A-10 LOADER Posted September 24, 2024 Share Posted September 24, 2024 Very cool, looking good so far. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
STEN8 Posted September 24, 2024 Share Posted September 24, 2024 Better and better, love the floats. Harry Lutz, FL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snichols Posted September 28, 2024 Author Share Posted September 28, 2024 (edited) On 9/24/2024 at 9:24 AM, A-10 LOADER said: Very cool, looking good so far. Steve Thanks so much!1 On 9/24/2024 at 10:57 AM, STEN8 said: Better and better, love the floats. Harry Lutz, FL On 9/24/2024 at 10:57 AM, STEN8 said: Better and better, love the floats. Harry Lutz, FL Harry thank you , they were quite the challenge! Starting to feel comfortable now with the direction that this is going now that I’am focused. Edited September 28, 2024 by snichols Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted September 28, 2024 Share Posted September 28, 2024 WOW, that looks fantastic ! This will be a cool display when completed. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
STEN8 Posted September 28, 2024 Share Posted September 28, 2024 Oh, yeah. That capsule just returned from space!!!! Gorgeous. Still can't get over the floats. So cool. Nice detail on the raft as well. What great work! Harry Lutz, FL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 Posted September 29, 2024 Share Posted September 29, 2024 Jim Lovell and the crew of Apollo 13 are glad the recovery chutes got them to the water! That's looking really awesome! Great job so far! Cheers...Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SpacecraftGuy Posted September 30, 2024 Share Posted September 30, 2024 Your finish is just gorgeous. You're moving beyond craftmanship and into art itself. I look at that and think that maybe it's time I should take up golf or something... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snichols Posted October 3, 2024 Author Share Posted October 3, 2024 On 9/27/2024 at 11:31 PM, A-10 LOADER said: WOW, that looks fantastic ! This will be a cool display when completed. Steve Steve thank you and hopefully it will be completed, the water is turning out to be more of a challenge than I remember. On 9/28/2024 at 4:06 AM, STEN8 said: Oh, yeah. That capsule just returned from space!!!! Gorgeous. Still can't get over the floats. So cool. Nice detail on the raft as well. What great work! Harry Lutz, FL Harry thanks for posting and your interest along the way, I couldn’t wait to try another splashdown diorama once I got the printer so hopefully I won’t disappoint! On 9/29/2024 at 2:00 PM, aircommando130 said: Jim Lovell and the crew of Apollo 13 are glad the recovery chutes got them to the water! That's looking really awesome! Great job so far! Cheers...Ron Thanks so much Ron , it’s been a a little up and down because of me rushing into this project as it was unplanned but it’s starting to take shape . On 9/30/2024 at 9:54 AM, SpacecraftGuy said: Your finish is just gorgeous. You're moving beyond craftmanship and into art itself. I look at that and think that maybe it's time I should take up golf or something... I don’t know what to say other than wow!, that’s quite the compliment and I really appreciate you posting and keeping up with the build. I’ve modeled ocean water before but it’s been a long time and I don’t quite have a handle on it. Sorry guys for taking so long to post a response, I get busy and don’t have a lot of time to get on the computer all that much this time of the year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snichols Posted October 5, 2024 Author Share Posted October 5, 2024 (edited) Water is giving me fits !!🤯, it still needs a couple more coats of acrylic medium, antennae and beacon left to be installed on the CM plus figures need to be started. This was a spur of the moment build that turned into a …………. You guys want to see the failures too ?, let me know because the ocean was painted more than once. Edited October 5, 2024 by snichols Quote Link to post Share on other sites
STEN8 Posted October 5, 2024 Share Posted October 5, 2024 (edited) Oh, my. I am sending these pictures to my newly minted scale modeling buddy for him to drool over. Simply wonderful. Harry Lutz, FL Edited October 5, 2024 by STEN8 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 Posted October 6, 2024 Share Posted October 6, 2024 The ocean looks really good....love the sea dye lingering around too! The initial burst of sea dye is like anti freeze color then it disapates. Gonna look great when finished! Cheers...Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
A-10 LOADER Posted October 6, 2024 Share Posted October 6, 2024 Water is tough to do, I think it looks fantastic. Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ExchefAndy Posted October 6, 2024 Share Posted October 6, 2024 Not the usual area for me on this forum, just the occasional glance... Glad I did! Absolutely fantastic work, and I mean WOW🤩 Those photos don't lie, you're capturing a monumental moment beautifully Andy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
STEN8 Posted October 6, 2024 Share Posted October 6, 2024 Totally agree on the dye packet comments, seen a few dispersed and you have caught the look wonderfully. Still can't get over the trailing orange bag under the water. Super! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snichols Posted October 6, 2024 Author Share Posted October 6, 2024 (edited) On 10/5/2024 at 9:06 AM, STEN8 said: Oh, my. I am sending these pictures to my newly minted scale modeling buddy for him to drool over. Simply wonderful. Harry Lutz, FL Harry thank you but I’ve made some changes to the ocean dye area that I felt at that point in the recovery operation it was too saturated. 15 hours ago, aircommando130 said: The ocean looks really good....love the sea dye lingering around too! The initial burst of sea dye is like anti freeze color then it disapates. Gonna look great when finished! Cheers...Ron Ron still not sure about some areas but thank you and see above about the dye area….. I feel it should have been more diluted at that point in the recovery mission. 14 hours ago, A-10 LOADER said: Water is tough to do, I think it looks fantastic. Steve Yep it sure is harder than I remember modeling and even harder to photograph!😜😜 7 hours ago, ExchefAndy said: Not the usual area for me on this forum, just the occasional glance... Glad I did! Absolutely fantastic work, and I mean WOW🤩 Those photos don't lie, you're capturing a monumental moment beautifully Andy Andy glad you stopped by and visited our little of area of spaceflight modeling , thanks so much for your comments and come on back and take a look at the wonderful builds presented here by all the other talented modelers. 7 hours ago, STEN8 said: Totally agree on the dye packet comments, seen a few dispersed and you have caught the look wonderfully. Still can't get over the trailing orange bag under the water. Super! I may have diluted it a little too much…….😩😩 The diver is going to need a lot of converting and I’am not overly happy with the sculpt but it’s really the only option Edited October 6, 2024 by snichols Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snichols Posted October 7, 2024 Author Share Posted October 7, 2024 Well I really should have left the dye portion of the water alone but I did not so I had to go over it again but I’am finally satisfied with the results. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
STEN8 Posted October 7, 2024 Share Posted October 7, 2024 Perfect! If you ask me. Harry Lutz, FL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snichols Posted October 8, 2024 Author Share Posted October 8, 2024 23 hours ago, STEN8 said: Perfect! If you ask me. Harry Lutz, FL Harry thanks but now I think it’s time to set it aside and concentrate on a figure or two, starting to loose the motivation here because of the ups and downs I’ve had building it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
STEN8 Posted October 8, 2024 Share Posted October 8, 2024 Whatever is getting you through this amazing project is working. Believe me. It's working!!!! Harry Lutz, FL Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snichols Posted October 8, 2024 Author Share Posted October 8, 2024 (edited) 4 hours ago, STEN8 said: Whatever is getting you through this amazing project is working. Believe me. It's working!!!! Harry Lutz, FL Quite the inspirational message indeed!! Thank you again Harry for all your support! Best, Steve Edited October 8, 2024 by snichols Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted October 8, 2024 Share Posted October 8, 2024 Compliments on your A13 diorama. A little late and from Skylab 2. this photo was recently posted over CollectSpace. http://www.collectspace.com/review/lm12/skylab_2_recovery01-lg.jpg Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snichols Posted October 9, 2024 Author Share Posted October 9, 2024 15 hours ago, habu2 said: Compliments on your A13 diorama. A little late and from Skylab 2. this photo was recently posted over CollectSpace. http://www.collectspace.com/review/lm12/skylab_2_recovery01-lg.jpg Thank you , That’s a really cool picture that I’ve not seen before so thanks for sharing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aircommando130 Posted October 19, 2024 Share Posted October 19, 2024 That's coming along very well. Even the raft floor is glossy with water! Jack King (the voice of Apollo) and Gene Kranz would be proud! Cheers...Ron Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lost_Erik Posted October 20, 2024 Share Posted October 20, 2024 Amazing results 👍 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
snichols Posted October 22, 2024 Author Share Posted October 22, 2024 On 10/20/2024 at 11:53 AM, Lost_Erik said: Amazing results 👍 Thank you so much! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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