Vikingship 1:50 - Revell by Ronald

[Ronald61]

Hi all,

I joined March 15 as new member. To start light I will build the Revell 1:50 Vikingship. Its a nice clean kit with not that many parts. Reason that I build it is to test some techniques in painting plastic as wood.
No clean workbenches with me I'm a real ADHD guy (Is this term used in English?): Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. So a little chaos is always part of the deal with me.

Hull; 2 halves with a good fit. Little flash, little work:

20260604_153513 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

After 5 minutes preperation they where glued together:

20260604_154316 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

While the glue dries I test-fitted the deck:

20260604_154622 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

It fits very well so I don't expect problems there. Meanwhile the both "heads" prepared:

20260604_155228 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Stay tuned, more to come!

 

[Kurt Konrath]

Looks like your off to a good start, keep up the photos of the work.

 

[Ronald61]

Thanks Kurt

After dinner upstairs to do the head ornaments. Glued them together, let them dry, smoothened the seam and glued them on the ship:

20260604_191807 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Its only possible to glue them both in the right place, they are notched so they always go on the good way.

Glued the mast halves together:

20260604_191811 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

And let the assembly dry. Now I need a cup of coffee! Later

 

[Ronald61]

Today I did a paint test with Revell Aqua 382:

20260605_164812 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Looks good to me, will tone down after aging and weathering.

Then I did the deck twice, photo is 5 minutes after the second layer:

20260605_203622 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Needs one more layer. And test fitted in the ship:

20260605_203828 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Tip of the mast went wrong with drying of the glue yesterday:

20260605_160814 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Fixed that, photo tomorrow. Stay tuned!

 

[Ronald61]

This morning I did the deck, this was after the second layer:

20260606_104008 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

The top of the mast is reasonable good now:

20260606_105404 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Deck has 3 layers now:

20260606_112906 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Did the shields on both sides, 1 layer:

20260606_184944 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Outside and inside 1 layer:

20260606_191115 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

And I just did inside the second time:

20260606_203152 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

I let it rest now. Tomorrow I will do the outside and see if 2 layers are enough or that it needs also 3 layers.

 

[Ronald61]

Testfit with all big parts in 3 layers of brown paint:

20260607_113854 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

20260607_142536 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Except the heads, they need ne or two more layers of paint.

Vallejo wash:

20260607_192529 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

20260607_192943 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

And after a half hour it dried:

20260607_202733 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

20260607_202725 by Ronald Halma, on Flickr

Under light it is always difficult to make a good photo But I think you get the drift Tomorrow I try some drybrushing.