Building the Revell wind class icebreaker part 3 - making the base
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There is a nice photo on Wikipedia showing Burton islanddriven up the edge of the ice, moored to a pole driven into the ice, with a funny NO PARKING sign and some inquisitve penguins. That was what I aimed at. So I made a base in two layers with a cutout for the hull in my usual technique.
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The texture for the ice was created by sprinkling fine sand onto a layer of white glue.
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White wall paint did the rest, stippled onto the water surface andbrushed onto the "ice"
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Having masekd the ice are, the water was brought to colour and glosscoated in my usual manner.
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Ice floes proved most credibly to be done from plaster, as it breaks in a similar manner,
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One of several failed attempts at arranging the ice floes.
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This is what I ended up with. The ice floes were glued to the base using heavy gloss acrylic medium.
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Now I needed penguins. After a visit to a nearby zoo, I made some critters using a 1 mm styrene rod as a starting point. Beak, wings and feet were added from thin styrene sheet. Dental casting wax gave some body.
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The first batch of penguins.
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They were primed with white Stynylrez from the airbrush. Feet were painted dark grey, beaks orange and the rest black. They are no real penguin species, but rather aim at a generic penguiny look.
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I made the traffic sign and printed it as small as possible.
Opmerkingen
5 11 December 2022, 11:15
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Oh, I like this project. I'll follow along. Convincing edge of the ice and ice floes.
11 December 2022, 12:01
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so that is how you made the ice. well, you are right. it certainly looks the part!
12 December 2022, 13:18