Hi, I'm QDC. What we're about to build today is Italeri LCVP Higgins Boat and this is in
1/35 scale. This is my final installment of the Operation Overlord diorama part 10 and
I am very excited about making this video. Let's start building this boat and finishing
the diorama right now.
Let us take a look inside this box. We have one plastic bag containing the sprues for
the figures. The boat itself. Parts for the boat. String and decal and the instruction sheet.
Alright, we built the model kit and not it is time for me to show you what I think about
this kit so far. Take a look.
This is the completed model kit before painting and this is a pretty nice kit. When I think
about good model kit, in my mind, I do not think about Italeri as being one of the better
manufactures of better model kits. I think of Dragon and Tamiya...those types of companies.
But this particular kit has given me a second thought about Italeri as a good model kit
company. It's highly detailed as you can see and one of the amazing things about this kit...what
I like about it is it's easy to build. There were not a lot of parts in the kit but when
you put it together, it looks amazing. This is a very nice model kit and I recommend this
kit for all skills including the beginner. If you are a beginner, this would be a very
nice and rewarding kit for you to build. It's time for me to paint the model.
It's time for me to paint the model. I already gave a model a coat of black primer and now
I'm going to use my airbrush and paint the main color.
I'm going to give the entire model a pin wash. What I done was I coated the entire model
with Future Floor Wax to give it protection and what you see right here is cup of black
artist oil paint diluted in mineral spirits and what I'm doing to do is to give the entire
model a pin wash.
I'm going to give the model some grime effects. I'm going to tint the entire model with a
coat of light brown color.
This is the completed model kit after painting and it is a very nice model kit. By painting
the model, it reinforces the very nice, highly detailed kit that Italeri made. The figures
are very nice as well. It's time for me to finish up building Operation Overlord diorama.
It's time for me to make the water. What you see right here is the diorama that I made
in previous episodes of Operation Overlord. Right now I'm going to use my clear caulking
to make the water.
I'm going to use a ordinary plastic spoon to spread the clear caulking around and also
this spoon will also make the waves.
I'm going to give the bottom of the boat a wet appearance. What I'm going to do is I'm
going to use my airbrush and spray this area here with a coat of Future Floor Wax.
I'm going to highlight the waves. What I have in my hand is a brush dipped in white paint
and I took most of the paint off. What I'm going to do now is I'm going to dry brush
the waves to give it some highlights.
OK. So we build the model kit. We painted it. We weathered it and we finally finished
up the diorama from all the previous videos that I made until now...it's all wrapped up
into one. I am very excited to show you the completed model diorama from the begining
to the end. Take a look.
This is the completed diorama after completed everything for all those months. I feel that
I have been transported back to 1944. I feel like I am there in 1944 and I took a picture
of the D-Day Invasion and this is how it looked like to me. I'm going to lower my camera and
give you more of a three dimensional visual of what I see. It looks like I have been transported
back 1944. I am actually there. It does look realistic to me. It looks like I am in a middle
of a battle with explosions comming up where all the men are tense and about to run out
of the Higgins Boat. This diorama has taken me months to complete and it challenged me
of all of my resources, my skills to make this diorama. You cannot rush a work of art.
It took me a long time to build because it was a labor of love.
That completes the model project. What you are about to see next is a video slideshow
of the entire diorama but before I go, as always, just because I put this video of Youtube
it doesn't make me a model kit expert. I am not an expert. I am just a regular guy just
like you. I hope this video encourages you to build a model kit of your own. Either it's
a model tank, a model plane, or even an automobile. It doesn't matter. In the end it's all about
having fun. I'm QDC. Thanks for watching and always please, have a great day!