Building a seriously generic T2
There´s a lot of material to be removed
More grinding!
Assembling the bridgework after removing the molded on stairs and railings
The hull had to be primed to check for flaws, the rest is still raw.
PE watertight doors and some styrene supports have been added.
Next stop - adding the walkways!
Added the walkways made from styrene stock
My attempt at simulating the float racks using PE railing stock
The very nice float is a NorthStar item
As all the photos I have found show oblong life rafts, I tried making my own. What do you think?
I decided to re-apply raised "welding seams" from stretched sprue, glued with Tamiya Extra Thin. They are overscale, but I think work in adding some structure to the hull.
The model after priming the hull and adding the various gun positions and railings. I had serious trouble with three different CA glues and am wondering whether it was about temperature and especially workspace air humidity.
I also added some framing for additional deck cargo space. I will place some crates and ship´s boats there.
My various L´Arsénal and homemade items.
After spraying the boot topping and doing some preshading, masking the boot topping and spraying the lower hull red. That pesky splinter shield for the bridge director was level when I glued it, arrgghh.
After spraying the model in its proper shades, taking care to vary the monochrome scheme.
Ready for weathering.
The weathered model, artist´s oils were used exclusively.
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23 November 2016, 06:25
Frank SpahrThank you, gentlemen!
I haven´t yet decided upon the weapons layout, and also about what to do about the framework used for deck storage. I´m currently aiming at the layout visible in the Wikipedia image of Hat Creek illustrating their page on the T2 tankers.
I´ve tried to make my own float racks using generic PE railing stock; I do like the effect of the rack witha NorthStar float on it.
23 November 2016, 16:29
Frank SpahrI tried making my own oblong life raft, as the T2 photos I found only showed this shape and not the rounded ones. The grating is coarser than with the NorthStar item, but I´m optimistic as to the final look once painted. What do you think?
26 November 2016, 15:23
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As I know of no kit of a T3 tanker in 1:400 scale, I am building the ancient Revell ESSO Glasgow kit in a generic military version to complete my project. I am pretty sure that HMS Victorious was refueled by a T2 sometime during her stint with the USN, so it´s at least remotely close (no pun intended, or is it?) to my reference picture.
