Well, you can try to guess what's going on in the DLS mind and may even think you have it clear in your own - but then a sub turns up...

"... worse fit than laxatives and sleeping pills."
David, that is a truly scary statement! I just got on to this piece, so I'm a bit behind the power curve, David. As to the Hammerhead, his debut is great to see. This promises to be a really interesting diorama when finished. The hot glue blobs are a great touch! Never seen THAT technique before! Do they stick well to the painted finish? This is likely the first pooped-on diorama in modeling history - and then they turn out to be decades of sea residue, small colonies of coral, mud, and pieces of aluminum and other materials that the salt water attacks.

WOW! Great imagination, David - you are one of a kind, my friend!

Thank you very glad, David - I AM well ... for the moment. My new motto in life has become this: "Every day above ground is a good one!"
I liked the idea I had regarding the "Pooped-on" look but your prep to make coral is a good one. I really look forward to your journey and the (I'm confident it will be - ) the great ending! Scuba diving has always held great interest to me since around 4th or 5th grade when I did my first school report on the late, great Jacques Cousteau. Sadly, I am also VERY leery of water where I can't see the bottom. I'm a decent swimmer but I DON'T like A) murky water or B) where it is considerably deeper than 3 m (10 ft.) and I can't see. When I went swimming in the Med during my visit to Calella, Spain I found myself VERY uncomfortable if more than perhaps 50 ft. (15 m) from the shore. Long story short, I never had the opportunity to learn diving here in middle America so diving remains an interest ONLY.

I saw a wonderful display at the Pensacola Naval Air Museum where they recreated (in GREAT detail) the look of an aircraft they recovered from Lake Michigan. It was a training plane (an SBD if memory serves) from the Great Lakes NTC - Naval Training Center. The lights on the display were down low and it looked like you, the visitor were diving on a newly-found aircraft wreck. Of course it was covered in undersea (or underlake, as the case may be) slime with sea bottom debris all around. It was a great display!
That's about it for now. Keep up the great photos on the "Poopie Cat," please! (If that nickname bothers you, please let me know.) 😉

The 'Poopie Cat' it is, then, Jeff. I've always had a fascination for the depths for the same reason it gave you the heebie jeebies; the size, mystery, and what may be under there. To this day I have a thing about sea monsters.

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David,I like it ! Jeff, I spent fours on and off carriers and my worst fear was falling into the water , no swim calls for me, always kept a float coat close by.

Such a lovely project. Can't wait to see more achievement.

You might need to use a pilot figure and modify. Also, Tamiya has a couple of sets in 1/48, see attached.

Look at Blast models over in France. And then there is this place...but be careful, it can be a rabbit hole! I know, I'm already planning on a big one with a few things from this site. 😉

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