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seaQuest DSV BUILD

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  • Member since
    September 2013
Posted by Tentacles on Monday, October 14, 2013 12:26 AM

Karl, thank you very much for your compliment! I doubt I'll try it painting this again myself

  • Member since
    February 2006
  • From: portland oregon area
Posted by starduster on Sunday, October 13, 2013 3:17 PM

That is one incredible paint work something I doubt I could EVER pull off, this is undoubtedly one of the finest painted model of this model I've ever seen and thank you for sharing this with us.   Karl

photograph what intrests you today.....because tomorrow it may not exist.
  • Member since
    September 2013
Posted by Tentacles on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 11:07 PM

Thank you! I had to lay off the coffee- could not have done it with a shakey hand. As for the patience part , I was determined that I would pull it off. I really took my time and was not in any rush of any kind. Plenty of cross-eyed moments though ! LOL

  • Member since
    November 2012
  • From: Central Ohio
Posted by kenposan on Saturday, October 5, 2013 7:56 PM

holy crap. I'd never have the patience for that. looks really great.

  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Fort Knox
Posted by Rob Gronovius on Saturday, October 5, 2013 7:29 AM

That is an amazing paint job. I remember basically painting mine flat dark blue and drybrushing the textured regions. It looked really crappy. Yours looks great.

  • Member since
    September 2013
seaQuest DSV BUILD
Posted by Tentacles on Saturday, October 5, 2013 3:44 AM

Well, I like to post some pictures of the seaQuest herself. This is a totally hand painted model (no airbrushing or masks!) with custom mixed greens and painted on windows. In order to get crisp patterns, the hull was painstakingly painted one section at a time, since I'm a glutton for punishment. Some very minor scratchbuilding was used on hull details not evident on the original molding. I had built this way back in 1996 before DVD's and such were available for reference material so I based the coloring on what I saw at the end of the first season and the beginning of the second season. A very simple model to build, the devil was in the details. Makes a great companion to my other seaQuest kits.

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