Docbritofmf
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I know I briefly posted pic of this build in another thread and kinda discussed the kit briefly but i felt that it could use its own thread because im still doing some work on it to pass the time until i find another kit to build.
So to give you all a brief summary I recently built a 1/535 Revell Battleship Missouri that i found on clearance at the local hobby lobby, having alittle more experience under my belt now i was a little skeptical about the abnormal scale after my experience with the USS Arizona kit that is similarly odd scaled.
fearing a low quality kit i wasn't sure i wanted to waste my money but being that it was only 7 bucks and i needed something to pass the time i figured i could use the kit as practice for other skills i wanted to try in future builds such as Measure Type ship camo and naval combat diorama.
Originally i was considering maybe making it damaged like it was struck in battle but the past Navy in me didn't feel right about taking a Ship of that caliber and history and making it look like a combat casualty.
So currently I'm building the seascape base for the ship, in the pictures above I'm using a polystyrene board used for I think floral arrangements.
I heat the surface with a heat gun and this melts a thin layer and solidifies the top so it's smoother and less crumbly.
After I traced the out line of the ships hull and carved about 1/2" depth shadow of the ship so when it's on the base the hulls below the water to the water line.
Following that I use the heat gun again to sculpt the board in gentle waves by melting areas whichs causes the foam to contract.
Finally I took aluminum foil slightly crumpled and layed it over the board this gives it the smooth water like surface look.
So to give you all a brief summary I recently built a 1/535 Revell Battleship Missouri that i found on clearance at the local hobby lobby, having alittle more experience under my belt now i was a little skeptical about the abnormal scale after my experience with the USS Arizona kit that is similarly odd scaled.
fearing a low quality kit i wasn't sure i wanted to waste my money but being that it was only 7 bucks and i needed something to pass the time i figured i could use the kit as practice for other skills i wanted to try in future builds such as Measure Type ship camo and naval combat diorama.
Originally i was considering maybe making it damaged like it was struck in battle but the past Navy in me didn't feel right about taking a Ship of that caliber and history and making it look like a combat casualty.
So currently I'm building the seascape base for the ship, in the pictures above I'm using a polystyrene board used for I think floral arrangements.
I heat the surface with a heat gun and this melts a thin layer and solidifies the top so it's smoother and less crumbly.
After I traced the out line of the ships hull and carved about 1/2" depth shadow of the ship so when it's on the base the hulls below the water to the water line.
Following that I use the heat gun again to sculpt the board in gentle waves by melting areas whichs causes the foam to contract.
Finally I took aluminum foil slightly crumpled and layed it over the board this gives it the smooth water like surface look.
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