Gator
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Well, I've been away from the bench for almost a year with remodeling the mobile home we bought Thanksgiving of last year. Being very close to finishing and just waiting on paydays to get the material I need to finish, I dusted off the modeling tools and started a simple little build, the Soviet ballisitc sub Red October. I wanted to build her as she was in the scene when they were getting the crew to abandon ship.
Using rough watercolor paper as my starting point, I alternated layers of color and gloss heavy gel medium until I got the look I wanted and then made a rough sea by stippling a thick layer of gel medium with a 3/8" deer foot brush.
I did have to make some changes to the kit, enlarging the bridge and adding the sonar array to the rear fin.
Next up was making the life rafts. I twisted wire solder around a hex bit, glued two rings together and then glued that on tissue paper for the bottom.
After giving the model a coat of Future for that rain dampened look, I glued the life rafts on the sub.
That brings you up to today. We've all been sick, so I haven't been able to do much. I did start work on painting the crew. Life vest first.
Using rough watercolor paper as my starting point, I alternated layers of color and gloss heavy gel medium until I got the look I wanted and then made a rough sea by stippling a thick layer of gel medium with a 3/8" deer foot brush.
I did have to make some changes to the kit, enlarging the bridge and adding the sonar array to the rear fin.
Next up was making the life rafts. I twisted wire solder around a hex bit, glued two rings together and then glued that on tissue paper for the bottom.
After giving the model a coat of Future for that rain dampened look, I glued the life rafts on the sub.
That brings you up to today. We've all been sick, so I haven't been able to do much. I did start work on painting the crew. Life vest first.
