Drew's (homechild) Pacific Dogfight

[homechild]

I'm at a good stage with this one and really enjoying myself.

I've created the base on the display case bottom. I've got to paint the Corsair, mix and pour the "water" and make a prop blur. I have it all planned and I'm on time for the end of the month (maybe even the end of next week all going well).

I'll let the photo's do the talking.

Fire away with any comments or questions.

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[Guest]

Nice job so far Drew.

Andy

[MORIARTY1177]

Looking good Drew, nice idea.

Regards

Chris

[homechild]

Nearly there now.

The Corsair's painted and the water's done.

I'm not too happy with the way the water turned out, I should've done it the way I'd initially planned!

I just don't like it but too late now to do anything about it. It's quite bubbly too but they will be hidden by the waves I'm planning to do.

I also attempted to make a prop blur but all three attempts were awful so I gave up and went with the normal kit propellor.

It's a dio I'm going to have another bash at in the future when my modelling skills are a bit better.

Anyway, here's where we are at the moment, got to wait maybe until the weekend until I can do the waves.

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[aaron]

Drew i take my hat off to you for even attempting the water. What product did you use for it?

The zero and corsair look great, Good luck with the waves.

[homechild]

I can't remember what product was used for the water, it was some kind of 2 part resin. I'm looking for suggestions from other people for what they use as this still still shows fingerprints when you touch it and I don't wknow how to stop this happening. Maybe a coat of gloss varnish would seal it...

Anyway, I used Vallejo water effects for the waves, I'm wishing I did it straight onto the water now because where there aren't any waves it looks too flat and calm. I created them on tin foil and peeled them off when dry (took about 2 days to dry hard enough), then glued them to my ocean and painted them last night.

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So, although I had fun building this, I'm happy with some of it (the planes) and not happy with other parts (the water - which has also shrunk and come away from the edges!).

I still like the idea of this dio though so I may attempt something similar in the future (when my modelling skills are better).

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More pictures in the completed section...

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