Sunderland attack on Type IXc U-Boat

[Shar2]

I finished this dio today for the Britmodeller Battle of the Atlantic GB.

[CobolMan]

Very nice shar2, how did you model the sea and the waves? They are incredibly realistic.

[perdu]

Oh smashing

And no one manning the guns, deserve to get bounced don't they

Great concept and very well worked, my question, what Sunderland is this?

I love it.

[zollburgers]

Very nice.

Do you go move the plane around and go "vrrrrrrroooom uhuhuhuuhuhuhuhuhu booooooooooooom"? I think I would when nobody is looking.

[Shar2]

Thanks for the nice comments. For the sea I used ready mixed grout/tile cement, which I had lying around. This was then plastered around the partially completed model, which was covered in clingfilm. When the grout had set sufficiently the model was removed. Once completely set I used artists acrylics to paint the sea with various mixes of blues, purples and greens, with white for the breaking crests. The indentation of the model was partially filled with scenic water and the model placed into it filling the surrounding gap between the model and the grout. More scenic water was then dripped into any voids, particularly around the bow wave. When that had set I then painted the wake and the water around the sub.

Perdu, the Sunderland is from L'Arsenal and is 1/350th scale, as is the sub, which is from Hobbyboss. The gun crews aren't missing, they're lying around their guns, having been shot by the forward guns of the plane. You can just see them in the last picture.

When I get round to it I'll have a little plaque made as I'm going to call this "Caught Out". the story being that the Sunderland has dropped through the clouds, taken out the gun crews and is getting ready to drop it's depth charges/bombs.

[perdu]

Shar2 said:

Thanks for the nice comments. For the sea I used ready mixed grout/tile cement, which I had lying around. This was then plastered around the partially completed model, which was covered in clingfilm. When the grout had set sufficiently the model was removed. Once completely set I used artists acrylics to paint the sea with various mixes of blues, purples and greens, with white for the breaking crests. The indentation of the model was partially filled with scenic water and the model placed into it filling the surrounding gap between the model and the grout. More scenic water was then dripped into any voids, particularly around the bow wave. When that had set I then painted the wake and the water around the sub.

Perdu, the Sunderland is from L'Arsenal and is 1/350th scale, as is the sub, which is from Hobbyboss. The gun crews aren't missing, they're lying around their guns, having been shot by the forward guns of the plane. You can just see them in the last picture.

When I get round to it I'll have a little plaque made as I'm going to call this "Caught Out". the story being that the Sunderland has dropped through the clouds, taken out the gun crews and is getting ready to drop it's depth charges/bombs.

Aha I saw the figure lying by the line on deck...

Explains that then

Still nice

[Eric Mc]

Nice to see an action diorama.

I'd like to do a bit more in the diorama field but I always seem to struggle just to finish the basic model so any diorama I might have produced to go with it falls by the wayside.

I think they are much more engaging than "normal" models as they add a bit of human interest and a story.

[Skii]

Very cool, being a IX that would take an eternity to crash dive as well !

Very nice work