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Saturday, June 20, 2020

The Enemy Below Diorama - June 20, 2020



The selection of technique for creating an ocean surface came from viewing several videos of other work.  Most I found employed the use of Aluminum foil along with tissue/toilet paper and glue.  I found a rather simple process used by a gentleman from Sweden who has a series of videos as he is a railroad modeler - mrr-tutorials.  Toilet paper and white glue.


The hull bottom has been added to the DE and both ships placed in the packing foam base.  My mix tray consists of an empty mac and cheese container (waste not - want not).  I added water to the glue in the tray until I got an easy consistency.  Application of the mixture using the large artist brush to the foam was followed by placing sheets of TP and patting down with my fingers then stippling the paper to create ridges where I wanted them.  At least 3 layers of TP are needed to stipple out seams and any pattern in the TP.  Approximately 36-hours of dry time later I went back and added more mixture and TP where I thought it was needed.



Notice here that I have added some extra falls to the davits in accordance with movie research.



I like how the DE looks to be cutting through  the "water".  The water based acrylic paint is in the house and ready to be applied once the "ocean" is  dry - that will be the scary part.  I still have to obtain the acrylic gloss clear coat to give the wet water effect.  The tutorial says that four coats are needed - it will be a while before this puppy is complete, but confidence is increasing!





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