| Destroyers are fun to build. There aren't
too large and they won't take much time to finish unlike say...an
aircraft carrier. The same goes with my Panda USS Cole. This ship
is easy to build. The fit is good and the price is right. The photoetch
however needs a lot of improvement. However, since I wanted it done out
of the box, I had to content myself with it. |
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| I wanted to make the USS Cole at a base with rough seas.
This project was inspired by the latest article of Rusty White about making
realistic waves. I molded the waves using sculpey modeling compound. I
fit my ship from time to time to see how it looked. Then I sliced it in
six parts. Why? I had to make sure it would fit my oven toaster. |
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| After baking two parts at a time for 1 minute, it was done.
Now, I can simply glue it in place as seen below.
I filled the sculpey gaps with putty. I painted the basic sea with Royal
Blue and then an acrylic wash of Dark Blue Green. The white water came
straight out of the tube. I finalized the waves with enamel based varnish
and a combo of Future. It truly gave me that wet look! I realized that
with enamel based paint for the waves, I couldn't get that shine using
Future Floor Wax. The model was added with rigging and decals. I
also oversprayed it with matte coat and a bit of pastels and oils washes. |
| I liked this kit. It's not expensive, it's challenging especially if
you use the kit-provided photoetch (to stay In-the-Box) and its really
fun to build. |
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