Sea Diorama with Aoshima 1/700 HMS Exeter Complete Build 

you mean "uncle grandpa?

@@usswasp6530 No, I mean my uncle

I agree.

Thanks so much for the kind words mate :)

Can you recommend a kit for first timers no photo etch

@@jimcarr4007 Zvezdas new kits are most of the time fit well and are more or less easy to assemble. Revell kits are also always a good choice for newcomers. Do you want to build ships? Revells miniships are a fun build tough they aren't of best quality otherwise try 1/700 scale ships from Revell.

Thanks mate, very kind of you :)

Thank you, sir :)

Hey Colton, thanks mate. Very kind of you. By the way, my brother lives not far from you...Champaign. I have visited him a couple of times, you live in a wonderful part of the world friend....well at least when its not snowing... lol.

Wow, thank you Jay! Very kind of you :)

Thank you so much for the kind words :)

Thanks mate :)

Thank you mate :)

Thank you so much 😀

Thanks mate, very kind of you :)

That was exactly the comment I was about to make.

Thanks Helge...I know very little about ships, but even as I was gluing on the gangway, I felt that it did not feel right. That's why I glued in on one side only...he he he. I know I should have done a little more research but...you live and you learn. Thanks again :)

Thanks mate :)

Thanks Bill. I am currently working on the Fly Hawk HMS Prince of Wales, that is one super detailed kit. I have never seen plastic detailing that fine, ships, aircraft, tanks...just really good.

@@scalemodellingmadness4114 Only Flyhawk kit I possess is the Lutzow German WWI BattleCruiser.

Thanks mate :)

Thanks Bill, very kind of you :)

Thanks mate. I really tried to find a rigging plan but could not find one. Also i have little experience with ships.. too little to rig it on my own. any idea where one can get rigging plans.

Thanks Jan. The water movement was done using an app on my phone. It's called Pixaloop. The app is free and comes with some basic functions, you have to pay for the more advanced options. This animation was done using just the basic functions :)

Thanks buddy :)

Thank you!

I agree....but his was my first ship kit and I don't think I judged the scale for weathering correctly. The other problem was that when I tried to keep it subtle, the damn thing would hardly show :) But I guess next time I will keep the weathering more subtle.

@@scalemodellingmadness4114 It's an RN ship. Any captain allowing his command to get so rusty would be cashiered! ;p

Hi Jim thanks for watching. So, when it comes to ships I have started leaning more and more towards two brands, FlyHawk and Aoshima, though I am sure there are some really good kits by other manufacturers out there as well. The kits are not that hard to find, the challenge often is finding the accompanying after market PE set and the wooden deck. I live in Singapore so the two places I search (other than our local hobby shops) are Hobby Link Japan (hlj.com) and Hannants (hannants.co.uk). Also, if you get friendly with the hobby store owner, they will often help you find a good kit and the after market parts :)

The railings for this ship came from a PE set that was specifically designed for this ship, so they were already cut to size. Else, when using generic railing, I use a thread to measure out the length. Then cut a few centimetres longer than required, to adjust for bending or curving. I hold it in place and then make a final cut if any adjustment is needed :)

@@scalemodellingmadness4114 That's a very clever solve, thanks!

1941 refit; so any time from her North Sea, Indian Ocean, or ABDA command service.

I will surely try to make one soon Fabio, but it may take some time :)

Thank you friend :)

Hey William, thank you. I am glad that you liked the video. I really wanted to rig her, but despite a long and exhaustive search I could not find any information on how this ship was rigged. For a little while I thought I would just rig her using my imagination, but that did not seem right, so I left the rigging off. I know it would have really added another dimension to the kit.

@@scalemodellingmadness4114 I asked as you did such a great job on the rest of it, and I picked up so many tips (thank you) that I was looking forward to seeing how you rigged her, as rigging can be patience testing.

Thanks Leonid. I did not remove the plastic deck. The wooden deck is actually a very thin laminate layer that is self adhesive. So, all I did was remove all the extra bumps and knobs on the plastic deck that were not required and then glued the wooden laminate in place. Also, there is a four part series of this built on the channel, it's much more detailed than this complete build video. Hope that helps :)

Hey Spence, the painting of the kit black first is called black basing or priming. It helps in a couple of ways. Firstly, a unified paint over the kit helps one spot any mistakes (like bad seam lines, finger prints, etc.) easily. If such a mistake is spotted one can correct it, by sanding or puttying, and then reapply the black base to check again. The same would be much more painful do to if you have already applied the final coat of paint. Secondly, the black base helps create natural shadows. If one controls the application of subsequent layers of paint, once can use the black base to achieve nice and subtle tonal variation. Hope that helps :)

Also, please feel free to ask as many questions as you like. I will try my best to answer them when I get the time :)

Thanks before that I use to go to Local Home depot purchase a spray primmer to apply to the model. Now I know spray the kit "Black Basing" is a better way and the result are better. Other question is do I need to spray a coat of clear gross finish to the whole model before I apply the weather line to protect the paint I apply before and after I apply the weather line. I spray another cost of Flat clear cost and call that complete.

Thanks buddy. The open cup is a bad habit of mine, I have tried to be more disciplined about it, but after a few sessions I am usually back to the open cup...lol. btw I have ruined more than one paint job on this account, but never learn my lesson.

@@scalemodellingmadness4114 My H&S air brush comes without a lid from new. love the vid but no narration anymore, i used to like that.

That is Blue Grey, buy any paint to lighten the field blue XF-50 will do :)

@@scalemodellingmadness4114 thank you very much!