Z-39 Destroyer - 10/15 FINISHED!

[wing_nut]

Time to change things up and get started on the ship for the GB. Staring photos and getting' organized.

[wouter]

Aha! Another Captain arises! Nice to see you start a floaty build mate...my Yammi won't feel that alone anymore (the others tend to have stalled )

Looking forward to see you build this!

Cheers

[bish]

Nice, I have been thinking about getting on of these German destroyer kits. Will be watching.

[dierk]

I'll be watching!
Yes Wouter, my Schwimmie has stalled when I came across 10 piece PE rifle holders - but I'm hoping to crack on with it once my BA-10 is painted and waiting for decals...

[wouter]

Sept 10, 2016 10:12:12 GMT -5 dierk said:

I'll be watching!
Yes Wouter, my Schwimmie has stalled when I came across 10 piece PE rifle holders - but I'm hoping to crack on with it once my BA-10 is painted and waiting for decals...

Glad to read that mate, after all...I need some support for my AA gun assemblies

Cheers

[wbill76]

Nice to see you crack the box on this one Marc!

[Wes]

Im in for the ride for sure. Love ship builds.

[wing_nut]

Well buys and girls it is certainly a pleasure to have you aboard.


Bill, I recently looked over your "Z" build log and I agree, the back hull is very evil looking.

The 1st 2 of too many damn small guns. Holy moly that took a long time. And talk about small fiddly bits. And this from a guy that has done more than my fair share of 144th amount and armor.

[dierk]

Tiny parts and fiddly assemblies: that's why we love this hobby

[wbill76]

Slick work on the dual gun mounts there Marc, very nice! Just remember that 1/350 is twice the scale of 1/144...so you know what you're in for!

[wing_nut]

Bill, twice the scale almost makes it sound bigger. Boy howdy it ain't that.

Bench time has once again at a premium and this was more work that it looks. Most of us have experienced bad Dragon instructions. To the point that Dragon is a verb. "OH CRAP! I've been Dragon'd again.". "Well just Dragon me!" "Oh crap... I am SO Dragon'd " Already wrong part numbers and line drawing that don't match the parts. And I'm on page 1.

[tobias5555]

Great work on that guns.

[dierk]

Nice guns you have there!
Most people think that Dragon are just crap at doing instructions, but what they don't realise is that the company has a much more philosophical approach and is trying to educate its customers to use their brains and think for themselves, so they'll never fall into the trap of having to use the excuse 'I was only following orders'

[wing_nut]

Thanks gents.

More like following disorders.

[Leon]

Nice work on the guns Marc!

[wing_nut]

I was curious to see black basing would translate to a ship. Black primer coat is marbled with a light color. Color coats are built up in thin transparent layers to give a tonal variations, since anything you look at is rarely a perfect even color like a wall in your living room.



Lifecolor Rot 5 mixed a about 1:1 and mist coats applied... about 3 here. And 2 more in the next pic. The overall effect is more vivid than I can capture in a photo.






Masked from the boot stripe down and re-primed and marbled for the Dunkelgrau Hull DKM 51. Even harder to photo the effect with a light color.






Deck covered with Tamiya German Gray.

[wouter]

Looks good there mate!

Cheers

[Leon]

Hull looks really good with paint on Marc!

[wing_nut]

Just when I was thinking that I was not making any progress I looked down at the subassemblies scattered across the bench and no one could be more surprised than me. And yet still so far to go. Lots of greebles to add to the superstructures before they get permanently attached to the deck.










And 1 more use for Laser Bond. A little blob on the tiny little search light, hit it with the UV light and instant clear lens.

[Leon]

Nice progress Mark! Looking really good.

[wing_nut]

Thanks Leon.

[dupes]

Sharp work on those guns, Wingy!

Do you feel that the base coat pre-mottling was worth it?

[wing_nut]

Thanks Marc

Do you feel that the base coat pre-mottling was worth it?

I only did it on the hull thinking it would be to difficult on he small amount of superstructure. And yes, the effect is nice. subtle and hard to photograph. The close up of the bottom o f the hull show it to some degree.

[panzerjager2]

[bish]

Great use of black basing, looks really nice. Really liking the look of this and what your doing to it.

[wing_nut]

PJ, Bish... sorry guys for not responding sooner. Lots going on these days. But thanks for the comments.

[tigrazor]

Nice little ship. And its even German. Great work so far.

[wing_nut]

Thanks Lucas.

[wing_nut]

The Z-39 pulls into port. A fun build, the instructions sheet not withstanding. We've all been "Dragoned" before with crap instructions but these were new low. Parts with an arrow pointing in the general direction of where it goes. Parts appear in a drawings like magic and nowhere is it previously mentioned. Wrong part numbers, part drawing that don't match the parts. You get the picture (too bad Dragon didn't)

So for your consideration and critique...

[Leon]

Outstanding finish Marc! Very nicely done.