HobbyBoss 1/350 Alaska

[madhatter]

This one is another scheme derived from World of Warships Legends. It is my own variation to their "black" series boats. I have since dulled down the liferafts to a more realistic tone, but like usual, I have not taken any update shots since these ones were taken.

I've always thought the Alaska was a sleek and aggressive looking ship and when I saw the Black ship on World of Warships, I knew what I was going to do. I swapped out the white highlights for red and used Nato Black and Flat black for the rest.

I wanted the camo to look used and crappy - but in reality, it was all an illusion - suckering destroyers into thinking she's almost dead in the water, drawing them in closer then letting rip all 12x14" goodness that were those awesome main batteries

This was my 4th 1/350 ship kit, so be gentle. I am painfully aware of the not so good build quality in places.



























That's enough photos I think. I am pretty happy with it regardless of the faults. The camera makes them look worse (its my excuse and I'm stickin' to it!)

[406 Silverado]

I could sit and look at a build like this one for a very long time and see something different every time I glance over it. The weathered effects are perfect on this and there's enough detailing to make one dizzy!! Great work on your spin of this ship Simon!!

[reserve]

If there's something wrong with this I can't see it
Most excellent I've always admired you ship guys for many things, perseverance being foremost

[lyle]

Beautiful!

[handiabled]

Your rigging and weathering on this looks perfect!

[madhatter]

Thanks everyone. I'm stil learning ships but I have about 8 ships to build, si plenty of time to practice

[Tojo72]

Very nice,not of a subject you see a lot of

[stikpusher]

Sort of reminiscent of the WWII USN Measure 11 scheme... but man can I see some ranking officers getting upset at such a rust bucket appearance... not ship shape at all... 

[themongoose]

I’m really digging these WoW themes! Going to look some of these up and do one myself 👍

[kyledehart5]

Beautiful work on this one too. Love all the weathering and details. It’s very cool.

[madhatter]

Thanks, guys, for the kind feedback
Its because of WOWSL that I have developed this insane fixation for WW2 battleships, cruisers and to a lesser extent, destroyers. I have racked up over 15k games over a 5 year span, which pales in comparison to some people TBH. I have an Exeter going in my bench which isn't too far from being finished.
Then its the Haruna to be done in an Azure Lane or Arpeggio of Blue Steel scheme. I have a Trumpeter H Class to do after that, whuch is why I was stoked to see Mongooes's build up of it as its the first one I've seen actually built and not a review.

[scottrc]

The photo etch is really well done. Black will show glue spots and defects more than anything and I couldn't see any imperfections. Overall nice build.
The colors, they are from a game? I ask, if the ship is painted all black and made to look stealthy, then why are the Carly floats bright white and the whale boats light blue?

Just quite curious.

Scott.

[madhatter]

nah fair enough - I'd ask too I have actually really dulled those Carly floats down since taking those photos. In game, the floats are indeed white-ish and the boat is light blue (an odd choice, I agree). The difference between what's ingame and mine is I swapped out the white lines with red - to make it look better to my eyes.

[tcoat]

May 9, 2024 14:03:14 GMT -5 scottrc said:

The photo etch is really well done. Black will show glue spots and defects more than anything and I couldn't see any imperfections. Overall nice build.
The colors, they are from a game? I ask, if the ship is painted all black and made to look stealthy, then why are the Carly floats bright white and the whale boats light blue?

Just quite curious.

Scott.

Ahhh but ship camo is not intended to hide them or make them stealthy. No paint job will hide a 58,000 ton ship. The paint jobs are intended to confuse optical range and speed finders and to some degree make it harder to visually identify the ship. It could be argued that the white floats and light boats are intended to break up the profile. Some of the WoW paintjobs certainly would make it difficult to identify what ship it is!

[buddho]

One beauty of a build! Love the weathering.

[scottrc]

May 9, 2024 16:46:15 GMT -5 madhatter said:

nah fair enough - I'd ask too I have actually really dulled those Carly floats down since taking those photos. In game, the floats are indeed white-ish and the boat is light blue (an odd choice, I agree). The difference between what's ingame and mine is I swapped out the white lines with red - to make it look better to my eyes.

I like that you went with the red stripes.  Gives the ship a cool  "dark side" presence.