1/700 USS Arizona BB-39 Sunken Diorama
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Ready to go!
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Cutting Turret no.2
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Driling out the barbettes
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Front deck cut
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Sides cut for lower appearance
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Front half lowered
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Debris added
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Forward section completed
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Top deck debris added
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Deck painted
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Hull painted
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Cutting base to size
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Initial Layout
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Prep for rust
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Final rust
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DAS clay for seabed
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Sand added
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Acrylic walls for resin
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Resin added
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Ripples added with Mod Podge Gloss and an airbrush
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Finished Article
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Final product with initial plans
Kommentarer
14 28 December 2022, 14:33
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Now there's something you don't see every day. Very original idea Aaron and well executed.
28 December 2022, 19:18
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I'll echo Martin's comments Aaron. Mind blowingly brave move an expensive model, brilliantly executed. Kudos!
28 December 2022, 21:09
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Thank you very much guys! Definitely took some courage to start the first cuts.
29 December 2022, 00:07
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Looking good. Many moons ago after I got out of US Navy ('81) I thought of doing the same thing but with the old Revell kit. Decades later after the Interweb was invented, I was going to try again this time with better references At the time all I had was my Kodak instamatic 110 camera taking pics when I visited the memorial every time my ship pulled into pearl.
Anyways - some good reading and drawings.
nps.gov/parkhistory/..usar/scrs/scrs3c.htm
Cheers
29 December 2022, 00:35
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Resin Diorama of them sunken USS Arizona in Pearl Harbour