Air Sea Rescue MH-60T Coast Guard helo

[Pete Fleischmann]

Hey All-

working on this too. 
This is a Coast Guard MH-60T dio helicopter rescue of an unfortunate Hornet driver-

Reedoak figure modified 

 

cheers

P

 

 

[Pete Fleischmann]

Here’s the figure modified with an inflated LPU. The raft was cut down from a Schnell boot raft and also modified 

The master for the water was made with Monster Clay

RTV mold of base

clear resin casting 

Finished figure

Raw casting before paint

Sea dye marker

Rotor wash and white caps added

 

should look kinda like this. I’ll have a Coast Guard MH-60T in a hover over the water

mounting rod for the helo goes here-

this will be very similar to my Pavehawk here-

cheers

P

[Peterpools]

Pete

Incredible and I'm completely blown away. "Brilliant work" doesn't come close.

 

 

[belugawhaleman]

Hey, that's cool! Very well done.

[HubertB]

2 hours ago, Peterpools said:

Pete

Incredible and I'm completely blown away. "Brilliant work" doesn't come close.

 

 

« Blown away » looks like a most appropriate description …😉

Hubert

[DocRob]

Fantastic work, water and figure look absolutely great. Can't wait to see the heli hovering.

Cheers Rob

[Martinnfb]

Excellent

 

[Bomber_County]

Ok, that’s it I’m quitting……….seriously, Pete this is stunning……..

[Pete Fleischmann]

Thanks all for the kind comments- much appreciated!

Had a few questions about creating the base. I knew that casting the water in clear resin was the money play..so I first had to create a stable master pattern. 
I decided on Monster Clay. It is an easy to form synthetic clay that Hollywood uses to make..well..monster masks. It’s not expensive; and comes in a few different hardnesses- each with their own formabilty.

I started with the same wooden base that I used for my Pavehawk. I built up some temporary plexiglass sides around the wood base. After warming the monster clay in the oven, I poured/spread it into the plexiglass frame on top of the wood base.

I formed the rotor wash waves by hand while the clay was still warm. Super fun! I removed the plexiglass sides when the clay cooled, And I scalped-out a recessed area for the raft to sit in

water texture was tapped onto the surface with the ass end of an adjustable wrench 

I used a heat gun to re-warm the clay and smooth out any rough spots or finger prints. This step really creates that natural organic water feel

a two-part RTV mold is pretty simple. Just mix up equal quantities of both parts. I had to build a box around the master to contain the RTV.

The clear resin was tinted with resin tint. The resin mix ratios are critical to get it to set up properly. It took about 24 hours to set up for demold. I used the torch again to destroy bubbles as they surfaced- obviously this is the bottom of the base you are looking at.

The whitecaps were made from Microballoons mixed with white acrylic paint. Lots of airbrush effects, and washes with dilluted clear acrylic paints-

The base is about an inch and a half thick and weighs a ton. I’ll polish the edges and trim it with wood molding about half way up-

 

cheers

P

[Peterpools]

Pete

Amazing, simply amazing 🏆

[shark64]

As I said many times, I would hate competing with you. I recall this a while back. Stunning

[Pete Fleischmann]

On 5/23/2023 at 9:26 PM, shark64 said:

As I said many times, I would hate competing with you. I recall this a while back. Stunning

Thanks Oliver; but I would never have a chance if your work was on the contest table-

 

P

[GazzaS]

Really great dio, Pete!