1:48 Battle of Britain Diorama

[councilman]

Could it be the start of a airfield signal indicator?
Andy.

[Bigkev]

Maybe Andy.....
I'll take a punt on a searchlight emplacement.
Bigkev

[zak]

Well, well, Kevin you always seem to have a good idea what people are going to model.

Sorry Bill, but it is 1/48 and not 1/35.

[zak]

Planning stages, duckboards and corrugated iron.

[zak]

The earthworks were built from card overlaid with brown parcel tape.

[Wizzel]

You love making your little bits of wriggly tin don't you Zak?  You should maybe move home to somewhere more appropriate - number one, Corrugation Street would be appropriate! 

[zak]

You love making your little bits of wriggly tin don't you Zak?  You should maybe move home to somewhere more appropriate - number one, Corrugation Street would be appropriate!

Thanks, Dave, that's why I like Oz and NZ, mostly corrugated roofing over there!

[chriswil42]

Excellent refueller Dave.
The search light will be interesting - looking good.

[zak]

More papering over the cracks.

[MSea]

What you can do with a bit of plastic and brown paper is amazing

[zak]

What you can do with a bit of plastic and brown paper is amazing

Well, what can you do with it?
I know what I can do, sorry, warped mind and all that.
The sandbags are DAS air drying clay made as shown in an online video on UTube
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=sandbags+from+das&&view=detail&mid=7D910F63C554FC2F5BDF7D910F63C554FC2F5BDF&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dsandbags%2Bfrom%2Bdas%26FORM%3DHDRSC3
Have a look.

[Wizzel]

Some people scoff at wargamers but we modellers can learn a lot about dioramas from them.  As ever, it's all in the finish.  I'm looking forward to seeing yours in position.

[Bigkev]

Some people scoff at wargamers but we modellers can learn a lot about dioramas from them.  As ever, it's all in the finish.  I'm looking forward to seeing yours in position.

Hi Wizzel,
Agree with your comment about wargamers,
Bigkev

[zak]

Here we are a bit more progress on the emplacement.

[Biggles]

Hi Zak,
Absolutely mind-bogglingly fascinating how you manage to create things out of cardboard, tape, bits of plastic and brown paper...
You are a true modeller in the proper sense of the word...
... and your speed on construction. Amazing.
I think I may take up stamp collecting, I am way out of my league amongst you lot!

Awestruck Biggles