Here is one of Gavin's Anderson's masterpieces. The figures are made up from Preiser figures with scuba gear from the old UDT set. The Zero is the Tamiya kit...just kidding. It is the old Revell kit in 32nd scale.




You can see the rest of the pics in the September meeting Gallery as well as a few others and his current project.

http://www.ipmsslc.com/photo/thumbnails.php?album=77&page=2

Unglaublich!

http://www.ipmsslc.com/photo/thumbnails.php?album=77&page=2
Oh, & here's an active link for ya!

wow, thats awsome, how are the figures being supported?

Robert,
Thanks for the active link.

Shain,
All of the divers touch at some point. Gavin usually inserts a small wire into each figure and uses that to mount them to the base. He also uses that wire to hold them when painting. In this case, a hole is drilled in the plane and the wire mounted there. This is just another way to make the dio more believable.

ahh i see i see, he sure did a good job of covering up those wires, how did he get the sea anemone on there?

Philp

This is outstanding! It is a real original idea that is very well done. Heres to Mr. Anderson,

Wolfsix

I once saw a picture of this ZERO and some diver was sitting at the cockpit, pretty cool.

Just one thing i noticed but its not really a big deal. I am a owner of many flight simulators and many books of planes. They have alot of pictures of plane crashes and stuff too. When a plane crashes (anywhere) the first thing to usually hit is the nose. Well even though to bottom of the ocean is soft and mooshy the propeller is still going to get bent back.

Shain,
Gavin used bits of sponge.

TsunamiBomb,
Good point. I will have to tell Gavin. He doesn't normally build planes. Usually concentrates on historical figures, sci-fi and humor. In fact, this is only the 3rd one I have seen from him.

What an ORIGINAL concept! And quite well executed... I particurly like the air bubbles coming from the fellow in the blue trunks!

Keith,
Gavin uses a bit of clear plastic, coated with glue (usually white glue or Matt Medium) and dips it into a jar of small plastic beads.