Charlie don't surf - “Oh yes, he does”

[shawngehling]

For those of you that know me... For those of you that don't, sorry, I'm the way out of the box guy in all the groups I belong to.
This was a group build "Charlie don't surf" (Anything Vietnam Era) I did on that group.

The figure is from Dragon's “Vietcong” set (his torso, arms and head have been switched with another figure in the set).
The surfboard is scratch built from Balsa Wood. It was sealed with a clear coat (Which leaves the wood grain visible) then custom decals were made for the board. The wood grain was not up to (Fred the master old school builders' standards), so more wood grain was painted on it.
The Wave is scratch built from sheet plastic, cut then heated and rolled into the “tubular” wave.
Many coats of White Acrylic Gel and even more coats of Clear Acrylic Gel have been painted on the front and back of the “Sheet Plastic” to build up the wave and to give it depth. The wave is painted and or dry brushed with numerous coats of various blue's, green's and white acrylic paints (between coats of acrylic gel). White is dry brushed near the crest of the wave. The wave is curled more and more with each coat of acrylic gel.

Here is the link to my build photos...

s573.photobucket.com/albums/ss175/shawngehling/Charlie%20don%20t%20surf%20OH%20YES%20HE%20DOES/#!cpZZ1QQtppZZ16

Hope you enjoy it as much as I have while building it.
Shawn

[johnt]

Hi Shawn, good to see Charlie again, that dude is having an awesome time! Great skills making that water, well done mate.

Cheers
JT

[shawngehling]

Thanks JT... He does love to hang ten (Ak style no less) LOL