Hi Mac,

    You can make the water look about 1000 times better if you get a product at your LHS called: Clear Parts Cement and Window Maker, from Testor's, part No. 3515.       How to: Squirt a small amount into a spray paint lid and using a big paintbrush, apply it liberally to everything that's suppose to be water, including the explosion.      Add more to the lid as you go until you've covered everything.       It has a milky color, but will dry crystal clear and give the water a nice "wet" look.     Also, brushing some on the vehicle above the waterline imitates wet areas where the water has splashed.

   It's a cheap, easy way to get realistic looking water.

Take care,

Frank

bbrowniii

I used crumbled up aluminum foil for the water. Your right about the hand of the gunner I fixed it

Thanks

Mac

Mac,

In goeneral, I like the concept.  As some other people mentioned, your water needs some work, but it is a heck of an effort - what did you use for the water?

One comment: in the second to last photo (I think) the gunner on the right hand .50-cal (from the perspective of the viewer, not the trac) does not appear to have his hands on the weapon.

Col Hogan

It's stretched spruce painted brass and sized

Tom

What did you do for the .50 cal brasses on the deck by the M2s?

Thank you and I hope you like my little project

Mac

I finally finished this project.

Guys, all comments are welcomed. I should have the rest of the diorama finished in a day or two.

Thanks

Mac

Guys Here are the photos of a reworked groundwork

Manny, Easy Mike

Your right  the ground work doesn't work. I have decided to start again from scratch and redo the diorama.

Thanks for your comments

Mac

Al

I'm sorry I didn't know that all capital letters mean shouting. This is a work in progress, I can only improve my modeling skills by comments good or bad

Thanks

Mac

More questions than comments...what scale is it?---looks like 72nd to me, based on the water texture...  Is the entire base just water or is there a shoreline out of the camera shot? What did you us for water? There are much more realistic ways to replicate water.  Your water looks very lumpy, almost like cottage cheese and the colors are too opaque and vibrant.  I do applaud the effort to make a wake and a shell explosion in the water...

1. As mentioned, turn off he caps. In the on line world, that's sonsidered shouting and is seen as rude. It's also harder to read.

2. You can post more than one picture in each post. Having them all togethere makes looking at them easier.

3. If a picture is way out of focus, like the first one, retake the picture and post a good one up. It's hard to ceommnet/appreciate something when you can't make out the details.

4. Your .50's need a lot of work. There are seams on both receivers. The handle on the one on the right is way off center and the handle on the other one is broken.

You might want to check your references on the quote in your signature. The  earliest citation for that quote in 1968 from Eldridge Cleaver.

berny13

...turn off your Caps...

I agree. 

Your water effect doesn't work.

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My dad was in the first wave to hit that island.  Two days later he was carried off the island to a hospital ship.

OBTW, turn off your Caps.

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