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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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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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