Yorktown + Hammann

Thomas Bischoff
Now I am curious about the final result!
The destroyer looks great 👍

Hister Farjas
PE great

Dave Flitton
Excellent work!!

Steven Van Dyck kirjailija
Thanks, guys! The ships are already fixed to the base, that got a last layer of ocean paint. It soon very much darkened, now the waves have to be topped with foam.

Steven Van Dyck kirjailija
Some artificial silhouette still showed up under the water, so I had to add another layer, this time I chose pacific Blue from AK.

Hister Farjas
great blue gel

Bart Teunis
curious to see this

Steven Van Dyck kirjailija
The results are shown. It looks comparable to the base gel. I see very tiny air bubbles, but these are not visible more than half a metre away. Now some further detailing, I already finished the ship's wake.

Bart Teunis
Steve question did you form a base (the form and the waves) before you placed the gel ?

Steven Van Dyck kirjailija
Yes, Bart, this can be observed on picture 43 and further. The base is a plaster cast. Yorktown + Hammann | Album by StevenVD (1:700)

Aleš Štika
Very nice!

Bart Teunis
Thanks Steven, good to know

Steven Van Dyck kirjailija
Thank you. I wanted 4 Wildcats on Yorktown, but some modifications were necessary for the wheelbays. The WEM Enterprise set has nothing on it for Wildcats, but the Corsairs wheels can be turned into a nice retractable wheel set.

Steven Van Dyck kirjailija
The Wildcats got their decals, weathering and a matt coat (not as matt as I imagined). I also made a nameplate out of the Yorktown one and an old CVN nameplate I had. The lettering for Hammann is scratch.

Chris Greathouse
That's amazing!

Paul Moore
Nice water effects. Great project.

Steven Van Dyck kirjailija
Thanks for the likes, I should get these out of storage and in my showcase again...