Airfix 1/72 Curtiss SB2C...

[Catch22]

Beautiful job!

 

[vikingBerserker]

Outstanding!

 

[Wayne Little]

Nice work!

 

[Airframes]

I like it !

 

[LA2019]

Well, I had another brainstorm.

I ordered some 1/700 scale SB2C that I could integrate into my diorama. I thought it would be neat to have a Helldiver pulling out of a dive after making its bomb run. My intention is to have the 1/700 plane pulling away while its bomb detonates in the ocean to the starboard of the Yamato. I have a blob of blue paint where I'll build a plum of water jetting up from the explosion of the bomb....

Here is a picture of the 1/700 Helldiver. Its made by Trumpeter. I have it on top of a AAA battery for scale....

 

[TimEwers]

Coming along very nicely but where did you get the ship from?.

 

[LA2019]

Coming along very nicely but where did you get the ship from?.

I got it from ebay. It's called F-toys 1/2400 Aqua Line Battleship.

 

[Airframes]

Very nicely done. This is going to be a great little diorama when finished.

 

[Wayne Little]

Agreed!

 

[vikingBerserker]

That is just so cool!

Is that a decal on the plane?

 

[LA2019]

That is just so cool!

Is that a decal on the plane?

Yeah, the planes came with "very little" insignias and numbers.

I used a light gray color to simulate the canopy...

 

[LA2019]

I've been working on the water plum from the missed bomb explosion. After a couple of attempts I think I'm liking what I have. I stuck a toothpick in the wood and used the same gloss medium that I used for the ocean. Just kinda "glopped" it on. This stuff is so great because it has such a high viscostiy. You can pick and pull little spike in the material and it will not settle. I dry brushed the plum with a couple different shades of gray then finished off with white.

Does the size look OK? I tried looking for images with near miss waterline explosions to no avail. I just took an educated guess as to the size of the explosion.

It's getting there....

 

[Airframes]

Looks good to me. Maybe a touch more white, in a slightly wider ring, around the plume, to simulate the surface disturbance.

 

[copcheck]

Wow is this looking cool! Can't wait to see it finished.

 

[Wayne Little]

looks pretty good!

 

[LA2019]

Was messing around. Added more froth to the explosion and whitened up the water a tad. It's getting better....

 

[Wayne Little]

 

[Airframes]

Looking even better.

 

[LA2019]

All done!

For being my first water and diorama project I'm cool with the outcome. Ain't perfect but I got the "effect" I was after. Well worth the effort....

(Hard to take a decent picture of this diorama).

 

[Florence]

Excellent stuff!