sas007 Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 This was my first attempt and build of a ship, Matchbox 1/700th waterline "Admiral Graf Spee". I had an idea as to how I was going to do the dio and looked at certain ways of doing the water effect. I eventually just cut a block of packing polystyrene with a saw giving it an uneven effect. Next I placed the hull of the boat onto the block , marked around it , removed it and then ran a line of liquid glue along the lines and it melted the poly. Once the ship was in place I covered the base in PVA glue , spread it out with a brush leaving some parts higher and letting it dry. I then painted the base , and added more glue spreading it out again and letting it dry. The wave effect down the sides was made by running a line of PVA glue right down either side of the model and brushed to give it a wave effect. As it was drying I added a white paint just lightly brushed along the sides. When dry I added more white to make the wake more visible and then gave the base a layer of clear to give it a shine. I've still to add a bit more white down the sides as I've been advised the wake would be wider from the middle of the model. I hope you like it . (PS rigging is made from my daughters hair) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertie McBoatface Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 Simple ideas for the base and they worked out very well. Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted July 16, 2011 Share Posted July 16, 2011 She's a beauty....very well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob the lanc lover Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 very nice model but camera missed the wings out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Vander Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Nice one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPNGROATS Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Very nice.. Cheers, ggc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas007 Posted July 17, 2011 Author Share Posted July 17, 2011 Sorry guys, Posted this at 4am and didn't notice what part of the forum I was in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted July 17, 2011 Share Posted July 17, 2011 Great job sas007! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhouse Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Very nice one !!! Great Job on the Water !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted July 18, 2011 Share Posted July 18, 2011 Nice going, I had this kit about 30 years ago I think, when I was a youngster, my mum or dad bought it for me as a Chritmas present, although I never made it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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