WOWSL Inspired 1/350 HobbyBoss Alaska

[Madhatter]

Hey everyone

I have just finished my HB Alaska after quiet a 3 month stint away from the pressures of the WIP thread and I must say, I really enjoyed it.

The kit itself is fantastic and it's got what all ship kit makers should include in every kit - a decent array of PE. The only AM parts I bought were the metal gun barrels from Infinity Models and the Toms Model Works Mk8 Fire Control array ( I thoroughly mucked up the kit part)

I've always thought the Alaska was a sleek and aggressive looking ship and when I saw the Black ship on World of Warships, I knew what I was going to do. I swapped out the white highlights for red and used Nato Black and Flat black for the rest.

I wanted the camo to look used and crappy - but in reality, it was all an illusion - suckering destroyers into thinking she's almost dead in the water, drawing them in closer then letting rip all 12x16" goodness that were those awesome main batteries

I need to apologise for the dust that has made its way onto the deck. We are having renovations done and there is a lot of plaster dust still hanging around, despite my best efforts to keep it clean and a brush off before the shoot, its still found time to settle at the worst possible time.


This is my 4th and only surviving 1/350 ship kit, so be gentle. I am painfully aware of the not so good build quality in places.



























That's enough photos I think. I am pretty happy with it regardless of the faults. The camera makes them look worse (its my excuse and I'm stickin' to it!)

As always, thanks for looking

Si

[zenrat]

Looks great in the close-ups.
Black is always hard to photograph.  A stark white background doesn't help.
Which is why it looks better in the close-ups than in the shots containing the full hull.

Try an off-white backdrop.

[Old Wombat]

Great work, mate!

Looks like a great kit, too!

[Dizzyfugu]

Cool!   

[NARSES2]

Terrific looking model 

[Hotte]

Klasse 

Hotte

[scooter]

Very nice.  But you should have gone for buff over white

[perttime]

I'm usually not that interested in ship models but I'm glad I saw this one. I like it! 

[Madhatter]

Thanks for the feedback guys,  I appreciate it

Very nice.  But you should have gone for buff over white

Mate, your spot on there.  I can brush paint them where they are (hopefully). Thanks for the hint, that was super useful! 

[Joe C-P]

Quite impressive work!   

[sandiego89]

Fantastic paint and running rust!  Nice job. 

[su27rules]

    Nice!!

[Joe C-P]

That is a fine build, well executed, and an interesting choice of coloring.

[Madhatter]

OMG, I'm sorry for the late replies, bht thank you all the same for the kind posts. I've changed the white to buff and it worked really well, so thanks again for the tip!

[Old Wombat]

This is the buff-over-white that was being discussed;



But changing the white on your build to buff would have really reduced the stark contrast & improved the look.