Cruising Art

Sorry, I ran into a small snag on the Centurion Project build. I'll be back on it again tomorrow.
Until then, here's some blog filler.

While I wasn't able to do any rocket building on the last cruise, I did do some pencil drawing.
This is a rusted ship in the Mohogany Bay in Roatan.
I think it was left there for effect (not an actual sunken ship) for the tourists and scuba divers to explore.
A member of the crew remarked: "Oh that's just another one from the Carnival line."

Wolverine Downscale "How To" Part 5 Art Placement

You'll have to enlarge this screen shot to understand what was done:

From previous downscale work I knew the width of the BT-5 body wrap would be 1.77" wide. I drew a box to that width and filled it in with gray.

The original kit's fin alignment guide was used for the fin placment lines. It was copied and dropped next to the gray body wrap box, then reduced to fit the 1.77" width.

On the software screen, individual decals spots were redrawn, picked up and dropped into position over the gray body wrap box.

The fins were drawn so they could have the leading fold over the center layer of cereal box cardboard. This gives a rounded leading edge to the fins.

If you are going to build the model, one side of the fin print is wider than the other. This is done to ensure full color coverage on both sides even if your glued wrap is a little off. When cutting through the sandwiched fin, cut the slightly smaller side on the thin black line border.