Seascape
After gluing the ship hull to its base I went on to mix up the Pollyfilla, this is a brand name for a DIY filler used to fill cracks in interior walls or ceilings, (I use the ‘interior’ filler) that comes in powdered form and you mix with water until you get a thick porridge consistency. This is applied down one side of the hull/ base using an old butter knife. The waves are formed by gently pulling the filler with the knife to the desired shape. Once one side has been applied using a clean flat brush remove from the hull any unwanted filler and tweak the filler as necessary. You need to remove the excess before it dries. Once I was happy with this I repeated the operation on the other side of the hull and base. When I was happy with results the model was put to one side to fully dry overnight.
The next day the edges of the base were cleaned up by simply gently sanding any overlaps of dry filler with sanding paper until level with the edge of the base and also rubbing down any missed blemishes. After removing the resulting dust I re-cleaned the waterline area again as it had a slight “stain” of filler on the fill. This was simply a case of using a clean flat brush to remove the scum from the paintwork on the hull.
The white seascape was then primed using acrylic Paine’s Grey paint applied by brush being careful not to splash the hull with it. Once dry I carefully masked off the entire hull using cut strips of Tamiya masking Tape being careful to follow the contours of the waves against the hull.
