A few WWII ships for the Pacific

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Any photos of boats?

[paulr]

I've run out of 2mm sheet styrene, the last batch of ships used up my very last bits

None of the hobby shops I've been to so far have in it stock  

So I've nothing to base them on

I've now finished work for the year so will go on a hunt including hobby and artist supply shops today

I can probably get a sheet at a sign writers supply shop but an approximately 2m x 1m sheet is probably a bit more than I need

Too make matters worse I'm almost out of undercoat as well

[paulr]

I managed to location some sheet styrene

It was at a Railway Hobby shop 31km (19 miles) away

After what turned out to be a pleasant one hour drive on a nice sunny day, I now have the second to last modeling sized sheet of 2mm styrene in the Wellington region

[paulr]

Ship bases cut out, sanded & washed    

[paulr]

First side of ship bases painted
 
Once the ships are based I'll take and share some piccies
 
Meanwhile several pictures taken for DBA army lists and Ship Damage Summaries (SDS)

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Hurrah

[paulr]

Second side of ship bases painted

Labels cut out

[paulr]

Magnetic vinyl glued to bases

[paulr]

Labels glued to bases

[Techno II]

Stop arsing about, and post some pics, before your daylight hours cut down too much.

Cheers - Phil.

[paulr]

    

[paulr]

Wakes done

Ships glued to bases

Should be varnished this evening, once glue is fully dry

Forecast for next 3 days is cloudy, rain, showers... not looking good for photography until Thursday    

[paulr]

Ships varnished last night

Given the large area of printed label compared to the small ships and my current spray varnish's propensity to fog on labels and flags I decided to use brush on varnish

This reminded me why I prefer spray varnish, a few quick sprays is so much easier than brushing it on
Holding them while getting to all areas and avoiding touching already varnished areas was also a challenge

I checked them this morning and found another reason to prefer spray varnish, coverage

Varnish touched up so the gloss wash doesn't show

[fred.]

Can you brush varnish the labels before spraying?

With the UK weather I've moved to brush on base coat and varnish for some months now. 

[paulr]

An interesting idea Fred, I might give it a try next time