glue in places you really dont want it, and I've found that spray glue tends to dry tacky (meaning the hull of your ship will be tacky, at least up until it grows a fluff-jacket :( Possibly just splodging glue on with an old brush might work better, and be more controlled?
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hmmm i concur with Mij's suggestion.
 
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