I am really enjoying watch you put this together Ken, you've done a pretty cool job of it

Wow Ken, the water effects are amazing absolutely love it. Would love to see a tutorial .

It's dead easy mate, paint your base colour first(imagine how deep the water is, the deeper the darker the water will apear) ( mine is on a coastal waters so not particularly deep)if you need to remove the ship as with this(to change the batteries, or with my Warspite dio, to make it easier to transport)wrap the hull in cling film, so the sealant dosn't stick to it, if the ship is not to be removed don't worry about the cling film. Get some clear bathroom sealant and spread it over your PREVIOUSLY PAINTED base it needs to be deeper where the bow and port and starboard sides then with a spoon push into the sealant and drag in the direction of the wave with a rapid upwards movement and you will get a peak with a bendy over bit like the tip of a wave as you get farther away from the ship the waves should get less rough, after you have it roughly how you want it use different tools to get finer waves also you can let it go off then add more hight to bow waves as needed. Hope you understand what I've said, I could do a pictorial guide of how I do it if not. I am sure others on here could teach you more realistic effects.ps sorry forgot to add paint the tips of the waves with white paint.

Wow great effect Ken.
Regards
Paul

Fab Ken, water effect breaking the bow is just stunning.... superb work there.... .. How you can think you couldn't do a wooden ship build is beyond me, your skills here make me firmly believe you could do one without too much problem. You have the patience and the eye for detail, think you should have a go.....

Regards

Alan

I have in the past built wooden ships, all my scratch built ships were wooden and I've done amarti's brumer yacht which was plank on frame, but they are all leagues away from SOS, not a build I would undertake without a lot of skill updates, take my hat off to you and anyone else attempting that epic and majestic build.

Hi ken now that is looking superb.just love the water effects, sets her off a treat.very well done.cheers mick.p's have to agree with Alan think you have the skills to take on the sots. I thought like you for many years till I took the plunge with my victory, she my first plank on frame build ever.the step by step instructions are great.same with sots. Cheers mick

Really like this build Ken, very nice work

Steve

Brilliant build there Ken. A real credit to your skill set. Well done.

Hi all looking at the Airfix rigging instructions and they seemed basic to say the least so did some searching on the net and found a set you could download, I have no idea where to start (talk about complicated) makes the Airfix ones very tempting.