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ť Forum Name: PT Boats - General
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ť Topic: Other
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I meant for the Topic to read "Other 'Tender Moments'........"

I hope that you all don't mind if I toot my own horn and share my two latest Tenders of the USS Barnegat Class, like the USS Oyster Bay was.

USS Duxbury Bay AVP-38 at Kerama Retto, Okinawa in May 1945.

[image]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii194/carlomaha/P1210132.jpg[/image]

USCGC Cook Inlet WAVP-384 (former USS Cook Inlet AVP-36) circa 1949-53.

[image]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii194/carlomaha/P1240423.jpg[/image]

Posted By: Carl M | Posted on: Feb 16, 2013 - 5:59pm
Total Posts: 79 | Joined: Jan 12, 2010 - 1:15pm

Beautiful work Carl! I especially like the Cutter breaking through the ice!
Dave

David Waples

Posted By: David Waples | Posted on: Feb 16, 2013 - 8:56pm
Total Posts: 1679 | Joined: Jan 2, 2007 - 9:55pm

Just Beautiful Carl, love them both..........

Posted By: Frank J Andruss Sr | Posted on: Feb 17, 2013 - 12:15am
Total Posts: 3497 | Joined: Oct 9, 2006 - 6:09am

Awesome! Thank you!

SteveS156

Posted By: SteveS156 | Posted on: Feb 17, 2013 - 6:20am
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Museum-quality, Carl. Great work!

Posted By: Drew Cook | Posted on: Feb 17, 2013 - 8:02am
Total Posts: 1306 | Joined: Oct 19, 2006 - 10:44am

Carl, that is simply Awesome !! Not only the build but the photography is so far over the top. Did you set-up outside and use a real backdrop for the setting or is it a photograph/poster used as the background ? I love the weathering on the hulls of both ships and the snow and ice on the second ship is just spectacular. Well done.

Posted By: Roy Forbes | Posted on: Feb 17, 2013 - 2:09pm
Total Posts: 371 | Joined: Sep 5, 2012 - 4:57pm

wonderfulll detailing carl and the trsliistic view make you feel as though you are actually there.the lower bow breaking through the ice And the positioon of the ice curling uop is very masterful.
thanks. you deserve to blow your own horn. eaRL

earl richmond

Posted By: EARL RICHMOND | Posted on: Feb 17, 2013 - 2:22pm
Total Posts: 319 | Joined: Oct 8, 2006 - 1:50pm

These ships aren't directly related to PT Boats but, I'm glad that they have been welcomed here as much as they have.

Thank you, all, for your wonderful compliments.

I enjoy photographing my models as much, if not more, than building them. Sometimes, I wonder if I build them just to photograph them. Actually, I prefer to look at the photos more than the actual model.

The ice flow diorama was the most difficult to make realistic photos of; trying to find backdrop images with white snow/ice and not with a bluish tint to it all. This is the major differences between the others with just open water and no ice or other obstacles in the water.

Roy,

I use photos printed on legal size paper for the backdrops and photograph them in direct sunlight.

The backdrop for the USS Duxbury Bay is actually from Kerama Retto, present day, with two different images used for the different angles.

And if non one minds, I hope that you like these pics, too.

[image]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii194/carlomaha/Model%20-%20USS%20Duxbury%20Bay%20WWII/P12101463.jpg[/image]

[image]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii194/carlomaha/Model%20-%20USS%20Duxbury%20Bay%20WWII/P12101694.jpg[/image]

[image]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii194/carlomaha/Model%20-%20USS%20Duxbury%20Bay%20WWII/P12101792.jpg[/image]

[image]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii194/carlomaha/Model%20-%20USS%20Duxbury%20Bay%20WWII/P1210234.jpg[/image]

[image]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii194/carlomaha/Model%20-%20USCGC%20Cook%20Inlet%20WAVP%20384/CookInlet020.jpg[/image]

[image]http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/ii194/carlomaha/Model%20-%20USCGC%20Cook%20Inlet%20WAVP%20384/P12404732.jpg[/image]

Posted By: Carl M | Posted on: Feb 17, 2013 - 2:40pm
Total Posts: 79 | Joined: Jan 12, 2010 - 1:15pm

Carl, you and I are definitely on the same page here. Would love to talk cameras and effects with you on the phone some time when you have the chance.

Posted By: Roy Forbes | Posted on: Feb 18, 2013 - 2:15pm
Total Posts: 371 | Joined: Sep 5, 2012 - 4:57pm