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Disclaimer: I don't really know what topic to assign this as, or whether there even is a forum on the internet that specializes in this.
I've previously mentioned that I'm not a fan of static models, considering I'm on and R/C submarine forum I can assume at least some of you share in this opinion. I mean static as in the shelves full of plastic Revell models I have to stare at when at work, I just find them to be lifeless and fragile. I wanted to see if I could attempt to build models that looked like they were in motion, undergoing a certain event. I came up with an idea, not exactly original but it would give new life to the plastic models. I'm talking about destroying them. Now hear me out, there are two groups of people in this world, those that are interested in things that are sunk and those interested in things floating. I tend to alternate depending on the story. But it got me thinking, I wouldn't be standing out if I were to simply make recreations of famous shipwrecks, its been done before and there are likely many out there far more skilled than me that pull it off. My idea is to build some "dioramas?" of some very niche shipwrecks. They don't have to be vessels that actually shipwrecked, they just have to be something that you know nobody else has paid interest to. Here's an example, Julliett 484 or K-77, she was a soviet submarine that yours truly partially owned for some time.....before she sank. Trust me when I say K-77 is already a niche vessel, I almost had a heart attack when I saw Bob was selling a model of one, I then proceeded to have the heart attack when I saw the price; its rare. But you know what you won't find? A model of her wreck. She sat on the bottom for more than a year before being raised, and the pictures of her were indescribable. The sub was completely intact (if your version of intact is a total loss) and after a year on the bottom the marine encrustations made the thing look like the Flying Dutchman. I'd be interested in immortalizing her in that state.
Anyways I just really need some shipwrecks ideas that no one has bothered to model before. They could be transitional, such as the ship sinking, or static, such as a the ship rusting on the bottom. It could be historical, like the Exxon Valdez, or hypothetical, what the QE2 would look like if she was sunk during the Falkland's War. It could even be a fictional vessel, such as the wreck of the Nautilus or Ulysses (I wanna see that as much as you do). If you have a specific ship in mind, just remember it has to exist already in model form. The more insane the better.
-Alex
I've previously mentioned that I'm not a fan of static models, considering I'm on and R/C submarine forum I can assume at least some of you share in this opinion. I mean static as in the shelves full of plastic Revell models I have to stare at when at work, I just find them to be lifeless and fragile. I wanted to see if I could attempt to build models that looked like they were in motion, undergoing a certain event. I came up with an idea, not exactly original but it would give new life to the plastic models. I'm talking about destroying them. Now hear me out, there are two groups of people in this world, those that are interested in things that are sunk and those interested in things floating. I tend to alternate depending on the story. But it got me thinking, I wouldn't be standing out if I were to simply make recreations of famous shipwrecks, its been done before and there are likely many out there far more skilled than me that pull it off. My idea is to build some "dioramas?" of some very niche shipwrecks. They don't have to be vessels that actually shipwrecked, they just have to be something that you know nobody else has paid interest to. Here's an example, Julliett 484 or K-77, she was a soviet submarine that yours truly partially owned for some time.....before she sank. Trust me when I say K-77 is already a niche vessel, I almost had a heart attack when I saw Bob was selling a model of one, I then proceeded to have the heart attack when I saw the price; its rare. But you know what you won't find? A model of her wreck. She sat on the bottom for more than a year before being raised, and the pictures of her were indescribable. The sub was completely intact (if your version of intact is a total loss) and after a year on the bottom the marine encrustations made the thing look like the Flying Dutchman. I'd be interested in immortalizing her in that state.
Anyways I just really need some shipwrecks ideas that no one has bothered to model before. They could be transitional, such as the ship sinking, or static, such as a the ship rusting on the bottom. It could be historical, like the Exxon Valdez, or hypothetical, what the QE2 would look like if she was sunk during the Falkland's War. It could even be a fictional vessel, such as the wreck of the Nautilus or Ulysses (I wanna see that as much as you do). If you have a specific ship in mind, just remember it has to exist already in model form. The more insane the better.
-Alex
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