Note to Self: 1/3000 and 1/1200 WW2 Painting Schemes used for IJN and French

Before I forget the WW2 IJN paint scheme (1/3000 and 1/1200) was:

Hull:
Games Workshop Chaos Black
Mixed with increasing amounts of Humbrol Acrylic Matt 5064 Grey (an old now re-released paint range)

Deck:
Anita's Acrylic 11007 Chocolate Brown
Mixed with Games Workshop Bubonic Brown

Highlight:
The 1/1200 IJN Musashi got a highlight of light grey to angles and edges that would catch the light :) 
I fussed about it in all honesty here as I was enjoying myself!

The WW2 Med French (1/3000) paint scheme was:

Hull:
Games Workshop Chaos Black
Humbrol Acrylic Matt 5064 Grey
Lightened up considerably with Games Workshop Skull White or Anita's Acrylic White

Deck:
Various browns that vere lying around but I seem to have favoured Anita's Acrylic 11007 Chocolate Brown
Mixed with Games Workshop Bubonic Brown

Hull and Deck Blackwashing:
After the first layer of grey and brown decking I watered down Anita's Acrylic black to the consistency of a weak watery ink and covered each model liberally in it, letting the creaks accumulate puddles.
Let dry overnight
Then continue the painting process over the powdery 
Result was a dirtier looking finish with lots of shade
Why? Well I was experimenting ;)

Note: Inspiration for the above paint scheme seemed to be primarily using up the Humbrol and Games Workshop paints I had before they dried up

The Italian Threat in the Med: Roma

Lets not forget the threat posed by the triple turreted 15" guns of the Vittorio Vento and her sisters. Here is my 1/1200 scale Roma.

A nasty combination of good speed, armament and protection for the Royal Navy fleet of modernised WWI battleship veterans to contend with. As seen from a low flying RNAS Swordfish.

The paint scheme is a mishmash of light and dark grey, from references I gleaned later maybe I should have a more "dazzled" camouflage scheme imposed. As I have a Revell 1/1200 version of the Vittorio Vento still to paint I can be a bit more experimental with the next one.

Well my naval phase/infatuation seems to be on a bit of a roll just now apologies to the AFV fans.

Good Internet Resource for Modelling - Blue Prints

A heck of a modelling resource.
It has helped greatly with the ship stuff I have been doing of late.
 
http://www.onnovanbraam.com/the-blueprints.com-images.html

KM Scharnhorst 1/1200

Sitting opposite the KGV's of Scapa Flow biding its time lies the convoy hunter KM Scharnhorst.

Fast (she almost got away from HMS Duke of York, cruisers and destroyers at North Cape), well armoured but her 11" armament is too light to tangle with a true battleship, she is after all still a battlecruiser.

A beautiful ship nevertheless.

Again, painted a while ago now so the paint scheme is lighter than I would have liked it and the Ardo float plane needs some crooses, however no complaints about the model. Revell also produced a 1/1200 her sister the KM Gneisenau, nicely fitted with a second float plane as per her historical difference not just a different box cover.

Footnote: I have a nearly completed 1/700 waterline KM Scharnhorst from Tamiya tucked away in some loft space still calling to me :)

Now I think I understand the Financial Crisis and Economics

OK wargaming it is not, but this You Tube video blew me away.
I normally would say I am not a rapper but I enjoyed this!

A seven minute Rap video explaining the Financial Meltdown

It did it for me :)

German recon over Scapa Flow: 1/1200 KGV

Following on from the urge to paint something meatier than 1/3000 naval I came across some of my earlier 1/200 Revell efforts. Sitting at anchor in Scapa Flow is HMS King George V (KGV) guarding the convoy routes from attack by heavy units of the KM.

Some daring Luftwaffe recon pilot(s) I am sure was tasked to skim low dodging flak and Spitfires with a good camera to make sure what they saw was not a clever dummy (cf HMS Centurion pretending to be HMS Anson in the Med)

A simple model to make but one dislike I have is the (IMHO) poor job they did with the 14" guns in the turrets (too chunky) compared to the good job they did with the other models in the series.

In retrospect the paint job is also a bit too light grey for my liking and lacking Atlantic weathering and that Walrus needs an attempt at some British roundels!

 
However the KGV class were the mainstay of the Home Fleet and in the thick of it, being in at the kill for both the KM Bismarck and KM Scharnhost (and continually hunting the KM Tirpitz). In this series I also have, HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Duke of York, both assembled and under coated ready for a paint job. Although externally different boxes, internally the kits are the same.

Footnote: I also have the Airfix 1/600 KGV, assembled (though not fully glued together as it has to be painted in sections) ready for a good under coat, but that is far too large/daunting  project for me to tackle at present!

Post of excellent Midway Game convention game spotted

Spotted on "The Lazy Blogger" an excellent game and an inspirational marker for my WWII Pacific ambitions

Excellent "Midway" Convention Game Link
And additional:
Play Test Photo's
(Note: Naval stuff starts happening from end of page two onwards)

It's those cute Axis and Allies ships again!