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Models => Modelling Projects => Topic started by: Wizzel on March 22, 2020, 09:36:10 PM
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Evening all. Quite a few years ago, I completed what was my best model to date - the 1/72 Revell Lavochkin LA5 FN. I was pretty chuffed with it and displayed it at the Hull Veterans' Support Centre Model Show. On the way back and due wholly to me being a complete biff in stacking my models very poorly on the front seat of the car, one of my other models, a rather cumbersome Churchill Crocodile diorama, fell on top of it and squashed it.
I put it away and told myself that I would one day repair it and restore it to its' former glory and I eventually got brave enough to try. Sadly, a couple of bits were beyond repair and the tail wheel had gone astray so I decided that instead I would have to get even braver and damage it deliberately some more and turn it into a crashed aircraft. I sourced a Soviet pilot from CMK Resins, a Gaz-42 truck from a company called Military Wheels (Hannants list them as Model Wheels) and some ground crew figures from Zvezda and got to work. I haven't got many pictures but Have included a couple of the original LA5 and some of the diorama to date.
The truck is a real pig with soft plastic, not very snug fitting parts, no locating pins or holes and vague instructions but I have made something of it. I can always cover any imperfections with mud and rust! The company actually do a decent range of 1/72 scale kits and I would buy more from them as it's a good test of modelling skills.
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That will keep you quiet for a while Wizz - good to have you back posting on the site
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Looking good, Dave.
The farmer will be cursing about his ploughed field.
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Hi Wizzel,
Ingenuity at its best.
Unable to retrieve the model so make into something new!
What about a bottle of Vodka, from the farmer, for the downed airman, in tribute to his efforts!
Cheers,
Bigkev
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Thanks for the comments all. It was supposed to have crashed on a bit of level ground which was rutted with tyre tracks rather than a ploughed field, however, fresh eyes and all that - you've given me some inspiration to grow it in another direction. I'll nip off now and see what other accessories I can find...
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Thanks for the comments all. It was supposed to have crashed on a bit of level ground which was rutted with tyre tracks rather than a ploughed field, however, fresh eyes and all that - you've given me some inspiration to grow it in another direction. I'll nip off now and see what other accessories I can find...
Hi Wizzel,
Somebody else's view can put things into perspective modelling wise.
But what it also does is it opens your own individuality to create that different 'something'...
Keep at it, it shows great promise.
Bigkev
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I'm having a go at painting the figure with oils! It's fun. The resin casting provides a lot of detail but of course also needs patience whilst it dries. Everything is in various stages of drying from some form of paint, varnish or glue so I took a little break after tea but the extra time I've gained from working at home is really getting me back into it. I hope to make good progress not only on this project but on some of the others which have been gathering dust for too long.
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You are lucky Wizz - I have not touched plastic for the past few days -- repotting my bonsai, planting shrubs, tidying the garden, sorting out lots of boxes that have been on the list to do for several years and also watching lots of films with "she who must be obeyed" and also reading several big books ( yes Zak I can read but mainly look at the pictures)
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You are lucky Wizz - I have not touched plastic for the past few days -- repotting my bonsai, planting shrubs, tidying the garden, sorting out lots of boxes that have been on the list to do for several years and also watching lots of films with "she who must be obeyed" and also reading several big books ( yes Zak I can read but mainly look at the pictures)
OMG, Msea,
Reading a dictionary (without any pictures) , I never knew were a man of words.
If only it was true, in reality you are a plastic basher!
Bigkev
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I hope this works.... first time I've posted anything!!!
It looks really good, especially the ground and tree.
how is the tree made?
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I hope this works.... first time I've posted anything!!!
It looks really good, especially the ground and tree.
how is the tree made?
Well done, it worked, I am now trying to work out who Red Lancer is?
I do have a slight inkling.
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I hope this works.... first time I've posted anything!!!
It looks really good, especially the ground and tree.
how is the tree made?
Well done, it worked, I am now trying to work out who Red Lancer is?
I do have a slight inkling.
I have no idea BUT its great to have more on the web site -- look forward to seeing some of your models on the site soon
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I hope this works.... first time I've posted anything!!!
It looks really good, especially the ground and tree.
how is the tree made?
Hi Red Lancer, welcome to the madness and to your first post. The tree is a bit of seafoam which is a dried plant called Teloxis Aristata. You can actually grow your own and I may have a go at this. I just pulled a bit off that was the size I wanted then sprayed it with a watered down mix of white glue from a pump spray bottle then dipped it in some of that sprinkle grass. You can do as many coats of this as you need to get the effect you want. It's my first time making trees too, so you can see how easy it must be.
Anyway, a little more progress has been made. I've now finished the truck - with the exception of a little more weathering - and am getting on well with the pilot figure. The farming comments have made me think (steady on old boy!). There is now going to be a fence around the raised grassed area which the LA5 will have smashed through and I now need some sheep to pose is an "escaped from the meadow" attitude. The ground crew figures I have can just as easily be holding on to escaped sheep as turning the handle of a fuel pump, so until the sheep arrive, I will try and get the fence and figures finished. The fence may as well have some barbed wire running along it too. Some pics of how it is coming along are attached and though not much seems to have changed, quite a lot has happened to it since the last pics.
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Will it be Shaun the Sheep who has escaped - will it be animated ????? I think I need to get out more - Ohh no can't go out
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Will it be Shaun the Sheep who has escaped - will it be animated ????? I think I need to get out more - Ohh no can't go out
That's perhaps just as well for the rest of us. We don't want MSea Syndrome on top of everything else now do we!
Anyway, I was sat painting the figures last night and pondering the fence construction when I suddenly realised what was missing from the general look of the diorama. Muck on the plane! I didn't want to have to carry a little pot of loose soil around so I could sprinkle it on the thing like Francis did - although he did do a very good job of his - so just as I did when I deliberately damaged the plane for the crash, I got very brave and stuck clods of earth to it, even though it took the eye away from those carefully crafted cannon holes in the starboard wing somewhat. I even moulded a little lump on the ground which matched up with a bit hanging off the port wing root to assist in placing the plane on the ground. Having the time and the company (thank you BWSMC friends) to do this is wonderful therapy!
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Looking great - my kind of model damaged and dirty !!!!
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Telexis Aristata........Not only a modelling site but Gardeners World as well !
Thanks for the info
How's the figure doing?
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Looks good! Thanks for info on Telexis Aristata
Hows the figure doing?
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Oooops!.... thought the first one hadn't worked!
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Figures are coming on slowly. I'm using oils on the resin pilot - first time doing this - and like the control they give over enamels or acrylics, but the drying time forces patience. The others are being done in acrylics but like oils, I learnt to be patient and allow them not just to dry but also to cure as I found it's easy to rub off what you've applied if you're too hasty.
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Put them in the airing cupboard......you need to secure a bit though so the don't end up under the washing!!!!
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Put them in the airing cupboard......you need to secure a bit though so the don't end up under the washing!!!!
That is very naughty, modelling in the domestic area, I get told off for using the kitchen sink. Most areas are no go for me.
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If I had an airing cupboard I'd probably have a vat of beer fermenting in there! I have an area in "the hobbies room" which is our spare back bedroom and it's not too light in there but I do have a decent lamp. I have to be in the right mood to be there too. My fold up table which I am sometimes allowed to set up in the front room so I can do something whilst DCOS watches TV - it makes her think I want to be with her - is sometimes allowed and when she's on her scout camp 1 week per year, I take over the dining table. I have to say though, the mood is right at the moment.
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Hi Wizzel,
This current crisis, has brought us all together.
Though there are 'Red Lines' with the nearest and dearest even in the crisis.
Keep to your modelling area and you will be safe, stray beyond and well...…
Keep modelling though.
Bigkev.
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Right then, not much physical modelling done BUT a breakthrough nonetheless. The sheep have been ordered and after a lot of internet and book searches, I have decided that although a square fence would be easier to make out of balsa strips, a post and rail type fence with round tree branch rails would be the most appropriate for the time and place. I didn't want to use cocktail sticks as they are too regular and not really long enough for the rails - or should that be "not raily long enough?"
But, HOW to make the fence??? As an experiment, I took some garden wire, stripped the plastic off and then wrapped some blue cleaning roll onto which I had brushed watered down PVA around the wire and twisted it tight. I then brushed more neat PVA over that and let is set for a few hours. I was then able to sand it smooth-ish and to the correct scale thickness to get rid of the paper wrinkles and twists but still retain some texture like a long straight branch stripped of it's bark would look. I painted one length before sanding too so I could see how well the paint soaked into the tissue through the glue. No problem at all and it can still be bent and twisted slightly (as nothing is straight in nature) so that once painted, should look like the real (rail) thing.
The bit of fence the LA5 has crashed through will have to be wood I suppose unless I experiment with twists of paper without the wire core. That may be tonight's experiment. So, lots of words but only one fairly dull picture, but I have to say, it's great fun! They look a bit like sparklers don't they?
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Keep experimenting, its nice to see or read about.
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Hi Wizzel,
One picture or none, it does not matter.
What does, is that you are on here, and letting us know of your experiments, and just describing them is sufficient. It gives the rest of us idea's, how we can use them, or put a slightly different approach.
Dare I say, at this time, this is one type of cross fertilisation/transmission that we DO NEED!!
Cheers,
Bigkev
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Thanks Kev, this site has always been about sharing our "secrets" and helping each other improve.
So, some more progress then - please let me know what you think - good or bad. If you're like me, you always cringe when you see the photographs of what you think is great work as the camera can be very cruel in close up.
After a coat of khaki paint, I snipped the thicker gauge wire into lengths of around 1" which when inserted into the ground would leave the posts about chest high. This gave me two issues to resolve: 1. The profile at the ends which was now pinched. 2. The bare wire was visible. A quick rub with a flat needle file solved number 1 and as a bonus, also flared the ends slightly as they would be if they'd been hammered into the ground. For number 2, I dipped what would be the tops of the posts first in white glue and then when that was dry enough, tapped the ends against a bit of MDF to flatten the dome the glue had created thus restoring the flat top, then put a bit more khaki paint on. They've also been given another thin coat of PVA just to help seal the paper on, hence the semi-gloss look.
Other than the colour and finish, which I will work on tonight as I want to make a little paler - or even a grey hue - to represent bleached and aged wood, I'm pleased with the effect. The non uniform shapes and the look of rough timber posts has been achieved I think. Pictures of the process described above attached - picture 11 was just a test shot of a post in the ground and you can see clearly the wire in the top.
Next is the rails which I have started to make out of thinner gauge wire. More on those probably tomorrow.
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They look good.
I know what you mean about "THE CAMERA", it shows up all the faults.
They are like Twiglets -remember them?
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Look great to me Wizz -- I do something like that for trees -- bent wire and a coat of polyfiller
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I know I'm joining this discussion late, but can I say what an excellent way of 're-displaying' a "damaged" model.
I'm starting to think more about displaying my models in diorama settings rather than just as stand-alone model.
Must move on to read all the other topics now!!!
Biggles
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Well done Biggles - go for it as Haddock says a ship model should be in water, and I think all other models should be displayed in a diorama. We might even get you into zombies - hohohoho
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Hi Wizzel,
You are a very creative guy.
To make all that from bits and bobs, and explaining how you did it can only benefit the rest of us.
Thanks,
Bigkev
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Just a quick update. I did a bit of work on the colours of the posts last night and drilled locating holes. Here they are placed (not yet fixed) this morning. I will look with fresh eyes at lunchtime do a final slightly darker wash or dry brush to tone things down and touch up those that I'm not happy with although having just previewed them on "the big screen and considering they are 1/72 scale, I'm very pleased with them - especially the first two on the left.
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I think they look fine, great scenic work - railway modelling next.
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I think they look fine, great scenic work - railway modelling next.
No move into the dark side and do a ship
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I could incorporate both and do a cutaway diorama of a section of the "Chunnel" from the surface to the bed of the English Channel. I'm in the process of ordering some clear cast resin for my next project as it happens!!! ;D
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I could incorporate both and do a cutaway diorama of a section of the "Chunnel" from the surface to the bed of the English Channel. I'm in the process of ordering some clear cast resin for my next project as it happens!!! ;D
MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM - what scale though?
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Knowing Wizz it will be 1;1 scale - hohohoh
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A very impressive diorama. Like Neil, I may have to consider doing one.
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I think it's a brilliant idea "recycling" an older/damageds kit and creating a diorama out of it.
I look forward to seeing it 'in the plastic'... in the fullness of time.
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Hi Biggles,
Will we need more table space, when we next meet?
Some of this stuff presented on the website is fabulous. Never known so much skill is out there.
Contributor's, keep it up.
Looks like a bumper meet, when we are allowed.
Cheers,
Bigkev
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I was thinking exactly the same Kev. We may have to have a meeting every night for a week to catch up and have people bring their kits in by surname in alphabetical order!
Anyway, when I took Prints out for his walk on the golf course last night, I found a nice piece of wood lying about doing nowt so I brought it back so I could try and replicate the effect as it was exactly the finish I was after. I made my posts a touch darker than the real wood for the purpose of "scale colour" and I'm stuck in this dilemma now of whether they are now too dark. I thought they were too light before so I'm just going to draw a line under it and be sensible. It's nature after all and wood is all kinds of different shades! The posts are now finished and glued in place at just over 1" distance (6 foot) which at first, even though it would be correct in real life, I thought looked too close on the diorama but when the aircraft is in place, looks "good enough". Rails tonight and a whole weekend ahead to work on them and the figures.
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They say ingenuity is the mother of invention, and it certainly is in your case Wizzel!
The first meeting we have after this dreadful pandemic is over will be a cracker!
We'll have all built so many models in the intervening weeks/months, the tables will be sagging under the weight!
chriswil42: A Sycamore or a Belvedere landing in a jungle setting would be a good diorama for you perhaps!!??!!
The way this blasted Special Hobby Fiat BR.20 is going together, or not as the case may be, might mean it ends up on the Shelf of Doom to be tackeld again at a later date... or perhaps never!
I've staterd looking at Spitfires and Hurricanes again for easier options... aaaarrrggghhh!
Biggles
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Hi Wizzel
The posts you made look excellent. I see that you also found a bit of wood when out walking.
I've collected odd its of twig, root, moss, stone etc for years when in garden or anywhere really.
I just store them in my model cupboard with the rest of the rubbish!
The diorama really looks good!
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They say ingenuity is the mother of invention, and it certainly is in your case Wizzel!
The first meeting we have after this dreadful pandemic is over will be a cracker!
We'll have all built so many models in the intervening weeks/months, the tables will be sagging under the weight!
chriswil42: A Sycamore or a Belvedere landing in a jungle setting would be a good diorama for you perhaps!!??!!
The way this blasted Special Hobby Fiat BR.20 is going together, or not as the case may be, might mean it ends up on the Shelf of Doom to be tackeld again at a later date... or perhaps never!
I've staterd looking at Spitfires and Hurricanes again for easier options... aaaarrrggghhh!
Biggles
Hi Biggles,
If I can't have the Fiat Br.20 article/build.
Will settle (groan!) for another Spitfire.
At least I Know that you know a 'little' about them.
Bigkev
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As promised I've been working on the rails over the last couple of nights. I used a thinner gauge wire for these as I wanted them to be, well, thinner! As before, I brushed blue cleaning tissue with watered down white glue, twisted it on and hung it to dry, giving is a coat of white glue and sky grey paint as an undercoat whilst it was hanging. Once dry, it was a case of rolling it under my fingers on a piece of old MDF and sanding it with 180 grit wet n dry as I went.
As I was sanding it down, I scraped the residue to one side intending to brush it into the bin at the end but it happened quite by chance that I found it would come in quite useful. When painting one of the rails, I accidentally dropped it into the residue and found that it gave a good rough bark effect. I then stuck some loose bits of scatter from the trees on the rails to make nobbles where smaller branches have been cut off. Streaks of various brown, green and yellow oils were used for the wood effect.
The shattered rails were made by just messing about with some tiny shavings of a cocktail stick, superglue and the residue from the sanding process. Again, oils finished the job.
Next stage is to complete enough rails for the fence and put that together then get cracking on the figures, which will be my least favourite part! Not sure how much else I will get done this weekend as I have a set of 1:1 scale drive gates to sort tomorrow - post holes to dig, posts to fix in and gates to hang. My own fault for showing DCOS how proud I was of the 1/72 scale posts I suppose!
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Great work and ingenuity, well done Dave.
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Will have to steal this idea - well done Wizz
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Hi Wizzel,
Nice work, beginning to look 'real'.
Cheers,
Bigkev
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Slow progress over Easter as there were a couple of other DIY projects which needed my attention - the 1/1 scale drive gate posts being one of them which are in and gates hung.
After a few false starts on the design of the fence (I can find very little in the way of reference pictures), I decided on the TLA approach. It seemed logical to make the fence this way to me as if the poles were all on the outside, the livestock could push them off by leaning and rubbing on them and having them all on the inside somehow looked really naff. Now I'm sure I will meet a 90 year old Soviet agricultural labourer at a show sometime who will tell me how very wrong my fence is, but until then - and even after then, as far as I'm concerned, "That Looks Alright" (TLA).
The smashed fence to the port of the aircraft is glued in place - I just need a few more smaller pieces and some splinters to finish it off. Those to the right are roughly placed for now and will be subject to a of faffing with before they are fixed. It's the "pizza topping syndrome" at work again - that fine line between looking a complete mess and trying to appear natural but actually looking deliberately placed - which I do struggle with.
The picture with the figures in are for scale only.
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Looking good I like the fence
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That looks pretty good, well done Dave.
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Fench is looking real good.
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Fench is looking real good.
Whether it is the fence or the 'Fench' it looks spot on to me.
Bigkev
PS. Though I might look it I'm not 90 year old Soviet Agricultural Labourer
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Mistype!
Didn't know you were that old Kevin.
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I am saying nothing - I am due a clip round the head for the model of Kevin as a club committee member as it is.
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I am saying nothing - I am due a clip round the head for the model of Kevin as a club committee member as it is.
If I can catch you with my Zimmer Frame, then yes you are going to get a very hard.....by then, stroke on the cheek!
Slaps, punches, black eyes are for younger members.
But, I do make a very nice Voodoo Doll, watch out for that sharp pain in buttocks.
Cheers,
Bigkev
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Ouch ouch ouch - its working
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Diorama settings certainly bring models to 'life' don't they...
... and add interest for the viewer.
Modelling-wise it looks like the way forward.
Enjoyed reading all the posts today, even though I haven't replied/commented on them.
Back to masking the Spitfires and Hurricanes I have got on the go – which I plan to display in diorama settings.
Biggles
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Really does look great
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After a week's absence from the bench - I've been catching up with a bit of a renovation project in our lane, turning a strip of bramble choked, rubbish and rubble strewn wasteland into an area of outstanding natural beauty - I decided to get myself motivated and am now declaring the fence finished. Nowt to tell on the how as it's in the preceding pages but I've got all the bits on I want on (pizza topping syndrome strikes again) and that's that. Only thing else I did after taking the pics was a coat of Humbrol Matt Cote as the oils left a bit of a sheen on the fence, even after being dotted on card to soak up the oil which is the bit that leaves the shine generally. The stuff which looks like frost on the pictures is my awful photography efforts and terrible lighting. The pics look a bit better at full resolution but the site won't allow them.
that big - you'll have to wait until the next physical meeting to see them - always assuming there's space on the table!
Now onto the figures... wish me luck!
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Good Luck Wizzel,
The balance between home duties/responsibilities is an endless challenge when it comes to modelling.
Sometimes modelling wins when the weather is poor, then home duties/responsibilities come out trumps when the weather is good, or the DCOS is on duty....
I'm sure, your figures will be sublime once completed, despites DCOS's desires or intentions.
Bigkev
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It looks fantastic!
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A bit of an update. I got busy painting the figures eventually - took a bit of motivation but once I started I quite enjoyed it. The sheep are ready but the people still need a bit of work but I thought I should have a bit of a play with the positioning - cue pizza topping syndrome.
The truck holds two people in the cab so the driver is the one talking to the pilot who is describing the dogfight which got him shot down. The passenger is (will be) attempting to pull the escaped lamb back into the field having managed to get a bit of rope around it's neck - the figure was originally filling a fuel drum from a hand pump so the hose will be cut away and replaced with a bit of thread for the rope. The lamb had the front legs modified slightly to show itself pulling against the rope. The clutter in the back of the truck...well that's just bits and pieces I had loose on the bench so I just chucked them in the truck for now. They'll eventually go into my spares box as they're nowt to do with this model.
Once the figures are finished, it won't be quite time to fix them in place as I have another little improvement planned - but that's for another day as I haven't received the thing I need to make it yet!
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Bleating good, Ewe have done well.
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Is the pilot called Baarrtholomew and the driver called Beeernadette ?????
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"Mind my Woolly Backs Comrade".
Its too late for that parachute...
Well done.
Andy.
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I think other members will be 'flocking' to see this one completed.
Sorry,
Bigkev
PS. Stunning build and attention to detail
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Looks absolutely great!
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Really excellent Dave.
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Hi Wizzel,
I like the story telling aspect of this build. It isn't just an aircraft, it is an integral part of life, and the lives that this particular aircraft touched, in its short life.
More please, we have something to learn from you on diorama settings...
Cheers,
Bigkev
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Hello all, yes I've been AWOL again. Exam board season at work and with not only remote working, we have all the Corona 19 Syndrome regulations to deal with so the hours have been brutal. However, I think we're over the first and the worst round of boards so I should have a little more free time - actually that should read "I should have some free time"!
The diorama was on hold if you recall my last post as I was waiting for something to improve it. Well that something arrived quite some time ago and I finally got the chance to test it out and then actually get to work and start on the improvement. What I treated myself to was a static grass applicator! I'd been looking at these for a while and wondering whether to make the investment or not being as how I like to put my models in some sort of setting. The ones I've seen on railway modellers videos were a bit big for my need not to mention expensive, but I then came across a lad on the Youtube who's handle is Lukes APS. He does some amazing wargaming dioramas and was using a static grass applicator from World War Scenics. I checked out their website (wwscenics.com), gave them a call and chatted to the bloke that designs their stuff who is a military diorama man. He recommended - and I subsequently ordered - the Pro Grass Precision Applicator which was exactly what I was after. Not too unwieldy and with the ability to cover large enough areas for my 1/72 scale stuff. It is pictured for you.
How it works is that the grass is placed in the hopper on the end of the wand. The hopper has a mesh in the end. Glue is brushed on to the surface you wish to grass over and a pin or nail is pushed into the base through the glue. The cable with the clip on is attached to the pin or nail to ground the charge and the device switched on - actually this is not necessary on the one I got because of the size, you only have to hold the clip near the area you're working on. The grass in the hopper is charged up with static electricity and when it's sprinkled from the hopper, it is pulled into a vertical orientation by the charge and lands upright into the glue where it stays. All very clever stuff. This little toy got me just over £70 including a small tub of base glue and a couple of sample bags of grass - a 2mm base grass and a 4mm layering grass to build it up. Also in the price were a couple more bags of grass you can see - there is quite a range depending on what sort of scenery and scale you are building. I was amazed at how little is actually used though and those 100g bags will last my lifetime!
So, onto the diorama then. Because I had not taken the static grass into account when I got as far as I did, it was necessary to remove the tree and tape a few areas off. I brushed the base glue on and set my base layer - 2 mm spring grass. Once that was dry, I applied a 4mm Wild Meadow layer on top. To get this stuck down, you need to spray the glue on. WWS sell aerosol cans of layering spray but were out of stock when I ordered plus I thought they were a bit pricey so I ordered some Matte Mod Podge, thinned some down and applied it with my pump spray bottle. Perfectly adequate. The results are there in the pictures and I'm most happy with them - particularly for a first attempt.
Of course there was quite a bit of cleaning up to do as it was impossible not to get glue - and therefore grass - on the fence without hours of precision masking first and I felt the effort was not worth while. I simply brushed the fence with water after the grass was applied and wiped off the grass with a soft dry brush and tweezers for the more stubborn bits. The Mod Podge (first time I've used it) held things fine and dried nicely.
Next will be to "mow" and attack the area under the tree to make it look more bare and patchy, put the tree back then set the sheep in place. They stand up beautifully in the grass to but a little dod of glue on their hooves will make sure they don't wander. After that, truck and figures can be set and I'll be ready to call it finished - not that I want to get too far ahead of myself and jinx things you understand.
As a postscript, very recently, and rather annoyingly, WWS was launched another product called the Pro Grass Detailer. This does away with the power box and is simply a wand which holds the circuitry and battery and comes with 2 hoppers - the Precision which I have and also a larger one which can hold more grass and cover a slightly larger area so it quicker to use. I would have paid a few quid extra for this had it been available at the time but not to worry, tis done now and I'm not planning on making any huge displays.
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Thats brilliant!... both the diorama and the bit of kit!
I've stood the grass up by gently blowing over it, but it does go everywhere!
Seeing as you have set the trend for diorama building and everybody is at
it you could possibly get your money back by hiring it out!
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Thats brilliant!... both the diorama and the bit of kit!
I've stood the grass up by gently blowing over it, but it does go everywhere!
Seeing as you have set the trend for diorama building and everybody is at
it you could possibly get your money back by hiring it out!
Spoken like a true Yorkshire-man.
Haddock.
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Excellent job Wizz
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Love the grass, really nice.
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Great Job Wizz,
Been missing you on here, but this more than makes up for your absence.
Cheers,
Bigkev
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After a long day battling the wind in the garden, I settled down to play with the terrain a little more last night and finished far later than I should have done as it was great fun, so it's rocket coffee all round today to keep me awake at work.
I am now calling the groundwork finished! The sheep are placed randomly for the moment just for effect and as they hold themselves in the grass very well without glue, I think I'll probably not bother fixing them into place as it will make dusting easier. Tonight, if I'm still awake, I'll fix wire into the feet of the figures so they can also be removed.
My next more immediate job though is to catch up on everything else you've been doing over the last few weeks!
Toodle for now.
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I still love the grass, but do I want to spend all that money?
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Ewe've done a fantastic job there Wizz, I wish i had room to make more dioramas.
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FINALLY, I have got this one finished.
Having had an extra week's leave forced upon us with all the students being finished early, I was knocked off on 18th December. The original plan to visit DCOS' family in Somerset was canned with the new restrictions which left me at home with nothing better to do than to tidy out the hobbies room. First, the huge pile of car-boot stuff went to the charity shop as they were open again and accepting donations, then my bench was cleared of everything that had been dumped in it during the fallow period since my last bit of modelling which was (scrolls to check the previous post) end of June!!!
Over the last two evenings, the figures were finished (I admit I had been putting this off and even if I had been able to find some modelling time, would possibly have made this my lowest priority), some spare fence rails knocked up from offcuts of the original fence to dump beneath the tree, a tarpaulin made for the back of the truck - blue roll liberally brushed with mod podge and water, folded, creased and painted once dry - and everything positioned then once I was happy, glued into place. Once it was all set, a quick blast with compressed air to remove any loose bits and it's ready to go in the cabinet.
As an added bonus and for a change of scenery, I had a run out to Driffield today with DCOS and saw Andy! Sadly we had time for only a very quick chat before he had to go and help sort out the street after the market stalls had cleared up.
Now, if only I can pull a sicky for tomorrow and get out of the nonsense of 25th December, I might get my next part finished project done!
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A great looking diorama, well worth the wait.
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That's really great Dave.
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Well done Wizz - love the figures.
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Absolutely fantastic!
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Spot on!
Lots going on, well done that man.
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Thanks all. Just after I posted these pics, I realised how glossy the road/track looked - far wetter than I wanted it to. I put on some matt Mod Podge which didn't work and then Humbrol matt varnish which didn't work and finally some Vallejo matt varnish. That last one did the trick so I'm more than happy with the end result now. I won't post a pic, instead I'll bring it along to the next meeting.
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The muddy field could be full of weeds by then!!
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I shall simply let some more sheep out of the field :)