discussion Dragon 1/72 Apollo 11 recovery with Old 66.

[Stefee]

Here's my first attempt at building a flying machine and making a diorama - hope you enjoy it.
Loads of pictures to follow as I'm very proud of it. All C&Cs welcome.

 

[pjgtech]

Looks great, very dynamic. How did you do the water? Liking the ripples from the downdraft!

 

[Stefee]

Some more pics.

Looks great, very dynamic. How did you do the water? Liking the ripples from the downdraft!

Thanks for the kind comments.
Not having any "specialized" diorama goodies I used stuff from around the house and general modelling supplies.
The sea is simply kitchen roll ripped up into irregular shapes and saturated with clear parts glue. The ripples are rolled up pieces of kitchen roll which were then saturated with glue again and blended in with a stiff brush - one advantage is you can manipulate the soggy mess to give swirls, teddy's and currents.
Then painted with cheap craft paints in loads of colours, when dry 2 further coats of pva glue and then uv resin for the shine. Finished off with white silicone applied with a spatula and tugged upwards when half dry on the crests.

 

[Steven000]

Turned out great Stefee, really like the dramatic look and feel, well done

 

[PaulTRose]

Most excellent!

That's very nicely done

 

[Jim R]

That is a great dio. You have every reason to be pleased with what you have achieved.