'A retirement home for Lucky XI'... Revell Tug Boat.

[Mini Me]

Looking good 570, looking forward to how it all finishes up.
Rick H.

 

[MikeC]

Ron,
Just caught up on the build. As always there is a story to go along with the build to keep us interested. Well done.
Cheers, Mike.

 

[Si Benson]

A most enjoyable blog, shows you certainly have creativity by the bucket!

 

[rtfoe]

Hi Ron,

Just caught up again...the blog is really good and the boat is getting the weathering it deserves but I still like this part.



Cheers,
Richard

 

[Mickc1440]

More great work Ron, its nice to see that someone has moved in to the tug. I bet it was an idyllic place until the developers moved in

 

[minitnkr]

A downside to gentrification, only the well-off can afford to live there as the renters get priced out. PaulE

 

[spanner570]

Thanks for the positive input boys.......

Small update.
I've made a start on the water.
I used some clear silicone to add some movement to the relevant surfaces before I paint the inlet waters.






....Watch out! The tide is coming in. Here I've used my usual cheap acrylics and started to blend in the various colours from mud through to sea green as the tide flows in. Then a few beads of silicone for the advancing wavelets.


Once the silicone has dried, I'll try and paint the water all proper like.

Cheers.
Ron

 

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Looking very realistic. You have a great talent for this kind of stuff.
The silicone you use - does it take paint ok?
Jim

 

[spanner570]

Thanks Jim. I'm glad you like it thus far.
Regarding the paint, it's fine applied neat.

I have read that it rubs off. It probably does, but who is going to try and rub paint off a model once it's applied?! Seems a bit of a daft thing for someone to write really.

Thanks again.
Ron

 

[minitnkr]

Top stuff. Having water envy. Never much good at it. PaulE

 

[spanner570]

Top stuff. Having water envy. Never much good at it. PaulE

Keep practicing Paul. It's the only way. Never give up....

 

[Deleted member 4539]

Still loving it Ron .

 

[papa 695]

Getting better and better Ron

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Wonderful work Ron - I swear I can smell the sea.

 

[Gern]

Wonderful work Ron - I swear I can smell the sea.

Smell it!? I'm putting sandbags by the doors to stop the rising tide coming in!

 

[Deleted member 7181]

All I can smell is the silicone lol

I work with some pretty nasty chemicals daily which don't seem to bother me in the slightest, but open a tube of silicone or a tin of household gloss paint 100 yards away and my stomach starts turning!

 

[spanner570]

Thanks chaps.
Big change (As usual!)
I wasn't totally happy with the incoming tide wavelets, figuring the water would still be a bit muddy so....



I brushed some brown paint onto the whole surface (silicone incl.) to try and tone down the blue and green and look what happened! By sheer accident I've produced exactly the effect I was after - A sort of foamy surge as the water races over the shallow mud. I think my late dad was looking over my shoulder.......

Any blue sky will hopefully still be reflected in the finished surface.

I hope you approve of the Mk. II tide surge.

Cheers.
Ron

 

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Not only skilled in mogglin and story telling but now has luck on his side ......

By sheer accident I've produced exactly the effect I was after

...... makes yer sick doesn't it!!

Stunning stuff Ron.
Jim

 

[Mini Me]

A blessing indeed. I think your Dad would have been proud. I'm sure taken with it. Seems you can't put a foot wrong on this one 570. Cheers, Rick H.

 

[spanner570]

Thanks boys...

I've finished the water. Simply acrylic paints and clear varnish.


In fact the model is as good as finished. All I really need now is to titivate it a bit and wait for some decent sunshine....

Cheers.
Ron