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A brave anti Nazi, Flemish fisherman risks his life and takes some quick snaps from his fishing boat, of a "Big ship" about to lock out of the Kiel Canal into the Baltic Sea. The photos reach England.........
His pictures.
The RAF decided to take a peep.....It's the Bismark!
HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales are out on patrol. They'll take care of this upstart, if she dares to venture out into the Atlantic!
A few colour pictures, just to show I did actually paint the thing.....
Finally, a mug shot!
I just used scrap polystyrene bits and let my imagination take over to produce an acceptable lock system. I modelled it one lock full and one 'empty' for a bit of colour variation. The earth is just polystyrene dug about and scratched at with my finger nails. Then I painted it all in children's acrylics and added a bit of silicone sea to a dark blue base. The leaking lock gates, wavelets etc., are just white acrylics. Still not happy with the masts, but I wasn't going to rip all the rigging off a second time!
Anyway, I hope you approve of this mini ship diorama. It was fun to do and different from the usual 'At Sea' ones.
Cheers,
Ron
His pictures.
The RAF decided to take a peep.....It's the Bismark!
HMS Hood and HMS Prince of Wales are out on patrol. They'll take care of this upstart, if she dares to venture out into the Atlantic!
A few colour pictures, just to show I did actually paint the thing.....
Finally, a mug shot!
I just used scrap polystyrene bits and let my imagination take over to produce an acceptable lock system. I modelled it one lock full and one 'empty' for a bit of colour variation. The earth is just polystyrene dug about and scratched at with my finger nails. Then I painted it all in children's acrylics and added a bit of silicone sea to a dark blue base. The leaking lock gates, wavelets etc., are just white acrylics. Still not happy with the masts, but I wasn't going to rip all the rigging off a second time!
Anyway, I hope you approve of this mini ship diorama. It was fun to do and different from the usual 'At Sea' ones.
Cheers,
Ron