No resin. No plaster. No silicone. This is the best ocean technique I've seen. So simple and with stunning results

The use of the foil is a cracking technique. Looks far more controllable than trying with a gel.

holy crap - *THAT'S* impressive! i kept waiting for the part where he poured the epoxy...

…and the award for “Best WWII Diorama Done to Perfection, Water Category” goes to….

Thanks to you I’ll be using this video as a guide for the 1/35 Border U-boat conning tower.

Tin foil and cotton. I would NEVER have guessed it.

Thank you so much for showing me you're great artistry and model making I've been trying to figure out what to do because I broke 5 vertebrae in my neck and also my skull and some other things but now you have shown me a great tool of rehabilitation you don't know how much it means .For what I have seen it does remind me of my childhood when i used to make model Navy ships and also model aeroplanes I would hand make the engines write down to everything that I thought was necessary. But you have given me more information about true artistry. And now with this injury you have really reopened myself in my rehabilitation so I thank you for sharing and showing your art knowledge and what can be done. From the land down under Australia.

Unbelievable level of realism... you’re the best! I hope one day we can manage to bring you to Brasil for a scale a ton workshop! Have a nice weekend

This guy is the Bob Ross of model-making.

WOW, when I first saw the completed picture I thought for sure it was resin or something poured in. Great technique. Looks awesome.

Every time I watch one of these videos they'll do some that makes me just go like "NO WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? YOU'VE RUINED IT!" Then ten seconds later they make it even better than it was to begin with.

No way! So cool! You should be awarded or something!!! DIY in absolute perfection!

I totally thought that was resin when I saw the pic!

that sea effect is superb..the best ive ever seen...ill be copying it on my model railway....ive been all over you tube looking and its just wonderful mate,,,

Completely ludicrous how this guy simply makes ultra realistic waves with a few tools! He is a master of his craft!

That is just amazing. Years ago (35+) you could never find a sea scene that looked so realistic. Things have changed. This has a realism that you don’t sea (pardon the pun) often. Great build. And thank you for all the information. 👍👍🇨🇦

That, my friend, is seriously impressing! You make it look so easy, but those waves look more than just random - you definitely have an eye for how water behaves and looks. Super!

Thanks for this video. I showed it to my 67yo father who has been building models his entire life and doesn't use the internet. He loved this video and learned something from your techniques.

Outstanding. The waves are so realistic.

I love the use of cotton wool for wave effects. The end result looks great. "Great tips"

Congratulations on creating the most realistic ocean scene I've ever seen and thank you for sharing your clever technique and skills. In the 70's, I was an export manager at Humbrol, so I have seen many! Any suggestions for a 1:20 scale ocean would be appreciated.

i love it! By simply trimming the cotton wave the model look so much cleaner and realistic! Thanks for sharing definitely going to try it out

The effect of the water over the deck is great. Nicely done.

Fantastic tutorial mate, and the finished dio is simply stunning and very dynamic. I’ve just started building the AFV Club 1/350 Type XXI and was going to display it on the stand but you’ve now convinced me to try doing a sea base. Thank you

It looks amazingly realistic! Great execution of water effects!

This is so beautiful, that I almost cried.

I'm so glad this showed up in my recommended feed! Absolutely beautiful work!

I really have to try that method my friend! Amazing work! Kudos!

A really great tutorial mate, and a big help for me, i never try to make a sea Diorama coz i was afraid to make it wrong, but now i know how, thank you

Amazing, I love U-BOATS and seeing this one breaking the ocean surface is awesome

Outstanding. You can feel the pounding of the waves. Thank you for sharing this.

Thanks! This is the easiest and best looking way to do "high seas" effects in my opinion and I appreciate the refresher. I'm planning a USS Constitution build next year, and I want to put her out to sea under full sail. I've bookmarked this video for reference later.

Мужик, ты мега крут! просто шедевр, натурально как брызги сделал!

Amazed at how with the foil you was able to get the water to look so deep! Thanks a ton for sharing this, I have been struggling with this for a very long time. Time to try this technique myself...;)

正に鉄の鯨だ、生命の息吹すら感じる。本当に素晴らしい❗️

Stunning. Thank you so very much. Very nice to see this done without resin, just hard work and a keen eye.

Fantastic! What a great effect, and you've done it convincingly. Thanks for sharing your methods and technique!

Thanks very much for that awesome tutorial! I happened to have a AFV Club 1/350 Type XXI in the stash so decided I would give it a go. I’m very happy with the result but learnt that it’s a challenge to avoid air pockets under the foil and also found that strands of cotton wool get everywhere. Thanks once again and keep the fantastic videos coming.

Looks great! A couple of look outs on the bridge and it's perfect!

Wow, one of the best water techniques I've seen done so far. I love the use of kitchen foil and cotton to get the build-up of waves. Very good tutorial my friend. Cheers!

Amazing! I can sea the waves moving and the u-boat rising falling through them. Sure I can smell the sea as well!

I really enjoyed watching an artist do his craft to perfection.Thank you !

Amazing work. Have never seen anyone supply this high a level of paint/spray info nor use cotton for waves before. Incredibly impressive job.

This is the first video I've seen you do and this was great! The diorama looks great and I love how not only did you show your techniques but you also showed in the corners of the video what products you were using!

When I saw the thumbnail and the picture at the start of the video I thought this was mostly going to be a resin video. I'm completely stunned, what an amazing technique and wonderful build

DAMN, that water looks cold! 🥶👍

Amazing effects! The water doesn't only look wet, it appears to be transparent. Great job! Thanks for sharing.

That looks absolutely amazing. I will try it for sure. I have been wanting to do a float plane taking off from water and this technique looks like it will work perfectly. Thanks for making the video.

More then perfect - no other words for this realistic work.....

Oh my god, this is just the video i needed! Bulding the Trumpeter 1/350 HMS monmouth and was wondering how to do a nice sea base!

Wow! Thank you so much for making this video. The steps are very clearly explained and I really appreciate you posting the material used and how it was mixed. I am totally going to be trying this! Thank you!!

never saw tinfoil coming... that and the x22 make the colours work on an insane level.. truly fantastic work! brilliant!

This is a fantastic diorama, the waves look gorgeous!

Excellent water & wave spray effect; probably the best I have yet seen.

Foil? WOW! Never would have figured that out. Beautiful work as always.

Amazing work that actually looks like moving sea water over a fast moving u-boat. Excellent video!!!

thank you, this technique seem more easy to do than pour resin into mould from you Pete video.

Thank you for sharing your technique. As a HO 1/87th model railroader my hat is off to you. I would class your work as museum quality. Keep up the great videos.

That is just fucken amazing. I built these kind of plastic models as a kid and used them as toys when they were done, resulting in snapped antennas and one bladed propellers etc. This is on another level, so to speak.

You had me at the application of rust, straight off the airbrush needle - the translucency that 'appears' to be in the water left me stunned! I've been saying all along that that resin stuff is just too expensive....

Speechless! Best U-boat diorama I have seen!

Stunning. Breathtaking. A work of art.

Absolutely the best WATER diorama effects I've seen. You are a master my good man! Kudos!

Beautifully done. thank you for sharing this. I can't wait to try out your technique.

What a brilliant idea of making this diorama so lifely!

Wow! That’s amazing now I’m gonna go do my hmas Sydney IV and use your technique for it!!!

That is just unbelievable you can even see it's mass coming out of the water

Amazing to see what human hands can do with the good brain to control it... it’s simply beautiful man, what a job 👏

Brilliant! You have solved many macro photography issues for me - keep up the great work!

Such simple yet effective techniques.....great job!!

I've instantly felt an Atlantic, windy cold.

Incredible! Looks so realistic. Simple tools, but a lot of skill!

Just plain.... FANTASTIC!!!!!

Simply amazing, love your water technique

You are a real artist! Absolutely incredible work!

Love your peaceful cello music in the background

amazing watereffect, looks real !

This is the first video I see from you and frankly you give me a PLASMO - plastic models feel I like what you do good job man

I wish I could "like" this video as many times as I watched it. Great inspiration! I am preparing my u-boat based on this! Thank you.

Since I live near the Carnegie Science Center, my personal submarine is the USS Requin. I've been inside it, and have seen the torpedo bay, and stood next to the recon post. Even though I don't know or care much about submarines, the Requin has a special place in my heart.

The man is a genius!

cant believe the foil created that effect amazing thank you for sharing.

just tried you method and it turned out Brilliant !!!

WOW!!!!! Best ocean diorama ever seen.

Wow, that is truly amazing! Unbelievable!

Stunning!!! I used to work at the shipyard where the LCS are built, and Trumpeter put out the kit, I bought it 2 years ago but I want to put in ocean, now I can, without using resin. Thank you, your work is awesome!!!

The work of an artist

This is the first time I see something like that, really love it.👍

If you extended the sea on on a 6x4 canvas, this would be an amazing art piece on the wall.

Breathtaking! Well done.

Amazing work , looks so real I want to drop a line and hook into it.

Incredible attentionn to the finest of detaiils! Great work, well done!!

Continue to be blown away by your work. Great technique with the tinfoil. I will be sure to imitate your style in my next model.

Nice video. Like the way you list and show the mixing levels and colors , and air pressure reading

Just brilliant results from a genius of the craft.

That is incredible. Cannot wait to have a go at this!

Absolutely beautiful!

That is awesome looking with just tin foil, glue, cotton and paint, WOW !!!

I really wanna make a diorama from the film Greyhound and your water effect did massive work and ended up beautifully

Was anticipating when the epoxy would be poured but I’ve never been more shocked 😮 that’s a crazy technique that I don’t think many would have thought of, definitely a different approach but great results regardless 👍🏻👍🏻