Topic: Tamiya 1/350 Bismarck (Read 7623 times)

kpnuts · « **on:** September 03, 2018, 11:37:34 am »

Hi all I got this last Xmas and although I don't get much modelling time these days I wanted to start it but as always with a difference I want to depict her during the battle as she's sinking and at the bottom of the sea, all at the same time.
I realise she didn't break up and apart from 35 metres of the stern is still in one piece on the bottom.
She landed practically on top of an undersea volcano which erupted and she slid down the side as the volcano erupted leaving her laying level on the seabed with her stern mostly covered.
My problem is do I play with the historical facts and cut her into 3 sections to depict what I want or is there a way of depicting the whole thing whist keeping her whole.

kpnuts · « **Reply #1 on:** September 07, 2018, 08:09:49 pm »

Hi all well I think I'm just going to go with the wreck dio ( will need a fair bit of scratch building but I'm up for it)
As an interesting angle on size and shape look at this.

She was a tad bigger than the KGV but almost identical in shape.
Anyway made a start on painting her

Not going to go overboard with the painting as most of it won't be seen.
I must say I'm going to really enjoy this as I love doing rusty things (for those who don't know me i love doing cars and motorcycles, which I usually do with a fair bit of wear and tear)
As per this example.

kpnuts · « **Reply #2 on:** September 08, 2018, 07:58:12 pm »

Hi all well got the hull painted, as I said I'm not too worried about the accuracy of the painting as most of it won't be seen when it's on the sea bed and yes I know the stern painting is a bit off but since that will be sheared off in the dio it won't be a problem, also another size comparison against the Titanic (which incidentally seems to be exactly the same length of the KGV although she was much higher makes me wonder were battleships given a low profile to make them harder to be seen.

kpnuts · « **Reply #3 on:** September 09, 2018, 04:53:57 pm »

Hi all before risking the actual ship to my first attempts at an underwater dio I tried an experiment does this look convincing took me ages (well 15 mins) I'm quite happy with it.
I'm trying to get it to look like this

I photographed the process in case anyone is interested.

kpnuts · « **Reply #4 on:** September 11, 2018, 08:24:20 pm »

Hi all drilled out a couple of the big turrets bases and added the traversing gear to the inside of one of them (still got to deepen the shaft and add some internal detail) I'm only planning on making the base a little larger than the model, should I still add the missing turrets and other superstructure that came off even though they were found a long way from the wreck.

In case anyone thinks I've stopped working on the KGV I've not it's just the part I'm working on now has 4 pompoms and the PE takes ages.

kpnuts · « **Reply #5 on:** September 15, 2018, 07:26:53 pm »

Hi all I had to drill out the lower deck to allow for the details I have to add as the turrets won't be there.

And gave the decking it's first coat of paint

As you can see the traversing gear needs a bit of work

kpnuts · « **Reply #6 on:** September 17, 2018, 08:04:38 pm »

Hi all started on the base

I've tried to get the seabed undulations as like the photos as I can, still got some fine tweaking to do to it yet.
I've drawn some of the damage on the hull and decking I'm thinking of using a soldering iron to inflict it.

kpnuts · « **Reply #7 on:** September 22, 2018, 07:02:08 pm »

Hi all made a start on the damage, there is a load to add but I think it's an ok start.

I'm afraid no more modelling for a week as off on hols.

kpnuts · « **Reply #8 on:** October 07, 2018, 05:04:18 pm »

Hi all started on rusting her, still loads of crud to add but I think it's a good starting point.

kpnuts · « **Reply #9 on:** October 09, 2018, 07:50:35 pm »

Hi all added some salt then a light grey wash to kill some of the colour, then knock some of the salt off add another thin sandy wash, knock some more salt off then a thin black wash. I feel it's getting there now.

kpnuts · « **Reply #10 on:** October 12, 2018, 08:27:30 pm »

Hi all can you guess what this will be.
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kpnuts · « **Reply #11 on:** October 13, 2018, 07:24:09 pm »

Hi all well I thought I could use this as the submersible used to light and film her, unfortunately it is totally out of scale so i will have to find something else, although I see that the effect will work quite well.

kpnuts · « **Reply #12 on:** October 18, 2018, 08:03:23 pm »

Hi all another small update

warspite · « **Reply #13 on:** October 19, 2018, 08:09:15 am »

You could use three scratch built ROV’s with white LED’s to illuminate, a google search should give an idea what shape they were, yellow boxes sat atop black skids etc. with robot arm/manipulators folded or not, the power supply on show to the background would not be out of place as they normally use an umbilical

kpnuts · « **Reply #14 on:** October 21, 2018, 07:56:24 pm »

Hi all started weathering the deck.

Must say I'm a bit disappointed Tamiya don't supply and decals with this kit

kpnuts · « **Reply #15 on:** October 22, 2018, 08:41:22 pm »

Hi all added some damage to the superstructure

Trouble with doing a wreck is now I have to find out what the inside of that turret that's had the armour blown off looks like.

kpnuts · « **Reply #16 on:** October 26, 2018, 09:24:38 pm »

Hi all a bit more weathering on this

Anyone see the tiny little sea anemone

kpnuts · « **Reply #17 on:** October 31, 2018, 07:50:09 pm »

Hi all built some more of the superstructure and added some more damage to the decking

I know there is no debris from the wreck in the immediate area but I'm sorely tempted to use some artistic licence and add some.

kpnuts · « **Reply #18 on:** November 08, 2018, 08:37:32 pm »

Hi all well I've got lighting that seems more right scale wise, got another one of these to convert and ordered 2 more slightly different (just for variety) to add.

kpnuts · « **Reply #19 on:** November 13, 2018, 08:49:13 pm »

Hi all well I still thought the sub was a little over scale so I've cut it down as much as I can, I've also added 2 more and added a bit more superstructure.

I was thinking of adding another light, do you think that would be too much.

warspite · « **Reply #20 on:** November 14, 2018, 09:23:04 am »

I thought they expect the ship to have completely disintegrated in the next 100 years, the subs look like their from the far off future

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