USS Hornet CV-8- April 18,1942 Doolittle Raid on Tokyo

Post by **rwsmith14** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:33 am

Cymru wrote:
Lysus wrote:That just some run of the mill foam core stuff?
Its plasterboard, I think the Americans call it drywall.

it's thermal foam board used for insulation

Post by **Lysus** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:35 am

rwsmith14 wrote:
Cymru wrote:
Lysus wrote:That just some run of the mill foam core stuff?
Its plasterboard, I think the Americans call it drywall.
it's thermal foam board used for insulation

Cool, I'll have to file that away in my brain somewhere for the future. Thanks

Post by **rwsmith14** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:36 am

MarkVerploeg wrote:This is turning out to be a very nice ship
The camo looks great on the sides
And i think i will borrow that idea for a seascape
I have a tiny canou that i am painting with 2 Royal Marines and this just may be a easy way to make a little bit of water around it

Keep up the good work

the seascape is very rough right now.. there are many more steps involved to getting it to like a realistic seascape

Post by **rwsmith14** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:37 am

Lysus wrote:
rwsmith14 wrote:
Cymru wrote: Its plasterboard, I think the Americans call it drywall.
it's thermal foam board used for insulation

Cool, I'll have to file that away in my brain somewhere for the future. Thanks

it's easy to work with plus you can use heat to sculpt it too

Post by **Lysus** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:38 am

rwsmith14 wrote:
MarkVerploeg wrote:This is turning out to be a very nice ship
The camo looks great on the sides
And i think i will borrow that idea for a seascape
I have a tiny canou that i am painting with 2 Royal Marines and this just may be a easy way to make a little bit of water around it

Keep up the good work

the seascape is very rough right now.. there are many more steps involved to getting it to like a realistic seascape

And I'm taking notes

Eager to see the rest.

Post by **MarkVerploeg** » Wed Aug 03, 2016 12:48 am

rwsmith14 wrote:
MarkVerploeg wrote:This is turning out to be a very nice ship
The camo looks great on the sides
And i think i will borrow that idea for a seascape
I have a tiny canou that i am painting with 2 Royal Marines and this just may be a easy way to make a little bit of water around it

Keep up the good work

the seascape is very rough right now.. there are many more steps involved to getting it to like a realistic seascape

With the tool involved i was expecting that
But just to create a base it will work
I think i will just use a bit of sandpaper to smooth it out a bit
The seascape i need would only be 15x10 cm or 6x4 inch
And i have those water texture products from Vallejo so that will smooth it out a bit aswell
But never the less i will be following your build to see your approach
Who knows i can use it for future builds ......if i get a ship some day

Post by **rwsmith14** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 2:40 am

made a bit of progress on the USS Hornet Build.

Built the Island less the antennas, radars and armament... cut the foam to fit the hull. Painted the flightdeck with black primer.. under the primer is a strip of white running along the port side of the flightdeck.. there are two white strips that are masked.. next up is to paint the flight deck. ..and Island and. detail paint the lower hull

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 5:54 am

I absolutely love where this ship diorama is headed

The carrier looks great and the sea base as well.
Will you do some silicone on top as well????
It does make for some realistic water and you don't need to spend a fortune on model specific stuff.
Cheap,clear bathtub silicone
Good luck and keep going!!!

Post by **rwsmith14** » Fri Aug 05, 2016 5:53 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote:I absolutely love where this ship diorama is headed The carrier looks great and the sea base as well.
Will you do some silicone on top as well????
It does make for some realistic water and you don't need to spend a fortune on model specific stuff.
Cheap,clear bathtub silicone
Good luck and keep going!!!

Scott.. there will be no silicone used..

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sat Aug 06, 2016 12:11 am

okay.. the next step in the making of the seascape

using liquitex Gloss medium and varnish

I coat the entire seascape with a generous layer of the clear gloss acrylic medium

while the medium is still wet. I lay a single long piece of paper towel over the sculpted foam, avoiding any tears in the paper

before the underlying layer dries, i liberally applymore medium.. don't press too hard, avoid wrinkes.. brush in the direction of the seas

press with your fingers to snug the paper down on to the shape of the suplted sea and squeezing air bubbles out

I'll let dry for 48 hrs and then on to the next step

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Aug 06, 2016 12:19 am

Interesting...I am watchin

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sun Aug 07, 2016 1:27 am

major painting is complete. still have details and touch ups to do

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sat Aug 13, 2016 3:39 am

the next steps in the seacape making process

once dry trim the inner edges (ship) and out edges of the seascape.

Using Gesso

apply several coats of Gesso unitl smooth. Brush in the direction of the seas to avoid brush strokes. going to aply 10-12 coats.

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Aug 13, 2016 4:41 am

Interesting, have used gesso to seal canvas before painting but not in modelling...will try it
I really like the carrier, the deck looks amazing

Keep showing.....well maybe not EVeRY coat of gesso

Post by **tommym** » Sat Aug 13, 2016 5:12 am

I too am watching

TommyM

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sun Aug 14, 2016 11:07 pm

Hornet/Doolitle raid buildi progress, just about complete with the build.. a few more pieces to install then off to weathering. The seascape is coming along, the picture shows 8 coats of Gesso at this point. One more today let dry then I'll take a look at it tomorrow when fully dry, then go from there. A half built 1/350 B-25B sitts on the flight deck for comparision

Post by **Lysus** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 6:49 am

Having the bomber on it really puts it all into perspective.

Post by **ladip63** » Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:39 pm

This is a great build, I just caught up on the progress. How many B-25's come with it? I'll be following the rest of this build.

Post by **rwsmith14** » Tue Aug 16, 2016 3:22 am

ladip63 wrote:This is a great build, I just caught up on the progress. How many B-25's come with it? I'll be following the rest of this build.

Only two B-25s with the kit. I bought a few of trumpeters 1/350 B-25 kits. I need 16 total for the Doolittle raid

Post by **TommyKillander** » Thu Aug 18, 2016 7:15 pm

Awesome build buddy!

I have that issue of FSM aswell and I was thinking about building a seascape diorama using that method.

It's looking really good sofar, keep up the good work!

Tommy

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sat Aug 20, 2016 1:36 am

seascape... 12 coats of Gesso applied. dried for three days. Most of the paper towel texture is gone. next I willl lightly sand the surface to smooth out and get rid of debris.

Post by **HIghAltitudeScale** » Sat Aug 20, 2016 1:38 am

Looks good so far, can't wait to see where you go with it!

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sat Aug 20, 2016 2:35 am

weathering complete on the hull. Still want to add some chipping at the waterline

Post by **rwsmith14** » Mon Aug 22, 2016 12:42 am

seascape is ready for painting. after 12 coats of Gesso and some light sanding it's ready for paint. I will be using Phithalo Turquoise., I find this shade to be the perfect color for a deep ocean color. During tha latter coats I will add some black in the wave troughs and add white and a lighter blue on the crests

Post by **rwsmith14** » Wed Aug 24, 2016 10:10 pm

appiled a blue filter to the hull.

16 B-25Bs in the process of being built. that s full deck !!

Post by **Lysus** » Wed Aug 24, 2016 11:09 pm

Seriously full deck...

Post by **chief5437** » Thu Aug 25, 2016 12:52 am

That deck looks mental! Talk about a tight fit!

Looking really good so far, great thread buddy

Post by **tommym** » Thu Aug 25, 2016 12:55 am

That looks really good.
How was it building the B-25B's?

TommyM

Post by **rwsmith14** » Thu Aug 25, 2016 4:32 am

tommym wrote:That looks really good.
How was it building the B-25B's?

TommyM

it wasn't too bad.. I expected worse but so far they are fitting pretty good.

Post by **OliveDrab** » Thu Aug 25, 2016 4:43 am

Great work, the Hornet is looking fantastic and the flight deck loaded with the B-25s is going to be so impressive

Post by **rwsmith14** » Thu Aug 25, 2016 5:45 am

SNEAK PEAK mock up.. lots more to do to the seascape and ship and a short time to get there

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Aug 25, 2016 6:07 am

Cool
She is a little large, isn't she

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sat Aug 27, 2016 2:30 am

seascape painting is complete. next I will add multiple coats of liquitex Varnish. 16 B-25B painted ready for decals

Post by **TommyKillander** » Sat Aug 27, 2016 8:28 am

Absolutely amazing work!

That seascape looks spot on

Keep up the good work, keeping my fingers crossed that you can finish it in time.

Tommy

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sun Aug 28, 2016 4:33 am

TommyKillander wrote:Absolutely amazing work!

That seascape looks spot on

Keep up the good work, keeping my fingers crossed that you can finish it in time.

Tommy

Thanks,, It will be finished.. !!!!

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sun Aug 28, 2016 4:43 am

Major update on the seascape.

For the white water effects.. I used raylon cotton. pulled apart to create webs

attached the cotton to the seascape using Liqutex high gloss varnish

once the cotton is down I coat the entire base with multiple layers of varnish

I continue on along the hull using the same proceedure.. in the following images you can see THat I'm working on a crashing wave on the bow which is not yet complete. I'll let dry what I have now then continue to try to make that wave seem to exploded with water...we'll see how it turns out..

the stern wake

Post by **tommym** » Sun Aug 28, 2016 4:57 am

Dang
This just keeps getting better and better

TommyM

Post by **rwsmith14** » Sun Aug 28, 2016 5:12 am

tommym wrote:Dang
This just keeps getting better and better

TommyM

Post by **TommyKillander** » Sun Aug 28, 2016 9:27 am

rwsmith14 wrote:
tommym wrote:Dang
This just keeps getting better and better

TommyM

+1

TommyK

Post by **Icemannique** » Sun Aug 28, 2016 12:04 pm

Very Nice. Looks fantastic. Great job !

Post by **rwsmith14** » Wed Aug 31, 2016 11:58 pm

Complete !

see more at

http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 92&t=19474

Post by **Rodney** » Thu Sep 22, 2016 1:30 pm

Really Really nice

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Thu Sep 22, 2016 4:20 pm

That is great!!!
Right down to the water