Seaplane Dioramas Part One
Supermarine S6B

by Bernhard Schrock

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I have two seaplane dioramas. The first of these is roughly ten years old.

I was inspired by an article in German magazine Aeroplane and created a scene in Carlshot in 1931. In that year, the Supermarine S6B won the Schneider Trophy. I started with an old but good kit by Testor which I modified and detailed.

To create the surface of the water, I had the idea to use kitchen tinfoil which I kneaded into wave shape and airbrushed. By choosing the appropriate colors, I managed to give an illusion of decreasing depth towards the shore and of a ramp rising up out of the water.

I used various materials like sand from a North Sea island, structured wallpaper and thin wood to construct the rest of the diorama.

I built the trolley by using different kinds of plastic, wheels from my spare parts box and spokes from Tom´s Modelworks.

The figures are from Tamiya and Italeri.

The author would like to thank ESPECIALLY Ms Christiane Brodhage to dedicate a full hour and a half of her precious free time (on a Sunday, of all days) to writing a long article about things WHICH SHE DOES NOT UNDERSTAND IN THE LEAST.

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Last Updated 21 November, 2005

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