Airfix 1/72 Curtiss SB2C...

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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....

 
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....






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



 
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).










 
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