Just an idea, when you get the whole ship lit, take some pics of it in the dark  with the lights on.

NICE!!

Let there be light.

I tried to space these out so the cones of light just overlapped. Also chamfered the hole so the light could expand a little and not look like a spotlight. Everything is glued in place so now I just need a soldering lesson for fine wire 

if hobby lobby or Michael's are open you won't get as much of a sticker shock when you see it! Take theor 30 or 40 pct off coupon with you for sure. I had to buy mine online due to C-19. Although it wasn't much more than the store price.

TheMongoose

keyserj, tbh it's hard to tell. From my experience once you put the medium gel on it everything changes. The cotton lays down, sometimes it ropes, you can move it around and really establish that 3 dimensional depth you want. i found putting the cotton down 1st meant i had to dab on the gel or it moved around and bunched up. Hope that tip helps  i ended up painting on some gel, stripping off small pieces or longer strings of cotton and placing them on the gel where i wanted them. Then gently worked them into the gel trying to avoid pulling strands of soaked cotton up off the diorama with the sticky tweezers lol

 

keyserj, tbh it's hard to tell. From my experience once you put the medium gel on it everything changes. The cotton lays down, sometimes it ropes, you can move it around and really establish that 3 dimensional depth you want. i found putting the cotton down 1st meant i had to dab on the gel or it moved around and bunched up. Hope that tip helps  i ended up painting on some gel, stripping off small pieces or longer strings of cotton and placing them on the gel where i wanted them. Then gently worked them into the gel trying to avoid pulling strands of soaked cotton up off the diorama with the sticky tweezers lol

Still tinkering with the base. Please tell me what you think.

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Also been working on folding f-18 wings.

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Not too often you see this combination 

This is some thick plastic. I put a 5mm dia led next to it for scale.

stay tuned for the completion of the hangar bay this weekend. I ve fitted the roof, painted it, and just have to put on the lights. Last will be the planes.

I always brush until the last coat, that one I spray to add wet to areas of the ship that may be wet such as decks and such. For your carrier, unless it's in very high seas or a rain squal, the deck won't be wet.

I went back and pulled some of the cotton off And replaced it with more subtle crests between the wakes. Would it be better to spray varnish the cotton or use a brush to apply varnish?

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On a side note, I just received my next project.

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KeyserJ

Wet it with the Varnish and add some very small pieces by pulling a few threads out of the cotton ball or whatever you are using and add them between the wakes. If you look at the refernce photo, white caps are all along the wake and disturbance. Most of the seascape mistakes are made by builders don't use enough turbulance and white water.

Here's a 1/700 from Kostas Katseas that show what I'm talking about. Just a random pattern of turbulence.

Also, be mindfull of the Kelvin wave system. There is a very precise mathamatical construct to every wake patern, be it a ship, duck or bug on the water...it's all the same. Here's an artical I found that helped me.

http://www.steelnavy.com/WavePatterns.htm

Unless it's a large spray, the white water needs to be "wet" like foam

John: No expert here but it looks cool!!! 

Thank you all for the reference photos and advice. Here is what I have so far. I can always take or add more cotton because it is fixed by water for now but what are your thoughts on it?

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Keyserj

I am in need of some advice on where to place cotton to represent sea spray. 

John if you go back around page 41 toward the bottom MC has some great detail shots that show where he added the cotton and the coloring. Between there and pg47 Ben has some shots of his carrier following MC's tutorial and then in that same range you can find some of my USS New York as well but I think the carrier and MC's tutorial is what you want.

cant wait to see it come together. Looks like you captured the wake right off the stern perfectly.

Keyserj

I am in need of some advice on where to place cotton to represent sea spray. 

Anywhere there may be white caps or turbulence.

I will spray the water with a light blue where the turbulence will be, add some cotton, then use thin acrylic varnish over that, and don't forget to put the cotton at the boundry layer at the hull.

I got the base all painted up last night. It still needs a gloss coat and the sides of the board need to be cleaned up and painted black. I am in need of some advice on where to place cotton to represent sea spray. 

Hopefully I can get back to finishing up the air wing when I get more time at the bench this weekend.

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The hangar looks good goose. Keep up the good work.

modelcrazy

A ton of work there. I love that mural of the past Enterprizes. 

 

Oh wow yeah!!! 

Great job all around! 

A ton of work there. I love that mural of the past Enterprizes. 

Ready to add an Air Wing! Flat coat on walls, hoses added to hangers on wall, some railing and ladders from the FFG added, plus a few misc piping runs put up to break up the walls a bit. Super happy with the mural too. 

GMorrison

 

 

Keyserj

I have 42 planes +2 helos. I already was planning on doing the paint before bending the wings because it would be pretty hard to hand paint camo on folded wings. Here is the first sprue of camo. I masked areas off with silly putty that I got from the dollar store.

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What camo scheme is that?

 

 

Bill

 

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Horribly dreary and rainy day here. Finished up decals in the hangar bay! Here's just a broad pic of them to show how it's turning out.  clearcoat and then it's back on the planes. Gotta start the roof as well...

you might see a decal or two(?) from my F-18 haha didn't have any triangles so I cut them from the danger decals for the cockpit!

Edit- MC asked how I did the dots for tie-downs. I did the design on my Silhouette Cameo3, printed onto medium tac clear friskett film, rolled out on the deck and sprayed line after line in white and light gray lol Beats the heck out of the toothpick method i may have to use on the flight deck where there are raised panel lines to call them out. Must think about that someday...

Keyserj

I have 42 planes +2 helos. I already was planning on doing the paint before bending the wings because it would be pretty hard to hand paint camo on folded wings. Here is the first sprue of camo. I masked areas off with silly putty that I got from the dollar store.

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Bill

Keyserj

I have 42 planes +2 helos. I already was planning on doing the paint before bending the wings because it would be pretty hard to hand paint camo on folded wings. Here is the first sprue of camo. I masked areas off with silly putty that I got from the dollar store.

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Yeah, sounds a lot easier to paint them and then bend the wings!

I have 42 planes +2 helos. I already was planning on doing the paint before bending the wings because it would be pretty hard to hand paint camo on folded wings. Here is the first sprue of camo. I masked areas off with silly putty that I got from the dollar store.

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WooHoo John glad that turned out well for you. Sure looks right smart from here! How many planes do you have to do?

Oh one thing I forgot about...I bent the wings and then realized I would have to put tape over every one to paint the top of the planes. Duh! If you can I would suiggest painting bottom and top 1st then doing the bending. I think it could be cleaner based on what I did. Give it some thought at least before having one of my senior moments lol

Excelent John.

I don't use Postimage so I have no idea.

John: Both the folded wing on the A-6 and the ocean look really good! Please keep us posted as you continue to work on this. I'm learning a lot!!! 

Sorry, no idea what's going on with your posting though. 

Mongoose: I tried your technique last night on one a test plane and it turned out perfect. It will be a little time consuming but makes the model more realistic.

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Now onto progress from the weekend. It has rained the past three days and will continue to do so for a couple more days so I have not been able to prime parts for the deck and superstructure. Because of this I decided to start on the base. I mashed together two water base techniques I have seen done on YouTube, aluminum foil and toilet paper (No wonder there is a toilet paper shortage).  

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I was also able to finish up the propellers and rudders on the ship and she will be ready for priming once I clean the gaps up.

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Edit: How can rid of the dimensions that show up on the side of my pics?

Mongoose: I'd not have thought of using magnets to hold the elevators in place- clever idea and it looks good!!!