Ahoy Mates!

New crew-mate Robert Scott (SMOKIN_GUNS3) shares some of his latest work with us, a very interesting scene entitled "Scuttled"...check it out!

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Thanks!
~Gunny

That is really a cool dio. I love it.

Beautiful work Robert.

Really very well done. The rust looks great, and I particularly like the inclusion of the R.O.V. that gives it a sense of time and setting. My one very minor quibble is the fishing nets. The nets I've seen in photos on wrecks are quite a bit more stretched out than yours. I would certainly not suggest you redo them, just pointing it out. Great work though.

Congratulations, a super cool diorama, Robert!

/cheers
Christer

Well... I have to say it is the first time I have seen one of the Revell's 1/72 VII-C U-boot's finished this way!
Different and interesting
Congrats!

Skipper

Thanks Guys, That is one of the reasons i decided to do this to be the first guy on the block with a 1/72 U-boat dio, second is this was the third kit i built when i got back into the hobby 3 1/2 years and it lookedlike garbage so insted of throwing it away i did this dio.

Model recycling

Interesting display.
Thanks for sharing it.

Not bad for model recycling interesting effects!

Very imaginative, and brilliantly executed.

Peter F

Thank you .

Great diorama! Very original and and the "weathering" of the hull is great. Nice touch with the ROV.

Thanks for sharing

Very nice, an original idea, and the clever use of the suspended R.O.V. gives an immediate indication that this is submerged, despite the lack of 'water'. You could perhaps add to that by adding one or two (bright) orange buoys to the fishnets, floating upwards.

Looking at the great rust effect, a question comes up (sorry, bad pun.. ) Considering that the Submarine was designed to be submerged a lot, and painted accordingly, would the whole sub rust as quick as this? This is not to question Robert's diorama, just a general thought.


Henk

Hi Henk

Good question, and the answer is yest it will rust a lot! There is U-1277 sunk near the portuguese northern coast and it is a diving atraction. Several documentaries have showed that the outer casing of the sub has rust a lot, to some points it has even disapeared (bow and CT mostly). The specific built material, temperature of the water and its salinity will make a hull last longer or less... currents and type of bottom (sand, mud, rock or mixed) can also prevent the disapearence. Sandy and muddy bottoms prevent the weathering to some point.

You also have to remember that submarines go to overall refits and repairs after a period at sea (depending of the type, the mission and time frame we are talking about), but never intended to spent everyday under the sea for sixty years

Hope this helps
Skipper

Yes take a look at the titanic shes rusted like crazy because shes at a specific deep'd that organizums eat rust. Now look at the bizmark theres hardly any rust on her because shes is deeper than titanic witch means less organiizumtoeat the wood deck and the metal.

And thank you for your comments and input.

Cool diorama. I think the ROV really adds to the effect, sort of gives it a story line.
The rust looks really good. I'm not going to try mixing vinegar and bleach, but its an interesting method.
As for the comments about the rust. I've only seen pictures of sunken ships and it seem like they all rust different, so there isn't really a right or wrong way to do it.
Great build. I like it.

thanks dave

Realy great diorama. truly a winner.