bar side Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 I am a bit of a serial scratch cardboard builder. This started a while back when I built a RAF Phantom kit and was disappointed how it looked sat on a table. It needed a home. And so the HAS build started to create a versatile diorama. I was thinking about adding a new building / module / structure to my ever growing collection of 1/48 airfield bits and pieces when two things came together. One I spotted a couple of buildings at RAF Mildenhall that turned out to be the servicing & storage barns used for the SR-71 deployment there. Then two, Revell announced that they are releasing a 1/48 new kit in 2021. So I thought it wouldn’t be a waste to build the Blackbird Barn, or Habu Hut. So here is one - I think this is from Beale AFB not the Hall, but the design is similar. So not really a diorama but a scale shed for displaying my model builds. Oh, one more thing - I plan to build two halves as they open at both ends. When placed back to back they will make one full shed. Until then I have a removable back wall to pose it as a smaller maintenance and servicing shed. Anyway, this is how it looks Hope you like it 44 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Cracking result. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 That looks fantastic - it presents your models really well !! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted February 19, 2021 Author Share Posted February 19, 2021 Cheers guys. It’s stage one of the build but it works well in its own right. This is the rest of it. The part two walls & roof beams are done, just need to decide how to finish it off and build the rear door. Problem is it’s size. It’s about the same size as the HAS so I didn’t really want another building the same size. And when the weather improves I still have the Type C to work on. That one lives outside in the garage 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ernst Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Absolutely amazing, what a way to present your models. Cheers, Ernst. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire 123 Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 That is awesome, I am awe inspired, I wonder how long that will last. Great finish overall, great photography too. 👏👏👏 Riley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted February 24, 2021 Author Share Posted February 24, 2021 1 hour ago, Spitfire 123 said: That is awesome, I am awe inspired, I wonder how long that will last. Great finish overall, great photography too. 👏👏👏 Riley Cheers Riley. Well the HAS I made from card is still about after 5 or so years. It doesn’t get great treatment & gets knocked about in the garage every winter. Hopefully this one will last a while & may get a better home in the loft. Photography is just with my phone, but outdoor light really helps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEXANTOMCAT Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Brilliant stuff well done! TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire 123 Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 22 hours ago, bar side said: Well the HAS I made from card is still about after 5 or so years. Sorry, I meant my inspiration to try and build one of these myself won't last long! 😂 I am sorry if you took that the wrong way. Regards, Riley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 13 minutes ago, Spitfire 123 said: Sorry, I meant my inspiration to try and build one of these myself won't last long! 😂 I am sorry if you took that the wrong way. Regards, Riley I see what you meant now! To get the inspiration going I get an old bit of corrugated card - IKEA furniture boxes are great - a Stanley knife & some masking tape & knock up a prototype before the enthusiasm wears off. Then stick a model in it & you start to see the possibilities & how you could build one better. Barn V.1 took about half an hour If you had some foam board & simplified the interior and just painted the outside it wouldn’t take much longer. Hot glue gun at the ready. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted May 8, 2021 Author Share Posted May 8, 2021 Keep a eye out folks - hopefully later this year I might have a resident for the barn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted October 24, 2021 Author Share Posted October 24, 2021 I have been back on this project building the other half over on my HAS WIP thread. It’s coming along now With the long term plan to be something like this 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remus389 Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Not only it displays your models in a spectacular way, but protects them from collecting dust.👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 1, 2021 Author Share Posted November 1, 2021 Cheers @Remus389! Been posing the two halves now completed & together to finally get that straight through look Now with an F-16 and some clutter So it’s come together now, just need the Blackbird to put in it. Until then it can split in half & provide 2 separate barns So until the Blackbird build gets underway then that the barn(s) done 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiesolo Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 Superb builds and a cracking job on the hangers. They really do tie in all the pieces and makes a cracking scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 2, 2021 Author Share Posted November 2, 2021 Cheers @eddiesolo I would rather have a believable scene than a stand out model, so glad you like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simont382 Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 This looks amazing, takes me back to the Mildenhall Air Fetes, very fond memories indeed! I'm awaiting the new SR-71 from Hannants as and when it arrives. REALLY hoping that it's worth the wait!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted November 15, 2021 Author Share Posted November 15, 2021 Well my Blackbird is now underway. I started a WIP for it here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted January 7, 2022 Author Share Posted January 7, 2022 A little update. Only half the barn used and the Blackbird still has no decals, but…. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 Another set off shots done today. Light wasn’t great but I had both halves of the shed together & all of the ancillaries. Kind of what I was after 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted January 11, 2022 Share Posted January 11, 2022 This is an outstanding hut barside. My only question is how are you going to replicate the green startup flame? I mean that is the only thing missing. I wish I had the room for something like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bar side Posted January 11, 2022 Author Share Posted January 11, 2022 Nah, going to leave the start up. I have no men in space suits to put in the cockpit! It’s pre flight systems checks. But a couple of those cooking blow torches and some copper oxide powder….. You don’t need loads of room - still using the fold in half HAS base and the two part shed. This is how it looked before the sheds sat on top All folded away in the garage or back in the loft now 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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