Lol, yes!  That is a creative idea!

John 3:16 KJV

In case anyone hasn't decided what to do yet, here's a list of ideas for y'all regarding the ingredients:

Frog-

The Frog missile launchers

SU-25 Frogfoot

Matilda FROG Flame-Tank

A literal scale model frog

A miniature model dish of froglegs

Military Frogmen

Frog model kit (Frog is a kit company)

 

Sand-

Terrain

Sandbags

Sandy hair

Sandy paint in camouflage pattern

Sandpaper? Sandpiper?

Red-

Shirts/Clothing/Cloth

Fire Extinguishers

cockpit button(s)

Soviet/Soviet Flag

Red algae   

 

oh yeah great list!

Thanks, Mongoose!

John 3:16 KJV

 

 

Gamera

LOL

That looks cool John!!! I love French camo, I wanna do another French tank soon.

Still thinking on mine. I do have a little Japanese car/trike thingie with bug-eyed headlamps that looks sorta frog-like. I'll see if I can find it, if it fits Real G's concept of 'frog' I can paint it red and stick it on a beach to fill out 'red' and 'sand'.

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you, Gamera! I haven't done a French camo scheme before, so...  Let's hope I can do it well! I have also been collecting diorama supplies-- Sculptamold, Static Grass, sandbags-- with more on the way. I saw this neat diorama video on YouTube, too: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=os1SA2ZpVdE

 

Frog is a tough ingredient! If Mongoose okays it, though, I'll count it. :)

 

Whoops! I looked for the car over the weekend and didn't find her. I should be able to find it by the first of the year I hope though. Which I'll aiming for as a start date.

Well, there is still enough time before January. I hope you can find it, Gamera! 

Real G

Red:  Frank Moses and the Frog.  

 

You could do plagues of Egypt, too! 'Course, that would be a river of blood. 

I found the kit!!! 

Okay, I'm going to paint it red, put her on a sandy beach base. Might add a couple of surf boards to the back to further the beach impression. 

And looks like a frog to me from the front. Does it fit for you Mongoose? How about it?

It does look kinda frog-like! I see what you mean, Gamera! 

Gamera

I found the kit!!! 

Okay, I'm going to paint it red, put her on a sandy beach base. Might add a couple of surf boards to the back to further the beach impression. 

And looks like a frog to me from the front. Does it fit for you Mongoose? How about it?

 

It does kinda look like a frog. Will it look like a frog painted red, hmmm? thoughts guys?

I'll allow it. :)

Well I could paint her green. I was just worried if I go with a green truck and then paint the surf boards red it would give a weird Christmassy vibe to the model.

I do have some small Coke boxes, would that be enough for the 'red' ingredient if I put them in the bed?

I just figured that being a poison arrow tree frog instead of a regular frog I could go with red instead of a more normal frog colour of green, brown, or grey.

Gamera

Well I could paint her green. I was just worried if I go with a green truck and then paint the surf boards red it would give a weird Christmassy vibe to the model.

I do have some small Coke boxes, would that be enough for the 'red' ingredient if I put them in the bed?

 

I just figured that being a poison arrow tree frog instead of a regular frog I could go with red instead of a more normal frog colour of green, brown, or grey.

 

definitely would look too christmassy(weird word lol). The tree frog concept sounds good!

Actually, adding anything red to your build outside a decal counts. I'm planning to add red via a shirt in my diorama! So, it's a pretty flexible requirement. :)

TheMongoose

 

 

Gamera

Well I could paint her green. I was just worried if I go with a green truck and then paint the surf boards red it would give a weird Christmassy vibe to the model.

I do have some small Coke boxes, would that be enough for the 'red' ingredient if I put them in the bed?

 

I just figured that being a poison arrow tree frog instead of a regular frog I could go with red instead of a more normal frog colour of green, brown, or grey.

 

 

 

 

definitely would look too christmassy(weird word lol). The tree frog concept sounds good!

 

You know, I found myself trying to use the word Christmasy myself. I guess we're inventing a new word here on Finescale! Lol

Lol. Years ago I had a waitress giggle when I told her I think I'll go with the tempura soup with the noodles since I was in a noodly sort of mood.

Merry Christmas to all my friends here!!!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, too, Gamera!...and to everyone! 

Well, I think I should get started on this build soon. I'll have to crack out my French tank!

I just finished up the Hawker Hunter my son got me for Christmas. The F-5 frog camo may win out over the secret santa build...and a variety of crazy stuff in my stash I'm dying to start!

Oh now I'm thinking hard on this one again! Red, frog, sand, hmmmm

i want it to be creative. can't rush it. Off to look thru my stash again

Cool guys!!! 

I started on my little car but getting there are some nasty seams on the front around the headlights. I filled and sanded multiple times and think it looks decent now. The main issue has been my big bugaboo- gloss finishes. I've sprayed the kit a few times and sanded it off- fingers crossed I'll get something I'm happy with soon. 

Gamera

Cool guys!!! 

I started on my little car but getting there are some nasty seams on the front around the headlights. I filled and sanded multiple times and think it looks decent now. The main issue has been my big bugaboo- gloss finishes. I've sprayed the kit a few times and sanded it off- fingers crossed I'll get something I'm happy with soon. 

 

you may laugh but I'm truly anxious waiting to see that frog eyed car And what you do with it!

TheMongoose

 

 

Gamera

Cool guys!!! 

I started on my little car but getting there are some nasty seams on the front around the headlights. I filled and sanded multiple times and think it looks decent now. The main issue has been my big bugaboo- gloss finishes. I've sprayed the kit a few times and sanded it off- fingers crossed I'll get something I'm happy with soon. 

 

 

 

 

you may laugh but I'm truly anxious waiting to see that frog eyed car And what you do with it!

 

Lol me too! I've never had good luck with gloss finishes. This one is so small it's a good test subject! 

Gamera

 

 

TheMongoose

 

 

Gamera

Cool guys!!! 

I started on my little car but getting there are some nasty seams on the front around the headlights. I filled and sanded multiple times and think it looks decent now. The main issue has been my big bugaboo- gloss finishes. I've sprayed the kit a few times and sanded it off- fingers crossed I'll get something I'm happy with soon. 

 

 

 

 

you may laugh but I'm truly anxious waiting to see that frog eyed car And what you do with it!

 

 

 

 

Lol me too! I've never had good luck with gloss finishes. This one is so small it's a good test subject! 

 

yeah for sure. traditionally mine have had alternating tones of satin and gloss. On my latest it's been all about holding a steady distance and flow rate so that the paint seems to 'pool' on the surface. It can't go down thin like we do with flat paints for aircraft haha so it is essentially JUST SHY of 'running'

OK! I've got it. After brainstorming with my wife (whose name is MaryJane...you'll see the value of this in a second if you know any slang from the 60's...) 

im going to do a plane parting the red sea with a plaque of frogs escaping from the seafoam! I would anticipate making the frogs red poison dart frogs to doubke up on the red.

whatcha think? I do great water effects, i'm stoked about it. Think i could possibly pull it off.

TheMongoose

OK! I've got it. After brainstorming with my wife (whose name is MaryJane...you'll see the value of this in a second if you know any slang from the 60's...) 

im going to do a plane parting the red sea with a plaque of frogs escaping from the seafoam! I would anticipate making the frogs red poison dart frogs to doubke up on the red.

whatcha think? I do great water effects, i'm stoked about it. Think i could possibly pull it off.

 

Very creative, Mongoose! Gonna be a diorama of Biblical proportions, eh? It'll be fun to see the plague of frogs!

Gamera

Cool guys!!! 

I started on my little car but getting there are some nasty seams on the front around the headlights. I filled and sanded multiple times and think it looks decent now. The main issue has been my big bugaboo- gloss finishes. I've sprayed the kit a few times and sanded it off- fingers crossed I'll get something I'm happy with soon. 

 

I hope the paint job turns out well for you, Gamera! I don't really build glossy auto model kits, though I do have a Bel Air waiting to be built. :)

Guys i am eyeballing my stash

was looking for something in 1/72 to keep the red sea of a reasonable size, you know maybe a Spit I could do in North Africa colors to fit the sand theme

what do i see on the shelf, I've been saving this and, you know with Revell launching the new 1/48 Blackbird, which I've seen sprue shots of and it's beautiful, I'm thinking what better aircraft "to part the Red Sea" than an SR-71 Blackbird? Should i do it? Worth it? Tell me what you think!

oh, and my daughter chimed in saying the squadron nickname has to be a locust...she said cartoon character but i translated haha

Haha! Throwin' in some speed there? That might work, Mongoose!

Ok moved up to spitball'n here! In the interest of lots of pics for a wip here's the current mockup

you should start getting tunnel vision now. The end you're looking through will be solid, with a clear acrylic rod sticking out to hold the Blackbird, well probably 2 rods, 1 for each engine to be stable. Sand along the bottom of course. 

and that's everything i laid out to start setting the size and depth. The dang SR71 is huge even in 1/72. It's what I've got tho so not buying a smaller one haha I'm supposed to reduce my stash. another huge display I'll have to trip over later lol

this is the wave style. Image frogs leaping from the curls. There will be some red to the sea of course. Going to depict it with the algae bloom it's named for.

Oh WOW Mongoose! I don't know how that's going to work so I'm really interested in following along! Please work your magic, I'm all eyeballs!!!

John: Good luck with the Bel Air! I've only really built military style stuff with matte finishes so glossy and pristine is a whole new ballgame for me.