Floats and Boats: Amphibious Aircraft Group Build

Simply outstanding, Steve. It's really taking shape, and quickly too. NICE !!

BK

Thanks Jeff! I appreciate the kind words brother.

PJ...your Arado is a work of art....outstanding job Sir....wonderful detail.

Steve...Kudos friend....you nailed it. Great job on the beach and water and the weathering and chipping on the plane is great.

I have really enjoyed both of your guys work!

Excellent results Steve! Looks like real water and the chipping looks great.

Yeah, I totaly stoked. 

modelcrazy

 

Bish

What product are you useing to colour the water.

 

 

Its an acrylic mix I made myself. It dosn't mix well in the resin, however this works to my advantage in the end.

 

Thanks. And as long as the end result is what you want, thats the main thing.

Gawd Steve, that plane and beach look sooooooo good. Stunning work going on in here.

BK

Bish

What product are you useing to colour the water.

Its an acrylic mix I made myself. It dosn't mix well in the resin, however this works to my advantage in the end.

Steve, great work on the plane and the beach. And thanks for showing us warts and all. Some great lessons there.

What product are you useing to colour the water.

That is one sweet loking Arado PJ. I will have to go back and check out that article. Still can't get hold of one of these, rare as Unicorn droppings at the moment.

Steve, would clear packing tape work for sealing the dams? I use it as a barrier for CA glue, as it will not bond. The tape is smooth and fairly wide, which would seem suitable for your application.

I completed the beach and painted the sand. I then taped some poster board around the edge to prepare for a resin pour

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I made my first resin pour, and now I know what not to do.
First off, I used a few drops of blue water color to try to tint the “water”. It was like mixing water and oil, just slower. I finally was able to mix it by using the paint mixer. The turquoise color I wanted didn’t materialize, more of a light blue. Not bad but not what I was looking for.
Second, I was hoping the resin would harden fast enough so that running a sealer around the poster board would not be necessary. I apparently did not put enough hardener in the mix for it to harden fast enough and I had leaks. In fact, most of it leaked out. Oh well, this may actually work to my advantage

Ok, lessons learned....so far.
1. Seal the edges. I'm now using white glue.
2. Put in more hardener.
3. Put in a few drops of turquoise if you want turquoise.

Also, I painted the Rufe silver, air brushed the Worn Effects and am ready for the exterior colors.

Steve

BK and Bruce

Thanks to both. Yes I sprayed the pit black then the RLM02. I then took a fresh #11 blade and carefully scratched up the 02 showing the wear on the floors.

I entered it in the 2012 IPMS Nationals here in Orlando and won a Bronze in the 1/32  Axis Prop category.

I remeber the article, PJ! It's a 1/32 RoG 196! He showed the ware marks on the floor boards of the cockpit. Looked fantastic! I've gotten some great ideas from the article, now I need to put them into practice!

Wow PJ, that Arado just looks stunning. Certainly worth and honerable mention in the completion list.

BK

LOL MM thanks. No it's the ROG 1/32 Arado with the Eduard Bid Ed pe set. IMO the pe was an overkill cause the molded details are fantastic.

Ok, I quit!!  What a superb finish.  Is that the Sword kit?!

Thanks Steve. It was the September 2013 issue.

Wow, beutiful work PJ. I must have missed that article.

BK is right, this is something very new to me so it's allways great to learn a new trick.

MM

Here's my Arado I did a while back and was featured as an article in FSM. It has the markings you will be using:

Steve

The kit's plastic base got the hair spray treatment to show some rust coming thru. It was kid of small so I attached it to a round wood base.

Found a better picture of the base:

PJ, that's the one.  

Honestly, I'll likely be copying much of the work on the dio, Steve. You are teaching us how to do this. The GB is the push many of us need to do something new. Thanks for showing us the way.

BK

PJ,
My guess is that Florida sand is lighter and finer that Oregon sand. The AK worked very well. I was very happy with the results. I have never use the hairspray method but suspect that it's similar.
Here is the prop.

Great progress and the slope looks very good. You used Oregon sand and I will be using Florida sand LOL. How does the AK effect product compare to the hair  spray method? (assuming you have used it in the past)

MM

Will your Arado be from III/KG 100 stanioned at Kalamaki, Kreta?