slicing the sea

[olsbooks]

Just an experiment, but for some time have wanted to build a rough seas scene with a Revell PT boat. Want to replicate speed and also the bow diving hard into a large swell.  Using the lid from a Wendy's salad container, tempera paints, cotton, and some thick clear acrylic called "triple thick" from hobby lobby, it seems to have potential. The boat in this pic is a glue bomb and this was just a test. These cheap clear food containers cut and shape easily.  I've used them in the past for windshields. A hair dryer does wonders to reshape them. Anyway, it's just one more idea to put in the back of our cluttered minds.  For the cost and being a first go around thrown together in ten minutes,, the results aren't bad imo.

Peace.

Edited September 30, 2019 by olsbooks

[Foxer]

That looks really good!

[Anglia105E]

Now that is really impressive, JC...... you have captured the effect of the bow plunging into the swell, and you have used a rather clever technique also. As you say, this was done quickly, and cheaply too. None of my dioramas so far feature rivers or lakes or the sea, so myself I have not yet experimented with water effects, but it is one more aspect of diorama building that I would like to explore at some point. I keep coming back to the idea of rain falling, and wet roads when I am taking photographs of diorama scenes, and there are several ways of achieving the effect of falling rain, including real water of course.

David

[misterNNL]

I would like to see a cropped version of you photo showing us more of the prow of the boat and the water and less of the shelf you have it sitting on so we can appreciate the work you did.

[olsbooks]

This was just a test.  I'm refining this process now and will have the waves fit a bow in next pix.  Close up, nothing fits on the a above post.  The gaps are blatant eye magnets.  As for the basic idea of going forward with this technique, for me and my budget, patience, and skill level, it's the way to go.  Cost of failure is minuscule.  Give it a try. Very little to lose.

Peace.

[olsbooks]

Better pix hopefully.  The one under construction will be a p.t. boat crashing down and plowing deep at speed in rough seas.   

 

[misterNNL]

Now you're talking. Much better photos that really show us what you're working towards. Thanks for sharing.

[bisc63]

That's VERY effective; and thanks for sharing!