Good evening from 'The Dockyard' and I hope you're all well?

Progress has been a little slow of late, but I can now reveal the completed 'repair job' suffered by depth charges aka the oven!

In my last post i had applied the embossed rivet and weld line decals supplied by Archers Transfers in the USA.

The next job was to spray paint the area with Life Color 'Dunkelgrau 52'. This shade closely resembles the paint used on u-boats and almost looks black from the right angle.

During this stage I did come across areas of filler that stood proud and this had to be sanded back and the area 'patched in' with paint. Obviously not the done thing for an immaculate smooth finish, but on a submarine project like this where there is plenty of weathering, the slight variations in paint layers enhanced the look I think.

The next step was to then apply a liberal coating of black pin wash all over the repaired area. This was then removed using many cotton buds and thinners so that the pin wash remained only on the rivet heads, weld lines and natural joins.

I didn't document this stage with photos, however, it took the longest time to achieve the desired effect; close to two weeks.

When this was done it was time to apply the 'algae weathering wash' from Ultimate Modelling Products.

This was liberally applied with a wide, flat brush and left to dry. When dry it can literally be rubbed away, which was great for blending it into the surrounding areas. It was then sealed with several coats of Humbrol acrylic matt varnish. I love this matt varnish as it dries in less than 2 mins. Fab!

Once varnished, the algae wash takes on a slightly darker tone, which is great when it sits next to the algae wash on the water line, which is left unvarnished, giving that brighter, algae colour.

I have yet to do this small job and will go all around the U-boat hull waterline during the final stages of this project.

Port side.

Now that is what you call a repair job.... would never know a repair was ever needed...… Wonderful work as usual....

Regards

Alan

Thank you Alan! There's still a few paint touch ups required here and there, but these will get done later on in the project.

Regards,
Phil W.

Excellent repair work.




Regards
delboy271155
(Derek)

Thank you Del!

Regards,
Phil W.

Thank you Garth!

Regards,
Phil W.

6 air pressure gauges are fitted to the rack and the bodies of these gauges was made from 2.6mm diameter styrene rod, cut into 2.8mm lengths and painted flat black.