Thank Paul! Thanks Luke!
Well.....I think I did it the bone head, old world way.....I built my base with the ship and water depth in mind. I used pine for the bottom and wood 'non-fancy' door trim molding for the sides....glued in my sub and then filled it with plaster.....not good......it took alot more than I thought ( good thing I had enough ) like wow!......as the plaster set ..it warped my whole base....I barley had time to get in my basic sea shapes.
Well before hitting the hay that night ...I squirted water all over the base and by the next day it straighten out well enough.
After some sanding to get some of the unwanted edges and stuff out I painted the base a very dark green.....then I buffed in some dark blue so its kinda mixed and not solid (for lack of better words) I used basic craft store Apple barrel Acrylic paints.
Then I went over it with Liquitex Super Heavy medium Gel.....shaped and textured it with a wet large spoon and some other verious kitchen stuff ( my wife was not home ;-) ....the stuff is quit sticky so you gotta keep your tools wet. The next day....If you see a few dry spots that you missed with the medium gel you just go over it with Future Floor finish......in fact I went over the whole water area including the sides, vent holes and most of the deck the same way....Future is cool stuff!
Its a very HEAVY dio.....If I do anything like this again I will use foam or something else. The cool part is to take it anyware you just place it on the back seat and its not going anyware... No worries!
hmmmmm.....I may just do that Luke .....after I take BETTER pics....those were just for fun.
Straighten up and fly right.....