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cbovill
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Post by cbovill »

Well its been over three years since I painted any ships, but when I saw that Tanner had created and marketed a line of decals for aircraft carriers from GHQ I just had to check them out. I have got to tell you that Tanner's decals are as good as they look in the photos he's posted on this site.

I had two USN31 CV-8 Hornet models that I was going to paint up as Enterprise and Hornet in 1942. These would be great candidates to test Tanner's decals on. I also painted up Washington and South Dakota for 1942-43 time frame and have posted some pix of them too.

Tanner has built a website that contains both a storefront and an easy to follow step-by-step tutorial. The only step in his system that requires any skill is cutting out the decal. This step requires close attention to detail to insure that one gets nothing but decal. However, once you have mastered the art of cutting, it's all rather simple from there.

Now I like to weather my ships to make them look like they have been fighting the war at sea and not sitting in port entertaining dignitaries. With Tanner's decals you can either apply them as is and have a fresh from the shipyard look, or weather them with whatever weathering agents you are accustomed to use. I tried both liquid and dry weathering pigments and both worked just fine. The ones pictured below are using dry weathering pigments from Tamiya.

I whole-heartedly recommend Tanner's decals for use on GHQ ships. A perfect combination!

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USS Enterprise CV-6 in Ms 11

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USS Enterprise

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USS Enterprise

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USS Hornet CV-8 in Ms 12mod

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USS Hornet

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USS Hornet

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USS Washington BB-56 in a rare Ms 22 for this stage of the war

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USS Washington

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USS Washington

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USS South Dakota BB-57 in Ms 11

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USS South Dakota

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USS South Dakota

I've already ordered some more of Tanner's awesome decals and plan on saving quite a bit of time on future carriers by not having to painstakingly apply painted on deck markings anymore. Thank you Tanner!

Chris

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Post by dragon6 »

Is the GHQ Vauquelin FRN5 actually Agile or Guépard? Vauquelin has two twin wing torpedo launchers where the Agile or Guépard has a single, centerline, triple launcher. The photo appears to have a single launcher on the centerline.

cbovill beautiful models and great decals from Tanner. Wish I could paint and model as well as you do.

battlewagon great conversion. I thought Maya had the larger bridge like Chokai? Which model kit did you get the spare 5"/40 units from?
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Post by WWIICentral »

Excellent painting Chris! Thanks for the kind words!

I'm glad that you liked the decals and were able to find them useful. I especially like how you weathered them, very nice :D

Tanner

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Post by nash88 »

Can some of you guys post pictures of painted 1/2400 planes?
I'm a copy cat :lol:
Thanks!

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Post by nash88 »

cbovill wrote:Well its been over three years since I painted any ships, but when I saw that Tanner had created and marketed a line of decals for aircraft carriers from GHQ I just had to check them out. I have got to tell you that Tanner's decals are as good as they look in the photos he's posted on this site.

I had two USN31 CV-8 Hornet models that I was going to paint up as Enterprise and Hornet in 1942. These would be great candidates to test Tanner's decals on. I also painted up Washington and South Dakota for 1942-43 time frame and have posted some pix of them too.

Tanner has built a website that contains both a storefront and an easy to follow step-by-step tutorial. The only step in his system that requires any skill is cutting out the decal. This step requires close attention to detail to insure that one gets nothing but decal. However, once you have mastered the art of cutting, it's all rather simple from there.

Now I like to weather my ships to make them look like they have been fighting the war at sea and not sitting in port entertaining dignitaries. With Tanner's decals you can either apply them as is and have a fresh from the shipyard look, or weather them with whatever weathering agents you are accustomed to use. I tried both liquid and dry weathering pigments and both worked just fine. The ones pictured below are using dry weathering pigments from Tamiya.

I whole-heartedly recommend Tanner's decals for use on GHQ ships. A perfect combination!

I've already ordered some more of Tanner's awesome decals and plan on saving quite a bit of time on future carriers by not having to painstakingly apply painted on deck markings anymore. Thank you Tanner!

Chris
Hi Chris

Great work! I'm a big fan of the in battle look.
I really like the way you made the waves. How is it done?

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Post by cbovill »

Thanks nash88! For the waves I just spread a thin layer of Flex Paster and then dab my finger tip into it to create the waves. Then paint as desired. Very easy process really.

In answer to your previous request, I've got some old photos of 1/2400th aircraft that I had posted a long time ago.

Here's a picture of the 67th Pursuit Squadron when they were equiped with the P-39 Air Cobra at Henderson Field.

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I cut the bases out of clear acrylic and then drill holes for plugging a short piece of heavy weight fishing line and then glue the plane on top. I have slightly smaller bases for representing single aircraft for recce purposes.

Here's a Japanese Kawanishi H8K Emily on a single plane stand.

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Hope that helps.

Chris

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Post by dragon6 »

What floatplanes are in the WW2 French ship sets?

and, as long as I'm here, I'll ask again, is the GHQ Vauquelin FRN5 actually Agile or Guépard? Vauquelin has two twin wing torpedo launchers where the Agile or Guépard has a single, centerline, triple launcher. The photo appears to have a single launcher on the centerline.
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Post by Donald M. Scheef »

I haven't checked each model, but I'm almost certain that the floatplanes on WWII French ship models are Loire 130.

GHQ's FRN5, described as Vauquelin, has two triple torpedo mounts. This is the armament of the Guepard class and the first four of the Aigle class. The last two of the Aigle class and the Vauquelin class had a single triple mount and two twin mounts.

Don S.

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Post by dragon6 »

Donald M. Scheef wrote:I haven't checked each model, but I'm almost certain that the floatplanes on WWII French ship models are Loire 130.

GHQ's FRN5, described as Vauquelin, has two triple torpedo mounts. This is the armament of the Guepard class and the first four of the Aigle class. The last two of the Aigle class and the Vauquelin class had a single triple mount and two twin mounts.

Don S.
Thanks Don
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Post by El Grego »

Don, I believe you are quite correct regarding the Loire 130.

Thanks for the tip on FRN5 - still on my shopping list though.
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https://pewterpixelwars.blogspot.com/

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My first attempt at photobucket

USS Texas, the first battleship I painted

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MM Duguay-Trouin

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There are few models of this French cruiser class made in 1/2400... or 1/1200 for that matter.

Of the three cruisers two participated in interesting battles. The most interesting, in my opinion anyway, is La Motte Piquet at Koh Chang while Primaguet defended Casablanca from Task Force 34.

There were three 1/2400 models made of this class, by Pewtercraft (long deceased), Panzerschiffe and Viking Forge. The PzSch model is a reasonable approximation with all the problems, or lack perhaps, of the resin process. The problem is the bridge, a poor representation and then the general lack of detail, engine room ventilators, a 'thing' that is supposed to be a crane... or at least so I think. I haven't a clue as to what the VF model looks like, only that the proprietor feels that the model is inferior but keeps it available as there is a lack of models for this class. The Pewtercraft model was fine, possibly the metal was a bit soft as photos show it pretty saggy in places, but well detailed.

Well Pewtercraft isn't available and Don's list has the Duguay-Trouin class at only 24 votes, so I'm thinking of scratch building one. You only need one. :D The bridge, funnels etc don't appear to difficult but the primary gun turrets do. If you are interested in a sketch of what the Duguau-Trouin looked like http://www.coatneyhistory.com/DuguayTrouin.htm

Can you think of a GHQ model that has turrets that look like those? I would almost say American 5 inch twin turrets fit. I'm sure the 5 inch turrets are smaller but I might go that way anyway as I have several leftover.

What would you suggest?
Ray

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Post by Donald M. Scheef »

Although it's far short of GHQ's standards, the Viking Forge model of Duguay-Trouin is not really that bad. Like the Panzerschiffe model, the crane is little more than a rectangular blob on the deck but the anchor chains, ventilators and tripod mast are all represented. The torpedo mounts are a bit over-scale but clearly represented. Most surprising is that the main gun mounts are separate and have the gun barrels individually modelled. (On the other hand, it's a good thing they provide eight turrets because the barrels break easily - I lost at least one barrel from six of the 24 mounts I got in three models.

Having said this, if GHQ were to produce a model of Duguay-Trouin, I would buy three as soon as they became available.

Don S.

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Post by dragon6 »

Donald M. Scheef wrote:Although it's far short of GHQ's standards, the Viking Forge model of Duguay-Trouin is not really that bad. Like the Panzerschiffe model, the crane is little more than a rectangular blob on the deck but the anchor chains, ventilators and tripod mast are all represented. The torpedo mounts are a bit over-scale but clearly represented. Most surprising is that the main gun mounts are separate and have the gun barrels individually modelled. (On the other hand, it's a good thing they provide eight turrets because the barrels break easily - I lost at least one barrel from six of the 24 mounts I got in three models.

Having said this, if GHQ were to produce a model of Duguay-Trouin, I would buy three as soon as they became available.

Don S.
Really? That's excellent news. As with you I would buy a GHQ Duguay-Trouin to replace whatever I get... but I won't be buying three :!: :shock: :wink:

One will do it for me. :D

This is why people need pictures if they are selling on the web. He has a picture of his Duquesne up and it convinced me I didn't need to see the Duguay-Trouin if it was of the same quality. But, for example, I have seen a picture of his Jeanne d'Arc. It's not great but for a limited use model I'd get it.

I do prefer the heft, slight though it is, of a metal 1/2400 to resin or styrene and if the model is a decent plain job I can add details like cranes, boats, masts
Ray

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Duguay-Trouin

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I would also replace my 3 VF Duguay-Trouin's with 3 GHQs.

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