Army_Air_Force Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) With Rob in place, the camo net was next. Some cotton thread was glued to each corner first to act as guy ropes. Corner by corner, the netting was glued to the top of each pole. When the end was pulled down, it gave us an indication of the space for the supplies. A few positions were tried before they were glued down. They are seen here prior to gluing. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) More hole drilling followed..... ....and more figure planting. This is Ralph the rope rigger. Formerly a grenade thrower, now making the final adjustments to the camo net guy ropes. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) After Ralph's feet had stuck firmly, the rope was attached to his hands. The easiest was to do it was to soak the rope in cyano kicker, and add a drop of cyano to Ralph's hands. Rob seemed quite at home now under his camo net Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) Slowly the diorama was filling up with figures and accessories. While it still looks quite empty here, we'd already added quite a lot of details. They should show up on closer inspection and when it's all done, I'll be taking a number of photos showing the various scenes from different view points. Tom and Jerry can! 🙂 The Jeep isn't attached yet, but Tom is topping up the fuel now while there's time. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) Barry was busy setting up another barbed wire barricade. Ian was injured in earlier combat, but fortunately not too badly. He's waiting to be evacuated. The two other guys in the house are as yet un-named. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted August 12, 2020 Author Share Posted August 12, 2020 (edited) The gun crew are talking about their field of fire and the need to lower the barbed wire a little, just in front of the gun. The Sherman is moving into position to provide more fire support. To finish this session of posts, here's a general view from house front. The layout of the figures and weapons is designed to give the diorama interesting viewing angles from all sides, with several small stories going on from where ever you view from. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3talpig Posted August 12, 2020 Share Posted August 12, 2020 Fantastic job ......great painting, excellent figures and layed out just right ......think this youngling might have a bright future with models. Well done 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) Yesterday, we got the last of the small details glued down, though there's still a little more work to do. A couple of pulled up road signs have been dumped at the roadside here. The other two were abandoned a little further around the diorama. They were placed face down so we didn't need to worry about text on them. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaastav Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Ok. Wow, that too in 1/76. If I made it, it would probably look like an Atom bomb was dropped off there by mistake.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) Near the field gun, a shovel and pick have been added, along with some broken house roof timbers. At the trailer, a pick was laid up against the corrugated iron. A shovel in the trailer, a bike against the rubble and another bike in the house. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) Roof tiles and timbers were scattered around the house. The tiles were painted the same colour as the roof, but haven't weathered as much, so are a bit bright. I decided it would be easier to weather them once glued down, rather than loose, so they'll be re-weathered once fully dry. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 (edited) Lastly, a couple of general views. Once the last of the weathering is done, it needs a sprayed matt coat to hide any of the glue spots still showing. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 (edited) The roof tiles have been toned down now. Once the paint has fully hardened, it's time for a matt coat and final photos. We've been thinking about trying to find a real background for some photos. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) We haven't had the weather yet for an outdoor photoshoot. The way the UK weather is going now, Summer may well be over! I'd still like to try and get out for a real backdrop, but for now, here's a multitude of pictures from an indoor shoot, taken at both eye level and from above. Some I've turned black and white, while some others have just been desaturated a bit and red increased to try and replicate wartime Kodachrome film. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) There's quite a few pictures to add, but I may pick a few out for the RFI section of the forum. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) We're pretty pleased with the overall result. Looking back, skin coloured tights may have worked better for the camo net rather than the black. The barbed wire would have been better with thinner copper wire, but that was all I had kicking around the workshop. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) We made the right call to leave the Tiger tank off and replace it with a Jeep. It would have been unrealistic and perhaps toy-like, to have both tanks, unless the Sherman had been a smoking wreck. Without the Jeep might have been a little too empty. Neither the Jeep or Sherman are glued down and moved around a little during the photoshoot. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) The layout seems to work well when viewed from all sides and we tried to make use of figures who seemed less involved in combat but more at readiness. The rubbery plastic figures are of course horrible to work with and only minor work was done by myself to melt away flash etc. Airfix could really do with making a range of styrene figures for diorama builders. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) My daughter was eight when she started this model and heading towards eleven now. It is virtually all her own work, but with lots of guidance and advice from me, a little holding of parts where extra hands were needed and I did some of the figure painting detail after she painted the main colours. I also made the camo net over the radio operator, helped with joining the tank tracks and sprayed gloss and matt coats when needed. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Army_Air_Force Posted September 7, 2020 Author Share Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) Last four pictures. We hope you enjoyed the journey as much as we did. Edited October 22, 2020 by Army_Air_Force 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 I know that she's had a little help, but she should be very pleased with what she has accomplished. Tell her well done. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M3talpig Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Tell your daughter she has done a first rate job ...it looks absolutely fantastic. A real pleasure to see all that hard work and Dad didn't do a bad job of the pics either. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Model Mate Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 she's done a wonderful job, clearly with excellent guidance. It's great to be able to have such quality dad/daughter time - the joy and benefits will last forever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartH Posted September 7, 2020 Share Posted September 7, 2020 Absolutely fantastic. She should be very proud of all her hard work. 10/10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaastav Posted September 8, 2020 Share Posted September 8, 2020 It looks the real deal. Please give your daughter congratulations on having such refined modelling skills (yes yes you have them too, but did you have them at age 8-11) Full marks and a cup of tea 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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