Lynx7 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 As some will be aware, in between building Lynx and Wildcat helicopters, I do like to diversify by building 1/72 boats - MTBs, Patrol boats and HSL's. I find them a great scale because they arent too small to put some good detail on and they dont take up a huge amount of room. Not only that, they just look great (Perkasa, lots of the Vospers and several other lesser known boats). I decided to build the very old Airfix RAF HSL as a part of my clubs theme for this years Telford - Rescue, Repair and Recovery. I decided to set it on a base to give it a bit of context. Nothing too adventurous; just a tail from an old Revell Spitfire in the drink with the pilot in his dingy getting rescued. It did however allow me to experiment for the first time making a sea base. I'm satisfied how it came out and may even make bases for my ever growing collection of MTBs. For the base, I simply used a piece of stiff picture mounting card (dark green) then loosely painted it dark blue using artist acrylics. After that I added differing shades of greens and blues to add a bit of depth. I then applied artists gel with a large(ish) brush to replicate the waves and crests. This product dries clear so it helped to also add a bit of depth. Once that had dried, I then applied more greens, blues and dabs of white. Once it was all dry, I chucked on a coat of semi gloss artists varnish to lock it all down and also give it the final sense of depth. Prior to all this, I carefully cut out the hull shape in the card. I decided to do this instead of cutting the hull on the kit down so I could still mount the craft on a stand if I wished. The boat simply sits in the hole on the base (excuse the bits of white-tac filling the gaps!). To finish, I placed the whole base in a suitable picture frame. Despite it being an old kit, its actually really nice and simple to build. It took me about 2 weeks to complete and its pretty much straight out the box apart from adding rigging (EZ line) and various bits of rope to dress the deck and the bloke in his dingy (CMK). EZ line is the way ahead when doing rigging and the like as it is very forgiving and simple to attach. Another bonus is because it is effectively elastic, it wont snap if youre a bit clumsy! Here she is: Thanks for looking Tony 43 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightningboy2000 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Ruddy heck that is fantastic! Diorama of the the year for me by a mile! Every detail in that, & the simple idea itself involving the sinking Spitfire is genius. Oh and the photography is superb. A multi award winning diorama! Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNoAF Aerobatic Team Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 That is amazingly fab... An outstanding diorama. Just stunning finish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jettnett2003 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Just one word for this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlamgat9 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 That's bloody marvellous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmcclure Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 That's fantastic - things to keep you looking for ages. Great piece of work there and thanks a lot for sharing. Cheers, Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PZRGREN Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 That is a stunning build and diorama, well done. Roger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuck Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Brilliant!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 A very impressive model!Great work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookytooth Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Absolutley fantastic , one of the best diorama`s I have seen this year. Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Very Nice. I like that a lot. The Sea Shall not Have Them!!!i Also like the poses of the figures. It gives the whole piece some 'life'! (Just one point and I know its a bit nit picky but not in any way a downer on your lovely work, the Spitfire, EP120 survived the war ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Yep, Wot they said. Love it. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crobinsonh Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Lovely work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynx7 Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 Thank you very much everybody, much appreciated! your lovely work, the Spitfire, EP120 survived the war Oops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billydick Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Oh WoW ....... Billy D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Masterpiece!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ c Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Awesome Dio`, fantastic work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maltadefender Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Really nicely done, I bet that's in pride of place now isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Fantastic dio, and the painting on the figures is superb, Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike W Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Superbly done. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragtag Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Incredible work. Out of interest, where did you source the dinghy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_m Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 I believe it is the one that comes in the Airfix launch kit. Lovely diorama. The water effect is really well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gruffy Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Very nice! Brave men risking Mother Nature, air attacks, mines, e-boats to save downed airmen. Shame there's not much printed regarding what the water branch of the RAF had done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natter Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 That's quite something John. How you manage to fit modelling to this standard around duties as a 'Driver; Airframe' I have no idea, but I am glad you do. You really do make some fabulous stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted January 1, 2014 Share Posted January 1, 2014 Brilliant! I can't stop looking at ti. Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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