SpaghettiFighter Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 My first ever ship diorama, it's an Hunt Destroyer recovering an Hurricane pilot. The model is in 1/700 scale from the company IBG models, some photo etched were already included in the kit, this is my second ship built and the first with photo etches. Next I gotta learn rigging! The waves are made with DAS clat, then airbrushed and covered in vallejo water effect with some cotton near the ship. Hope you like it. 35 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyPG Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Nicely done SF. That seascape certainly has a big scary look about it. Well done. Andy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill.B Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 That’s a great diorama, and I know how difficult it is to work with PE at this scale. I’d be extremely happy if it was mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Great work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murdo Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 A very impressive dio mate. Well done! Where did you get the 1/700 Hurricane from? Scratch built? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Great build of the Hunt Class ... My Granduncle served on one of these. ORP Kujawiak as part of the Polish Navy in Exile. I have plans to build one someday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaghettiFighter Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 On 10/24/2018 at 12:58 AM, Murdo said: A very impressive dio mate. Well done! Where did you get the 1/700 Hurricane from? Scratch built? Thank you mate! It's an M6A Seiran without the floats :D, from the top the 2 planes don't look too different on this scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Very neat and very effective Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted October 28, 2018 Share Posted October 28, 2018 For a first ship diorama that's excellent. The sheen is spot on. So I hope you don't mind me making a couple of suggestions for your future dioramas. The first might be to soften the colour a little. In 32 years in the Navy, most of it spent in the North Atlantic, I've never seen the sea that blue. It tends to more greenish-grey tending to a darker blue the further south you go. And the wave crests are perhaps a little too close together. But as I said, for a first seascape that isreally good and something you can be proud of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaghettiFighter Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 On 10/28/2018 at 1:12 PM, Chewbacca said: For a first ship diorama that's excellent. The sheen is spot on. So I hope you don't mind me making a couple of suggestions for your future dioramas. The first might be to soften the colour a little. In 32 years in the Navy, most of it spent in the North Atlantic, I've never seen the sea that blue. It tends to more greenish-grey tending to a darker blue the further south you go. And the wave crests are perhaps a little too close together. But as I said, for a first seascape that isreally good and something you can be proud of. I am happy you liked my dio and thanks for the suggestions! I live by the seaside of the Mediterrenean, I mixed blue and dark grey trying to make a cruel dark grey sea. Then I saw some photos of dios set in the Pacific Ocean and the light blue influenced me. I also got the ships colours wrong (probably the blue it's too light). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted November 23, 2018 Share Posted November 23, 2018 I can feel the cold wind blowing across it from here. Very evocative work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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