sunk ship/aircraft

THere's a thread here about it..

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I remember another thread not too long ago that showed other stuff underwater as well... try the search function using keywords like "underwater Dioramas", and "sunken aircraft"...

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it would be nice if u can send me the pictures of USS Emmons since im planning to do either USS Arizona or Yorktown or Bismark. 

I am wondering if i wanna to built sunken ships,  should i do the normal color before its sink then weather it to make it looks like its been sitting there for 50 or plus years? 

And also is Pearl Harbor water is freshwater or saltwater  let me know thanks.

There won't be any paint after 50+ years, so why bother?

is Pearl Harbor water is freshwater or saltwater

Saltwater

Hans von Hammer wrote:

There won't be any paint after 50+ years, so why bother?   is Pearl Harbor water is freshwater or saltwater Saltwater

Hammer~  thanks for feedback abt water   and ur right abt color   normally what color should it look like after its been sitting there for 50 or + years?  since i have some resources and pictures   they looks like rusty/brownish/blueish color so im not exactly sure.

 more to come.. these are depth charges, mine sweeping bouys and AA gear

superstructer, it used to be attatched to the rest of the ship but fell off in recent years

.50 caliber machinegun mount 

all divers are either Active Duty military or retired military, I assure you no divers penetrate this wreck as the USS Emmons still contains the remains of both the crew members who went down with her, as well as the souls of the 5 kamakazi pilots who hit her. She was a gleaves class destroyer converted into a fast mine sweeper. She was sent to protect a struck sister ship off the north point of the island here on Okinawa when she was hit by five kamikazis during a battle. 

 please retain respect for the brave men who died fighting by keeping any political opinions of situations dealing with her sinking. 

silentmodeler wrote:

Hans von Hammer wrote: There won't be any paint after 50+ years, so why bother?   is Pearl Harbor water is freshwater or saltwater Saltwater Hammer~  thanks for feedback abt water   and ur right abt color   normally what color should it look like after its been sitting there for 50 or + years?  since i have some resources and pictures   they looks like rusty/brownish/blueish color so im not exactly sure.

Without all the stuff that lives on the wreckage, overall colors are rust... Saltwater corrodes steel quite rapidly, giving way to rust in a hurry... 

HvH  Thanks for the answer smiles   

Crash   thanks for the pictures  its helped a lot.  It does give me some ideas  and looking forward for the fishing pictures. 

anyone know how to make a corals or stuffs that grew on the ships?  Im not sure what its called.  will putty do? or there other ways?  let me know  thanks

silentmodeler wrote:

anyone know how to make a corals or stuffs that grew on the ships?  Im not sure what its called.  will putty do? or there other ways?  let me know  thanks

Maybe the stuff the Armor folks use for zimmerit?

This is how i did mine shot the model with future sprinkled sifted dirt onto model then used rustall until you get the look you want shoot it with future again and sprinkle with static gras of varius colors and then seal it.

silentmodeler wrote:

anyone know how to make a corals or stuffs that grew on the ships?  Im not sure what its called.  will putty do? or there other ways?  let me know  thanks