The Ship Model Forum

WOW, very very impressive. Like some other posts, I would never have guessed you were 12 years old (Im 18 myself). Keep up the excellent work, at this rate if you take the time and patience, I don't see why there isn't potential for a world class modeler here.

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Wow!

How exclusively wierd! :lol_1:

Well, I know a lady who is a freak of a model railroading, but their entire family is! A family owning a two-storey building (in the garden of the "grandparents") with each floor being 10x10 meters in average, fully buildup with H0 track landscape in the top floor (my buddy and his dad), and 0 scale in the bottom (his granddad and grandmom). And an N-scale landscape with a real river in a basement ;)

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Hi Petr0s,

Your really lucky to have a granddad who introduced you this hobby. My sister was the one who introduced me the hobby (even though she doesn't like modeling, well, for a girl :lol_3: :lol_3: :lol_3: ) when she pinpoited a model of the Academy Titanic.

Though I am curious if there are [b][u]some[/b][/u] girls interested in this hobby :lol_pound:

thanks, my granddad was a merchant seaman (radio officer) so 3 months away, 3 months at home, so I got my hobby from him ;)

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Thanks Petr0s and Dustermaker regarding your reply about the whales
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And Petr0s, thats a great start for the hobby :o (At your age 4/5)

Thanks Again,
Nick

Cool, a nice idea.

I built my first ship model when I was something like 4 or 5, with the assist of my dad and granddad. It was a soviet model of an Arctica Icebreaker. Non painted but assembled ;) Recently this kit was reissued by Alanger, so probably going for it soon as a deja vue ;)
My first painted model was a 1/400 Potemkin, also recent reissue. I was around 10-11 years old then. Since then - permanently building ;)

the whales look pretty cool in the water with the ships, great job.

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I built my first model, a Titanic, when I was 9. It wasn't painted and it had lots of cement dripping around the parts which is now wrecked and was given to a friend.

[quote="nick"]:wave_1: I was inspired by thousands of modelers around the world (espcially the realistic water effects used by expert modelers) that I decided to make my own style. I'm just not suited for those expensive Acrylic Gels so I just have to be creative and the technique I said earlier is what came out of my mind.

And I'm [b]still[/b] 12[/quote]

I started when I was 13 and I always had trouble trying to afford even basic items.

I do like the effect!. Well done, Nick! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Cheers.
Pachi.

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Thanks for your answers you guys.

The early years of modeling really were hard and there was also no photo-etching. :(
And indeed, my dad is proud!

I'd like to show you two pics of the water I made, I really hope you like it. I did say sooner :lol_1:

http://www.warshipmodels.com/~users/nick/DSCN0004.JPG

The ships are the USS Belknap, Wichita and Oklahoma City. both are scratchbuilt from styrofoam and paper! :o and a little bit of plastic rod for the Oklahoma City CLG-5 (I mentioned this in the Scratchbuilding Questions and Answers).

You can clearly see that I even added 4 little whales also made out of modeling clay to add life to the water :big_grin:

http://www.warshipmodels.com/~users/nick/DSCN0002.JPG

I'll send more photos of the ships [u]soon[/u].

I really like your answers
Thanks,

Nick,

Outstanding that you are even interested in modeling let alone Water at your age.

Way back when I was young the kits were all AMT, Monogram and Revell was teh best you could buy for detail.

Kudo's to you for trying Water with something within your limits. I understand you cant afford the acrylic gels and what not some (including myself) use.

Check to see it you can get Mod Podge Matte-Mat made by Plaid. A 16 ounce bottle I think cost about $7.00 and they make one smaller.....The stuff goes a long ways.

It could be used as a top coat to smooth out what I would call Dry Wall Mud here.

If you can get a small jar of Liquitex Gel and you keep it sealed and in a cool place it will last you a life time.

Karsten

I am so happy that there are still young one's interested in modeling. Keep it up kiddo!! Reading your well written post, I would NEVER have guessed you were 12. Your dad must be very proud of you...

:wave_1: I was inspired by thousands of modelers around the world (espcially the realistic water effects used by expert modelers) that I decided to make my own style. I'm just not suited for those expensive Acrylic Gels so I just have to be creative and the technique I said earlier is what came out of my mind.

And I'm [b]still[/b] 12

I can't believe your 12 after reading that post.

I think I would send some pictures by next week or sooner :smallsmile:

Stay tuned!

Sounds interesting. Any photo?

Cheers,

Rob

Hi everyone :wave_1:

I would like to show you my method of making [u]cheap[/u] water bases.

While browsing this forum, I observed the walls. They somehow looked like water so I asked my dad. he said that there is a powder used to fill cracks and has the consistency of very thick paint. The braned is named "Calciumine" (?). I decided to give this material a try.

I first made the base with the help of an adult (since I'm still 12) using plywood and 1/2x1/2 wood frame. Then I prepared the "Calciumine" by mixing it with enamel paint. The powder doesn't work with water. The "Calciumine" dries in 10 mins. when using enamels and will stick to the base while it dries in 2 or more hrs. when using latex but it will not stick to the base. I don't know if it works using acrylics. The mixture was then mixed thouroughly and was spreaded all over the base and scraped. The scraping will cause the "calciumine" to form a "wave like" texture.

When it was dry I painted the base with Phthalo Blue in 2 coats. When it was still wet I painted different shades to give the effect of bubbles caused by the movement of ships. I did not paint the white because I am still going to make the waves

When the paint was dry, I then added the waves using modeling clay for about 50 cents or less. The clay should be colored white because they are waves. I added the bow wave, the wake and more waves. The clay give me lots of time to detail the waves.

Then it was time to shine the water because it can't be water if it's not shiny and what i used is my trusted, non-toxic and cheap white glue. it was mixed with a little bit of water and spreaded all over including the ships waves to make the clay a little hard, wait for it to dry and you have a nice water effect

All the materials (except the wood) I used were cheap. I bought them for about $4 or so.

Hope this works! :big_grin: