"Pakin a surprise"

[tommy1drop]

This is a new dio I building, it involves a pak gun(or something similar) set in a square with 2 buildings and a park entrance, for the buildings I will be using two Miniart buildings, the park entrance are items from Great North Roads, along with a lot of cobbles that are made from a mold from Diorama Debris, so far this is where the dio is at, hope you like it so far

[Ozzy]

Wow, that's dedication, it looks a fantastic start, how many bricks have you used so far?

[DAG058]

I can tell already, this is going to be spectacular!

How long have you spent on them cobbles? You should do drive-ways on the side for a bit of cash!

[tommy1drop]

Hi Ozzy no idea yet, but I starting to see them in my sleep

[tommy1drop]

Hi Dag

I`ve spent too long on them, and I have a feeling there is a lot more to do yet and I dont want to see another block pavior as long as I live, I used to run my own paving company

[jimbob1974]

that's just mad but looks very cool

Edited September 28, 2014 by jimbob1974

[Hamden]

Great start looking forward to seeing this progress

Roger

[tommy1drop]

Hi Jimbob I feel as if I am mad for starting it, all that paving

Hi Roger thanks for that, and nice to have you along on this build

Tom

[RNoAF Aerobatic Team]

Wow!

That's some serious dedication just there.

Smashing work!

[Rob 1]

That's going to look great, looking forward to seeing this progress.

Edited September 29, 2014 by Rob 1

[tommy1drop]

Thanks guys, nice to have you along

[tommy1drop]

A bit more of the same (paving) this is where the dio is at, as you can see more paving has been laid with more to follow

I`m starting the buildings, some internal work inside the buildings to show bomb damage etc and some paving, I`m thinking of doing the paving in cork rather than plaster, but that could change depending on how look the cork paving turns out

Anyway thats it for now, hope you like it so far

Next batch, 220 of them, although they want go very far

Waiting for the cuts

The end is almost near

[Sgt.Squarehead]

Aiieee! That's insane.....But incredibly effective!

[tommy1drop]

Thanks Sgt

[tommy1drop]

Another little update on the dio (cant stop now ) as you can see from the pics, I dug up a section to make it look less boring

I`m thinking of adding under ground drainage, I wanted to make that area look as if a shell had exploded leaving a crater exposing the drainage, well thats the idea anyway

[SeanM]

wow!

[tommy1drop]

Thank you Sean

[vppelt68]

Roads etc. are my daily work - this is just marvellous! Regards, V-P

[tommy1drop]

Thanks V-P, it used to be mine also before my disability, glad you like it mate.

[vppelt68]

"Like" is too mild expression :-) This could be used in builders' education (that I do part time, too)

[tommy1drop]

Finally finished the cobbles(1000`s of the little bu**ers) and am I glad that bit is finished now to start the pavements, and I can say that I`m really looking forward to that bit also

Anyway here are some piccies of the finished cobbled area, hope you like them

Edited October 7, 2014 by tommy1drop

[Ace From Outer Space]

"Cobbles sir, faasands of 'em..."

Look fab Tommy, looking forward to seeing this one finished!

Cheers

Viv

[tommy1drop]

Thanks for that Viv, glad you like it

[tommy1drop]

Up date on the slabbing, I started the park area as this is the smallest area to be done, I wanted to see what the cork slabbing would look like, so this area got started first, as you can see the slabbing is done from cork, this is then filed around the edges and distressed to give them a worn look, plaster watered down will then be spread using a small brush to give the slabs a texture...hope it works out

[modelglue]

This is so cool. Hard to stop though once you have committed so much to it. Keep it up dude!