HMS Montgomery

Luc B
tuned in! 👍

Stefan Schacht
bin bei Deinen Schiffen immer wieder auf neue beeindruckt 👍

Wim van der Luijt
Love the dazzle paint...but the sheer lack of size of those parts would drive me nuts I'm afraid

Christian Bruer
Thanx for looking at it and for your very kind comments! @Wim, don't worry about the size it get still smaller😉

Burkhard D
Nice work there 👍

Never seen a roll of TP as a backdrop for model photography😉 😄

Christian Bruer
Thanx! Well Burkhard it is good to be allways well prepared😢

Aghis Barberopoulos
What, another great little project by Christian: I couldn't miss it! 🙂

Christian Bruer
Hi Aghis, thanx for your kind comment! Long time no hear, hope you are well mate!

Aghis Barberopoulos
I am well, thanks Christian!

Christian Bruer
Next to my other builds I made some progress on my display form y WEM HMS Montgomery. The basic shape for the quayside and some buildings is done. That allows me to check out the main layout. Next is to finish the basic work and to start detailing the buildings. I also want to go back to the ship model soon. Comments are welcome. Cheers, Christian

Martien Lourens
Great project Christian. And a nice camouflage pattern. better than simply gray 👍

Christian Bruer
Thanx Martien. Yep, there are some nice patterns with the RN. I really like the Western Approaches schemes. Cheers, Christian

Christian Bruer
Jumping between some projects I?m back on this. I start detailing the warehouses after the basic work is done on them. I add 0,3x0,8mm flat styrene to simulate the wooden framework, the open areas will be closed by some doors. The track for the rolling doors is still visible above the openings. A loading ramp run along the larger warehouse. A truck and one of the excellent North Star figures show the size of the building. Some more details will follow as soon as possible.
I will now close the model yard for the next days and well I would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Happy Modeling, Christian

Christian Bruer
One warehouse is nearly finished. The two others need some attention to glue all the small stripes, simulating the wooden planking, in place. To come forward with the Montgomery I just add the third camo pattern on starboard bow and on the four stacks ? MS2 Neutral Grey. I only have MS1 ? Dark Sea Blue on starboard to apply. I will do this until the MS2 is complete dry. Cheers, Christian

Mathias Carl
looks interesting. 👍
So I´ll stay tuned 🙂😉

Sven Schönyan
Christian, I´m so jealous about your scratchbuilding abilities especially the warehouses...

Christian Bruer
Mathias and Sven, thanx for your interest and kind comments. @Sven, a kind word from the master of scratch building (just thought about your sailing ship)😉

Aghis Barberopoulos
Ooh, the warehouse looks fantastic!

Christian Bruer
Thanx Aghis, the smaller ones are still in progress, may I finish them till the end of the week. Cheers, Christian

Christian Bruer
Yippee, I brushed the last camo pattern today. Now the boat is ready to start to paint the deck, add the pennant no. and start with the weathering. This is a really unique camo scheme, even for the RN! Cheers, Christian

Christian Bruer
The main paint job on Montgomery is finished now. Yesterday I hand paint the decks with different shades of Vallejo Acrylics grey. I used a shade of brown and red to show the Corticene, a special coating, you can see at the open bridge. There is one small area of white to correct on starboard. When this is finished, next steps, weathering! Montgomery?s camo scheme in four different colors looks spectacular. I never thought before that it will look so nice. Hope you like it too! Cheers, Christian

Christian Bruer
The last weekend I build the TID tug and during the week I paint the small boats. Today I had some time to brush the base and the tug. There is some more progress with the trucks and the quayside, but no photos at the moment. I will post them later. Contrary to my first TID tug I paint this one in 507C light grey. The small boats are a bit more colorful, that should look quite nice next to all grey?s and green?s.

scalemates
love the (very) small details 👍

Frank Spahr
Another stunner, Christian!
I´m as always deeply awed by your meticulous and painstaking approach, my favorite is the image with all the components laid out, it shows the tremendous amount of work and dedication invested here. The ship´s boats look excellent - Admiralty Modelworks?

Cheers

Frank

Christian Bruer
Hi Tim, hi Frank, thank you very much for your very kind comment. Yep, the motor boats are Admiralty Modelworks. I really like the even though they are much expensive. Hopefully I will have more progress until February😉 Cheers, Christian

Dirk Heyer
Absolutely stunning!!!
I like all those lil details!
I know only a handful of guys making skilful models in that scale, and you are in each case one of them!!

Christian Bruer
Hi Dirk, thank you very much for your very kind comment. This is much appreciated because it is given by an excellent model maker. Hope to look at some of your new models in Heiden in March! Cheers, Christian.

Christian Bruer
The base color is applied on the TID tug by hand painting decks and small details. The last part for Montgomery is also finished with its base color. The forward funnel got is funnel band in black and red. Next to this I start painting all the accessories like cars and truck. As an example some photos of the Morris, Ford Sedan staff car and Ford Canada F60L truck. They are all L?Arsenal and they?re really excellent kits. Next I will paint the quayside and the warehouses. Cheers, Christian

John Thomas
Very cool

Christian Bruer
glad you like it John!

Aghis Barberopoulos
I like the vehicles!

Mathias Carl
Looks realy impressive.
Can´t wait to see it at Wilnsdorf 🙂

Christian Bruer
Me too Aghis. May you remember I used GHQ vehicles in scale 1/285 for some of my older displays but now L'Arsenal closed a gap fpr scale 1/350 modelers. They have a wide range of vehicles in their programm now.

Christian Bruer
Thanx Mathias!
Today some progress with the quayside. I add a row of round styrene to simulate wooden supports. On top of the quay a row of square styrene simulate border stones. The road will be made of a coated cobblestone road out of railway accessories. The quayside is air and paint brushed with its basic colors. The ambulance still got its red crosses. Well now more or less all expect the warehouses is ready for a coat of weathering. Cheers, Christian

Mohammad Adl
Very Nice, very well down 👍

Christian Bruer
Thanx Mohammed, glad you like it😢

Frank Spahr
Looking at these images is pure modeling delight. I got to look into these vehicles for one of my next projects, too.

Looking forward to seeing the model for real,

Frank

Bernhard Schrock
Mal wieder eine Augenweide, Christian! Großer Respekt auch für das Bautempo ("Hab den Progress zurückverfolgt"😢.

Wim van der Luijt
A Tilly in 1:350...Niedlich!

Christian Bruer
Bernhard, Wim, Danke für die Blumen. Tja der Tilly ist schon niedlich. Naja, Bautempo und Respekt, ich baue jetzt seit drei Jahren mit Unterbrechungen an dem Kahn😉

For me, one of the most interesting subject in modelmaking ? the weathering ? is nearly done on Montgomery. I worked on this since Thursday evening. It is finished now and I start adding all the small parts to the hull. The aft section is finished with the DC arrangement, as well as the aft deckhouse with its aft wheel stand covered with a canvas top and its 4? gun. The photos show some scratches here and there, reminds me always to the scale😉 Hope you like it so far, Cheers, Christian

Christian Bruer
The lifeboats and rafts are detailed and fit to place aboard the ship. I also fit the small towers for the aft 20mm Oerlikon and the four stacks in place. Most of the aft section is finished and now I can look forward😉 Cheers, Christian

Jan Hazes
Amazing detail on those small ships. My eyes hurt just looking at them 🙂 Very nice!

Christian Bruer
Hi Jan, thank you for looking at this and for your kind comment. Cheers, Christian

Christian Bruer
Next to the ship the quayside is a main part of the diorama. As I published before the main part was made of styrene. Now it is painted and weathered and the cobblestone road, a self adhesive railroad accessory is fitted to its place. I cut this to five pieces and add some 0,8mm flat styrene to simulate a wooden planking between the sections. The vehicles and boats are finished as well and today I gave the warehouses a first coat of basic paint. Next to this the water base got its first high gloss coat as well. Looking forward to some detail work before I will start with the figures. Hope you like it, comments are welcome. Cheers, Christian

Martien Lourens
I like to see your progress. So far so good ...... I like it

Martyn Fox
Attention to detail is excellent. Looking forward to seeing project as it progresses.

Frank Spahr
Most convincing, the pavement lends additional appeal to the composition!

Aghis Barberopoulos
That is wonderful Christian. You never fail to amaze me with your compositions!!!

Alan Rush
Hello Christian. I am just starting to follow your album and am amazed at the work you have done. Incredible amount of patience and skill to model all those components in 1/350 scale. A great way to bring a bring to life a ship model!

Christian Bruer
I?m glad you like it and follow it with interest. It is a pleasure to share my progress on this little diorama with you all ? thanx mates!! Cheers, Christian

John Thomas
Very cool

Christian Bruer
Thank you John!
Slow but steady the whole build now come to its end. Quayside is finished and need only some small stuff like boxes, drums etc. On board the OOW, the helmsman and three sailors are now placed inside the closed bridge to control the boats berthing. Oerlikons and 0,5 cal. guns are now attached to the middle deck as well as some more small parts all along the boat. Finally, but only for a first photo shooting the upper bridge and the main mast are fixed to its place.
I?m really confident with the result so far. Hope you like it too!
Cheers, Christian

Mathias Carl
Simply 👍 👍

Christian Bruer
Thanx Mathias, glad you like it!

Martien Lourens
awesome 👍👍👍

Christian Bruer
Thanx Martien!

Hunter Cummins
Very awesome

Christian Bruer
Many Thanx Hunter!

Christian Bruer
To bring life to a diorama accessories, figures etc. are necessary, even in scale 1/350. Luckily there is some stuff available, L?Arsenals product line contains vehicles, drums, barrels crates and boxes in my favorite scale as well as figures. New on the market with figures in very realistic poses is the Latvia Company North Star Models. I use first figures from different set and I?m very confident with these tiny little sailors. All the rest, in this case bollards and street lanterns are scratch made.
I just paint all the parts with a first coat of paint and start detail painting on the figures. Some 14 workers are nearly finished, some 70 sailors are still waiting!
Cheers, Christian

Frank Krause
You forgot to paint the eye-balls, Christian!😉😉😉
👍 That's insane in a fantastic way! They don't look like 1:350! Great job 👍

Christian Bruer
Ups, did not note this😢 Thanx Frank.

Mathias Carl
Das geht jetzt nur auf deutsch:
K-R-A-S-S-E S-C-H-E-I-S-S-E
😮 😮 😮

Christian Bruer
Danke! Schau mal hier Mathias:
northstarmodels.com/..egory/figures/1-350/

Mathias Carl
Nicht die Figuren, sondern Deine Lackierarbeit an den Winzlingen...
Nu stell mal nicht Dein Licht unter den Scheffel😉

Stefan Schacht
Hi Chris, bei den Figuren bin ich sprachlos 🙂🙂. Kannst Du sie morgen mitbringen? Grüße Stefan

Frank Spahr
Jawdroppingly beautilicious!

Duly humbled

Frank

Vitor Costa
That is something of the most incredible thinsk i ever saw!!!!
Congratulation 😄

Phil Marchese
Well done. Excellent animation by the mold makers too.

Aghis Barberopoulos
The 1/350 figures are great! How did you paint them ?

Christian Bruer
Holy Moly I'm well pleased by all your very kind comments, thank you very much! @Aghis, first I add a coat of basic color by airbrushing the figures. I use intermediate blue for the sailors and a light brown for the dock workers. The rest is hand painting with a fine brush size 00 and a lot of patience🙂

Christian Bruer
Long time no hear, but I missed repose and patience to go on with my tiny bits and pieces due to a lot of work to do in the office. Not over yet but I start to come back to business with the following result. I fixed the quayside to the base and add all the vehicles, small parts and figures to the quayside. I'm quite satisfied with the result and hope the tiny sailors feel well in their sceneries😉
Next is rigging, a job I did not really like;-( Cross the fingers that it will turn out right.
Cheers, Christian

babak chalangi
Epic diorama i wish i could do some thing like that 😄

Mark Ree
Hi Christian, fantastic display, you have the skills of a master craftsman.

Mathias Carl
It´s getting better and better.
Can´t wait to see it at Wilnsdorf 😄

Dirk Heyer
As I said previously this thread, I know only a handful modeller with skills like yours realising models in this scale.
Unbelieveable.

Ingmar Stöhr
Wow! This is some great work!

Steve Wilson
Hi Christian...
I've followed your build since the beginning with extreme interest, picking up building, diorama and painting technique's, a lot of which I can use in my own builds...
The final outcome is astounding my friend, very well done, I love it👍8)👍

Christian Lehmann
Realy nice scenery and ship.

Christian Bruer
Hi all, thank you very much for all your interest and very kind comments on this. I'm really glad you like it! Cheers, Christian

Przemek Przybulewski
That's stunning man. Unbelievable.

Christian Bruer
Thx Przemek!

MICHAEL WOODHOUSE
Reminds me of 'My Little Navy' at SMW 2013 Telford - just lovely.

Mohammad Adl
Very nice. very well done 🙂

Stefan Schacht
Hi Chris, super !!!!!!! ist es den in Siegen zu sehen. Viele Grüße Stefan

Holger Kranich
Great and living scenery! Superbly executed! There are always some new details to detect! Well done, Christian!

Christian Bruer
Many many Tanks mates. All your kind commemts make it really worth!
@Stefan, I try to finish it till the Siegen Show.
Cheers, Christian

Jan Hazes
Remarkable work, well done!

Christian Bruer
Thank you for your kind comment Jan. Cheers, Christian

Frank Spahr
I just revisited the photos and have to say this is modeling of the highest order, in all respects - most impressive!
Congrats from
Frank

Christian Bruer
Thank you very much indeed my friend. Your very kind compliment is much appreciated. Cheers, Christian

DimiSA
Christian - Could you please post the paints or paint mixes you used on Montgomery? Fantastic work. Congratulations. Dimi

Anthony Flanagan
Fantastic work! I really enjoyed touring the project photos.

Christian Ristits
I have no idea how you painted this small figures...thats an incredible work, awesome!!!

Christian Bruer
Many thanx for your kind commemts Dimi, Anthony and Christian! @Dimi, I used the Colorcoats paint (enamel) out of White Ensign Models programm. Ceck the link: modellversium.de/kit/artikel.php?id=8002
Here you find the kits profil with paint and color information. The WEM CC followed by a no. is the paint code. You can order the colors directly at White Ensign Models.
For all the rest I used different Vallejo Air and Vallejo Color in shades of brown, grey, green etc. Cheers, Christian

Redcat
very impressive. Looks a great job!!

Christian Bruer
Thanks a lot Redcat.

Christian Bruer
For me one of the most unpopular jobs in ship modeling is done – rigging. I tried it the first time with Rigg That Thing modellversium.de/kit/artikel.php?id=9642 and used Revell's Contacta Professional to glue the rig. Next the whole scenery is finished. I let it now set for a couple of days before I fix the ship immovable to the base. I'm quite satisfied with the final result of the rig even I do not like doing that! Cheers, Christian

Frank Krause
Insane! That's insane, Christian!
👍 Absolute fantastic job! 👍

Holger Kranich
What a blazing model and scenery! Simply astonishing!👍

Choppa Nutta
I love dioramas like this, and what patience and accuracy of hand to paint and model at such a small scale, the figures especially at only 5mm's tall are impressive !!
I am somewhat awe struck by this 🙂

Fox One
Awesome work! 🙂

Phil Marchese
Me too! Impressive!

Choppa Nutta
I thought it was in 1:72nd scale when I first saw it but it is in 1:350th !!!!

Christian Bruer
Hi ya all, just overwhelmed by your very kind and much appreciated feedbacks - Thx a lot mates!
Cheers, Christian

Christian Bruer
Boat arrived safe in harbor – finished this long tale today. Just pure fun building the boat and diorama. I learned a lot of scratch building techniques while working on the buildings. I'm really happy about the final result. Hope you like it too!
Cheers, Christian

Philip De Keyser
👍👍👍

Vitor Costa
Congratulations Christian.
Something to be proud of! I would love to see it live, from what i see here it looks amazing, i like it very much 😄

Christian Bruer
Thank you Philip and Vitor!
@Vitor, may we meet some day personally. Would be a great pleasure!

Mathias Carl
Looks awesone good 👍 👍
And it was fun to follow.
I hope to see it next year at Wilnsdorf. 🙂

Jan Hazes
Outstanding craftsmanship!

Phil Marchese
Well done!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Absolutely phantastic Christian! I wish I could built ships like you. But one cannot have everything in life.

Sven Schönyan
What a gem! I especially like the tug boat ;]

Christian Bruer
Hi ya all, thank you very much for your interest and very kind comments. I'm glad you like it!
@Sven, can't believe you like the Tug Boat😉 By the way, what is about Norderney?

Martien Lourens
What should I write here, Christian. This is amazing ..... a beautiful master piece.
Here you can be proud of

Holger Kranich
...es ist ja eigentlich schade dass man im fertigen Zustand nicht sieht was da eigentlich an Arbeit drin steckt!😢

Ist jetzt hier nicht der Fall aber nutzt Du immer Zigarettenpapier für Sonnensegel etc?

Christian Bruer
Thank you Martien and Holger.
@Holger, Zigarettenpapier habe ich bisher noch nicht verwendet. Kleinere Flächen lassen sich gut mittels Überzug aus Weissleim darstellen. Das nutze ich auch für die Darstellung von der Persenning an Reling etc. VG Christian

Holger Kranich
...hmmm, dann hab ich das wohl bei Frank Spahr gesehen...

Ich hab mir schon nen Vorrat an Ponal organisiert, wird ja nicht schlecht und kann man immer mal brauchen!😢
Danke für den Tipp, Christian!

(Verdammt, ich hab mich grad am Tisch festgeklebt...)

Christian Ristits
Sehr sehr feine Arbeit! Sieht absolut fantastisch aus! Lg Christian

Christian Bruer
Jenau:
modellversium.de/gal..e-ensign-models.html
Wieder los vom Tisch😉

Christian Lehmann
Tolle Modelle gekonnt in Szene gesetzt.

Bill Spargo
Magnificent work Christian, thanks for sharing the progress photos with us. What an inspiration, love it.

Stefan Schacht
Hi Chris, sehr schoen. Sehen wir uns Mittwoch? Viele Grüße Stefan

Christian Bruer
Christian, Christian, Bill and Stefan, thank you very much for your kind comments. I'm just overwhelmed by all your kind feedbacks! This all reward the hours I spent on my project!
@Stefan, yep I plan to be there!

Vitor Costa
Hi Christian
It would be a pleasure for sure, please let me know one day you visit Lisbon 😉

Christian Bruer
Hi Vitor, yep I will let you know😉

yvan van impe
wow

yvan van impe
topwerk

Christian Bruer
Thank you Yvan🙂

Hanno Kleinecke
Wonderful watery dio Christian, a real joy to look at.

Andres Ocampo A.
Excelente.

Christian Bruer
Thank you Hanno and Anres🙂

Jens
simply missing only the words 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you Jens🙂

Wesley De Braekeleir
I have only 1 word for this: wooooow!!! thanks for the good advies. 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Outstanding job, thought at first it's 1/144 or 72

Christian Bruer
Thank you Wesley and Lukasz, glad you like it 🙂

Wesley De Braekeleir
the 20mm guns of my bismarck are placed just under the top radar above the admiral's bridge! the picture follows. 😉

Christian Bruer
Thank you🙂

Wesley De Braekeleir
i fond a picture! look at my new album. its the picture with the two circels, look above the circels. 🙂

Christian Bruer
Thx I will take a look.

Spanjaard
a master piece..... wow. speechless....

Christian Bruer
Thank you very much Spanjaard🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
Wonderschön!

Christian Bruer
Thank you very much Hagel🙂

Denis Kuleshov
Fascinating!

Patrick Hagelstein
Entschuldigung Christian, es sollte 'Wunderschön!' sein. Niederländisches Handy.... 😉

Christian Bruer
Thank you very much Denis🙂
kein Problem😉

Jens
Deutsch sage ich auch WUNDERSCHÖN , einfach eine Hammer Arbeit 👍 👍 👍

Christian Bruer
Dankeschön Jens 🙂

Jay Dubya
... [speechless] ... ... Wow ...

Christian Bruer
Glad you like it, thx J W 🙂