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Well, I use acrylic gel, sold in artist supply shops. I place the ship on the baseboard and model the sea and the waves around it, and then let it dry for a couple of days.I love the water - not sure how you did that - I wish I could learn. Very nice indeed.
Thank you Peter for sharing this with us ! You must be very proud of your dad ! Do you happen to know which ASW weapon he was working on ?My Dad served aboard one of these ships, the USS "Eisner" in the North Atlantic, winter of 1944. I'm not sure if she was of the same class. She was named for a Marine killed at Guadalcanal and completed in a matter of months. ( I looked her up at the Naval Academy)Dad said she was exactly one and one half wave lengths long. So when she was sitting on top of one wave crest, the next would come crashing down on the bow. He also said he was seasick the whole cruise. They were testing a sonic detonating device for depth charges that my dad, a physicist, helped design. It proved very effective and they mortally damaged a U-Boat that was forced to surface and was abandoned. The Eisner crew fished most of the U-Boat's surviving crew out of the drink. My Dad said they were mostly kids, some no more than fifteen years of age. At this time in the war most of the experienced U-Boat crews were all dead. He also said that her skipper's hair turned gray overnight.
Being the only one aboard who could speak German (something I never heard him do, nor would he purchase a German or a Ford automobile, as a non observant but unapologetic Jew), he was tasked with interrogating the German U-Boat crew.
I especially like the diorama presentation. Very well executed and dramatic!
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Thank you !Great job.
I will not do a build log. The build may take forever ! First thing I want to do is remove all the molded railings and replace them with photo etched railings most likely from Gold Medal Models or Atlantic models.Studying models built by other builders on this sight is a humbling experience!
I am sorry about your eyesight. I, too have a whole inventory of things going south. Time and tide.
I'm ,as they say, pulling up a chair. Can't wait to see the liner, and ultimately your United States. Will you do a build log?
I would like to see your process, especially the water.
I went to the USNA museum workshop today. Took lots of pictures. I'll curate and post.
Pete
I knew I was dealing with a professional, a modelbuilder with great experience !I've worked there as a volunteer model shipwright working on museum restorations for the last14-15 years. I've been wanting to post a little virtual tour for awhile, but I haven't been able to go for a couple of months with my coronary arteries in the shop. Took a couple of tries, but a pair of really good mechanics finally got the right one unclogged. Carburetor functions much better with two.
I posted a thread of "Scenes from a restoration" It's on here somewhere, I think under build logs.
The Curator of Models gave me the. He said: "You can take as many pictures as you like, except the ones on the wall". Visitors can visit the shop when visiting the museum. One of the long standing model shipwrights of some 20 years or more (a USNA grad'63; Marine Artillery; forward spotter in Viet Nam) Just LOVES to button hole visitors who wander in and give them the extended tour in granular detail.
The Museum's worth the trip for marine model lovers. Someone recently posted a virtual tour on the SOS forum. And the model shop is fun to see, accessible from the lower street level entrance. If you go in the front doors you'll miss it. Saturdays are best.
It will take awhile to curate and organize the photos. Maybe next week.
Pete
Thank you for the compliment !Very nice. I like your seascape. It's so easy (and fun) to get carried away making waves. I think yours is right on.
A crew might set off the whole project. I finally put a crew on my 1/350 USS Kidd and it really added to the overall picture.
Enjoy