Godzilla hates boats

I took an old Godzilla model kit (the Playing Mantis re-release of the old Aurora kit), cut him in half, and placed him in this ocean diorama.

The ship is a WW II transport vessel that I tweaked slightly to make it look more like a generic cargo ship. The ship was a cheap kit, the kind you can slap together in an afternoon.

The "water" was a paste from Woodland Scenics called Flex Paste. After it dried, I painted it in the bluish colors of the ocean, and then covered this (after the paint dried, of course) with Water Effects, also from WS.

This was a fun diorama for me to do, one that got started when I saw the trailer for the upcoming Godzilla: King of the Monsters film.

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