They shall grow not old,as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them,nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.
I second Sam's comments, WOW brilliant work. I would like to scratchbuild some buildings for dioramas in this scale but have been modelling in 1/35 for most of the time. I wonder if you could possibly send or post some measurements for one or two of your excellent examples for me,Hans,please Paul
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The finest stories of the Great War are those that will never be told.
They shall grow not old,as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them,nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.
Always good to see your dio Hans. Excellent looking buildings, nice work on those figures too. interesting head swap on that HaT artilleryman, I only wish I had your patience, Hans their much more detailed then mine.
Greetings, Josh
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Great work! I really look forward to seeing the diorama completed!
I see that for the walls you use plastic card from either Vollmer or Faller, but what do you use for the roof tiles on the destoyed building? Both firms have sheets of roof tiles, but they are flat on the underside and these seem to be vacuformed. And what material do you use for the wooden beams in the destroyed building? Wood or plastic? I also like the addition of the lead strips between the roof tiles. Very realistic! But what material do you use to produce these?
Lead strip on the ridge,don't know about Hans but buy yourself a good bottle of wine the seal on the top should be very thin metal which is great for ridge tiles and a lot of other scenic things.
Make sure you start with a very large roof,a great excuse to buy lot's of wine !!!!!!!!!!
I was thinking on the same lines, I was going to use aluminium throw away trays that salads are served on. This is thin aluminium, about 3 to 4 times the thickness of aluminium foil.
Take a length of soldering wire and a piece of heavy brass rod (25mm), roll out the solder on a smooth hard surface until you acheive the desired width/thickness. Different gauge/size wire produces different flat solder. Ideal for slings, belts anything you can think of Paul
-- Edited by Paul Bonnett on Saturday 22nd of October 2011 12:17:30 AM
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The finest stories of the Great War are those that will never be told.
They shall grow not old,as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them,nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.
And the wooden beams are made from Evergreen plastic strips
greetings,Hans.
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They shall grow not old,as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them,nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning. We will remember them.
...and you make it sound so simple, but from experience I know how much effort goes into your work! Thanks for the tips! The cardboard for the roof tiles is brilliant! It is cheap, simple to work with and it looks very realistic!
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