Ozmac Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Sometimes I'm not very serious with my model building, and this diorama is a case in point. I thought of the idea for the diorama first, then went looking for a model to build, and took a while to find anything suitable. And so, my starting point was a Soviet WWII military speedboat, the only suitable speedboat model kit I could find. Almost seems a shame to waste what is probably a very nice military speedboat, but as the kit's instruction notes mentioned, the Soviet boat was actually based on a pre-war civilian speedboat. This is Mr Lothario taking the ladies for a spin in his new speedboat, somewhere on the Italian lakes. The ladies and Mr Lothario are super-cheap ($10 for 100) Chinese 1/43 scale figures. The plush seats on which the ladies recline are a bit rough, but they are actually made from the plastic handles of Gillette Ladies' Shavers. They had the right sized ripples that kind of look like plush seating, if you stand back a bit. And just in case you'd like to build a proper, military model of the kit, here it is. It's 1/35 scale, made in the Ukraine. The hull halves go together OK, which makes life a lot easier, but a lot of the detailed parts need fiddling with The kit also includes some metal parts and PE, so it should exercise your modelling skills. This is just to give you an idea of its size. Apart from the ladies' seats, the other part of the build that I enjoyed was making my first fake wood paint scheme. This involved a base coat of wood colour, then dry brushing on very streakily (with a toothbrush) some burnt umber, then some burnt sienna. The backdrop is just a printed out photo stuck on the wall behind the boat. 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Seriously cool. I like that a lot. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 (edited) Very good. Very Gerry Anderson. Love it! That Gillette SWMBO Razor handle seating is a good tip, thanks! Have you seen my Razors? No I haven't ! PS. Where is the Hood ? Edited September 20, 2016 by bzn20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Love this diorama ! Maybe because I live not far from those lakes and similar sights were common when I was a kid and sometime still are today, maybe because it captures very well a certain "lifestyle", in any case it's a very well done work. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Reminds of the early Bond films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 That looks great! It reminds me of some speedboats on Lago d'Orta, from holidays many years ago. Its a happy vignette The wood finish is great and the water... Do you mind me asking what did you use for the water effect? Best regards Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billydick Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 (edited) Lucky Mr Lothario !... Seriously, something really nice and entertaining and beautifully built ! BillyD Spoiler Spoiler Edited September 20, 2016 by Billydick trying to get rid of spoiler spaces - unsuccessfully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozmac Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 (edited) Quote Do you mind me asking what did you use for the water effect? TonyTiger66: the watery look comes from applying about 7 coats of a gloss decoupage glue called Mod Podge. I apply each coat liberally with a thick blobby brush on top of a painted base of mostly navy blue given "depth" with lots of randomly blobbed-on splotches of green, black, light blue and white. The Mod Podge is water based and dries fairly quickly. It goes on white but dries to clear. The wake is made by painting the base of the wake in very pale blue (almost white) then covering that with clear silicone sealer, spread out with a spatula to look the part. Finally, once the silicone sets, it's dry-brushed in white, using a stiff brush to apply the paint sparingly. All in all it seems like a complicated process but each step doesn't take long, and to get the water right takes about a week. I didn't think up these methods myself, of course, I found them online, YouTube the most helpful. This is the You Tube vid for how to do the wakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFOpc8Q6a7M And this is the You Tube vid for the Mod Podge water effect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgWt137zpkQ Edited September 20, 2016 by Ozmac added links 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisTheBear Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Huah, this just blows me out of the water! Sorry, couldn't resist! Brilliant! And quite envious of Mr. Lothario, too. DennisTheBear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTiger66 Posted September 30, 2016 Share Posted September 30, 2016 Thank you for the information and links on the water effects . I would have replied sooner but can't find every thread I was following, prior to the forum upgrade . Its just a matter of understanding how to use the 'activity' options. The water and wake really are very convincing, it looks and sounds like fun to recreate I'll check out those YouTube links now . All the best TonyT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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