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PostPosted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 12:45 pm 
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They make small, but very attractive models. Here is Mary Sinclair that I completed on Wednesday morning. Scale 20'=1" This is my 3rd polystyrene sea and I am finding it far superior to plasticine.
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 12:24 am 
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 6:31 pm 
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Really beautiful once again Bob.

You're right; the sea is so much better than your previous plasticine seas, and I really admired them too.

I have tried this method of sea for my Glenmoor, but somehow it doesn't look 'real'.

Is there any way you can do a photo tutorial for the sea, or perhaps include it into your next instruction CD?

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:12 am 
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Hi John,
Thanks. I have replied via e-mail. I was actually started on the polystyrene seas here on Model Warships in the Hints & Tips section. The main change I made to the suggested methods was to shape the sea with a gas blowtorch with the air intake turned off so the flame was more like a candle flame. I am not planning another instructional CDs in the near future. Having done one for sail & one for steam/motor, there is nothing much more to add at the moment.
Incidentally, I only noticed the blue spot in the wake of Mary Sinclair after I took the above photograph. It has since been corrected with a bit of white paint!
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:01 am 
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Thanks, I never relly gave it a thought because my wife paints the seas! I see your point though and can therfore correct the matter on the next one. I suppose I have spent too long sailing in ships with propellers :smallsmile:
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 10:04 am 
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Message now passed on to wife, who agrees! :thumbs_up_1:
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 6:59 am 
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My first thread reply, (took me long enough to find my way back to sailing ships after logging on). I chose this to test reply mode, as that schooner is top notch Bob, very crisp!. hope to post some of my 1.300 & 1.1200 stuff when i have got my head round it. Will be watching for other models you put on here.


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@Bob,

Third sea in polystyrene ? Did I miss something there ? Do you show the method anywhere ?

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 26, 2012 1:56 am 
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Hi Wefalck,
I just followed the technique described in the Hints & Tips section here. The only thing I did differently was forming the surface of the sea with a small gas torch. I turned the air intake off so the flame was like a candle flame. The polystyrene sank in very quickly even with just a light brushing of the flame.
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Ah, OK. It the technique for sculpting styrofoam. I thought you used some polystyrene putty.

Actually, I used in principle the same technique for sculpting rocks on a model railway layout some 40+ years ago. The shapes were created using a soldering iron with a Teflon-coated styrofoam-cutting tip and whole covered in plaster afterwards.

Thinking about it: I just acquired from a Chinese source (48 € including shipping) an electrical hot-air soldering torch. The temperature can be controlled between about 70°C and 450°C, the airflow can be regulated and it has various nozzles from 3 mm to 10 mm diameter. Such a device should give much better control over the process than a blow-torch.

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A pair of BF-110s on patrol over Sicily, 1943.

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Look closely and there's a very unique Vorpostenboot down there.

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