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Posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 09:01 PM UTC
Crew member Mike McCabe (MikeM) sends us a photo selection of his cargo ship build, the "SS Sea Witch"... Enjoy!

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Posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 09:43 PM UTC
MikeM,

A very good build and I like it with the background picture, gives it a real sea type feel to the diorama. I only have one question.....The cribbing used under the landing craft (I don't know the actual type, bad with that stuff) was it that big? It just looked big (thick) to me for some reason, maybe the angle of the picture. I know that stuff was heavy and there is that whole Trans Atlantic thing going on so maybe it had to be thick.
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Posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 10:02 PM UTC
Nice model.
I like the weathering.
MikeM
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Posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 10:51 PM UTC

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MikeM,

A very good build and I like it with the background picture, gives it a real sea type feel to the diorama. I only have one question.....The cribbing used under the landing craft (I don't know the actual type, bad with that stuff) was it that big? It just looked big (thick) to me for some reason, maybe the angle of the picture. I know that stuff was heavy and there is that whole Trans Atlantic thing going on so maybe it had to be thick.


Frank
Can you show me a photo to prove the point?

Mike
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Posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 - 11:45 PM UTC
Beautiful work Mike.
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Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 12:28 AM UTC
Great work Mike this is just a beaut, really like the effects on the sea and the slight weathering that gives it that tired but cared for look.

Ciao
Luciano
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Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 01:31 AM UTC
Good stuff. I really like the weathering, rigging and water. The color and wake/ wave effect is fantastic! I think that the frequency and swell disruption really fit.
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Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 02:12 AM UTC
It just looks so........ real

H.
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Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 02:17 AM UTC

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MikeM,

A very good build and I like it with the background picture, gives it a real sea type feel to the diorama. I only have one question.....The cribbing used under the landing craft (I don't know the actual type, bad with that stuff) was it that big? It just looked big (thick) to me for some reason, maybe the angle of the picture. I know that stuff was heavy and there is that whole Trans Atlantic thing going on so maybe it had to be thick.


An excellent model from Mike.

Actually, I'd say that the timber looks right and would be pretty heavy duty stuff .

Cheers,

Rob
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Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 02:17 AM UTC

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Good stuff. I really like the weathering, rigging and water. The color and wake/ wave effect is fantastic! I think that the frequency and swell disruption really fit.


I do agree, 100%...I absolutely LOVE the water effect, the subtle colorization is top notch!
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Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 02:43 AM UTC
Nice stuff, Mike. I especially like the water - very nicely done.
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Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 07:21 AM UTC
Well I have been looking at it every now and then since this morning trying to pinpoint what it was that I liked about the diorama, and hey, there is an austere feeling about the whole, grey ship, grey sea, rust etc, the ship really looks like one of those anonymous freighters that went down by dozens because of torpedoes, we are far from a Bismark glory here, and the way the diorama is done emphasizes this and I really like that, there is a great whole about the complete scene -and of course the building is excellent!
sincere congratulations !

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Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 05:45 PM UTC
I'm don't know too much about modern sea going vessels, but I know what I like.... and this is seriously one bleeding excellent model!!

The ship is excellent, but that sea.... man, that moves me!

Awesome work!

Rudi
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Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 08:06 PM UTC
Evocative, and moody, I can taste the salt, top build by a top artist.

Cheers,

Peter F.
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Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2007 - 08:31 PM UTC

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Quoted Text

MikeM,

A very good build and I like it with the background picture, gives it a real sea type feel to the diorama. I only have one question.....The cribbing used under the landing craft (I don't know the actual type, bad with that stuff) was it that big? It just looked big (thick) to me for some reason, maybe the angle of the picture. I know that stuff was heavy and there is that whole Trans Atlantic thing going on so maybe it had to be thick.


Frank
Can you show me a photo to prove the point?

Mike


I don't have any photo's, I was just curious if the cribbing was that thick?
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Posted: Friday, June 29, 2007 - 07:08 AM UTC
I can only echo what everyone has already said. I think the sea coloring is without a doubt the best I have other seen this side of not being real
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