That's really sweet, but I think if he'd portrayed some of his rust streaks as soot, and with a lighter touch, the weathering would have come off better.
It's always best to err on the side of light touch when weathering a model.
JME2 wrote:Lovely. Gotta love the Olympic-class liners...
Yes, I really like the design. I'm sure that the Titanic (and the Britannic for that matter) would have lasted just as long as the Olympic (1911-1935) if it hadn't been for that iceberg.
Firefox wrote:There should've been soot around the coaling doors, yes, but she really did get that rusty towards the end of her career. Look here.
Well, my point is that coal fired ships generate huge amounts of soot; general naval practise of the time dictated that funnel bases were often painted black except while on "parade" to lessen the effect.
This soot was scrubbed from decks on a daily basis, but that meant it was flushed overboard through the various scuppers, leaving streaks.
