the floating battery and its landward version; an earthen fort,
and a quarter
Having completed all of the ships I only had these two little gems left to do. Rather than leave them for "when I get around to it" I decided to go ahead and get all of the 1/600 scale stuff finished. They are every bit as finely detailed as the ship models are and were a breeze to assemble. The floating battery was mounted on a bit of matte board and given some water texture while the earthwork seemed just fine on its own.
the detail is superb on both of these models
the odd shelf at the back of the floating battery is loaded with sandbags to
counterbalance the weight of the armor on the front of the battery
the quality of the sculpting and casting is brought home by the fact that you could easily
place a dozen of those cannon on a quarter, yet no flash or mold-lines to be seen!
the water was sculpted from Liquid Nails and glossed with Future Floor Wax
the lifeboat was stolen from the spares bin and is another Thoroughbred casting
Very nice!
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