Let's present ... Fair Winds and Following Seas (1:300 Revell German Warship Kit)

[SisterMaryNapalm]

And now for something completely different. Normally, I post figures (or I rather try to post some figures), but this time, it's a bit bigger.

 

My "longtime" WIP is done (you can find her in my "Speed-build"-Thread. Check out ->here<-)

 

This project started as a commission. A colleague of mine was in the navy back in the days, and she was on board of the Karlsruhe when the vessel still was in service.

When she left the ship, her comrades gifted her a model - but, as she is no model builder, the box was laying beneath some shelves never to be assembled - that is, until my colleague found out I had done model kit assembly for like 20 years or so.

 

So she gave her precious kit to me - and I foolishly took it, believing the vessel and I could make love, not war. The kit intended otherwise though  and that made my journey a rough voyage.

 

When I started in February 2018, I didn't believe it would be a ride like this. I fought my way through glue, colors, sweat, tears and blood (literally).

I think up to this date, this was THE most difficult kit I ever had to make. This old lady by far resisted every building step I made - and even after finishing her I had so many problems holding her together that I am glad I am done now.

 

Anyways - it was a great experience and I learned a lot of things - especially regarding weathering and diorama building and I value what I learned.

 

Thanks to everyone who followed my building progress and commented. I guess I wouldn't have finished her otherwise.

 

Enjoy the pictures:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Corsair]

A wonderful job, I am somewhat sad to see it completed as I enjoyed following along.

[Inarah]

Well done.  I remember those type of kits, but haven't build one in a very long time.  Yours looks great.  The water is really nice too. 

[Jellyranger69]

Very cool, I can almost hear the chop. 

[malefactus]

That is a BEAUTIFULLY crafted creation. The base is a WONDER in its own right. This may very well be your masterpiece. VERY WELL DONE!

[haldir]

NIcely done!. Love the water, you've captured the movement of the ship quite well. I love the addition of the chapah' but I would rather have the rod a clear on vs the solid metal. Again, minor quip.

 

Encourages me to want to work on plastic models again.

[SGHawkins09]

Fantastic job! I love the water and the helicopter is really cool.

[Citrine]

It turned out great, especially the water is awesome looking!

[Glitterwolf]

Awesome piece!

The water is realistic with the different colours indicating movement, the addition of the flying chopper with the converted rotorblades is a great touch.

The ship itself looks great, good weathering!

 

All in all I think you can be proud of this and it will make a great display piece for your colleague.

[SisterMaryNapalm]

19 hours ago, Corsair said:

A wonderful job, I am somewhat sad to see it completed as I enjoyed following along.

 

Don't be sad. Next big boy is already at the shipyard.

 

19 hours ago, Inarah said:

Well done.  I remember those type of kits, but haven't build one in a very long time.  Yours looks great.  The water is really nice too. 

 

Oh, yeah - me too - last 10 or so years was only figures and tanks. Therefore, it was a nice interruption.

 

19 hours ago, Jellyranger69 said:

Very cool, I can almost hear the chop. 

 

Thank you! I thought about starting this thread using the good old Doors song, but then I thought: Naaah.

 

18 hours ago, malefactus said:

That is a BEAUTIFULLY crafted creation. The base is a WONDER in its own right. This may very well be your masterpiece. VERY WELL DONE!

 

Yeah. Actually, I am a bit sad to give her away - but that's what I always feel when I am done with something.

 

17 hours ago, haldir said:

NIcely done!. Love the water, you've captured the movement of the ship quite well. I love the addition of the chapah' but I would rather have the rod a clear on vs the solid metal. Again, minor quip.

 

Yeah! Funny story. I totally agree with you. But due to the size of the helicopter, I had a real problem doing that. The original plan called for the helicopter to be magnetized, so you could swap the helicopter from the ship to a static display. But ... haha. Unfortunately, the magnets I installed inside the ship broke away when I assembled the vessel (due to the unfortunate behavior of the frigate), but the magnets of the choppers did the exact opposite. It would have been necessary for me to break off the entire lower half of the Sea Lynx to actually remove the magnet and put in the clear rod. And a rod supporting both the helicopter and the magnet without making it look ridiculous would have been so big that it would have looked ridiculous. I tried it and then decided to go this way.

 

17 hours ago, haldir said:

 

Encourages me to want to work on plastic models again.

 

Go for it!

15 hours ago, SGHawkins09 said:

Fantastic job! I love the water and the helicopter is really cool.

 

Thank you! Yeah, I am proud myself, considering the fact that it took me 5 or so days to assemble those "spinning" rotor blades.

 

13 hours ago, Citrine said:

It turned out great, especially the water is awesome looking!

 

Yes! In between I thought I had ruined it, but the end result is ... satisfying.

 

9 hours ago, Glitterwolf said:

Awesome piece!

The water is realistic with the different colours indicating movement, the addition of the flying chopper with the converted rotorblades is a great touch.

The ship itself looks great, good weathering!

 

I am not all too proud of the weathering, to be honest. Not because I didn't do it right, but because of so much breaking away every time that I had to cut corners, and you can see it - though just a bit. But it is okay. It could have been worse.

 

9 hours ago, Glitterwolf said:

 

All in all I think you can be proud of this and it will make a great display piece for your colleague.

 

Oh, yes! I absolutely hope so!

 

[buglips*the*goblin]

You got it done!  It was a lot of effort, but it paid off.  She's a beauty!  As already said, the water base is exceptionally nice.  I hope your friend likes it, and shows it off to lots of people!  

[SisterMaryNapalm]

1 hour ago, buglips*the*goblin said:

You got it done!  It was a lot of effort, but it paid off.  She's a beauty!  As already said, the water base is exceptionally nice.  I hope your friend likes it, and shows it off to lots of people!  

 

Yes, I did! I am so glad I am done. It was a lot of work and sometimes it felt like I just wanted to throw her into a corner, put a big box on top and forget about her. But I didn't - and now she's done. Yay! I am so glad.

 

My colleague already loves it from the pictures, and I think, the real thing will blow her away. She'll get the ship on Friday, and then we will see!

 

 

[SisterMaryNapalm]

And the warship is no longer on my desk. She's now with her new owner, who is truly delighted.

 

Earned me some chocolate and an undisclosed amount of money - which I didn't expect, to be honest.

 

Well then - next on the table: 1/350 scale USS Missouri

[Warlady]

Amazing work!

[SisterMaryNapalm]

On 11/22/2019 at 5:29 AM, Warlady said:

Amazing work!

 

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.