SEARCH FINESCALE.COM

Enter keywords or a search phrase below:

Fairey Swordfish pre war colours Ark Royal forced perspective dio.

2653 views
7 replies
1 rating 2 rating 3 rating 4 rating 5 rating
  • Member since
    February 2009
Fairey Swordfish pre war colours Ark Royal forced perspective dio.
Posted by DogTailRed2 on Sunday, November 4, 2012 10:43 AM

Not historically accurate but nice all the same. No sun at the mo so only indoors pics i'm affraid!

  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Rothesay, NB Canada
Posted by VanceCrozier on Sunday, November 4, 2012 3:30 PM

Nice - I'm surprised there aren't more forced-perspective setups, makes an interesting story.

On the bench: Airfix 1/72 Wildcat; Airfix 1/72 Vampire T11; Airfix 1/72 Fouga Magister

  • Member since
    February 2009
Posted by DogTailRed2 on Monday, November 5, 2012 4:30 AM

Hi. Thanks for the reply. I wanted to have a go at ships and sea while building the Swordfish. This seemed like a good way to display the model. I guess you could add a background and hide the pole but I didn't want that extra complexity. Quite hard drilling the side out without damaging the model.

  • Member since
    September 2009
  • From: Guam
Posted by sub revolution on Monday, November 5, 2012 5:42 AM

Very interesting, not something commonly seen. My only suggestion would be make sure you get light on the base as well, so you don't get the giant shadow. Other than that, looks good to me. And for your set up, the backdrop with a side mount would not work anyway because the scene should be viewed from the top, not the side.

NEW SIG

  • Member since
    February 2007
  • From: Brunswick, Ohio
Posted by Buckeye on Thursday, November 8, 2012 9:10 AM

Very nice presentation!!

  • Member since
    October 2007
  • From: Scotland
Posted by Milairjunkie on Thursday, November 8, 2012 12:00 PM

Very nice & pretty cool!

I don't often comment on builds to be honest, but thought the Bismark built was pretty good as well - like has been said, you don't see them every day & they do add interestYes

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Friday, November 9, 2012 2:02 PM

DTR2: Great work on the two dios, love the idea and they came out great!!! Only nitpick I'd have is to maybe just a plastic disk instead of the prop to make it look like it's spinning. Just nitpicking there though, great work!

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    February 2009
Posted by DogTailRed2 on Monday, November 12, 2012 10:34 AM

Thanks for the replies. I thought about a spinning prop but didn't want to ruin the model. Spinning props always look a bit fake unless done rearly well.

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY!

Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account.

SEARCH FORUMS
FREE NEWSLETTER
By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy.