Quenn Elizabeth 2 Revell 1/1200

[Lorenzo]

The RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 of the Cunard Line entered service in 1969. Considered the last great ocean liner until the launch of the RMS Queen Mary 2, it was decommissioned in 2008 and is now a floating hotel and museum in Dubai.

This is a 1/1200 scale Revell kit that I received as a Christmas present, along with a 1/600 scale SS United States. It's been over 40 years since I last assembled a plastic model kit. For now, I've done everything by brush. I have a cheap airbrush I bought on Amazon that I'm not sure I'll ever use. For larger projects, I want to try Vallejo spray paints.

 

[Jeffrey Clarke]

Send me your E-Mail, and I'll send you px of my build and finish of the same kit. Jeff Clarke, Al;exandria VA jjclarke9@comcast.net
[First will see if I can simply attach px. jc]

 

[Lorenzo]

Hi! I see you've also taken on this little boat. It's proving more difficult than I thought. I keep going over it with the brush and I don't know when to stop. I still have to do the final touches. There are parts I don't like how they look... but it's so small.
What scares me are the decals. How did it go for you?

 

[Lorenzo]

I have more ocean liner kits, but I've realized you can't paint them with a brush. It's only good for details. I've never used an airbrush, but I think it's essential for this kind of work. There are also spray paints, Tamiya, Vallejo, etc. Perhaps I'd try those first.

 

[Jeffrey Clarke]

Lorenzo: I Model/collect only 1:1200/1:1250 scale ships, metal, plastic, resin, etc. Most decal experience comes from working up carrier flight decks. A wide variety of decal numbers and stripes are offered commercially on the internet. See px of typical decks: Saratoga, Enterprise, modern Hai Garibaldi CV rebuild. For long thin, delicate stripes, sometimes helps to cut them into smaller lengths, smooth out with hot water/Microsoft, and apply only after most assembly, etc. has been completed. They can be sealed with clear matte, but best to test it first as too much can dissolve some decals. Correctly sized circles are sometimes difficult to find. I use a wide variety of flat commercial (less expensive) and Tamiya sprays, and brush paint for small details (gloss blue for the liner pools!). Pen & ink for really small details. Plastic doesn't seem to need a primer. Your work looks much better than mine, especially re port holes & windows. Jeff