I just finished the base and the pontoon to make a small diorama.
The aircraft has just been out of the water and the pilot comes out exhausted.
The plane will be the other way, the tail to the slope is not aesthetical.
The pontoon is made of wood salvaged from a food box.
The wood is scraped with a wire brush to make grooves. It's sanded. First try, I use brown paint with grey dry brush. The color was too dark.
The wood is painted with acrylic white paint. Washes with black and gray oil paint very dilute.
I wanted a badly worn wood color (by the sun) so we can see water stains easily.
I used polystyrene coated with miliput on each side.
The pebbles are made with kitty litter. Smaller stones are sorted with a screen made with a teabag. They cover the edges of the road.
Everything is painted with Buff XF57 (and desert yellow XF60) with white dry brush.
Mig pigment is deposited at the entrances of the pontoon
Water stains are made with black and brown paint and varnished.
The pilot is made from a model made for the train. He stands his back after a long flight.
It will look something like this:
Regards.
