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by **Donald** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 9:03 am

What an interesting idea. Makes a change from warships steaming through a tempestuous ocean. The weathering and corrosion effects on the hull of the sub are first class.

by **maxim** » Sun Sep 25, 2022 12:25 am

Great idea for a diorama perfectly executed!

by **Kometa** » Sat Sep 24, 2022 2:42 pm

Once upon a time there was a somewhat crazy idea --like the ones that modelers usually have when in the mood to do something new-- so after coming across this idea, here you are the finished diorama of the oceanmaker.

In this post I have just put together all the contents of our work, so I simply hope that you have enjoyed it and that it has encouraged you to carry on in this wonderful world of modeling.

It has been somehow difficult to find the model of the submarine, to solve the assembling problems, to paint and to complete it with the myriad of small details that I have scratch-built, as it is the case of the windmills, the tanks, the interiors, the submarine's machinery and the crane that is removing one of the missiles.

Here you are some of the photographs of this diorama that I intend to submit to the modeling contest that is underway.

Regards

Thanks to Willie for the traslation

by **marijn van gils** » Tue Jun 14, 2022 7:24 am

by **maxim** » Mon Jun 13, 2022 10:41 am

Already very impressive and interesting diorama!

by **Kometa** » Sun Jun 12, 2022 9:22 am

Hello again

A few more advances on this diorama that we will already have finished in the next update.

Near the main stage other small elements have been added, a communication tower near where the crane is installed, as well as a landing craft that we had from other kits.

The communications tower is made with copper wire of different thicknesses, leftover railing from another construction and stairs.

A tank appears in the submarine. It has been made using a leftover from a construction and pipes and supports are added, all aged and with the same treatment as the rest of the materials.
Little by little everything is integrated into the diorama.

We've added more drums to the diorama made from leftover sprue, some bundled together and some loose. All with different colors and the same aged treatment. We have also taken a leftover helicopter from a recent Arleig Burke build and used it as scrap in the diorama.

Here we have some more details of the crane to which the cables have been added that will support one of
the missiles with a support also made of copper wire.

This is an overview of how construction is progressing.

And that's all for now. We hope to add other little things and finish it already.

Greetings.

by **Kometa** » Tue May 10, 2022 4:27 am

Hi guys
Thanks for your comments.
As I said, there are a great number of small and endless details, but all comments are welcome.

We will also include a helicopter in the scrap and several other things are missing. The sides of the base are made from balsa wood and will be aged to contrast with the contents.
I put a photo that gives a more general idea of the set.

by **marijn van gils** » Tue May 10, 2022 2:57 am

Great work! I think the composition is excellent, and I really like different levels you made in the terrain.

Since I know you are open to constructive criticism, I will offer this:
- The colouring of the terrain is very good, but it looks too much like a single mass. You can differentiate small rocks and sand grains by brush painting them with different colours to make them look like they are 'loose' from the rest. Light colours are the most effective for this. Uncle Night Shift shows it very well here (from 3:51 on): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DiT995 ... 3N&index=3 (but you don't need to paint that many of them to already get a good effect)
- Many of the structures have gaps where they meet the terrain. You already hid some of those effectively with accessories (which is very good!

), but the other gaps can be removed with most putties or terrain mixes.
- Don't wait too long with finishing the sides of the base. If you wait until the end, it will be harder to get clean sides without damaging something.
- The junk yard looks great, but it can indeed use (a lot of) additional small parts. You already noted that; I just wanted to confirm.

Looking forward to the final parts of this great project!

by **pascalemod** » Mon May 09, 2022 4:05 pm

Amazing looking!

Remember, the cars and tractors need to leave some tracks...

by **Neptune** » Mon May 09, 2022 11:48 am

Awesome job on the dio. What did you use to cover the isopor to smoothen things out?

by **SG1** » Mon May 09, 2022 1:34 am

Amazing!

by **Kometa** » Sun May 08, 2022 4:31 pm

Hello again

After this lapse of time I have made some progress in all the elements of the diorama, adapting the different constructions that I had already made and addeing some new ones.

The buildings to be displayed in the diorama are varied and I have made an attempt to represent them at least in their basic shape.

To make them, I have used thick cardboard with a simple structure preparing doors and windows.

The process means drawing the entire contour of the building with the shape of the roofs in such a way that its later assembly is therefore easy. The roofs are also made from the same cardboard by etching stripes with a scriber to give it the appearance of a sheet metal roof.

I have arranged several boxes also from L'Arsenal in 1/350 as well, and through the processing with various shades I have finished them in a natural wood color and also in a flat grey.

I had previously modified a Niko Models crane that was a WWII model

I have added some counterweights to the rear and modified the loading boom too. However, it seemed small for the intended purpose of raising a missile that can weigh 25 tons, so I was searching existing models until I found one that seemed to suit my model best.

I preferred to make a model from scracht, using plasticard in different thicknesses along with the same cardboard that I use for the constructions, adding small pieces of photo-etched parts for grills and some wire sections for the exhaust.

The final result is this more appropriate one, that once paint and aging effects have been applied will fit well into the diorama as you will see later, without applying the cables yet.

Step by step I have been preparing other small elements of the diorama such as tubes, platforms and windmills, which have been given --using several colors, basically Tamiya and pigments-- the same paint treatment as the submarine to display an aged looking .

Well, here we come to the composition part of the diorama that is made on porex in initial dimensions of 50 x 50 cm, but that I later reduced for a better layout.

The process is made using an initial composition with the same basic form of the diorama, to which I added a natural rock painted in gray and XF59. The ground has been adapted so that there is a suitable level close to the missile area to allow the crane to work. The paints used to highlight lights and shadows are Tamiya for the most part, as well as some Mig pigments with beach sand and African dust colors.

In this series of photographs the development and adaptation of the terrain is better appreciated.

As soon as I had arranged the general presentation part of the diorama, I began to integrate the different elements, i.e., trucks, boxes, buildings, all of them with the application of base colors and different washes and pigments. I have added several barrels made with sprue sections, and some more will be added, along with pallets and several other elements.

I will set in place in this way the first crane that I made, next to one of the mills, showing a worn out appearance.

The submarine is set in place although it will be completed with other small details of nearby junk next to the holes that were opened in the hull. Here I have given the same aging treatment to the machinery inside, and these elements will be completed with other small details afterwards.

In one of the holes that seemed to be somehow empty I have placed a small junkyard made with a left over barge from another kit, propellers and some other bent and twisted PE parts. I am going to add some other small details, but I think that the overall effect is already acceptable.

Here you are a composition of the diorama from another point of view, with the new crane already set in place.

I am confident that I can finish the diorama pretty soon, after finishing the otherwise small, never ending details.

Best regards.
Kometa

Willie collaborates with us for a better translation)

by **Neptune** » Sat Dec 25, 2021 7:05 am

Awesome project, I love what you're doing!

by **marijn van gils** » Wed Dec 22, 2021 4:40 am

Great work! Very creative use of those sub and heli props!

by **Not_so_COB** » Sat Dec 18, 2021 6:37 pm

Inspiring work. When I saw the video, I thought of the CVN as a diorama...may still do it....

by **Kometa** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 4:27 am

Hello again.

Here you are a few more previews of this project.

Among the elements of this diorama there are 9 wind generators of different models which seem to consist of a simple propeller placed on a structure.

I have assumed that the purpose of these wind turbines is to provide power and if I made exactly the model it would not have that purpose, hence the small variations on these models.

I started making a triangular structure with copper wire supported by a base that will be buried in the sand. The building process is relatively simple using small drops of CA on the framework.

This offers a solid structure in which I have placed a small piece of sprue with the suitable diameter as to allow to use as blades the PE ones of a submarine prop.

Another one of the generators was made with a four-sided structure, also made with copper wire, on which I have placed a piece of sprue along with four screens made of styrene strips.

There are other ones that I have made on a central rod that supports a piece of sprue and with another leftover PE as well as a sheet of styrene that functions as a wind rudder.
Here you can see it along with two provisional building prototypes.

Some other ones have also been made following the same sprue-on-a-rod system, but I have placed the rotors of several 1/700 scale helicopters that I consider to be the correct ones for these wind generators.

With some more photo-etched and props leftovers, I have completed the generators that will be refined further on with the corresponding wiring.

Finally, the scaffolding that appears aft of the submarine has also been made with copper wire of different thickness together with styrene strips.

And that�s all for now. More updates to come.

(Willie collaborates with us for a better translation)

by **Kometa** » Fri Dec 17, 2021 4:22 am

marijn van gils wrote:Great work Kometa! Those tiny items look the part!

Thanks Marijn, your work it�s incredible.

by **marijn van gils** » Fri Nov 12, 2021 2:33 am

Great work Kometa! Those tiny items look the part!

by **Kometa** » Wed Nov 03, 2021 2:27 pm

Thanks Admhawk and Thermongoose for your interest.
Soon we will put more progress on the construction of the generators and other small details.

by **Themongoose** » Tue Nov 02, 2021 9:39 pm

Awesome work on the sub! Thanks for sharing the method. I�m sure i will use it in the future.

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