FABULOUS (Fast Assault Boat Unit w/ Ludicrous Outraging Unparallel Success) done

[Antonio Sobral]

Hi guys

This will my first attempt at joining a GB, so please correct me if I start wandering way out of line!

To start with, I can tell you that to come up with the title was no easy task :)

I just love the word "ludicrous". The first time I heard it was in Mel Brook's Spaceballs movie, a ton of years ago,
and I had to look it up in the dictionary.

But enough of nostalgia!

The FAB, for short, is starting with a keel made out of a very familiar item;



The hull follows the keel with a near perfect match 



And to muscle things up a little bit, I will use a T-34/76 tower from the good old Airfix kit:



Which, as everybody can see, will define the scale of this project at around 1/76, give or take a few points.


And now I have FAV and a FAB on the workbench.   Go figure that 

[kerick]

This looks like fun! And we know it will be cool!

[Antonio Sobral]

Hi Kerik

Thanks for the comment.

I am not sure about the "cool" part, but it is always fun :)

Some more advances on the project:

Torpedo tubes:



Deck:



Engine:




To be continued.... :)


Thanks for watching!

[LemonJello]

Following with rapt fascination!

[Old Wombat]

I'm not seeing where this is going, so I'm following LemonJello's lead!

[Cliffy B]

Where this is going is AWESOME! 

[Antonio Sobral]

Thanks for the comments!

But I have to say no, not AWESOME
AWESOME is the training version: Advanced Weapon Especially Suitable for Ordinary Maritime Exercises 

Acronyms apart, the project continues, and the parts assembly is pretty much done.




With a figure to add scale perspective:












Time for a paint job, wouldn't you say?


Thanks for watching!

[GTX_Admin]

Looking good.

[kerick]

Is your seaman Dutch? Looks like he's wearing clogs!
This is great! I think we should have a computer mouse build off!
If you leave the lower part of the hull black it might look like a hovercraft.

[Antonio Sobral]

No clogs
Just some blue tack to make it stick to the surface.

The painting has begun, with just the basic colors:







Now I have to arrange some sort of water surface to make it float :)

Thanks for watching!

[finsrin]

Is too good :)
With that big engine, this babys gunna move.....
Are those hand grab rails staples ?

[LemonJello]

Lots of neat details on this one. Looks loud and fast.

[Steve Blazo]

So cool !!  A very good looking build. I do love scratch built stuff !!

[buzzbomb]

Gorgeous... great job Antonio

[Old Wombat]

Very cool!

Looks like a (possibly semi-automatous AI) drone vessel.

[Antonio Sobral]

Hi guys

Thanks for the comments!

The rails were made with bent wire. Staples would be an easier solution, though :)


After a few dry transfer decals from the spare box, it was time for some progress with the "water":

A roofmate base carved to accommodate the "hull":







And then some really basic painting:




Next step will be to add some "texture and gloss" to the "water" :)


Thanks for watching!

[Frank3k]

That looks fantastic! The paint job is superb, with just the right amount of shading and highlights. I see "grandpa" changed outfits after the bocce ball game...

[Antonio Sobral]

Thanks for the comment!

Some more progress on the water:

A shallow layer of acrylic gloss medium gel.




Once dried, it becomes transparent.








Almost done :)


Thanks for watching!

[finsrin]

With each set of pictures this goes from "too good" to "more too good" :)

[Old Wombat]

Very, very good! :)

[Antonio Sobral]

Hi guys

Thanks for the comments.

I added the water foam with some acrylic paint, and
the faded and worn look was done with the usual oil washes.

And it's done" :)

Here are some pictures of the final result:































And this concludes my participation on this great Group Build.

Thanks for watching!

[GTX_Admin]

 :)

[kerick]

Outstanding!