Back in the Ironclad Painting Groove

Turkish ironclads

I managed to get a good couple of hours in the man cave this afternoon, resuming work on the ironclads for the Royal Navy and the Turks, with the emphasis on the latter. As you can see, the white-lined top/upper decks have been fixed to the hulls so the next step will be to tackle the main deck features - essentially everything apart from the masts. 

Of the models you see above the three that feature in the top row on the left will all have barbette deck guns whilst the two in the bottom row on the left have twin turrets.

Size matters - at least relatively speaking! For the record my model of HMS Superb is the same size as the completed ironclads you see above. The new versions of the Turkish ships are the size you see above

Four of the Turkish ships are smaller versions of models I had built previously and that featured in a couple of battles. The original ships measure around 5” long - the same size as my model of HMS Superb. In reality, the Turkish ships should have been around an inch and a half shorter. With the ACW collection I was never really that fussed about relative sizes - some are, most aren’t - but I have made more of an effort with this one and so the Turkish ships will look rather more accurate in respect of size.

The next step will be the deck features and of course, getting the Royal Navy up to a similar stage!

It is good to be back painting and building these again!