Caen area 11th August 1944
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Stone wall now complete and the MPs have arrived to collect their prisoner for interorgation View attachment 74720
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Cheers Si\ said:Scratch built stone wall! Freaking awesome pal! How did you make that?Top stuff mate, really impressed.
Si
It's a piece of flat balsa with a strip of balsa cut into irregular shaped blocks glued to it and then covers in filler and wiped with a damp cloth to texture the stones then paint with earth colours and put little pieces of lichen in between the stones for moss , it is a long job because you have to paint the mortar in by hand , I did try a wash but it wasn't strong enough to show between the stones
Glad you like it
C
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Don't know if this will make things easier for you Alan.
If you paint the stones first, then make up a runny poly - filler (coloured to simulate cement) you can apply it with a printer refill syringe and needle, it'll run nicely into all the joints, if any spills over then just wipe it with a cloth and clean up any excess powder on the stone when dry with a stiff toothbrush.
This is how I made the stone walls and cottages for a few railways belonging to friends.
Some people underestimate the power of the balsa.... . It's nice to see someone else using it so much... . The walls great mate.
If you paint the stones first, then make up a runny poly - filler (coloured to simulate cement) you can apply it with a printer refill syringe and needle, it'll run nicely into all the joints, if any spills over then just wipe it with a cloth and clean up any excess powder on the stone when dry with a stiff toothbrush.
This is how I made the stone walls and cottages for a few railways belonging to friends.
Some people underestimate the power of the balsa.... . It's nice to see someone else using it so much... . The walls great mate.
All this scratch building I'm doing are test pieces for my large crimbo scene next year , I'm putting our local church in it so I needed to see if I can do the stone covering for it\ said:I actually thought at first it was bought, top job mate.Si
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Well it has worked very well so cannot see any issues when you do the church.\ said:All this scratch building I'm doing are test pieces for my large crimbo scene next year , I'm putting our local church in it so I needed to see if I can do the stone covering for it
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Cheers Colin and thanks for the tips , balsa is a great thing to use it's easy to cut and shape with little effort\ said:Don't know if this will make things easier for you Alan.If you paint the stones first, then make up a runny poly - filler (coloured to simulate cement) you can apply it with a printer refill syringe and needle, it'll run nicely into all the joints, if any spills over then just wipe it with a cloth and clean up any excess powder on the stone when dry with a stiff toothbrush.
This is how I made the stone walls and cottages for a few railways belonging to friends.
Some people underestimate the power of the balsa.... . It's nice to see someone else using it so much... . The walls great mate.
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I'm doing Elaine parents church and gardens in 1/72 for the "build a building" sig next year.
Its a modern one though so loads of brick, I'll give it to the church at the end and they can raffle it or something to get funds for the youth group.
Its a modern one though so loads of brick, I'll give it to the church at the end and they can raffle it or something to get funds for the youth group.
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Tell me about it, the insults I get through PM, I cry sometime you know\ said:no matter what Alan says about you...ahem...