Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 8:34 am
A dream within a dream within a dream ...
... breathtaking!
XXXDAn
... breathtaking!
XXXDAn
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Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 10:42 am
Great work, Martijn. I hope to see the result at the competition table at Model Force!
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 12:55 pm
Absolutely incredible!
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 10:41 pm
Incredible work. Just amazing.
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:33 am
Many thanks everyone!
Cheers,
Marijn
Telford is on my planning, so I hope to see you there!bgire wrote:Hope to see it in Telford...
Me too! I Not sure it will be completely finished by then though, and if I can come for the entire day. Otherwise it will be on the clubstand.StevenVD wrote:I hope to see the result at the competition table at Model Force!
Cheers,
Marijn
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:38 am
very very good modelmaking in every aspect.
Beware of white water-in a rolling non-stormy swell -
==> less is more--
look at your chosen wind direction ( flag on ships ) you can afford some "wave smack" on the carriers static hull on the windward side...
to leeward only slight foaming to outline the hull --intermittently only ...
I am watching with great interest!
JB
Beware of white water-in a rolling non-stormy swell -
==> less is more--
look at your chosen wind direction ( flag on ships ) you can afford some "wave smack" on the carriers static hull on the windward side...
to leeward only slight foaming to outline the hull --intermittently only ...
I am watching with great interest!
JB
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:58 am
Thanks Jim!
Your concern is justified!
That's what I had in mind: less is more indeed!
In this diorama, the main action is spectacular enough and consitutes the story. So the sea shouldn't distract from that, so I don't want to make the sea into a spectacular attraction. And as you pointed out, that wouldn't be very drealistic in the given conditions anyway.
I only plan obvious whitewater with three small boats speeding to or away from the carrier. And tiny bits around liferafts and crew in the water.
Only some waves will be breaking against the carrier and destroyer, but indeed very intermittent and small. And a couple of waves breaking at the top here-there mid-sea, but again only very limited and small.
Cheers,
Marijn
Your concern is justified!
That's what I had in mind: less is more indeed!
In this diorama, the main action is spectacular enough and consitutes the story. So the sea shouldn't distract from that, so I don't want to make the sea into a spectacular attraction. And as you pointed out, that wouldn't be very drealistic in the given conditions anyway.
I only plan obvious whitewater with three small boats speeding to or away from the carrier. And tiny bits around liferafts and crew in the water.
Only some waves will be breaking against the carrier and destroyer, but indeed very intermittent and small. And a couple of waves breaking at the top here-there mid-sea, but again only very limited and small.
Cheers,
Marijn
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 11:20 am
Marijn! Do not forget the sharks! Cheers! 
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 4:51 pm
Sbouba wrote:Marijn! Do not forget the sharks! Cheers!
Fantastic. Just outstanding. I like it very much. Specially painting is incredible realistic. Thanks for this thread and looking forward to see beautiful photos ...
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 7:29 pm
Magnificent!
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 1:53 am
Thanks guys!
Cheers,
Marijn
Sbouba wrote:Do not forget the sharks!
Many thanks! I must have picked up a trick or two during my AFV and figure-painting years...blacman wrote:Specially painting is incredible realistic.
Cheers,
Marijn
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Thu Apr 02, 2015 2:57 am
Perhaps three 
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 8:16 am
Hello:Sbouba wrote:Marijn! Do not forget the sharks! Cheers!
This is amazing work, to say the least, your attention to detail is noteworthy and painstaking. I just finished reading a book by Stanley Johnston who was a Chicago reporter on the Lexington when it was sunk. He mentions the lack of sharks, even though they were in known shark infested waters; he contributed the lack of sharks to the ongoing explosions in the ship that sent out shock waves, and feels that the shock waves were instrumental in keeping the sharks away. He observed the whole evacuation of the ship, the rescue efforts and noted not one fin was ever spotted. I wish my buddys dad was still alive, he was an embarked Marine on the Lexington during this time. I remember him saying that he was on the Lexington and he was rescued, he was later wounded on one of the Island campaigns. Saipan I think it was. But I digress. Truly great work and a great story.
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 3:25 am
Many thanks Mark! Also for the shark info.
Meanwhile, progress has been slow (the garden needs attention too...), but here we are:
Next: swimmers!
Cheers,
Marijn
Meanwhile, progress has been slow (the garden needs attention too...), but here we are:
Next: swimmers!
Cheers,
Marijn
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 3:34 am
Absolutely stunning! This gets better and better.
Dave
Dave
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 7:21 am
A world class work of art. Beautifully done and very dramatic. The closer one looks, the more one sees. And there are stories within stories as one looks around the diorama.
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 11:11 am
Very very nice additions, it's all coming together now!
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:07 pm
Never again ...
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... never ...
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... will I complain about the crowded decks on my Vic ...
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... never!
XXXDAn
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... never ...
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... will I complain about the crowded decks on my Vic ...
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... never!
XXXDAn
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:32 pm
well I must say this is very very good indeed....
encouraging and inspiring!
swimmers eh!
JB
encouraging and inspiring!
swimmers eh!
JB
Re: Lexingtons last battle, 1//700
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2015 12:50 pm
Hello Marjin
it's just indescribable !!!everything is there, we feel the dramatic atmosphere , I hear the orders and the evacuation hooters ,the smoke burns my eyes .....in brief , we are immersed in history , thanks to your talent ,it is a complete success ,there was a before Marjin, now ,there are your diorama,and as I have said
your work marks a page in our hobby
BRAVISSIMO MAESTRO
cheers
nicolas
it's just indescribable !!!everything is there, we feel the dramatic atmosphere , I hear the orders and the evacuation hooters ,the smoke burns my eyes .....in brief , we are immersed in history , thanks to your talent ,it is a complete success ,there was a before Marjin, now ,there are your diorama,and as I have said
your work marks a page in our hobby
BRAVISSIMO MAESTRO
cheers
nicolas