by Eric Bergerud » Mon Mar 07, 2016 2:14 am
This is something you could try - can't remember where I ran into it. If you want a very pronounced bow wave, the wave is being thrown up and then curling back down at an angle. There are two ways to do this and I'd guess they could both be scaled up (or down depending how you look at it.) First, get some clear gloss medium or Woodland Scenics Water Effects - either will work but for this Woodland is a little better. Get a plate or a container and put down some wax paper. Pour out a nice circular puddle - maybe 4" diameter. (Make some smaller ones too - useful.) Let it try overnight. Remove it and you've got a clear type of plastic that molds extremely well and will hold its shape. If you want it thicker, double the number of gloss puddles and when dry, stick them together with the same stuff you used to make them. Use something like a half circle - bend it in a curved arc with the thin end touching the bow. Attach it with the same material you made it with - painted your choice. If you look at it from head on, there will be a clear space in the wave - like you see in surfer movies. Then put on rayon.
I think you could something very similar with very thick aluminum foil - the kind that's on a decent bottle of wine - champagne is very good. Make some kind of half circle or the shape you want. The foil will be a little irregular but I'd think that would be good. Paint it white or maybe a water color. Attach to the water with gloss medium or maybe PVA. When you get the effect you want then put on rayon. (If you find rayon hard to find, go on eBay and get a small portion of CelluCotton - it's like a thin rope of rayon fiber that will work great - about $3). Here's a humble example - I was looking for a vessel moving at cruising speed in calm waters: but if you look at the bow, there's a curled wave up there that you could stick a toothpick through next to the hull.
Eric
This is something you could try - can't remember where I ran into it. If you want a very pronounced bow wave, the wave is being thrown up and then curling back down at an angle. There are two ways to do this and I'd guess they could both be scaled up (or down depending how you look at it.) First, get some clear gloss medium or Woodland Scenics Water Effects - either will work but for this Woodland is a little better. Get a plate or a container and put down some wax paper. Pour out a nice circular puddle - maybe 4" diameter. (Make some smaller ones too - useful.) Let it try overnight. Remove it and you've got a clear type of plastic that molds extremely well and will hold its shape. If you want it thicker, double the number of gloss puddles and when dry, stick them together with the same stuff you used to make them. Use something like a half circle - bend it in a curved arc with the thin end touching the bow. Attach it with the same material you made it with - painted your choice. If you look at it from head on, there will be a clear space in the wave - like you see in surfer movies. Then put on rayon.
I think you could something very similar with very thick aluminum foil - the kind that's on a decent bottle of wine - champagne is very good. Make some kind of half circle or the shape you want. The foil will be a little irregular but I'd think that would be good. Paint it white or maybe a water color. Attach to the water with gloss medium or maybe PVA. When you get the effect you want then put on rayon. (If you find rayon hard to find, go on eBay and get a small portion of CelluCotton - it's like a thin rope of rayon fiber that will work great - about $3). Here's a humble example - I was looking for a vessel moving at cruising speed in calm waters: but if you look at the bow, there's a curled wave up there that you could stick a toothpick through next to the hull.
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Eric