bcauchi Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 This is my spitfire floatplane project. The spit is the old hasegawa, reworked with stressed metal effect and riveted. It is mated to the warbirds conversion set which includes the floats, nose, tail and prop. Some other extras used. Figures are from mastercasters and masterbox. The rest is of course home made with the groundwork made from polifiller, microballoons to create the sand, tree bark to create the rocks and balsa stones. Seaweed was made from rope hemp and aluminium foil. some other materials might have been used but its been a year since this one was completed. No decals were used, all markings are sprayed on. The diorama is based on the photo of one of the planes which was based in Egypt. I have also included some in-progress pics if that is allowed in this part of the forum. The photo below in black and white was the inspiration for this diorama. florin13, williamj, aircare84 and 17 others 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 LOVE it! That is pretty special looking for sure. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Kubis Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Great Spitfire&excellent diorama-looks realistic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcauchi Posted December 14, 2018 Author Share Posted December 14, 2018 thanks glad you like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Amazing build as always, Brian. Good to see you back! Kev alaninaustria 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff T Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Superb work all round Bcauchi! That is extremely well done....what did you use for the water?....I am doing a Wingnut Wings floatplane that I want to put in a water setting and have been researching products to do this. Cheer's, Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony in NZ Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Brian....so pleased to see this You haven't lost your magical touch...that's stunning! What did you use for the exhausts? Cheers Anthony Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Very nice diorama 'atmosphere' - Thumbs up Brian! Cheers: Kent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fvdm Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Real nice diorama. Well done. I like the clear water and the seaweed very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcauchi Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 Thanks for looking and commenting. I used a 2 part resin for the water. It was locally available and worked excellently. No shrinkage and no heat generation whilst drying. Since it dried dead flat I applied some pva glue on the surface to make the ripples and finally sprayed on a coat of future to obtain the gloss finish. hope that answers your question. Exhausts were finished using testors metallizers and some ak rust pigment. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dog Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Most excellent ! Great attention to detail ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff T Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 8 hours ago, bcauchi said: Thanks for looking and commenting. I used a 2 part resin for the water. It was locally available and worked excellently. No shrinkage and no heat generation whilst drying. Since it dried dead flat I applied some pva glue on the surface to make the ripples and finally sprayed on a coat of future to obtain the gloss finish. hope that answers your question. Exhausts were finished using testors metallizers and some ak rust pigment. Thanks for the explanation on the water Brian. Cheer's, Jeff. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 As usual, FANTASTIC! Always love seeing your work - Thanks for posting!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 I considered doing something similar with the 1:24 Trumpeter kit, but for all the strange reasons not to, I just don't like the floats; same story with the Seiran. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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