Jim R's Meng USS Missouri - Pete's Toon Challenge

[Jim R]

All good clean fun :thumb2: Thanks again Pete.


























Jim

[Guest]

Nice. I am somewhat disappointed by the lack of an aircraft on board though.

[Guest]

Very nice Jim :thumb2:.
The sea is very nice.

[Guest]

Fine work Jim!

[JR]

Jim, very nice indeed, love the sea, silicone I presume ? Certainly look the part.

John.

[Guest]

Great work Jim, the sea scape is very well made:thumb2::thumb2:.

[scottie3158]

Jim,
Very nicely done mate. The water effects are first class.

[Si Benson]

Evening Jim,
Oh yes....that is very good, I like that very much indeed:smiling4:

[Guest]

Hi Jim, what a great result the sea scape just finishes it off.
Thank you for taking part in the GB I hope you enjoyed it.
Pete. :thumb2:

[Ian M]

Great result that.

[Mr Bowcat]

Very nice Jim.

[spanner570]

Top build Jim.
Well done...... :thumb2:

[papa 695]

Great work Jim love the base it’s on.

[Wouter]

Good to see it finished, I really love how this one turned out Jim, well done!

[Jim R]

Hi all
Thanks very much for your kind comments.
The sea was done rather differently to how I have done it before. I stuck a piece of rough, heavy water colour paper onto a board. I then painted it with cheap acrylic paints. I tried to paint parallel diagonal lines to show waves. This was then covered with Liquitex Medium Gloss Gel. I then set the hull into the wet gel and used an old brush to texture the bow waves and the wake. The gel is white but dries clear. It has some advantages over the clear silicon I usually use. It is acrylic not silicon, it can be painted and it stays workable for far longer. The gel was left for 24 hours - it sticks the hull down onto the board. I used to use white silicon for the wave crests etc but this stuff takes paint so I just used white acrylic. When all dry it looked a bit too shiny so all the water was given a diluted coat of Vallejo matt varnish.
Thanks again guys :thumb2:
Jim