Tamiya 1/350 HMS Prince of Wales: Wooden Deck Mini Tutorial, Hull Weathering, Painting, Assembly

Hi! Thanks for a visit to the channel!
In this video, I'm building and painting the Tamiya 1/350 HMS Prince of Wales of the Royal Navy in the Singapore Force Z Camouflage.
The kit is considerably old, with the tooling from 1986, but the fit is exceptionally good, still. The detail, however, is a little crude at times.
I wanted to adress the hull more than in usual videos, where i only painted them Hull Red and left it that way. Here, i did many layers of paint and then weathered it to fit some reference pictures i found on the net, but it will be a longer process to refine the results to get a realistic look, though.
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[@themajesticmagnificent8561]

You Sir are a genius.!.I’m new to boat building and just want to build a few ships that I’ve always had my eye on.Prince of Wales is one of these ships.I normally build 1/48 WW2 and want to give ships a go.Now seeing your excellent build I’m ordering right after.!Thank you and please stay safe.!👍🌎🌍🌏❤️

[@funinscale2892]

Thank you very much! Ship-Modelling is a little different to armor, but it is definitely exciting! I started modelling with ships and came along with tanks later, but now i like making both of them

[@tony116411]

Tamiya old ships are worthed to build. New kits from trumpeter and dragon are great but they have a lot of pe parts to build. If you like pe OK. Otherwise it's a hard job to build new kits. Look forward to your another ship build. I have just bought bismark and same to you, the wooden deck. Hope I will finish it like you, happy modelling.

[@kevinmartin3859]

That was great to watch when I come home to the uk I will be starting my build of the bismarck which will be my third one my intention is to build the hood Prince of Wales prinz eagen plus the bismarck in 1/350 scale after watching you video it gives me the inspiration to do so thank-you

[@ModelNerd]

Great result! I'm planning on building this kit soon and your video was very helpful - thanks for taking the time to make it.

[@ianmckernan1944]

Thanks for this. I am also looking into trying this kit. It will be my first attempt at a battleship and at 75 I thought it was time I tried. Your video very helpful. Ian

[@suchhandabanerjee7615]

Wow, great work👍👍 You can try the HMS ark royal next

[@kyleSD70MAC]

Great job on the camo scheme!

[@Andy.Gledhill.Models.]

I have just got this kit come through the post today. Looking forward to build her. I am waiting for a wooden deck set to come. Eduard do 3 separate Photo Etch sets for this model. A general Prince of Wales set. A Lifeboat set and a Cranes & Railings set. I have just got the Cranes & Railings set, and that set me back about £25. Not cheap, but I think it will make the model look so much better. Especially the cranes. I think I am going to chicken out though, and just do the Battle of Denmark Straights easy camo scheme lol.

[@funinscale2892]

Then you have quite some work before you! Im sure it will be great! The grey camouflage is beautiful as well because it looks so majestic. All those parts from grid structure like cranes of radar things are really great to have from PE, much better than those solid plastic blocks

[@mazda_rt24-p]

My favorite part about Tamiya is that they give a one piece hull, it just makes everything so much easier

[@funinscale2892]

This is really good - two piece hulls don't end up as well as those readily molded hulls and you have to sand quite long to remove all the seam lines - or leave them on the bottom where noone will ever see them!

[@dutchthespitfire3204]

Yea, same as Trumpeter

[@Ralle1968]

Looks Great!👍👍👍

[@funinscale2892]

Thank you!!

[@frankieryan2840]

Fantastic 👍

[@garyschott6380]

so much effort in painting this i would like to see you add for this model PE parts what will give it a more reallistic touch but great work

[@funinscale2892]

Thank you! I have a model of the King George V from Tamiya, maybe i can acquire some PE parts for it! But they are mostly very expensive

[@ptvfr800]

Thanks for the video 👍

[@joemiserendino3161]

On the Model Warships forum there is a 38-page, 9 year long thread on what exact colors, and what were the exact placement of those colors on PoW when she was sunk. In 9 years they have not managed to come to a definitive solution yet. This one looks great, nicely weathered and well built with a very good camo scheme and hull tones. I have a 1/700 PoW (from Flyhawk) in my collection, but done in the (boring) Denmark Strait paint scheme.Have been too chicken to try this one. Well done!

[@funinscale2892]

Thanks for the recommendation! i could have used that instead of the camo on the box, where the colours were already a little faded! In 1/700 it would be even harder to do a complicated camo, i guess, so there is no shame in making a grey ship, with light grey ship hulls, you can have great weathering and make it even more interesting, some camouflages hide most of the weathering, sadly

[@anthonynichols2088]

Morning . Just watched this build video and as usaual another fine job. Nor being contentious I, m the opposite to when it comes to paint schemes. I;m a bit romantic when it comes to the sea and the Royal Navy. I like to see a ship in dress uniform (clean) I like to see the ship at its finest ,I like to see the lines,detail and uniformity if that makes sense? However maybe one day I might paint a ship in its battle fatigues. Question do you know if the capital builds had prefix numbers like the smaller escorts f(rigates, destroyers and corvettes) I could Google it but I do.like interaction with others lol. Regards Anthony

[@funinscale2892]

Hi Anthony! Ships definitely look majestic and awesome in a clean, light grey coat, they have such a powerful expression that way, i think, some camouflages just take that away. I also like clean ships, but sometimes, weathering a ship is also fun! I think the British capital ships have prefix numbers, but mostly for identification and not so much like the American ships that are much more often identified by their number and name, BB-62 New Jersey eg. For example, the modern British aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth has the pennant number R08, but it is rarely mentioned. i guess it is for clearly identifying her as the aircraft carrier and not as the older battleships or other ships of that name

[@anthonynichols2088]

@@funinscale2892 Yes agreed it's just that during the trans war years (18-45) I don't see pics of capital ships with there prefix. Just wondering. Were they to posh lol.

[@funinscale2892]

@@anthonynichols2088 Do you mean if the pennant numbers were painted on the hull? I dont think they painted them on capital ships, probably everyone back then knew each ship by silhouette :)

[@GyuHobbyRC]

I"ve never seen such a great video in my life I wish you prosperity 형제 친하게 지내봅시다. 😁😁😁😁😁

[@funinscale2892]

谢谢！ Thank You！

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[@БарсикГрозный-с8к]

Realy master

[@czatorski2739]

Could you build the 1/350 hms warspite by academy, I’m building one and it’s going together beautifully like no filler so far

[@funinscale2892]

I'd love to do that but my favourite hobby shop doesnt have her at the moment, i've made the trumpeter HMS warspite once, and that was a great build as well, Warspite, QE class are great ships

[@jamesbeach5445]

what tape do you use to cut the camo lines ect with

[@grzegorzsiergiej6641]

Hi bud great job emasing skills. I have a question? Where you get the pattern for painting the Hull??

[@funinscale2892]

Thank you! I got that stencil from Amazon. It is a supply product for those people who make tattoos with airbrushes. It is called "Grudge stencil"

[@mrangry65]

Do you use a varnish before weathering?

[@glenchapman3899]

Where did you get that stencil. I love the effect you got from that. I have seen some people do some highlighting on the hull with a fine spray of 'Italian Red" to make the hull look less uniform.

[@funinscale2892]

i got that stencil from amazon, it is something for tattoo sprayer people, it seems, it was called grudge stencil and is made from silicon or something like that. Its a cool tool for modelling! italian red,.. hmm, sounds a little bit too red for me. i thought about making it more faded with even more grey into the mix

[@glenchapman3899]

@@funinscale2892 Thank you - I will definitely hitting Amazon up for that!!!!

[@funinscale2892]

@@glenchapman3899 Ive just checked on amazon, it is easier to find those stencils if you type in "airbrush stencil" rather than grudge, i think. there is plenty of options, but some are way too big to be used on models.

[@glenchapman3899]

@@funinscale2892 Thanks. I was wondering that when I was looking at them. I will try using that search

[@MrGoose2627]

W ship and also I’m only a teenager and couldn’t afford spray paint so I need to hand draw the whole thing😢😢

[@vindicari]

great build, don't know why Tamiya don't include PE cranes

[@funinscale2892]

Thanks! as the kit is so old, i am not even sure if PE parts were a thing back then - but the extra after market parts are all so expensive, a set with cranes and life boats was more than a 1/700 ship from trumpeter

[@mazda_rt24-p]

With Tamiya you have to order a PE kit separately, it's not like Trumpeter who throws in a little PE sheet even for the base model

[@mazda_rt24-p]

Or you can buy a Tamiya premium edition

[@Backwardlooking]

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[@deusexmachina6260]

You did a great on camouflage! But impression of model is not great due to absence of railings, pe parts and rigging.

[@megangleason3668]

i do not know how to paint it good at all but i want to do this so bad but it will look so bad cuz i am so bad at painting

[@funinscale2892]

Do you have an airbrush? it makes painting a lot easier compared to brush painting, but it takes time to get into, i have clogged my airbrush so many times when i started. It's all practice. You could also use spray cans for an even and homogenous base layer and then use brushes for camouflage painting, that would also be a good way. The hardest part with only brush painting is getting a good base layer on the model that does not fill or hide any details but gives the following colours a good adhesion

[@megangleason3668]

@@funinscale2892 no i am vary new to models i just finshed a hms princes of wales 1/350 so im not vary skilled i do like it tho and im about to dothe fletcher

[@funinscale2892]

@@megangleason3668 Then the most important thing is to get some practice with cheaper models, i would recommend. an airbrush greatly improves the painting but also requires time to learn how to effectively use it. Good luck with your Fletcher!

[@megangleason3668]

@@funinscale2892 thank u u have helped me and i have a q so i got a fletcher class destroyer and u know the camo they have so how sould i do that camo

[@mikelritchjr5911]

You've gotta just go for it. You'll never know unless you try. That's part of the fun ( THE CHALLENGE )