HMS Belfast
HMS Belfast
This is the Airfix kit of the Belfast. It came from a car boot sale, price £3.50.
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Very nice. When my dad was flying Catalinas he came across the Belfast in the Bay of Biscay at night. Fortunately the gunnery officer recognised the sound and didn't open fire otherwise I wouldn't be here. Shut up at the back
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The camo at least makes a change from Battleship grey. I'm most impressed with the base you've captured the look of the sea with a few deft strokes. Do tell!
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Very nice! My Uncle was serving on board her as a gunner when she got her back broken, he did tell me when and how it happened but I was only a nipper when he told me and cant remember.
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She hit a mine in 1939 but was back in service relatively quickly.
Nice work vacant. Like James, I'm curious about how you created the sea base.
Nice work vacant. Like James, I'm curious about how you created the sea base.
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Excellent work, and add me to the list of guys who want to know how you did the seascape.
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The seascape - it went like this.
I scavaged the waste bins in the centre of Bath to find a block of expanded foam polystyrene - packaging stuff; cost £0.
I found a picture frame in a local junk shop; cost £2.
I cut and inserted the foam into the picture frame then cut out a hole for the ship.
I covered the base with a cheap Poundland household filler; cost £1 a tub.
I shaped the filler roughly into waves then used a water paint brush to smooth it over.
I painted it mainly using household tester paints from Homebase, grey, green, blue in a very rough mix - added some dabs of white on the tops of waves.
I painted over the paint using Klear, then Humbrol gloss varnish.
I covered the sea with Poundland translucent bathroom sealer then used a watery brush to smooth it over; cost £1.
That's it, all very rough and ready but it seems to work reasonably well. In the photos, some areas of the transluent sealer are milky white as it is still drying - when it goes completely clear, it will look much better. It's a ship so I have been impatient to get it off my work table.
I scavaged the waste bins in the centre of Bath to find a block of expanded foam polystyrene - packaging stuff; cost £0.
I found a picture frame in a local junk shop; cost £2.
I cut and inserted the foam into the picture frame then cut out a hole for the ship.
I covered the base with a cheap Poundland household filler; cost £1 a tub.
I shaped the filler roughly into waves then used a water paint brush to smooth it over.
I painted it mainly using household tester paints from Homebase, grey, green, blue in a very rough mix - added some dabs of white on the tops of waves.
I painted over the paint using Klear, then Humbrol gloss varnish.
I covered the sea with Poundland translucent bathroom sealer then used a watery brush to smooth it over; cost £1.
That's it, all very rough and ready but it seems to work reasonably well. In the photos, some areas of the transluent sealer are milky white as it is still drying - when it goes completely clear, it will look much better. It's a ship so I have been impatient to get it off my work table.
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That is really very good Vacant, a top bit of ship modelling and cheap too!
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Well done, and double that for the sea state !
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Realy nice Vacant -a super bit of work
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Very effective rendition of the sea...thanks for the tutorial. Beautiful result.
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The first picture is brilliant..... and your how-to on the seascape is really useful for when I get cracking with my Belfast, cheers!
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Its a shame the milky white parts will go as they give the sea that ethreal look of the foam dispersingvacant wrote: In the photos, some areas of the transluent sealer are milky white as it is still drying - when it goes completely clear, it will look much better.
Loverly job overall, [thumbs up]
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If one wants milky parts to remain, just add some thinly spread and watered down white sealer.