Hugh found this video on Facebook that shows another way of working with cotton to create white water.  This time substituting resin for the acrylic medium.  You can find it at the Facebook line below.

https://www.facebook.com/100009401096349/videos/pcb.1836955686627783/1836952203294798/?type=3&theater

Here's the translation of how he produced the water effect.  I'm not familiar with this type of resin but I believe it is water based.  The builder soaks the resin in cotton and adds it to the sea scape.  Then forms to his liking.

"Soak cotton in the emulsion resin and make a wave.
After drying, reinforce with resin and add accents in white.
This time it is a shrimp fishing boat produced in the dark of two years. At this time, the tutorials were asked to do so, and it's as soon as I was going to take the video. The waves of the sea-level are expressed with cotton and emaruji~yon resin. After the drying, it is done with the reji and the accent is finished with a white accent."

If you look at the builders other pictures you'll find a deck had heaving into the sea.  That's a new one on me.  I wonder if Hugh could create that in 1/700 scale for us!  😛 Thanks for sharing Hugh.
Dave

Greetings all,
Thanks to everyone who made it out to the meeting this week.  I unveiled my latest creation with was an Easter group build project on the Flory Models web site.  My entry this year was Godzilla vs. the IJN Egg Destroyer.  Technically this isn't accurate since Godzilla was a post war creation.  Martin pointed out that Godzilla was a warning directed at the testing of nuclear weapons.  That's about as serious as this project gets.  It was however an opportunity to try a number of techniques which we discussed during the meeting...

From the base up...

Base:  I feel very strongly about protecting my models.  I purchased this little dome case from Collecting Warehouse.  They make a variety of cases for collectibles.  You can find their site here.

Water:  The basic water method is the same as what I demonstrated before using the Chris Flodberg technique.  This is my favorite because it is convincing and cost effective.  Here's a video of Chris at work but you can also find his and other water methods on Modelwarships.com site here.  Following the discussion on this build we discussed modeling big white water using rayon balls which is included in this video.  Remember, use small brush!

Godzilla:  This kit is part of the same Chibi-Maru series from Fujimi.  It is a very straight forward build.  It is articulated.  I contemplated filling the seams but with a short window to work in (1 month) I chose not to try.  What I was really pleased with was the teeth and claws.  They were painted off white, sealed with Pledge floor polish, and then a thin orange wash was applied.

IJN Yukikaze:  This is an egg ship, distorted ship, cute ship, whatever you ant to call it.  I purchased the photo etch update set which really brings the kits to life.  Very inexpensive and a great way to teach yourself different techniques.  As an example you can buy wood decks where offered, photo etch sets, etc.  The photo etch was attached using the thin Gators Grip.  I learned that technique but with Elmer's white PVA from MAX and I've never looked back.    I also tested some tan colored stretch sprue for halyards.  Not sure I like that but it looks okay on this build.

Some guy on one of the web forums called these types of kits a waste of plastic.  Seriously?  I think they're fun and they make people happy.

At the meeting I put the diorama on the turntable and cranked up Blue Oyster Cult song Godzilla and I think everyone had a good laugh.  Here are some final reveals that I posted on the Flory Models web site.  If anyone wants me to bring it back to another meeting let me know.  I may have to take this to IPMS Nats! "Oh no!  They say he's got to go!  Go go Godzilla!"  😎

Something else I brought to share was the Xuron photo etch tool kit.  I heard good reviews about it.  It includes some sheers, flat pliers, and a 45 degree bending tool.  I like the sheers and pliers but I'm lukewarm on the 45 degree benders.  It does come with a slick pouch.  You can buy the tools separately from Xuron.

See you next time!  

Greetings Ship Club!  That time again!

Location:
Rockler Woodworking (basement)
2553 S. Colorado Blvd., Suite 108
Denver, Colorado  80222
Date:  April 22nd 10:00

Sorry I'm late in posting this update.  I was hammering away at my Easter project for 2017.  This was my most ambituous Easter project to date.  Here's a teaser... but trust me, there's a ship included in my diorama!  But if I showed that to you I would give away the best part.

I'm looking forward to telling you about the build.  It includes my little friend here, an IJN destroyer, photo etch, water diorama base, and a nice case for display.  I'll share with you the challenges I faced putting this together in four weeks and the final push to the end.

I'm also bringing a photo etch tool set that I picked up from Xuron.

Finally I thought I would demo Chris Floodberg's method for creating white water using rayon synthetic cotton.  This was part of my Easter project.

As always please bring your new toys, works in progress, challenges you need help with, or finished builds.

See you Saturday!
Dave