1/700 Pearl Harbor Diorama

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Wow! I like this!

When I saw the photo taken from directly above the ship at the quays, I whistled like a bomb falling.
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Complete battleship row in 1/700 ... I'm speechless about this colossal project in awesome quality! :-)
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That is just amazing. I can't wait to see what else you add. well done its insperational.
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What an impressive and beautiful Pearl Harbor diorama.
That is certainly something to be proud of, well done!

I hope one day I may be able to create such an impressive display.
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AWESOME! TOTALLY AWESOME! :worship_1:

if i may ask, what technique did you use to do the water for the harbor?

thanks!
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Very beautiful build.I really like that you added the history lesson. :thumbs_up_1:
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Awed and amazed!

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i'm speechless.

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drdemented wrote:AWESOME! TOTALLY AWESOME! :worship_1:

if i may ask, what technique did you use to do the water for the harbor?

thanks!
The water is not quite finished yet (basically nothing is on this dio). I still have to add a few more greens to it to lighten it up a bit and gloss it up to give it a bit more depth but bacially what you are looking at now is a "ton" of acrylic gel spread evenly with a very aggressive paint roller to give it that rippled effect and a base color or two.
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Very impressive project & work!! Will you also add some 300 IJN aircraft? :heh:

I think I'll build the Jap counterpart one day, this is really inspirational!!
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Jeff Sharp wrote:
drdemented wrote:AWESOME! TOTALLY AWESOME! :worship_1:

if i may ask, what technique did you use to do the water for the harbor?

thanks!
The water is not quite finished yet (basically nothing is on this dio). I still have to add a few more greens to it to lighten it up a bit and gloss it up to give it a bit more depth but bacially what you are looking at now is a "ton" of acrylic gel spread evenly with a very aggressive paint roller to give it that rippled effect and a base color or two.
thanks! :worship_1:
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Thanks for posting your craftsmanship it truly is incredible ....... :thumbs_up_1:
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Truly amazing and looks so real with the water shimmering.

Many hours of fun working it all out.

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Just love it! :thumbs_up_1:
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I'm rendered speechless over this. Nothing I can think to say could articulate how I feel about it. So I won't even try. I'll just keep staring at the pictures in silent amazement.
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I'd love to do something like this one day. A buddy of mine had a grandfather who helped design many of the docks and berths at Pearl. The family still has some of his hand drawn sketches.
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HOLY COW that is just stunning work......Cheers mark
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This is awesome! I love it. Are you planning to populate the ships and the base wiht figures I hope?
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That's a beautiful depiction of the harbor :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: landscape is very impressive!! I like the looks of those trees a lot. Beautiful work all around :thumbs_up_1:




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Re: 1/700 Pearl Harbor Diorama

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WOW! Thanks guys for all the kind words! Your comments are motivating me to work on it some more.
Yes, I do plan on populating it with figures, boat launches, and vehicles. I need to do a few more things to Ford Island between the ferry launch and USS Neosho before I start the populating process.
I'll start with USS Nevada and work my way down from there with the figures.
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