Here is one of my more recent projects, being done for the DDay Museum in New Orleans. It shows Higgins craft disembarking a small recon patrol and supplies on a Pacific Beach. The overall size of the dio is about 24 inches long, and 14 inches wide.... this will be a full fledged article soon. The project is not yet complete, but almost done... Comments/Questions?

Hi Keith:

Did you forget something? I don't see pictures or a link?

Keith

Here is a link to his work. Very nice indeed. https://armorama.kitmaker.net/photos/showgallery.php?cat=13432&ppuser=84

Try again,... i think it just took a minute or two for the photos to 'link' to my storage space. More photos are availalbe to view by hitting "My Gallery Photos"... the album for these images is in 'Pacific Landing'...

The water looks great Keith. can't wait for the "How To" article.

Keith

The water looks really good. Can't wait for an explanation on how you make it look so good! 2 questions, is that the old lindberg LCVP kit and is that a dead body floating in the water in the first picture?

Nice job - I like the way the water looks like there is sand stirred up in it.

Very nice water there Keith. Looking forward to your article. Cheers Kevin

Yes.. the photo does show a dead body, but I decided to remove it (actually covered it up with a large dune), since this is going into a museum.

As for the water, yes - i applied 8 layers of clear resin, and each layer contains an "effect"....

LAYER 1 - coloration... a swirled mixture of blues and greens.

LAYER 2 - contains small "bubbles", created by quickly swirling the resin before pouring.

LAYER 3 - strips of green and bright blue translucent plastic... which provides depth and density of water

LAYER 4 - more coloration... mainly deeper blues

LAYER 5 - layer of swirled "sand"... i created this by pouring a super fine sand first, then pouring a very thin layer of resin over it. i then tilted the container to "swish" the sand into position, mainly focused near the propeller area and the close shoreline, where the waves would churn the bottom.

LAYER 6 - clear layer for depth.

LAYER 7 - layer of larger bubbles (remember, bubbles expand the closer they get to the surface.

LAYER 8 - clear layer, used to sculpt waves and wake.

A "composit view" showing the layers in below:



More to come!

WOW!! No wonder it looks so good, you sure have put alot of thought, planning and effort into it. This may be a stupid question but does the resin pour cold, do you have to worry about it melting your landing craft? And at what point did you put in the higgins boat, after a few layers of resin?

EZ Pour-on by Envirotex pours warm, and cools slow. Usually the Fast Cure resin is the worst offender for heat generation... slow cure stuff is usually quite safe. Styrene softens around 170 degrees, melts around 230-degrees, and liquifies at 350-degrees.

Also, by pouring thin layers, you don't allow for nearly as much heat build-up.... thick layers of ANY hard-cure resin can generate enough heat to cause problems.

As for this project, I first airbrushed the base with a dark steel blue bottom, and then pinned the boat to the bottom and reinforced that with CA glue. Then I started pouring the layers of resin.

Not intending to be redundant Keith, however fabulous job with the water. I look forward to seeing this finished.

Jay

Great work, Keith!

Keith...that looks awesome...teach me how to do water like that...PLEASEEEEE....im a fast learner..
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Just tell me what you want to know.... it isn't hard at all... the key is "thin layers" and one new effect per layer... the rest just "kinda happens"....

I too think you have done an superb job here. I have one question though in the second pic how did you acheive that foaming look is this resin also.

Good eye... but no, the "foam" is actually plaster of paris. i just mixed up a little paste to hold it's shape, and applied it with my fingers. It dried rock hard, and quite secure to the smooth resin. I used a stipple brush to give it texture.

Yes - this is the ole lindberg kit... it was given to me by the DDay Musuem in New Orleans for the actual dio being built for them.

well i think u have done a very nice work with water . and the whole dio will be nice. Actually i ll be some experimenting with water stuff this period that comes