Bangor Lad Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 After a very, very long build I'm calling this finished. Tamiya's USS Enterprise built out of the box except for some help from Eduard's etched set. Finished with Lifecolor paints. Cheers 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Looks great, the base looks excellent 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 Lovely job... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted February 17, 2020 Share Posted February 17, 2020 That looks really good, subtle paint fading effects and a very effective base. Nice one 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangor Lad Posted February 21, 2020 Author Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) Thank you for all the positive comments. This will be the last ship for a while as I get on with some other projects. Cheers Edited February 21, 2020 by Bangor Lad Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stelangton Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Excellent, how did you do the base? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangor Lad Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Stelangton said: Excellent, how did you do the base? Firstly, the swell is made from textured watercolour paper with a cut out for the ship's hull. I made the swell by using off cuts of the paper glued under the paper to form the swell. The disturbed wake is cotton wool soaked with pva and formed while still wet. The bow wave is torn tissue paper, fixed again with pva. I painted the sea with a dark blue and varied the shade with some darker and lighter shades. I added a bit more texture with Vallejo gel medium, Atlantic Ocean. Although the model is set in the Pacific the Atlantic shade is more pleasing to my eye. The churned water was painted with the same blue but varied with white and some pale turquoise. All the colours are vallejo. Once everything was dry I added a few coats of gloss a varnish. Hope you find this helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stelangton Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Thank you, I think I’m going to try one soon, just looking into the different methods. Yours looks very good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangor Lad Posted February 22, 2020 Author Share Posted February 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Stelangton said: Thank you, I think I’m going to try one soon, just looking into the different methods. Yours looks very good!! No worries. Just try a few techniques out to see what works for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Excellent! Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted February 23, 2020 Share Posted February 23, 2020 Nicely done. Neat way to get a subtle swell effect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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