by johnny canuck » Wed May 27, 2015 5:02 am
Hello,
For display, I have in my army office, a large mostly empty shelving unit that has followed me around over the years during office moves that really needs something to fill the space. The plan was to mount them on their own display bases, oak boards (Heart of Oak and all of that) with brass stands and name plates. Red felt backing on the boards. My father still loves to tinker in the wood shop so I am sure he would be happy to make the bases for me with routed edges etc. They would be either at home around the bar area in my basement or on the shelf in my office. My office has always been very Spartan when it comes to decorations but I have been told now, due to my new position, I need to ramp it up a bit and make it look more presentable by adding some atmosphere.
An old army friend, years ago, did up a bunch of 1/600 ships RN modern, (with a good lot of Leander frigates) with all the photo etch and scratch building to enhance them and had them on those simple wood bases around his large den. They looked so nice among the book selves, guns, swords etc that he had collected. Ships just seemed like very appropriate pieces to have sitting in there.
I have thought about doing some waterline in a diorama but have never been very happy with my ability to create the water effect which would be critical. I have seen some very nice work of model ships at sea but just can't effectively emulate that to my satisfaction.
At the rate I am going, I will be retired from the army reserve long before I ever get them all done.
Your build is certainly pushing me to get at least one ship going but I have so many other things to do, which is always the case. I really need to get my 1/72 ships finished and off the bench to make room for much more manageable smaller projects.
Hello,
For display, I have in my army office, a large mostly empty shelving unit that has followed me around over the years during office moves that really needs something to fill the space. The plan was to mount them on their own display bases, oak boards (Heart of Oak and all of that) with brass stands and name plates. Red felt backing on the boards. My father still loves to tinker in the wood shop so I am sure he would be happy to make the bases for me with routed edges etc. They would be either at home around the bar area in my basement or on the shelf in my office. My office has always been very Spartan when it comes to decorations but I have been told now, due to my new position, I need to ramp it up a bit and make it look more presentable by adding some atmosphere.
An old army friend, years ago, did up a bunch of 1/600 ships RN modern, (with a good lot of Leander frigates) with all the photo etch and scratch building to enhance them and had them on those simple wood bases around his large den. They looked so nice among the book selves, guns, swords etc that he had collected. Ships just seemed like very appropriate pieces to have sitting in there.
I have thought about doing some waterline in a diorama but have never been very happy with my ability to create the water effect which would be critical. I have seen some very nice work of model ships at sea but just can't effectively emulate that to my satisfaction.
At the rate I am going, I will be retired from the army reserve long before I ever get them all done.
Your build is certainly pushing me to get at least one ship going but I have so many other things to do, which is always the case. I really need to get my 1/72 ships finished and off the bench to make room for much more manageable smaller projects.