Your guys projects are absolutley great, I am bummed I haven't even got started on mine yet. Gotta love having a 2 year old.

Happy Holidays.

Thunder

Now I've done it.

I've worked with plaster of Paris on many occasions, and Spackle drywall filler too. On this occasion, I pulled the Durham's Putty off the shelf and used that. The problem is that I fell asleep before cutting it away from my masking tape edge, and it set "rock hard" just as the packaging says. I'll have to saw and chisel it back to the edge line.
Also, the mix color isn't quite right, so I'll be painting, but I figured that anyway.
At least the plane isn't going anywhere. It's a permanent part of the base now.

Having kids for me just means that my quiet modeling time comes at the end of the day, quickly before the last of my energy runs out!
Cheers!
-Sean H.

Crisis averted...

I was able to trim all around the edge (where I guessed the edge of the tape was underneath) using a cutting disk in my rotary tool. I tried not to cut into the wood. It turns out I only had to groove the cement/putty enough to snap off the edge.
The plane isn't sunk in as much as I had wanted, but things go fast when your putty is setting up-- I didn't notice it at the time.
cheers!
-Sean.

Sean,

That is some great looking work. I can't wait to see the finished product.

I'll jump in on this one. I just bought the Tamiya USS Indianopolis and I-58 dual kit. I'll try to at least get the Indianopolis done for the build.

Jeff

Welcome to the GB and good luck on your build we are looking forward to it.


Thunder

Thanks for the welcome Thunder. I've never built a ship model before so this is going to be a learning experience, but I am looking forward to the challenge.

Here's what I'm starting with:

It actually looks perfect the way it is sitting Sean. Small aircraft tended to touch down lightly as they slowly made their way to the bottom. If you look over photos of sunken aircraft you will notice that many of them are resting in similar positions to yours or even standing straight up on their cowling.

Wow, even in this scale it looks daunting. Looking forward to this!

Underway.

I have a 1:700 Tamiya Z-class, I could be tempted to try this as a little quick project:



Picture from Wiki.

Cheers/Jan

Jan, I love that crazy photo. (Is a beach technically Davey Jones' Locker? Just kidding.) I don't know if Denmark has swastika laws, but you don't even need to paint a full one either.
I'll have to look up how big a Z boat is. It looks big to me!
Jeremy, thanks. You're right.
Jeffrey, cool idea. Looking forward to seeing how the sad story of the Indianapolis plays out in your hands.
Everyone, keep it up! Good fun.
-Sean H.

Here's a link to a nice site that details the Indianapolis disaster, the court martial of Captain McVay, and his subsequent exoneration. As an aside, Captain McVay lived here in Connecticut at the end of his life, about 10 minutes from where I live.

http://www.ussindianapolis.org/intro.htm

Need to purchase some paint before I go much further, but this photo gives a good idea of the scale of the model. I need to finish my holiday shopping in the next few days and hopefully I will have a little extra money to make a trip to the hobby shop and by a few little gifts for myself.

Nice looking project, Sean.

Jan, that seems like a cmore complex project that one might think. However, I am sure you can pull it of.

I will also be making a plane for this campaign. Is it OK if the plane is only partly submerged?
Alternatively I can make Wick's plane at the bottom of the English channel.

I am planning on doing a Bf 109E crashed on a French beach in 1940. This happened quite a number of times as the Bf 109 would run out of fuel on the way back from the battle of britain if the pilots got into a dogfight that took extra time and fuel.

I will be building the old Nichimo 1/48 kit.

Beautiful work guys. Keep it coming!

I have started building the "box" for my diorama. Seems to be more difficult for me than the actual diorama.

I have also the basic layout made and started to build up the ground work slowly.

More to follow.

So, while I'm waiting for my paints to be delivered so I can continue to work on my USS Indianapolis, I pulled out the I-58 kit and took a look at it. I figured I might as well get started on that while I'm waiting. Here are some pics of the progress.







Paints should be here in a few days and I will be able to get working on this build in earnest.

Hello Jasper,
I have some "craft sand" I got from a art supply store that you can sculpt anyway you want then you use a glass jar of some sort of water like fluid to coat it and it is then solid. It looks just like beach sand and works like it also.
I am going to use it for my Marine Corp Campaign Dio so it will be there if you would like to see how it works.
It might work better then most other ways to make a sand looking dio.
Let me know if you want to know what the product name is and what the water stuff is also.
Your idea of a dio like the one you are using here is a great idea, Thanks for sharing it with us.
Cheers,
Bruce

Busy few days with the holiday and what not, but I was able to get a little work done on both the Indianapolis and the I-58. Still moving forward and I should be able to get both kits done within the time frame of the campaign.

A bit more work completed, primarily on the I-58. Hoping to take the airbrush to the hull of the Indy tomorrow.

Got the airbrush out today and shot the hull on The Indianapolis. I used Humbrol Navy Blue at a 90:10 ratio and it came out very nice. I will remove the tape tomorrow and see how well my masking worked.

Thanks for the compliments, folks!
I'm nearly finished. Just to take some final photos for the gallery.
Here's how it played out...

Once the plane was attached to the base, my workspace got crowded (more so than usual)! I had intended to scratchbuild a skeletal canopy framing, but realized I would have gone bonkers, so I cut up the kit canopy, removing all access hatches and two additional windows. I fogged the glass with Testors Dullcote, then masked and painted the dark camo brown on the framework. Weirdly my cellophane tape masking lifted the Dullcote, but I just reapplied it afterward.


For scenery on the ocean bottom, I was "out of my depth". I made plants from wine bottle foil, sanded to give the leaves bite so I could glue them with CA, then it devolved into a family craft project as I enlisted my kids' advice and floated a toy shark (on stretched clear sprue supports) and they cut fish from the foil and I put supports on them too.




As I said, I'll take a better camera and post better pics to the official gallery.
Cheers!
-Sean H.
P.S.: I measured that toy shark at 2 1/2" for a scale 15 feet! Yikes!

Can someone point me to the gallery? I went to Campaigns/Current and I saw some MSW campaigns, but did I overlook this one? It exists, right?
thanks,
Sean.

Hello Sean,
I am sure I made one. I will check when I can get into the gallery.
I will post where it is so everyone knows.
Thanks for reminding me,
Cheers,
Bruce
EDIT: The Gallery is right under the Search & Rescue Campaign. I did forget to set one up, So thank you again Sean for reminding me.
Cheers,
Bruce