1/48 Hasegawa A6M2-N Type 2 Rufe Complete

Inspiring build there mate - truly first class work. 

Thanks Brit,

 The whitecaps and sea foam was made with cotton applied with acrylic varnish.

Fantastic Steve! I don't know how you find the time. =]  I look forward to the day I get to try my hand at this.  The white wave crests on the beach were done how exactly?  Is it all the same stuff or another compound added and manipulated?

Thanks guys.

Mike,
You are correct sir, the prop blades face and spinner are bare aluminum while the back was painted flat black. The pictures don’t show it well, but the flat black on the back of the prop blades are chipped.

Super looking model!! The foam on the surf looks like the real thing, the weathering on the plane looks as though touch-up paint was not a Japanese priority at that time (which it probably wasn't?) and the entire diorama is superb!

I have a question though - why aren't the prop and spinner weathered as well? Perhaps that's because they're bare metal to begin with? Just curious.

Mike

You did a great job on a authentic build for the diorama.  A great job indeed!

Toshi

Beautifully done modelcrazy! !.

5-high 

Outstanding job Steve

Everything looks so great...the weathered paint job, the water, the beach and how detailed it looks. Bravo Sir, Bravo!

Awesome !!

BK

OK all, I'm done messin with this and I'm calling it done.
Like I said earlier, the resin technique will work well as long as you don't use "Amazing Cast" two part resin. I used the "Clear Cast Polyester Resin" as the last pour and was happy with the results. The only thing I'm not happy with is that I had to remove the amazing cast because it didn't dry and that caused some blemishes under the top layer. I will try it again with the lessons learned under my belt.

The Hasegawa Rufe was a simple nice build. I sprayed aluminum as a base and then went over that with a spray of AK Interactive Worn Effects which sprayed straight from the bottle without any problems. I finished that up with the exterior color and it was a simple matter of "washing" the exterior paint off and in some instances I used tape to pull it off.

I hope you enjoy it and as usual comments and critiques are welcome.

Steve

You could stop right there and I would be non the wiser. AWESOME !!

BK

I too was a Finish carpenter MC, retired now.

lawdog114

Can the plane be removed, or is it in there permanently?

Thanks so much guys.
I bought some wood to place around the base and remove the black posterboard "dam". Ha, I hope the water doesn’t leak out!
I all seriousness, I'm have having a heck of a time getting the 2 part "Amazing Clear Cast" to harden is some areas. I used that for one layer because HL was out of the polyester casting resin. I didn't have any problems with one reacting with the other, in fact you can't tell which is which. I do believe I must not have mixed the two parts well enough even though I used my Badger paint stirrer. I'm sure it will eventually harden, I'm just impatient.
Like I said, the waves were made with just a line of the polyester resin with copious amounts of hardener so I could form them. The blower trick worked very well, though it still took at least an hour messing with it until the resin hardened.
I am very pleased with the outcome so far and I'm adding cotton to form the foam on the beach and just behind the wave.
It may be a while before i try a resin scene again though. Resin is very expensive stuff and does take quite a bit of work to get the look you want.

Steve

Not to sound like a broken record but that looks outstanding!  Thanks for sharing!

WOW that's an amazing dio, so realistic !

I have had notions of doing a dio with my 1/35 DUKW emerging from the water onto the beach but had no idea how to accomplish it.  Thanks to your generous sharing of your WIP i now have a way to do it. I Thank you so much.

Much appreciated. =]

Your project looks great.

Modelcrazy, OUTSTANDING work!! That is a 1st Place winner if I've ever seen one. Great job!

Yeah, sorry, here is a picture of the product.

Naturally, I post that and then scroll straight to the top where you mention it. 

Steve, quick question.  What kind of resin are you using to make the water and what kind of pigment are you using to color it?  I can't find anywhere in your post where you may have covered that.

Amazing work you put in Steve!  Im sure non-modelers will assume the plane is made of metal.

Steve,

That is classic work!  The water is great.  Don't know what you have planned, but the beach looks a little too clean. Some pieces of driftwood or detritus might give it more character.

How about an oil slick?  (Just joking!  )

Gary