Well, I've been away from the bench for almost a year with remodeling the mobile home we bought Thanksgiving of last year. Being very close to finishing and just waiting on paydays to get the material I need to finish, I dusted off the modeling tools and started a simple little build, the Soviet ballisitc sub Red October. I wanted to build her as she was in the scene when they were getting the crew to abandon ship.



Using rough watercolor paper as my starting point, I alternated layers of color and gloss heavy gel medium until I got the look I wanted and then made a rough sea by stippling a thick layer of gel medium with a 3/8" deer foot brush.



I did have to make some changes to the kit, enlarging the bridge and adding the sonar array to the rear fin.



Next up was making the life rafts. I twisted wire solder around a hex bit, glued two rings together and then glued that on tissue paper for the bottom.



After giving the model a coat of Future for that rain dampened look, I glued the life rafts on the sub.



That brings you up to today. We've all been sick, so I haven't been able to do much. I did start work on painting the crew. Life vest first.

Kenny,

This is a really fun idea, I look forward to seeing your work as it progresses!

An excellent build Kenny, love your solution for the life rafts, brilliant.

Ahoy Kenny,

Great little sub you got there....nice to see you posting again.

Cheers,
Joe

Thanks guys. I'm knocking out a little at a time. I'm hoping to have it ready by the end of January for our local contest.

I got to work on the Red October today. With the exception another coat of Future to blend the decals and cover a couple of touch ups, I'm call this one done.