Hi all
still lost
still trying to make ocean surface for 1/350 enterprise (cvn65).
I do have resin , silican butter, as well as plaster which is best as I am only interested in the surface

Well, this is something i have yet to try, but from what ive seen it looks great.
plaster or paper mache, poor it down, and with the plaster when tis semi dry, use your hands and press down on it, making little "waves" in between your fingers, then when the plaster is dry, use plastercine to make the wakes coming off side of ship, now, to make the plaster keep shape, we ned to seal it with something, this is were MEK comes in, get some MEK (methyl ethyl ketone) and some spare plastic sprue, cut lots of little bits of sprue up, and leave them in the mek for a couple of days, after then, the mek and sprue shouldve formed a sort of paste, paint it over your plastercine waves, and let it dry for a day or so, then you can paint it up, and cover it in varnish after its dry, to give it that "wet" look.
sounds easy huh? might have to try it myself! :-)
same deal with the paper mache, except you should be able to make the wakes with the mache instead of plastercine.
cheers, hope it helps!

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Hi Matty03,
I did a step by step guide on my method over on Armorama-UK. Here's the link.
Making a Sea Base

#:-)
CHEERS to you all but will try the last one see how we end up.
will try it out on an ols Ark royal model I am putting together

Brandydog,

loved the article and how you explain your method. God, I have been hoping for something like that. Thanks again.