Harrier/ViperFan Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Whats the best way to make a trench in 1/35? I was planning a British push with a tank and soldiers with Germans in the trench. Just not sure how to create the trench. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Most I've seen begin life as blocks of polystyrene which can be easily sculpted with a sharp knife check out the WIP section I know KP Nuts has a WWI theme build on at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watcher Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I'm thinking of something similar. Depending on the size of what you are doing I would have a think about the trench layout. I have a small book I bought years ago which has loads of aerial photos of German trenches. If you are going big enough it would be useful to think about things like the zig - zags, communication trenches, saps etc etc. This is a picture I picked up from the www. One thing that will definitely help is a bad Costa habit! Those wooden sticks will be essential! Good luck! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Personally I'd use polystyrene. (Are polystyrene ceiling tiles still manufactured?????) Use PVA to glue blocks to the base and to each other. You could carve them into shape with a scalpel, but that can get messy. You could just pull chunks off then finalise the shapes using fillers. (Polyfilla, Rapid Drying Cement, etc) I'd then skim over the entire thing with Polfilla and apply textures where required. If you're going to be sticking fence posts, wooden shoring etc into the dio, they'll penetrate the polystyrene easily... but remember to use PVA as a fixative and not liquid poly as the latter will dissolve the polystyrene. Rearguards, Badder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzulscha Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 I'm a big fan of insulating foam board. We call it blueboard over here I think you guys call it Cellotex? It can be had in thicknesses between quarter inch and four to six inches thick. Easy to cut, lightweight and heat will do interesting things. Easy to make trenches and craters in the stuff too. To illustrate: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted January 28, 2017 Share Posted January 28, 2017 Trenches are not just trenches.....They were constructed differently depending on who made them, which front and/or time period they were made in and of course the terrain they are dug in.....This site might be of some use to you: http://www.landships.info/landships/fortification_articles.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now