¹⁄350

Building the "Perfect Storm"

steaming ahead...

Earlier this week I had Mark and George visiting. They put on their wet suits (George with pants only, Mark with full dress) and took their places in the wheelhouse...





I put on the roof, (but forgot to take a photo), so you have to see the progress in the background of this photo showing me doing some heat-bending of styrene rod...my method is, I put a needle in the holder and heat it with a lighter while holding the styrene to the tip of the needle. When it starts bending I drop the lighter and use both hands to shape the rod as desired. There may be easier ways to do it, but I love that the heat application is “spot on”.





I know that it makes things complicated, but I do like to make and paint the small parts separately. So I am finished with the major construction...Time to paint! I painted the decks and wheelhouse white/grayish white. Then comes the hull color, Masking first....





… and then the green for the hull. I am using Mitsubishi Navy Green from White Ensign Models: A most beautiful green and IMHO pretty close to what I need, even without blending. Weathering will make it darker.





While paints are drying I start with the base, just to have an idea...1/350 asks for a really big base, if you want to have an impressive wave!