Hello gentlemen!
This water making technique has been demonstrated and photographed by
Dominique Bantonfrom
Costa Rica and is reproduced here with his kind permission in the interests of sharing modelmaking techniques worldwide
I have merely posted them here on his behalf.
Translation French-English courtesy of my chum Ute B...
Fascinating stuff!
Jim B
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Materials required:
Polystyrene sheets x 2
Wooden Pastry Rolling pin
Roll of paper Toilet tissue
Wood glue and water
...and a home-made wooden frame
Designing the diorama
On the first plate of polystyrene:
draw the cut out-line for the ship (water line)
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Use a rolling-pin to form the waves by exercising a rotary pressure (the polystyrene is compressible)
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After the previous 2 operations, glue the second plate with some wood glue and fix with sellotape.
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Cover the upper side with a coat of diluted wood glue
Put the first layer of toilet paper on, using a brush soaked in glue, by applying soft pressure in order to make it conform to the contours .
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When the first layer is dry, put a second one on vertically to the first one and create
the water wakelines at the back by "pushing” the paper back with the brush.
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When the diorama is dry, put on the first coat of paint, then let dry. After that, design wave crests by pushing the paper here and there with the brush.
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Measure and draw the cut-out-lines for the border/ case/ box of the diorama
After cutting out the wooden pieces assemble the box together
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Put 2 coats of paint on, mixing blue and black to achieve the desired shade
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Before the second coat (marine blue) dries, put a light coat of white on top of the crests to achieve the desired whitening effect.
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Take off all excess paint with a soft cloth
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Lead the brush softly over the crests
After everything has dried, install the model and make he connections between the sea and the hull being with the same blends of paper and glue, either with a spatula or brush.
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The finished effect with the 1/96 USS Alabama placed within
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The full build up article is beyond the remit of this posting--it can be viewed here in French
http://netmarine.net/phpBB/viewtopic.ph ... c&start=15however, a few examples of the sheer amount of work involved in the construction of this fine model-based on the venerable old Revell offering...
can ge garnered from these few images...
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