franco1964 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 My dear modeller friends, I've just finished my interpretation of the last moments of the USS Indianapolis. I bought this Tamiya waterline series kit, on an eBay's auction, a few months ago, already provided with Gold Medal photo edge parts. I kept it on my stash for future building, but, when my company sent me on vacation in this period, I couldn't resist building. My plan was to realise the USS Indianapolis last navigation's moment when she was torpedoed by the Japanese I-58 submarine. It was the 12:14 am of July 30 1945, when she was navigating in complete radio silence on the Leyte Gulf. I think everybody saw Nicolas Cage's movie, and so I think the story is quite known. For this realization, that involved the torpedo on water, I explored a new seascape building material, the epoxy resin. A material for me absolutely unknown, and for this reason, I saw a lot of tutorials on the YouTube Channel. My first attempt was using a sea blue painted wood base with a 1 cm. thick layer of light blue painted epoxy resin over. Then when the first layer was cured, I added the torpedos on place and the second thinner layer of same light blue epoxy resin. The result wasn't so bad, but I found the torpedo's shadow on the wood base very annoying. Trying to solve the problem I came up with the idea of placing the seascape on a transparent base, and, for this reason, I used a glass, lightly back painted with a different tone of blues and greens, in order to simulate the Pacific Ocean water, and the same procedure with the epoxy resin as the previous attempt. The final result it satisfies me more, and I think it is more realistic. Anyway I don't want to bother you with unwanted explications and so, this is the result, I hope I'll like it: IMG_20190413_143222 by Franco Segato, su Flickr IMG_20190413_143233 by Franco Segato, su Flickr IMG_20190413_143300 by Franco Segato, su Flickr IMG_20190413_143245 by Franco Segato, su Flickr IMG_20190413_143321 by Franco Segato, su Flickr IMG_20190413_143426 by Franco Segato, su Flickr IMG_20190413_143440 by Franco Segato, su Flickr IMG_20190413_143450 by Franco Segato, su Flickr IMG_20190413_143533 by Franco Segato, su Flickr IMG_20190413_143557 by Franco Segato, su Flickr IMG_20190413_143628 by Franco Segato, su Flickr Comments and suggestions are always very welcome: Thank you and see you soon. Happy modelling! Franco 42 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorfinn Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Beautifully understated presentation. Excellent work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnoldAmbrose Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Gidday Franco, you've done another superb model of a ship that had a tragic end. I believe she was torpedoed only a few days after delivering one of the atomic bombs to Tinian Island. What happened to her crew was ghastly. I haven't seen the Nicholas Cage movie, I saw an earlier film with Stacy Keach as Captain McVay. Again, you've done a very impressive model. Regards, Jeff. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie @ Sovereign Hobbies Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 3 hours ago, ArnoldAmbrose said: I haven't seen the Nicholas Cage movie, You should keep it that way! It's almost exactly the same movie as Titanic except the extras are wearing a US Navy uniform. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 An interesting portrayal . . . Kev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 Excellent build and presentation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peekay Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Fantastic - even the water is just right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 excellent work 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moviedrone Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 This is fantastic. JAWS is always the film that I associate with this story, and this is a quite emotionally powerful accompaniment to that haunting tale. I'm actually stunned at the water here, my mind is having trouble comprehending even how to do this kind of thing. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Really nicely done. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrahs Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Your really nailed the torpedo trails there, and the rest isn't exactly bad either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaddad Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 tasty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Impressive display of a very sad moment in History. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenoz Posted April 19, 2019 Share Posted April 19, 2019 Splendid diorama... nicely built, nice and unfortunate story brought back to life... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getting Old Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 Fantastic build SIr, very nice indeed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 First class work all round Franco,great model,beautiful seascape and the torpedo wake's really have movement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Hello Franco, very impressive diorama. I can see that the ship is finished to perfection. What a superb result. Regards, Orion / The Netherlands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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