HMS Peacock WIP

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Guus
Wow, amazing ! Wish I could do that ....

3 June 2012, 16:04

Christian Bruer
Hi Guus, thanx, but your very nice aircraft models you post here on scalemates belie your statement 😉
Cheers, Christian

4 June 2012, 18:19

Holger Kranich
Wonderful work, Christian! The Peacock is one of Britains most good looking ships!

5 June 2012, 08:25

Christian Bruer
Thanx Holger! Mmhhh, this class is a bit unusual for British style warships, but yes they look quite well. My favourites are, Black Swan class and Typ 21 frigates. They are well designed and good looking ships. Cheers, Christian

6 June 2012, 17:40

Holger Kranich
I usually dont like anything of british engineering (tanks, aircraft, ships, dont know why!) but this ship really catches my eyes!

6 June 2012, 17:59

Christian Bruer
I really like theire boats, planes and tanks. Most of them have a unique design following their mission profile without any flourish. It looks really straight and clear.

6 June 2012, 18:27

Holger Kranich
Everything has its pro´s and con´s, that why i love scalemates😢!

6 June 2012, 18:32

Christian Bruer
agree!

6 June 2012, 18:35

Aghis Barberopoulos
Beautiful and delicate work. Can't wait to see more!

6 June 2012, 19:16

Lionel Marco
What a job you did so far, especialy on the cranes .
I hope you'll show us more pictures of this ship soon!

Lionel

7 June 2012, 04:20

Christian Bruer
Hi Aghis, hi Lionel, thank you very much for your interest and very kind comments. No progress at the moment, but I will go ahead on the comming weekend - so stay tuned 😉
Cheers, Christian

7 June 2012, 17:45

Christian Bruer
I start using Vallejo Acrylics as well for my ship models. I the past I used WEM Colorcoats, a very good paint with a wide range of authentic colors. But working with Acrylics has some advantages, no use of stinky thinners and a fast drying color. The disadvantage, no authentic Naval colors. I found some good equivalents to RN colors but no modern one. For a few days I tried Vallejo Model Air 710046 Palegrey mixed 5:2 to 5:1 with 71008 Paleblue. Comparing the result with some photos of RN ships I have made last year in Portsmouth and Plymouth the result is nearly perfect.

17 August 2012, 16:29

Mike McCabe
Fine work Christian!

31 August 2013, 17:46

Christian Bruer
Thanx Mike! Now I'm looking forward to Mad Petes HMS Leeds Castle😢

31 August 2013, 20:43

Mike Grant
Looks awesome. The water effects look very convincing too 👍

20 March 2016, 12:49

Christian Bruer
Thank you Mike, glad you like it🙂

20 March 2016, 13:03

Stephan Ryll
Very nice work Christian 👍

20 March 2016, 13:57

Christian Bruer
Thank you Stephan🙂

20 March 2016, 15:03

Norbert Steffens
Great Model

9 January 2017, 05:29

Ulf Petersen
Excellent craftsmanship, Christian!👍

9 January 2017, 06:30

Christian Bruer
Thank you very much Norbert and Ulf for your very kind comment. Glad you like it 🙂

9 January 2017, 19:05

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For a few days I have got Atlantic Models HMS Peacock in scale 1/350. The nice little kit is a good choice for an in between build . The kit contains 3 resin and 10 white metal parts and a PE fret. The casting of the resin parts is very good, but the white metal parts need a lot of attention to clean up because of their rough surface.
This week I start cleaning up, sanding and fitting the resin parts. I add locators and M4 screws to fix the upper works to the hull. Next I took a closer look to the boat crane. Following a research for some 1:1 photos of the Peacock class, I decide to build this striking part of the boat deck new. Some styrene profiles, patience, a comparison to the kits white metal part and some good reference photos lead me to a good result. I replaced the kits Oto Melara by the one of Academys OHP Frigate. The plastic parts looks more better than the white metal part. Next to reference photos I add some more details to the Oto Melara and also to the boats upper works and the deck. The cas

H.M.S. Peacock

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