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modeling Atlantic Ocean shallows

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modeling Atlantic Ocean shallows
Posted by retdfeuerwehr on Saturday, April 4, 2020 3:32 PM

I'm working on a 1/350 dio with a German Sperrbrecher and an S100 Schnellboot...the Sperrbrecher is anchored, so the water's shallow and of a greenish tint. Would using Tamiya clear green as a top coat add depth to the "water" without messing up the color?

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Posted by GMorrison on Saturday, April 4, 2020 3:46 PM

My only hesitation would be the color.

 Modeling is an excuse to buy books.

 

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  • From: Formerly Bryan, now Arlington, Texas
Posted by CapnMac82 on Saturday, April 4, 2020 4:37 PM

The clear green is a bit too "lime" for my taste.

My inclination would be to start with a layer of thalo blue mixed with gel medium (over a mottled gray base). 

Over that, would thalo green cut with a bit more gel medium, and not a complete coat.  Probably with some blue pallet knifed into it. 

The top coat would likely be an ocher with a speck of green, and heavily (as in 2:1) cut in gloss medium.

These would be laid flat, no real ripples or waves; that would be added in a surface coat of clear gloss medium. 

And this would be tested on some scrap to refine the technique.

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  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Sunday, April 5, 2020 8:09 AM

I would not add it after clear coating.  I would add it after the blue (use an airbrush to really soften edges), and then do the clear coating.

 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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