"HARD A'PORT JIMMY!".....1/72 PT109. Lt. J.F. Kennedy

[spanner570]

I was up in the loft the other day when I came across yet another model in an old box.....

It's a 1/72 model of J.F. Kennedy's M.T.B. 109, which I built many years ago, probably when it was first released. It has bits missing, no seam cleaning ect.

I have not attempted to do it up, save for a bit of rigging, a radio antenna and a couple of flags. So what you see is what you get!lol

I didn't want to bin it as it has a bit of sentiment, so I decided to have a first time go at a sea scape and try and incorporate the boat doing a flat out, sharp turn to port and flicking up a bit of damp on the way! I have attempted to give the water a sort of Pacific Ocean colour.

The base is a 16"X10"X1" bit of polystyrene packing, which I dug out to allow some heel on the hull. I then made the basic wave shapes out of tile adhesive and then painted this with blue and green water colours. Finally, I did the waterfall trick (Ready for the 'How to'!) to form the wash from the hull and the rough stuff at the stern.

No image trickery was used ( I wouldn't know how to anyway!) The pictures are untouched. To take the pictures I went outside and tillted the model to the heavens. One day a bit of sun, the next..... and just snapped away. A couple are taken indoors.

Sorry, there is a bit of repetition, but don't you just love waves?

I am well please how this, my first attempt at the 'Ogin has turned out, and I hope you approve of this offering.

Cheers,

Ron

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[Guest]

Wow Stunning Ron, you never cease to amaze, I can feel the spray in my face - waiting for the 'how to tutorial'. 5 Star as always Master. Cheers Derek

[Ian M]

Thats some very good water you have 'whipped' up there Ron!

Ian M

[stona]

Wow,that's great. I'm never going to attempt water like that but I'm very interested to see how the devil you did it.

Cheers

Steve

[Guest]

bloody hell ron, that water is fantastic. top marks

[spanner570]

Thanks ever so much guys for your great posts on my P.T 109 model.

Thank you Derek for the 5* too!

Steve, I have this and a few other things lined up for the 'How to', as I suspect a few of us have......

I know water borne things are rare on here, but with the interesting builds on here at the minute (and skyraider's on the slipway) it could be the start of a floating revolution!!

Thanks again,

Ron

[Guest]

Hi Ron, wow, that it fantastic mate, the water is amazing, 5 stars from me for sure too!!!!

Cheers, Andrew

[Guest]

Superb water effects there. I can almost feel my tea coming up again.

I've always fancied doing a boat myself.

Tony

[yak face]

Thats just amazing ron ! The water effects are incredible (and incredibly life like too) I cant wait to see the How to tutorial. Great use of an old forgotten build too , now thats what i call re-cycling !! 5 star job matey , cheers tony

[Guest]

I think they're stills from a film and Rons just super-imposed his hand and done a little jiggery-pokery on the last images in photoshop .......

I want proof .... cold hard proof in a how-to

[Guest]

Yep I call Fake - thats the real thing not a model!!!

Superb water, looking forward to the How To!

[spanner570]

Wo hey! What brilliant, and humourous posts from you boys. Thanks....

Looks like you have me in a corner!lol

I'll sort something out for you.....You'll be surprised just how relatively easy the process is. As the old saying goes....'If I can, then....'

Thanks again for taking the time to have a look and posting, I appreciate it.

Cheers,

Ron

[coachman]

Fantastic dio Ron,couldn't be more realistic. John

[spanner570]

Thanks John, I'm glad you like it and thanks for posting your comments.

Cheers,

Ron

[Guest]

humorous maybe, definitly sincere though its awesome!!!!!

ps...i prefered your original unedited reply, made me giggle.