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Calling it done!

superb Koppalakki
congrats for your job
cheers
Nicolas

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hi
very very nice
gary

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Super job! Very finely detailed.

Truly one of my favourite builds I have seen for a while,its not only about the finished model but the understanding of how to build up a varied tone such as the technique used on the hull to give subtle colour changes on the hull plating..If you photograph this model in the correct light it could be difficult to tell it from the original...
.Well done!!

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Absolutely friggin gorgeous. What water technique did you use and are you willing to share because that's the best water I've seen yet.

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James

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Hi!

It's the "toilet paper" water. So all you need is toiler paper (well any tissue paper will do) and white glue (brand doesn't matter I pick the cheapest one).
Thin the glue with water, lay sheets of paper on your base, use big brush to apply thinned glue. Add more layers to produce crests etc. Painted with different shades of blue acrylics.
After that one spray can of cheapest high closs laquer from hardware store (this has about 10 layers). After couple of days of drying paint white tops with oil paints and give one last layer of
gloss. Then just secure ship to base and add acrylic gel to tie it to the water. This technique should be in the tip and tricks section of this very forum aswell (cant remember the author).

Hope it helps!

Very good work. I like the model. The deck looks through the dark wash and pigments very realistically. The main deck of russian ships has after some time a brown shade. But the base color was dark gray.

Jörg.

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