Darned it I cant believe that ROV!  Fantastic, just fantastic! You really are "Model Crazy."

LOL thanks guys.

I took some pictures of the finished build tonight, but I was completely unhappy with the sea life I added. There was too much contrast with the dark color of the ship, and the scale was way off. I removed them but need to go back over the places where they were and repaint. I also waited too long to take the pictures and it was too dark for the camera to focus.

Anyway, I will take some new ones tomorrow.

Steve

No sea life! Remember the point of a diorama is to tell a story. In this case you've chosen the discovery of the wreck.

Good that, and do not let your audience have their attention waver.

I'd consider spraying a little black on the areas not in the vicinity of the ROV.

The big Aha! moment...

This is a really fine thing you've done.

This is so incredibly cool. You've done a masterful job.

Hey !

Don't forget , at that depth except for what you already have , there ain't much in visible plant life to see , just the normal pile of lichens ( underwater types ) and rusticles . Don't go putting a shark in there or sumpin .You have it nailed .

Thanks for the vote of confidence guys. I was very unhappy with the sea life, and in 1/350 scale, the tiny creatures I was attaching would have been anywhere from 4 to 6 feet tall. I'm going to do some minor fixes and take some better shots tonight. I have a better idea for lighting as well.

And no TB, I'm not putting a shark in there at 3000 + feet. Now a Sperm Whale....... Just kidding.
I wish  I had kept my best (fair) picture from last night to at least show you something, but I deleted them all.

Ah , Well ;

   I got the feeling  you won't let us down though . P.S. Whale Sharks can go down to 2000 ft they think !

Here it is.

I'm going  with these pictures.

There's a lot of them so you may want some some popcorn.

This is what it looks like without the "special effects"

Steve

Well that gave me the goosebumps.  Absolutely convincing. This could be used for movie ala Titanic.

This is incredible stuff. Way over on the art side! Very very well done!

Thank you so much guys!!!!!!!!!!

And thanks go to Tanker Builder for the idea of a ship in trouble.

Impressive, must impressive!!

Very interesting build,great idea.

Absolutely fantastic Steve!!! Love everything about what you've done here!

Get together with Gamera and see if he will accept her in the Japanese GB.  Absolutely stunning pics and work on all the damage.

Bravo!!!  Excellent photography too, truly captured the mood.

This has been a joy to watch, and I must say I've looked forward to seeing what you've been up to each morning with my coffee. Thanks for the WIP, Steve.

Now all you need to do is build a specially lit darkroom to display it in.

  Well done!

goldhammer

Get together with Gamera and see if he will accept her in the Japanese GB.  Absolutely stunning pics and work on all the damage.

Lol, great idea but Steve is already cross-posting his work on both threads 

Greg

Now all you need to do is build a specially lit darkroom to display it in.

Thanks everybody, I'm truly humbled 

Greg, It would be great if I could find a museum to send it to.

That is just brilliant. Its just so realistic and so well done. And that ROV cable looks real nice once you pull back. It would be nice if it could be shopped onto a seabed image.

Thanks for sharing this.

Exceptionally realistic!  

Simply incredible.  Thanks for sharing all of this with us!

Groot

Wow, how did I miss this?   Just insane Steve!   That is beyond impressive!  SUPERB!  

Absolutely fabulous! I can't really say more than everybody else already has. Simply put, WOW!

Hey !

   As my little neighbor kid says when he likes something . M.C. You Are Da Bomb ! !  When do you need to lease my Underwater Exploration surface fleet ? we'll go find another and see if you can duplicate that  .Wow ! Words don't describe my feelings on such unusual craftmanship !

 I even have a converted Minesweeper from Lindberg painted like one of Clive Cussler's N.U.M.A. ships ! With a Triton 3-3300 on board !       T.B.

Thanks TB and Stick, It's appreciated.

Ya know TB, this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't made me think of it.

modelcrazy

Ya know TB, this wouldn't have happened if you hadn't made me think of it.

I'd been wondering about that.

Greg,

TB had a thread he started at the end of May called "Ships in Trouble"                     http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/7/t/165706.aspx,     TB poses the question as to why more people don't try their hand at building a damaged ship. That got me to thinking. And since I had an old unfinished Yamato just laying around, I came up with this dio idea.

Steve