Zvezda Medieval Ship Thomas

[Big Jake]

I took a break from slapping plastic together after the last mess called Mayflower from Trumpeter. I pulled down the next contestant on The Build Is Right.....

The Zvezda Medieval Ship Thomas. From reading a long post on FineScale Modeler from 2013, the ship is supposed to represent a ship of Henry the VIII's Navy or there abouts. The artwork looks to be mainly Earth tones, but many of the built-up kits have blues/green upper hulls, I'm starting to do entry level research on Henry's Navy.Has any of the members built up the kit yet? Any pitfalls? Any post you can direct me to? Thanks

 

[Big Jake]

This is a color chart on the back page of the instruction booklet, I'll try to translate but I think they are a direct color translation already.

 

[iutar]

Yes, the name of the paints in Russian completely coincides with the English name.

 

[Big Jake]

Yes, the name of the paints in Russian completely coincides with the English name.

Thank You.

 

[AndyA]

This is a color chart on the back page of the instruction booklet

as a starting point but try to do your own research. You will probably do a more thorough job than an employee of the model manufacturer. Fair winds!

 

[Big Jake]

I'm still hooked on using enamels (old school), one of the colors is "Rubber" it's a really dark brown/black, luckily Testors still make the enamel but only in 1/4' bottles square bottles. If I can't find a match, I'll pick up 4-5 so I have enough to airbrush. I do like the shade of green and the wood finish on this model.

 

[AllanKP69]

as a starting point but try to do your own research. You will probably do a more thorough job than an employee of the model manufacturer.

Great advice. With today's AI it is pretty easy to find accurate information to make comparisons.

Regarding the painted sails, the ones depicted on the box might be overdone. While it's a common fantasy in modern pictures to show ships with heavily painted sails, the reality was more subtle. Medieval ships generally did not have brightly colored sails, with plain off-white or tan sails being the most common. Ships of the rich and famous often had simple designs such as crosses and other symbols. Sails were made of linen or hemp and treated with tanning agents to help prevent rot and it gave them a tan or yellowish color.

Allan

The painting below by Anthonisz is from circa 1600.

 

[AndyA]

I'm still hooked on using enamels (old school), one of the colors is "Rubber" it's a really dark brown/black, luckily Testors still make the enamel but only in 1/4' bottles square bottles. If I can't find a match, I'll pick up 4-5 so I have enough to airbrush.

Yes. Testors flat rubber is a paint I have used frequently. It works well for models because black is often too intense for a scale appearance. Fair winds!

 

[AndyA]

Regarding the painted sails, the ones depicted on the box might be overdone. While it's a common fantasy in modern pictures to show ships with heavily painted sails, the reality was more subtle. Medieval ships generally did not have brightly colored sails, with plain off-white or tan sails being the most common. Ships of the rich and famous often had simple designs such as crosses and other symbols. Sails were made of linen or hemp and treated with tanning agents to help prevent rot and it gave them a tan or yellowish color.

Yes. Colorful box art sells more models. The historical economic reality is that dyes and pigments were very expensive and sails did not last very long. Fair winds!