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MikroMir 1/350 USS Sturgeon Nuclear Submarine For Tom.
- Thread starter Rhino
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That's cool!
Rhino
Super Moderator
The actual sea floor is black, as no light reaches that depth. I started with OD green and I am hoping varying shades of greens and gray-green wash will show some relief and texture without drawing the eye away from the sub model. the lobster boat wreck and killer whale models are just for "Wow factor". Perhaps USS Guitarro is running shallow for this build.
The catch is, as I wash the porous tile grout, chunks come off, showing white below. As I write, there is a generous coat of Future curing on the base in the Nut Department. I'm not good at washes. Small tonal changes are hard to appreciate, and it's time consuming.
Thanks again for looking in!
Rhino
Super Moderator
USS Guitarro transits the Sakhalin rock garden........
This is how I expect the base and boat to lay out. The greens are coming around, and I'm doing my level best to wash/drybrush and walk away. The sub model has been drilled for .40 copper wire pins and they seem secure. SSN-665 and the Cape Islander wreck are both the same scale. More dry-brush, washes, installing the killer whale and flat coat to come, but I thought the test fit looked very promising, in my view.
that is so cool!
Rhino
Super Moderator
I was up early this morning. I poured a set of castings for the FRC and Wild Goose kits and sprayed Dullcote on the boat, base and wreck. SSN-665 is on a northerly heading, in the Sakhalin (La Perouse) strait, running relatively shallow, so a minutia of marine life might grow on the southern faces of the "rock garden". The depth there varies from 130 to 450 some feet.
Mr. Orca will commonly hunt up to 65 feet below the surface, but a curious Killer Whale may go much deeper.
Placement of the wreck and the Orca are still undetermined. I hope my shading job bears out my conjecture. Again, this is only a test fit to evaluate the base lay out.
My hope is to properly impress my US Navy CPO friend and former partner in crime.
Thanks for looking in again!
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
He will love it Chris!
I can't help but to think of this scene
You can fix it!! 
