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Posted by Jim Barton on Wednesday, February 17, 2016 12:09 PM

waikong

lol, I don't know what he WAS doing, but I know he WILL be washing his underwear.

 

I think he'll be washing more than his underwear, if you know what I mean!Big Smile

That's a great diorama!

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Posted by noisey on Friday, February 12, 2016 11:34 AM

That appears to be the LSO running for his life from the LSO Platform. In the original photo it looks like he has an LSO paddle in his hand. 

noisey
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Posted by BrandonD on Friday, February 12, 2016 12:50 AM

His Swordfish dio for the attack on Taranto is really nice, too.

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Posted by seasick on Thursday, February 11, 2016 9:30 PM

Wow! Wow! Wow!  6 out of 5 stars.

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Posted by CN Spots on Thursday, February 11, 2016 9:02 AM

Raualduke
Looks great.the pilot should be in the air by now though?
 

According to the story, he went over the side still strapped into his ejection seat and drowned.

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Posted by crown r n7 on Thursday, February 11, 2016 6:59 AM

awesome work on smoke and flames 

 

 

 Nick.

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Posted by Modelrob on Thursday, February 11, 2016 5:31 AM

Great work, I have to agree it is the most convincing explosion i have seen done. Thanks for the link.

 

 

Rob

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Posted by allan on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 9:53 PM

Builds like this belong to a museum.  Absolutely stunning!

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Posted by Raualduke on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 5:15 PM
Looks great.the pilot should be in the air by now though?
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Posted by waikong on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 3:14 PM

yeah, if you zoom in on some of the images, you can see where the wire is.  Still looks great though.

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Posted by CN Spots on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 2:57 PM

Looks like a tiny wire hidden by some of the smoke.  Very clever.  And realistic looking from every angle.  That's very hard to pull off.

 

Thanks for the link!

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Posted by tankerbuilder on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 2:47 PM

Hi;

     I went to the site and checked it out .AWESOME ! .

 Now one question is this .How did he attach the Canopy where it is ?

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Posted by Viejo on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 2:42 PM

That was the landing flight officer.  The guy with the paddles yelling "Pull up, pull up......"

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Posted by Toshi on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 2:33 PM

Thanks for the link, it looks real!

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Posted by waikong on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 1:39 PM

lol, I don't know what he WAS doing, but I know he WILL be washing his underwear.

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Posted by Real G on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 12:59 PM

Wow, really nice effect!  I have to admit the cotton with back lighting is really effective!

BTW, who is the guy running in the back?  More to the point, where was he standing when the plane was coming in?  Was he at the end of the deck trying to get a selfie with the plane coming in?  Stick out tongue

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Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 11:39 AM

Wow, I'd almost swear it were a photo! 

Nice find and thanks for the link, I'm going to have to read the whole thing when I get a little more time. 

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Posted by tomwatkins45 on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 11:32 AM

Now that is impressive. It looks really good.

Thanks for sharing,

Tom

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cool diorama of aircraft crash on carrier
Posted by waikong on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 10:42 AM

I've seen my share of explosions being recreated in a diorama, often with cotton as smoke. Most have been somewhat unconvincing until I saw this.  By combining LED lighting, it sure looks good.

Here's the link the his site with more pictures http://dioramas-and-models.com/cutlass%20ramp%20strike%20(1955).html

Just wanted to share 

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