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Sgt.Squarehead

Details of Ratch's diorama build will be reported here.

Ratch · Posted: Mon 08 Sep 2008 18:05 pm Post subject:

I shall use the Forward Command Post as the central point of this diorama

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Ratch · Posted: Mon 13 Oct 2008 21:13 pm Post subject:

I've had a rummage through the stash and have decided to have the Forward Command Post with two Airfix Buffalos and a Revell M19. I'll also utilise a Bren Carrier and two 6 pdrs (rennovations of a previous build)

Picture the scene; March 1945, close to the Rhine, preparations are being made for the crossing, one Buffalo has already been unloaded while the M19 is prepared for the unloading of another. The FCP has a couple of 6pdrs set up and a Highland Division Universal Carrier has been brought up in readiness for loading into a Buffalo for the crossing. British troops edgily mill about the scene...
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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Tue 14 Oct 2008 10:13 am Post subject:

I'm looking forward to this!

All the best
Sgt.S
PS -Just a thought, but you could exen consider a DUKW/6pdr portee.....IIRC the 6pdr gun just fits into the DUKWs load bed and I'm sure I've got piccies of such a combo somewhere.

Ratch · Posted: Thu 16 Oct 2008 18:20 pm Post subject:

Boxes & sprues

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Ratch · Posted: Fri 17 Oct 2008 16:40 pm Post subject:

I have cut a base from MDF approximately 21" x 10" and will add some polystyrene sheet at one end

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Ratch · Posted: Fri 17 Oct 2008 18:43 pm Post subject:

The sheet was cut with the bread-knife (don't tell SWMBO Silence

) and stuck with PVA. This was then covered with plaster bandage and ground scatter materials liberally applied. I shall use a Wills sheet of York Stone Paving as the base for the building

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Ratch · Posted: Sat 18 Oct 2008 10:39 am Post subject:

Picture update

MDF board

polystyrene sheet

the carve up

plaster bandage and scatter
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Ratch · Posted: Mon 20 Oct 2008 13:52 pm Post subject:

I will mount the building on a sheet of Will York Stone Paving, and cement the walls before fixing them to the base. The walls were painted with Tamiya Buff to represent the mortar between the stones. I then used Winsor & Newton’s Artisan water mixable oil colour 076: Burnt Umber and 422: Naples Yellow Hue in a variety of ratios for the stones and plasterwork.

The oil paints are taking an age to dry

and I will need to do more work on the walls

I added two propriety trees to the base. When thoroughly dry I brushed Winton oil colours 2: Burnt Sienna & 35: Burnt Umber over the exposed edges of the base.

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thomasweir · Posted: Mon 20 Oct 2008 14:08 pm Post subject:

Looks fab

What did you use for the grass and the dirt track ?

daniel7891 · Posted: Mon 20 Oct 2008 14:22 pm Post subject:

Thats looking fantastic Ratch, if mines anything like that i'll be extremely happy
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Daniel

Ratch · Posted: Mon 20 Oct 2008 14:29 pm Post subject:

Cheers guys

Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Mon 20 Oct 2008 16:35 pm Post subject:

That really is taking shape nicely!

All the best
Sgt.S

Ratch · Posted: Tue 21 Oct 2008 16:57 pm Post subject:

Thanks Andy Cheers!

Part #57-60 are four loops

are these hoops of barbed wire, spare bicycle tyres

any ideas

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daniel7891 · Posted: Tue 21 Oct 2008 17:06 pm Post subject:

On the box the parts are black and on the pieces them selves they have a binding at points, also they are bigger than tyres. So I thought they might be cable or something. I was going to ask you what they were?

HTH
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Ratch · Posted: Tue 21 Oct 2008 17:28 pm Post subject:

I never thought of looking at the box lid

And I see what you mean about their size in comparison to the bicycle tyres

If they're black, maybe they're rolls of hose

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Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Tue 21 Oct 2008 17:35 pm Post subject:

I think you were right with the barbed wire coils!

I'm interested to see the two 'L' shaped sections of sandbagging.....IIRC these were part of the vacform base in the original release. I should be picking up my own FCPs next week, it will be interesting to see what's changed.

For what it's worth & all the best
Sgt.S

Ratch · Posted: Tue 21 Oct 2008 17:41 pm Post subject:

There's only one 'L' section of sandbagging in the kit (I have another from an earlier build

)

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stuzzar · Posted: Wed 22 Oct 2008 12:12 pm Post subject:

I think they are meant to represent barbed wire coils too.

Andy, as far as I can remember one section of sandbags was formed as part of the vacform base and the other came as injection moulded parts, hollow at the back

Coming along very nicely Ratch by the way

Cheers

Stu

Ratch · Posted: Wed 22 Oct 2008 18:49 pm Post subject:

Cheers chaps Cheers!

Barbelly wire then

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