Sara's a fast girl.

[hamchuck]

This is something I've been thinking of for a while. I'm going to try doing a resin ocean for my 1/700 USS Saratoga. I'll be trying a technique I saw on YouTube, doing the water shape in clay, making a silicon mold of it, then using it to pour the resin. This will be my first time pouring resin for anything other than a simple block or doing anything at all with clay. A level pour and adding effects won't do it because I want a more dynamic shape to the water. This will be Sara really whistling up the steam.

There's quite a curve along the hull, enough that I'll have to extend the water line model down a bit.
Anyways, here goes nothin'.

 

[Heavens Eagle]

Good luck with this Al. Only suggestion I would make is to really think and plan it through before doing the deed. In with that ponder what problems you could run in to. I have no experience with doing this, but the planning is what will make or break it.

 

[moon puppy]

Hey you in @Rhino territory.
Can't wait to see how you do this.

 

[Rhino]

You rang, Pup? That is a beautiful shot of Sara with bone in her teeth. 1945 fit one should think.
I think this is the calm waters of San Francisco bay or Puget Sound, early in the day.

 

[Cheyenne]

I admire youze guys that build ships , I've got my share of 1/350 kits and one of these days ...............

 

[Rhino]

I admire youze guys that build ships , I've got my share of 1/350 kits and one of these days ...............

Thanks. The whole Newport News shipyard in 1/350?

 

[hamchuck]

You rang, Pup? That is a beautiful shot of Sara with bone in her teeth. 1945 fit one should think.
I think this is the calm waters of San Francisco bay or Puget Sound, early in the day.

Yes, Puget Sound, doing full-power tests after her first 1945 refit. I'm going to try the same waveform but with planes on the deck. I know she probably wouldn't be doing flank speed for launch/recovery because she'd out-run her escorts, but c'mon, it looks so cool!

Yesterday I spent a few hours trying to sculpt the basic shape. I tried different ways to imprint a water texture into it but it just wasn't working. I'll probably do that after I pour the resin using AK Interactive Water Effect. I didn't expect the clay to contract so much as it dried, but I don't think it will be a big problem.

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Rhino]

On a windless day, flight ops may very well have been conducted at full speed. You're on the right track. Less is more with water texture.

 

[Steve Ski]

Water works, imho, is always tricky until ya learn it proper. This is shaping up good from what I see!

 

[Rhino]

People overthink it. If the clay shrinks, saw it off. Start with a coat of silver and build up the base from there with grays and Tamiya clear blue. Gloss white for wakes and bubble streams, Future clear coat, Robert's your Uncle. Fannie's your Aunt, your ship is underway! Al has an advantage. There is almost no wind to consider in his picture.

In this case, the Nut that made this, built the powerboat model to be posed on-the-step and high speed on a base made from a flat piece of foam shower board.
That being said, He is quite the eccentric.

 

[hamchuck]

2nd shot. The more I looked at the 1st one the more I saw what I could do better. This picture from the Tennessee helped a bit too, since it's right down the length of the ship.
I'm a lot happier with this one. It also took less time and I made a lot less of a mess doing it.

 

[hamchuck]

Hello again guys. After a long, long period of other things going on, I've finally been able to get back into modelling.

I gave up on trying to mold the sea with clay. I'm going with just pouring resin and then shaping it a bit with a Dremel, then doing the waves with water texture.

I added a partial underwater hull to the ship and made a silicon mold of the same shape.

I poured the resin in two layers, adding some wake coloring.

I made the silicon blank a little bit too small, so I'll need to do some work on the resin to get the ship to sit down all the way to the waterline.

I'm experimenting with wave sculpting on a practice bit of resin. I'm using Vallejo Transparent Water texture for the waves and their snow for the foamy bits.

 

[Rhino]

Good choices! I like what you have going on here!

 

[moon puppy]

 

[Heavens Eagle]

So far so good!

 

[Cheyenne]

Water looks good so far .
Just the kind of " no pressure " material to work with that plays games with yer sphincter .

 

[hamchuck]

Water looks good so far .
Just the kind of " no pressure " material to work with that plays games with yer sphincter .

Hence, why I'm going slowly, gently, and carefully.

But yes, the point of the separate piece of resin to practice techniques on before I try it on the actual article.

 

[Cheyenne]

Lol , yeah , I've done my fair share of water and even on practice runs that pucker is still clinchin cuz of the dam unpredictibility of the medium .

 

[hamchuck]

I'm ok with this for a first attempt. Tomorrow I'll texture the rest of the surface. When I've completed the hull and seat it in there permanently I'll build up the bow wave and wake more.