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Kesa Tiho
Damn thats nice, puts my M4 to shame 😄

Rui S
Very well done 👍 Deserves a base 🤔

Dave Flitton
Excited to see how this pans out

Patrick Hagelstein
The figure surely adds interest. Otherwise it would be just a piece of shaped resin. Now you can make out some dimensions. Nice figure by the way.

Thomas Wirsching
Hi Hagel; thank you for your comment. The figure is from a Warriors german U-Boot set. I just used the arms from another one which held the binoculars. I chose this figure because of his bobble cap which I saw at real US sailors at some pictures of the Holland.

Bart Goesaert
looks good so far, and interesting subject... first reaction when looking at the parts must have been, why?? or something stronger 😉

Thomas Wirsching
Hehe Bart, this was indeed my first thought. Especially after I finished an also "not so good" Airplane from MIRAGE before this project...

Thomas Wirsching
Painted the boats black bow color and finished the spotting sailor with acrylics - a tiny job!

Dave Flitton
Looking Awesome, waiting to see how you mount this.

Thomas Wirsching
Thank you Dave! The Carpenter didn´t kept his promise and moved the date I can pick up the base to next monday. So I can smoothly finish the boat, rigging and the flag this Weekend until I can try to make the resin water for it next week.

Bart Goesaert
looks good... do you intend to cast this one almost completely into clear resin? beware of the heating process when the resin hardens out. Once found an article about a sub, firing some torpedoes, that would also be cast in an underwater scene... failed miserably, the complete sub melted. Don't want to worry you, but it's better to take some precautions...

Thomas Wirsching
Hi Bart, thank you for the warning. I´m already aware about the problem of heating during the hardening process. I therefore optained a special industrial epoxy which needs more drying time but do expose less heat (at least this is what the technical sale told me...). I dont need too much amount of epoxy in this project as I want to show the boat surfaced which means no more than 5 cm high layer of epoxy at once. If I will succeed with it I will do another one with my Hasegawa 1:72 Shinkai deep diving research vessel at the sea bottom enclosed within a 10 cm high layer of that same epoxy. Wish me luck 🙂

Thomas Wirsching
Gentlemen the construction and paint process is over. Regrettably I didn´t get the Diorama base in time from the Carpenter but he promised me I will receive it monday evening. Until this time the Crew will have time off at the Harbor.

Patrick Hagelstein
Whow! That was a quick build! If only I had the time/discipline to accomplish that...

Thomas Wirsching
Hagel, actually it was a quick build as there were not that much parts with this kit. There is plenty room for improvements and scratchbuilding if one wants; I discovered differences at the real boat at almost every picture I did found in the net. It loks like they changed the boat a lot during its service time. And the kit producer obviously forgot some flood holes at the aft upper hull which I discovered too late for a change.

Thomas Wirsching
Gentlemen, it is getting serious now: I prepared my base and the tight outer wall for bring in the epoxy casting. I have to fix the boat during the casting procedure as I will not have time and nerves to hold it in place the whole time until everything is dry and hard. It is my first try with casting resin and I expect an respectable result or the trashbin. Wish me luck...

Patrick Hagelstein
Good luck!!!

Thomas Wirsching
I did mould the sea with epoxy today. So far it Looks like it worked. Still warm but already hard. Tomorrow I will look how easy/difficult I can remove the side walls. Sorry guys but I still dont have a clue why some of the pics come wrong sided. In my Computer they all look right but when I upload them here some come wrong. Some fellow told me to turn them in another program and safe them again before I upload them but this still didn´t worked...

Thomas Wirsching
Released the sidewalls from the mould and started to apply acrylic gel to simulate the ocean Surface. I´m quite satisfied with it

Spanjaard
It is looking really fantastic , sea looks incredible

Thomas Wirsching
Thank you Spanjaard! I call this project finished now. It was the first time for me to mold resin but it turned out not too difficult if planned properly. It will surely not the last sea diorama I did make as it was a real joy. Thanks again mates for all your encouraging comments. If someone could tell me how I can place Gallery Pictures I would be even more happy

Finn
Beautiful, congrats!

Jörg Schäfer
Very nice unusual model. Well done Thomas.

Neuling
Yes! 👍

Jan Peters
I first thought, how did I miss this, then I noticed you have finished this 2016 🙂
Great job all around on this little one.

Thomas Wirsching
Hello Jan, thank you for your comment and yes this is indeed already some years old, one of my first posts here. I tried here to mold a seascape with resin for the first time.

Andrew Gledhill
Update 01. 16.10.24. Hi folks. Welcome to my latest build. Decided to make a start on this Ryefield Model German Puma Armoured Car. So far, I have made up the axles and running gear on the lower hull. Each wheel is steerable, with the front and rear axles being linked together to position the wheels in a steering state. The steering linkages had to be fitted onto the axles by melting the end of the rods with a heated screwdriver head. Unfortunately, I broke one of the linkages for the rear set of wheels. This means that the rear axle will have to stay in the straight position. I have had to fill in a load of ejector pin marks on the swing arms. I will probably paint this lower hull in the Dark Yellow colour before moving onto the interior of the hull. The kit has most of the interior and a full engine. No internal painting instructions though. So, I will be winging it lol. That's all for now. Enjoy.

Andrew Gledhill
Update 02. 22.10.24. I have painted the lower hull and running gear etc in the Dark Yellow colour. Then I moved onto the interior. I have assembled most of the internal components. There is another steering wheel to fit in the rear driving position. I painted most of the interior in a White colour with a little Brown added to make a Creme colour. The engine bay was painted with Tamiya Hull Red. I have assembled the engine, but its not glued in place yet. I will do some weathering before fitting the engine. I painted the engine with Mr Hobby Super Metallic Dark Iron. This paint is buff-able once dry. I buffed it up with a soft brush and a cotton bud. This makes it look like cast iron etc. I will probably do some dry brushing on the engine with a Metallic Steel colour. You wont be able to see much of it under the panels anyway. I still have to paint the leather pads and backs of the seats. Then pick out any details. Then I can weather the interior before moving on. That's all for now. Enjoy.

Andrew Gledhill
Update 03. 14.11.24. Sorry, that I haven't put up an update for awhile. Been some things going on in my personal life. Anyway, I have come a long way now. I did the weathering of the interior, including the inside of the turret. Gun breach etc. Then I finished the majority of the main building phase. I have done all the main camo painting etc. I will be roughening up and painting the exhausts next. These will be made to look rusty. Then I will have to paint and fit all the tools, jack and jerry cans etc. Then it will be time to decal up before doing some weathering. That's it for now. Enjoy.

Andrew Gledhill
Update 04. 17.11.24. Hi again. I have down some more work on the camo painting. Tried to go in between the Green & Red Brown with some of the Dark Yellow. Wanted to thin the Green & Brown lines out a bit. Not had much practise of trying to do fine lines with the airbrush. So, going to leave it at that. Might go over it with a fine mist coat of the Dark Yellow. After that I did the exhausts. To make them look rusty I used my Mr Surfacer method. First I painted on a thick coat of Mr Surfacer 500 all over the exhaust parts. Let that dry for about 15 minutes. Then I stippled the surface with a cut down old tooth brush. This left the surface all pitted and scored. It was then a simple job to paint them with Ammo Mig Rust colours. Started off with the darker rust colour, then dry brush on layers of the lighter colours. Now I have to paint up and fit all the tools Jerry cans and other extras. Enjoy.

Neuling
Good paintwork and shading!

Rui S
I like it too 👍

Neuling
Good work, especially the weathering on the tank!

Gerrit Rost
This is a masterpiece of weathered and detailed painting, I have to watch it many times and try to learn something.

Rui S
Nice work 👍

Thomas K.
and another very nice build! 😉

John
Finnish armor is always cool. I'm going to get to that T-72G in Finnish colors, someday! Great work on the camo and weathering. 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work and weathering.

Pepe
Nice work

Nick N
Awesome work!

Neuling
Top work indeed!

Rui S
Great as always 👍

Olivier
Nice end result. Pity one does not see much of the engine.

Andrew Gledhill
Thanks Olivier. Yes, a good few parts make up the engine, and you can barely see the top of it through the hatches. You can hardly see the inside the main hull too.

Neuling
Very good. I like the camouflage paintwork and the moderate weathering.

Andrew Gledhill
Thanks Neuling. Haven't done any outside weathering yet. Will be doing all the tools etc and decals before weathering outside.

Rui S
Looking Great 👍 Very nice camo indeed. Im in 😎