Kreighshoer
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still fighting my hangover ( :java ) nothing could have stopped me from doing my date shots for my entry - the plan is to depict Tirpitz in a norwegian fjord, a huge shadowbox with forced perspective! i can't tell yet if i will suceed in my plan but i'll try my very best and surely will go beyond my usual paths!
so, have a cigarette (if you're a smoker), lean back and enjoy:
(picture copyright blur studios, courtesy chukw)
the unassembled academy kit with most of the extras planned for this build:
time and date shots:
ok - what do we see in the pics:
- the academy (licensed?!) copy of the old and venerable tamiya kit
- flyhawk pe dkm railings
- trumpeter generic metal chains
- academy wooden deck for Tirpitz
- tamiya 1/350 crew (i was told that the fujimi offering was better - unfortunately the very same day when i picked up my order)
- the white box is a ready to use LED box for lighting the ship's portholes
still missing:
- around 120m of fiber optics with 1mm² diameter (my wallet's already puking when i think of the price!)
- eduard pe for tamiya Tirpitz (ordered and on it's way!)
- pe bending tool (ordered and on it's way!)
- metal gun barrels for the main armament (still undecided if i will add those!)
now to something crucial:
i'm well aware of the fact that no warship anchored or travelled without blackout and fully illuminated like a pleasure boat! i decided to go that way to go beyond my limits, for the effect and because i want to give the shadowbox three different light settings - dawn/sunset, daylight, night and Tirpitz fully illuminated in the night setting should look really cool!
off we go - now it's sanding down the mold lines on bow and stern, then drill out all the portholes in the hull, bending rainguards and glue them in place! (first dull task of this project!)
so, have a cigarette (if you're a smoker), lean back and enjoy:
(picture copyright blur studios, courtesy chukw)
the unassembled academy kit with most of the extras planned for this build:
time and date shots:
ok - what do we see in the pics:
- the academy (licensed?!) copy of the old and venerable tamiya kit
- flyhawk pe dkm railings
- trumpeter generic metal chains
- academy wooden deck for Tirpitz
- tamiya 1/350 crew (i was told that the fujimi offering was better - unfortunately the very same day when i picked up my order)
- the white box is a ready to use LED box for lighting the ship's portholes
still missing:
- around 120m of fiber optics with 1mm² diameter (my wallet's already puking when i think of the price!)
- eduard pe for tamiya Tirpitz (ordered and on it's way!)
- pe bending tool (ordered and on it's way!)
- metal gun barrels for the main armament (still undecided if i will add those!)
now to something crucial:
i'm well aware of the fact that no warship anchored or travelled without blackout and fully illuminated like a pleasure boat! i decided to go that way to go beyond my limits, for the effect and because i want to give the shadowbox three different light settings - dawn/sunset, daylight, night and Tirpitz fully illuminated in the night setting should look really cool!
off we go - now it's sanding down the mold lines on bow and stern, then drill out all the portholes in the hull, bending rainguards and glue them in place! (first dull task of this project!)
