1/72 RC Fletcher Destroyer

[elvis3006]

Hi all I have not posted on here for some time. Want to share my 1/72 scale RC model Fletcher Destroyer made by Bancroft. It arrived already built and ready to run. The make and quality of this product is very good already, but I added some detail to it and re painted and weathered it. Hope you enjoy the pictures. I will post pictures of it running in the pond later. Best regards. Rob 

 

 

[Mr.Jerry]

Wow! That is stunning!

[manayunkman]

With the right background it would be difficult to determine if this was real or not.

[mikie]

Beautiful! 

[Striker62]

That looks awesome and very authentic.  It could be in a movie and one would not know

[sundance]

Boy, that is nice. About how many hours went into your redo? 

[Proud Kraut]

Awesome painting and weathering! How did you do the rust stains, did you use oil colors or pigments? Great model.

[Tony V]

Rob

 

  Very nice indeed ! She is beautiful

 

Tony

 

[elvis3006]

4 hours ago, sundance said:

Boy, that is nice. About how many hours went into your redo? 

Thank you 👍 Roughly about a month, working 2 hours a day on it. Also I did not work on it everyday. 

[elvis3006]

3 hours ago, Proud Kraut said:

Awesome painting and weathering! How did you do the rust stains, did you use oil colors or pigments? Great model.

Thank you, I used oil colors. Airbrushed the base colors followed by a lightening of the base colors in between panels, again always using an airbrush. Then I added spot or pin washes along the panel lines and other areas using a dark umber. Afterwards I returned to those locations adding spot washes of rust here and there. Once this was done I sprayed a coat of clear gloss enamel over the entire model to seal the paint. Once dry I then went all along the ship creating salt water and rain waters stains and streaks using enamel wash/paint. Thinning out the streak with enamel thinner using downward strokes with a brush. I then did the same for rust, using different colors of rust. Once all this was done and dry, I sprayed a couple of coats of clear flat enamel to seal and protect the work. Hopefully the paint job will hold up against exposure to water.  

[elvis3006]

[ArtyScout]

Wow. Very nice elvis. You did an awesome job creating the wear of ocean water rust. You can tell that, that Destroyer hasn't been to port for awhile for some needed paint and maintenance. But its wartime and the Navy needed its ships. Again very, very nice.

 

Semper Fi.

 

Manny

[elvis3006]

16 hours ago, ArtyScout said:

Wow. Very nice elvis. You did an awesome job creating the wear of ocean water rust. You can tell that, that Destroyer hasn't been to port for awhile for some needed paint and maintenance. But its wartime and the Navy needed its ships. Again very, very nice.

 

Semper Fi.

 

Manny

Thank you Manny and thank you for all the compliments everyone. I have been attempting to like your responses but the forum wont let me. Apparently I am only allowed to give out so many likes. The ship does look rough, and I will be the first to say I probably overdid it with the weathering. 

[Proud Kraut]

21 hours ago, elvis3006 said:

Thank you, I used oil colors. Airbrushed the base colors followed by a lightening of the base colors in between panels, again always using an airbrush. Then I added spot or pin washes along the panel lines and other areas using a dark umber. Afterwards I returned to those locations adding spot washes of rust here and there. Once this was done I sprayed a coat of clear gloss enamel over the entire model to seal the paint. Once dry I then went all along the ship creating salt water and rain waters stains and streaks using enamel wash/paint. Thinning out the streak with enamel thinner using downward strokes with a brush. I then did the same for rust, using different colors of rust. Once all this was done and dry, I sprayed a couple of coats of clear flat enamel to seal and protect the work. Hopefully the paint job will hold up against exposure to water.  

 

Thanks very much for these additional infos, awesome!

 

[Brian Dentino]

Now this is COOL!  Any shots of her afloat and under action?

[tsaguy007]

To say this came out great would be a real understatement.

[elvis3006]

12 hours ago, tsaguy007 said:

To say this came out great would be a real understatement.

Thank you 🙂

[elvis3006]

15 hours ago, Brian Dentino said:

Now this is COOL!  Any shots of her afloat and under action?

Working on that 👍 Thank you

[elvis3006]

[elvis3006]

In the water today ☺️

[ArtyScout]

She looks great in the water.

 

Semper Fi.

 

Manny

[Fiziwater]

Even though this post is over a year old, I just HAD to express my awe at how convincing the effects are in this build. I have to remind myself this is a model! As expressed in another post, “stunning”!