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Agree with everything you said. Water is very hard, we all know that. I started this thing four years ago, and I spent many hours researching everything I could think of, from building the ship to water, Baltic Sea trials, weather in the Baltic zone in the winter of 1940, found the ship's log...

Thank you for the compliment. There is no secret to anything you see. Work, trial and error, keep trying and keep working. MA is a great site for advice and inspiration, awesome talent and hard work that led to some pretty amazing models. Thank you, Laurence

Thanks Mark, appreciate the kind words and the observation. You are right on one thing, the bow should be lower and it actually is. What appears in the photo is the ship "sitting" higher than if it were attached to the base, because it's easier for me to place it on for a test and then remove...

Logical point MP, I get that. Now look at the sea behind the ship, not quite what you'd expect seeing that bow explosion. Appreciate the feedback, keep it coming. Laurence

Water water and more water ... Matt acrylic varnish on the base, strands of cotton then varnish on top. When it's all dry it will be covered with Liquitex high gloss, few layers that is. The interesting bit will be the bow wave, 3D and all, plus the water over the deck. Bit of a...

Thanks Mike !

Yes. Liquitex is a high gloss varnish (there are other varieties too), liquid form, can't put a thick layer as it won't dry clear. I am doing one thin layer at a time, 3 hours + dry time, then the next and so on. Five done, then dry brushing begins - 24 hrs dry time (oils), rinse and repeat...

Five layers of Liquitex followed by first session of dry brushing and accents. Took these photos in the evening, artificial light doesn't help. Five more layers of Liquitex, then more dry brushing and accents, then again 5 + 1. Then more work .... Thanks for watching, Laurence

Very sad news indeed. Many admirers of his work, I am one of them. RIP mate. Laurence

Thanks mate, it's 1.5m long. The ship is 1.2m long. Laurence

Thank you gents, much appreciated. Laurence

Thanks Bob, the best is yet to come, or so I hope. Laurence

Yep, well, a good friend of mine told me that I should always aim to do bigger and better than the previous one. I had this as a starting point, but then the decision was to refocus and make it bigger and better. Four layers of Liquitex have now been laid. Tomorrow is layer 5, 3 hrs dry...

Right, this is 99.99% done. Canopy not attached. And the real thing ..... Thanks for watching and for the kind words, this has been a first for me. Could have been a lot better, but, at least I don't feel like throwing it in the bin, that's a plus. Laurence

Been a while, so here's an update. Celluclay is nice, but it shrinks big time so had to patch along the edges a number of times. Oils dry (finally) then liquitex layer after layer - aiming for some 15 layers or so with some dry brushing in between to give it the 3D depth appearance. Far from...

Thanks Mike, but that is far from done .... Laurence

Thank you gents, appreciate it. I watched that video a while back, that works for the Pacific ocean and for a small scale. I get some inspiration from everything I watch and I appreciate seeing that video again. I actually started painting the base. Still have some issues around the edges that...

Welcome back Bob, glad to hear you are on the mend. Look after yourself and take it easy . Laurence

Right, more stuff done. Lay the clay (sounds like a bad rap tune) next day take it outside on the balcony, hoping for that yellow thing in the sky to cast some rays and dry the thing ... takes a loooooooooooooooong time. Ship still not attached to the base - just modelling the waves in close...

Good luck and speedy recovery mate, all the best from us. Laurence