So my boyfriend Scott has entrusted me with the M/S Batory from Mirage Models. Aside from helping him out with the odd project on his models, this will be the first time I've ever had my own model to work on. I started by gluing the hull together and filling in any gaps along the edge with bondo, then sanding it all down. There were two cracks in the hull that needed to
be glued together and there was a gash out of the stern. I sanded down the broken piece out of the stern and will have to find another piece to put in its place. I've also primed the hull and it is now ready for painting. There's been a little discrepancy about the colour of the hull. The pictures I've found on the Internet all appear to have a black hull, but the model kit says it was grey. Scott also agrees that the hull is grey and says that its sister ship the Pilsudski had the black hull, which may be the reason it is hard to look up pictures of the original. So I will be going with grey for the colour of the hull. As far as the rest of t
he construction goes I have only put together the two funnels and gotten the rest of the superstructure ready for priming. I'm also looking forward to putting together the columns that fit in between the hull and the decks with the lifeboats. I've taken a look at the peices for it and they are VERY tiny...should be fun!
be glued together and there was a gash out of the stern. I sanded down the broken piece out of the stern and will have to find another piece to put in its place. I've also primed the hull and it is now ready for painting. There's been a little discrepancy about the colour of the hull. The pictures I've found on the Internet all appear to have a black hull, but the model kit says it was grey. Scott also agrees that the hull is grey and says that its sister ship the Pilsudski had the black hull, which may be the reason it is hard to look up pictures of the original. So I will be going with grey for the colour of the hull. As far as the rest of t
he construction goes I have only put together the two funnels and gotten the rest of the superstructure ready for priming. I'm also looking forward to putting together the columns that fit in between the hull and the decks with the lifeboats. I've taken a look at the peices for it and they are VERY tiny...should be fun!
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M/S Batory has black hulk as most often transatlantic liners before 1939 and from 1945(?] till 1950 and the grey hulk (navy grey) during the WW II and light grey in 1951 - 1957 when was used on the lines to Pakistan and India. The model is reflecting the painting from the later period.
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