Alex 2,748 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I'm thinking of building an ocean base for a seaplane I just finished to be landing on. I've seen some amazingly realistic ones that people have done for ship models, but I have never tried this myself. Anyone have pointers (or even better a foolproof formula ;-) for doing this? Favorite instructional article? Thanks! MARU5137 and D.B. Andrus 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Kevin 32,473 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Alex, there are lots of great tutorials on YouTube about this, so I recommend starting there. You'd be amazed at how many different approaches there are! Aside from the obvious use of clear resin, I've seen it done successfully with plaster, aluminium foil, and even toilet paper! I'm looking to go in a similar direction with my own seaplane builds, but I can't provide any specific links at the moment. When/if I come across them again, I'll post them here. Kev D.B. Andrus, MARU5137, mpk and 1 other 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites
Bstarr3 1,317 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 For airplane scale, I think the foil technique looks amazing. Check out scale-a-ton on YouTube for some very good tutorials. I think the waves can look a little over scale for ship scales, especially 1/700. MARU5137 and D.B. Andrus 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Kevin 32,473 Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 24 minutes ago, Bstarr3 said: For airplane scale, I think the foil technique looks amazing. Check out scale-a-ton on YouTube for some very good tutorials. I think the waves can look a little over scale for ship scales, especially 1/700. The foil technique is my favourite that I've seen done so far. It looks relatively simple, relatively cheap, and produces very effective results (as you say, not so much in really small scales). I haven't tried it yet personally, but am looking forward to working on a project that lets me. Kev MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
GDW 1,350 Posted January 11 Share Posted January 11 Worth a look, Weathering Magazine, Aircraft Edition: Seaplanes and Water Effects MARU5137 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MARU5137 16,120 Posted January 26 Share Posted January 26 On 1/11/2021 at 1:46 AM, GDW said: Worth a look, Weathering Magazine, Aircraft Edition: Seaplanes and Water Effects looks interesting and quite informative. thank you for the linky. GDW 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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