An American Spy Ship?

[Steve Jones]

Looking forward to seeing this one in the "water" Richard. All heading in the right direction.

[rtfoe]

To be honest I meant the tools!

The way they are laid out really captures the imagination!!!

Would you believe it, the hand held electric saw and clamps belong to my sister...she's into carpentry.

Looking forward to seeing this one in the "water" Richard. All heading in the right direction.

South by Sou'west...Aye Aye Sir.

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Looking great Richard :smiling3:.

[rtfoe]

Thanks Ralph, getting my feet wet soon.

Cheers,
Richard

[Jim R]

Hi Richard
Your mini modelling masterpiece will look great on its seascape.
Jim

[Mini Me]

Watching your carpentry with interest.......It never occurred to me to make my own bases. I always used cheap or discarded picture frames. Thanks for the "Demo". Rick H.

[rtfoe]

Hi Richard
Your mini modelling masterpiece will look great on its seascape.
Jim

Thanks Jim, I hope I can pull it off. I seldom do seascapes.

Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Watching your carpentry with interest.......It never occurred to me to make my own bases. I always used cheap or discarded picture frames. Thanks for the "Demo". Rick H.

You should try it some time, gives you the control of the size needed. Here's the Oxford placed just for size and composition. I may want to raise the level higher with two pieces of foam for the sea.



Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi,
I have done a bit more to the base. Firstly I added height by gluing two pieces of compressed foam board and shoring the sides with black mounting board strips about 1mm or 2mm higher than the two boards. This will be filled in with wall plaster and a wave pattern sculpted on while it's still wet.



But before that I wrapped the masking shape of the ships hull with clingwrap and placed it in position before plastering.



I used the tiny spoon shaped back end of my paint stirrer to create the swells and waves. I removed the mask when the plaster dried and tried the ship on it. Fit was perfect. While the plaster does its final cure I will add more waves created by the ship as well as the stern section. I will seal it with a coat of varnish and paint it.



Just waiting for my chores to finish before the next phase.

Cheers,
Richard

[Steve Jones]

Oh yes!! All heading in the right direction Richard. Bring on the paint and your magic hairy stick

[rtfoe]

Oh yes!! All heading in the right direction Richard. Bring on the paint and your magic hairy stick

Yes Steve, a few hundred nautical miles to go and at a speed of 10 knots pretty hard going :smiling6: I'm a bit wary about doing the seascape right. She isn't a quick boat so the wakes won't be high or obvious.

Cheers,
Richard

[boatman]

HI Richard regards your tools i see you have got the main tool the the hammer lol
an the seascape is lookin good brilliant work boyo
chris

[rtfoe]

Now since my ship is being placed on a base with a seascape to be sculpted, should I now move this to the diorama section?:thinking:

Please let me know before I break another rule as I have spent too much time on it already.

Cheers,
Richard

[spanner570]

Looking excellent Richard. I've enjoyed following all the progress.

How about finishing the seascape on this thread. Then posting just one picture of the end result on here as a sort of 'Taster'.

......then give us the Full Monty over in Dioramas 'Completed'? I would hope that might be an amicable solution. :thumb2:

Ron

[Jim R]

Hi Richard
Interesting way to make the sea. I look forward to seeing what comes next.
Jim