That is one superb Dio. Beautifully done kind Sir.....Cheers Mark

Oh my! Wow, I had no idea it got around!

Just saw the Puffer launch on Facebook in the Undersea Warfare Group! Proud to have seen you build earlier and I posted the link to the photos.

Great job Steve, especially on taking the time to publish and explain the steps you do to make the wave and try to replicate the details off a photograph.  That is not easy to do.

Hello Friend,

I am sorry for the slow response. But you absolutely crashed this one out of the park!! What an amazing diorama, outstanding detail and craftmanship 

Thank you guys for the very kind comments and for following/looking in .

Jester,

It just looks difficult. If you follow my or Chris Flodberg's method (mine method is his with my own changes) you would find it's pretty easy, time consuming, but easy.

I am insanely jealous of your water effects MC, love it!

Awesome work!  But is it me, or does anyone else think those line handlers are nuts for hanging on to the rope while that boat is launched?!? 

Gene Beaird,
Pearland, Texas

WOW, you just knocked another one outta the park Steve! 

Oh !

 Oh, my goodness ! You moved a lot of water that way .What an awesome dio .Luv It ! T.B.

It certainly deserves to be published anywhere possible. This is an outstanding model - a rare combination of aesthetics and accuracy. I've never seen anything quite like it.

Thanks again guys, I enjoy unusual subjects.

GH,

I sent it to the reader's gallery. I've had builds in the online gallery before, but can take a few months to get there assuming they pick it.

That belongs in the readers gallery both here and in the mag, if not a story on the build and water effects.

The final build is just fantastic!

Robert

Very dynamic diorama. A real treat following this thread to its conclusion. I think you've done a superlative job of a subject that I am sure is rarely if ever attempted - a launch.

Mike

WOW! I too just found this thread, and that is beautiful! I've only recently read about using cotton for spray, and it looks like you've got it just right. I stand in awe of your work with scale water. And the rest is fantastic too!

Thanks guys, I am glad you like it. 

Jack,

I see what you mean. It looks far more pronounced in the picture than in real life for some reason. I went over those stripes several times to try to get them even. I'll have to touch them up, easy to do. Thanks for pointing that out. 

Interesting diorama. Never seen one like this before.

  Happy modeling    Crackers 

Hello!

Your dio is beautiful, I like it a lot!

Thanks for sharing and good luck with your next projects! Have a nice day

Paweł

MAGNIFICENT Steve!  I will really be surprised if you don't walk out with "Best of Show". Congrats on a job very well done.

Jim  

Extremely nice......if you don't walk away with a ribbon, there is absolutely no justice.

I'd take the first "real" pic and frame it to go with the dio in the show, and place it so the judges get the same perspective lookig at both.

M-C, I have nothing to add other than you did a spectacular job. Well done sir. Thanks for sharing this build with us!

Amazing!

Steve, that is one heck of a piece, you really have captured the essence of this ship's launching.

My only crit is a minor technical one.  The width of the stripes  on the bunting looks uneven in some areas (wouldn't the colours be of the same spacing?).  Though you might have done this on purpose to convey the effect of draping and folds.  All in all though, this is just a wonderful job you have presented here.

regards,

Jack

I just discovered this thread and wow Steve, you can really model water to a perfection.. Amazing scratch work on the boat too.

It looks like an actual picture of the real thing captured in time. Awesome job ! A show winner for sure.

Good day Steve,

Fantastic job!!! very realistic... could feel this movement  and moment of she became real seagoing ship!!!( sub... :))

Looks Great , like it !!!

All the Best!

Kirill

that's one of the best diorama's I have seen . you should be very proud