Hi all here is a bit of an update of where I am now.
I am a bit peeved now, I realise I made the mistake with not removing the plastic before I laid the decking but now i've started putting the PE on I've discovered ther are other bit which should be removed which are not on the instructions and now i've laid the wooden decking and cut it to fit whats on the deck the PE is not covering all the plastic.

as you can see from the pic the only part outlined is the gangway which is to be removed but as i've now discovered the ramps should have been removed too.

as you can see the PE ramps are too short and I can't remove the plastic ramps as I've cut the decking to fit, so I'm hoping that when painted grey it wont notice. (yes I know the middle blast shield is crooked in the pic but that has been sorted now)

led in place ready for the only direct hit on the poor old lady.

I know I swore I would never use PE again but this is all fairly simple stick it on stuff at the moment so will stick with it for now.



first start at the explosion and I thought I would try an experiment with Optic Fibres will bee using those for the tracer rounds Warspie will be firing, I have discovered if you scratch the firbre every so often light escapes at the scratches over a length of about 12 inches (it does gradually get less as it goes along but I think 12 inches will be enough for me) anyway keeping it straight at anything more than that is almost impossible

















Obviously there is no smoke yet nor any debris in the explosion , I am wondering whether to put an unfortunate sailor in the smoke of the exlposion sans a limb or 2 ( the 350 scale sailors I've got I'm not sure it would notice, but might be fun to see if anyone does).

Now that I like, great work on the explosion effect, very realistic looking..... .. Credit to you.....

Regards

Alan

KP

Well impressed with what you are putting together here - very impressive indeed.

You do seem to have son problems with your paints. Hope you do not mind me asking but your not like me are you and store away paints for years? Storage can affect paints over time and with matt matts there is a chemical case they use for the on at effect and if the carrier liquid is old you will get this sort of effect. Tamiya used to make (maybe still do) a matting agent to add to the gloss paints they supplied.muse this incorrectly - ie too much and you would get exactly this effect.

One of the other issues is that adding a varnish coat to paint that gas not fully cured can produce sone odd results.

The only other thing I can think is that if it's new paints you are using maybe your shop is selling old stock?

Hi KP

It's looking great despite the paint problems! Is it Humbrol Acrylic matt or spirit based? And what was the weather like when you painted it? (Seriously! )
I've heard of the acrylic based varnishes giving white streaking if the air has a high humidity level. The acrylic matt varnish is a translucent white to begin with and high humidity can somehow lock that white into the finish, almost like the top surface dries but the underside of the varnish stays damp.
Like you said, it looks good on the stuka but not so helpful if you didn't want it in the first place!

Great diary!

Robin

Very nice indeed. You have thought this one out very well indeed and with those lighting effects it looks top notch.

Thanks alan been doing some experimenting with the base, my choice of using blue leds was a terrible mistake, now Ive gone and hot glued them all up to make the water plumes I am stuck with them (pun intended) hopefully loads of white paint will cure that problem, initially I was getting carried away and started making them too big, till it suddenly dawned on me an inch high plume of water at 1/350 scale would be 29 feet tall in real life so scaled them back a bit.

This is cool. I had not appreciated the scale of the Dio until these base shots.

Jase

Hi all here is tonights update, dulled the blue leds down (more glue and white paint )
and added a couple more planes.

Fantastic job so mate amazing.

Eugene.

Not bored at all KP, now I've had that 'light-bulb moment' and understand what it is you are doing, I can see what an amazing project you've set yourself.
It's really going to look superb when finished. I love how you've used aircraft of differing scales to achieve the depth of field to the diorama and it works really well - it feels as though we're up there with them (although I wouldn't want to be on receiving end of all that AA fire).
Had you thought of doing something about the propellers of the two nearest aircraft to give them an impression of movement?
Very well one, there aught to be a special medal for projects like this one.
Happy building
David