joe100 Posted October 7, 2019 Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 After 17 days of work, 554 individual scratch-built pieces, my model of the Austro-Hungarian Dreadnought SMS Viribus Unitis Model is finished. The model depicts the ship as-built in her Montecucculin Green camouflage. The model is 9.5cm or 3.75” long. Using drawings of the ship that I scaled down, the hull and main turrets were made from maple, the hull being a sold piece. The deck was planked with laser cut basswood, the funnels from turned and machines brass, the bulk of the superstructure was made from styrene and brass. Masts, gun barrels, and torpedo net booms were also made from brass. The awning net supports, torpedo net rigging and mast rigging are all tungsten wire. Flags were hand painted on foil with oils and acrylics. The paint consists of black poly-acrylic primer with green-blue from Vallejo. A very thin wash of grayish brown oil was applied to bring out some of the hull details. Everything was sealed with Vallejo matte lightly airbrushed. I chose a much lighter shade of green since the prototype color, Oliv Mittel, would have been far too dark on a ship this scale. I think the green-blue from Vallejo captured the essence of the Montecucculin camouflage. James w rogers, Onni, exwafoo and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted October 7, 2019 Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 That is very impressive. Very well done. I love all the detail and the ship color and sea look amazing. Thank you for sharing. James w rogers and Bernard Kelly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe100 Posted October 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 Thanks! The green camouflage was unique but phased out just prior to WWI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted October 7, 2019 Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 I don't know this era ships as much but as I understand it they went through a lot of color changes as camouflage was being tested. I remember seeing an article on the razzle dazzle camo. I think that was much later though. Chasseur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe100 Posted October 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2019 Dazzle was a bit later, but not much. The green was used to hide the ship when it was anchored near shore along the Dalmatian coast, but it didn’t really work. The Austrians went to a grey blue in 1914 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 Fantastic model on such a small scale. Chasseur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe100 Posted October 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Kelly Posted October 8, 2019 Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 Fantastic Joe, Great detail at such a small scale. Bernard Chasseur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe100 Posted October 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2019 Thank you kindly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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