"The Hole in the Doughnut"...Bastogne. December 1944

monica

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real nice start to this Ron,very nice work with,the river bank,what a great idea with the field
I would ever of had that pop in my head,looking good,liking it so far,;)
 

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That's what I like - a bit of 'crack'.

Thanks for the encouragement and compliments too.

.......remember though, although I like to stick junk together, I still get some junk. My bin is testament to that! So you peeps, keep at it. It saves re-cycling anyway.

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Ron
 

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I don't usually like running tandem with my builds, preferring to concentrate on just one, but I'm quietly doing bits to this as ideas come along.......lest I quickly forget what I thought of in the first place!

Here is my latest 'awakening.'

A simple foot bridge made from coffee stirrers, and a wall made from scrap polystyrene strips.
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.......a bit of barbed wire( elecky cable) a smashed fence, plus some rubble made from smashed up stones.
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I like to leave the water until last, just in case I get something I don't want on the surface and mess it up.

Thanks for looking.

Ron
 

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looking good,Ron,I do like the add in,think that's what makes a build,that,add that,fills in
a small area that could look bear,liking the look of this,;)
 

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Excellent! Contours very natural, and 1/35 scale! the finished level of detail should be awesome to behold!....er....no pressure though:rolleyes:........Jim:smiling3:
 

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Thanks Moni. and Jim.

Jim, when getting to a certain stage in life, we don't know the meaning of pressure, do we?........;)
 

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This is looking superb mate , as always. Looking forward to the next addition, cheers tony
 

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Impressive work!!:cool::cool:
 
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As alway incredible work, im not jealous, nope not a bit, why would i be jealous, i mean you only make rubbish look amazing, me jealous, nope not me.
No really i mean it, im not.
 
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There there ken its okay I make amazing look rubbish all the time
 

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Great stuff folks. Thanks for the excellent comments. The last couple of posts did make me chuckle!

I know various 'Add - on' armour was used on Allied tanks in Europe, including applique, so this will do. As for the Sherman itself, I'm not worried if it's the wrong variant for the period and I'm certainly not investing any beer tokens just to get the right tank......so what you see is what you get, M'Lord.

Any road up, I have cunning plans for it, also I just build for fun anyway.


Right, here's the hardware. Ready made, salvaged and tarted up from my 'Iwo Jima' dio.

Italeri Sherman. Brush painted and weathered with acrylics. Scratch made sandbags and coffee stirrer applique armour. The mud will hide the busted track link. Antenna to follow!

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I hope you approve.

Cheers all,

Ron
 

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Funny how you can see a photo on t'interweb one day and next you go do a model with much the same. I saw a Sherman with wood planks used as anti-magnetic mine defences.... And here it is. Lol
Great job Ron.
 

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very nice looking sherman Ron,like what your done with it,looks great,;)
 

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Very belated thanks folks...Because this morning I found my half finished model for Terry's G.B on a shelf - I'd forgotten all about it! Honest...:rolleyes:

Anyway, I need to clear the decks, so I got hold of some paper, 'trees' and some polyfilla and gave the model 'what for!'

The result is in Terry's Diorama G.B. 2017, under 'Completed'

Thanks for the comments during the build.

Cheers,
Ron
 
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