1/35 Great Wall Hobby 12. 8 cm Pak 44 .
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Outstanding JR. The skeleton of the building is well thought out and designed. The cobblestones are epic! Wonderful work all round my friend
Peter the answer to that is at one time yes I would, these days advise only
Thanks RalphBase is looking great John.
Hello mate, thank you glad your approve . Did any German buildings have camo like in the UK ? How that would please you !
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Been thinking about saying there would be no fire , but having seen some recent photos taken from the air the majority of German factories were so heavily bombed that there is little chance that this one would have escaped either bombing or shelling .
This therefore means a complete build and then damage, with the remains of fire damage, so Rick, Lee and Richard you better be ready !
This therefore means a complete build and then damage, with the remains of fire damage, so Rick, Lee and Richard you better be ready !
John. I always knew you was a big fan of a “Scorched Earth” policy the Germans had
From a Russian point of view yes
lee.
stone work looks FANTASTIC what did you use to make the impressions
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Thanks Joe. Use either a pencil ferrule with the erazor removed, or the brushes.Then shaped with a pair of long nosed pliers. Occasionally clean up the edge with a file.
Different sizes , also have some bare ferrules that can be worked into shape.
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Yes most certainly Andrew, its quite hard to ignite the fire , take a photo and spray the water all at once.Can I light the match!
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Today I tapped all the sections in line , then marked out the windows and doors. Pin pointed the corners of the openings, I might make up a template for each window size and mark around that again before cutting .
Tomorrow the cutting will begin and then the paper will be removed, prior to the brick work. That alone is going to take some time.
Thanks for looking in.
John.
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Wonderful stuff, John. Those stamps are inspired!Thanks Joe. Use either a pencil ferrule with the erazor removed, or the brushes.Then shaped with a pair of long nosed pliers. Occasionally clean up the edge with a file.
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Different sizes , also have some bare ferrules that can be worked into shape.
HTH'S
Yes most certainly Andrew, its quite hard to ignite the fire , take a photo and spray the water all at once.
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Today I tapped all the sections in line , then marked out the windows and doors. Pin pointed the corners of the openings, I might make up a template for each window size and mark around that again before cutting .
Tomorrow the cutting will begin and then the paper will be removed, prior to the brick work. That alone is going to take some time.
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Thanks for looking in.
John.
The man with a plan. PaulE
Kind of you to say Neil, David Neat explained how to make them in his blog from the 4 D model shop. Have to say trying to alter a round ferrule in to an oblong at the size of a scale brick is not the easiest of things, mine was more by luck than judgement !
Thank you Paul, but like all plans it changes as you move along
Thanks Richard. Hope your back to normal health wise.
John. I’m with Richard that stamp idea is great
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Gents
If you want to see a really simple SBS on the technique, hop over to the YouTube channel of a guy called Mel Bose AKA The Terrain Tutor - he specialises in cheap and simple techniques to make wargaming terrain (153k subscribers and 15million views so is dong something right).
He demonstrates the technique (which he admits saw on another channel) on his 'Let's Make - Cheap & Easy Tarmac & Cobblestone Wargaming Roads' video. Jump to 7:26 in. Link:
John
Hope you don't mind the above interjection. I'll remove it if you want.
This cobblestones have come up really well and the close up in particular shows the effectiveness of the technique.
Keep up the good work.
ATB
Andrew
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Perfect Andrew, thanks for posting .
Evening all.
Today removed the paper after cutting the window and door openings.Then started the long marking out of the bricks pattern. Managed 3 sections of the building of all courses but with out any vertical marks before the eye started to blur. At this point I decided enough was enough and packed up.
Working with the headset on measuring 3mm lines and trying to keep them straight is slow work, easy but tiring because your fixed on one distance. Then I forget to blink ! Ending up with dry eye. Put the lube in and relaxed.
Will carry on tomorrow and include some photos.
Today removed the paper after cutting the window and door openings.Then started the long marking out of the bricks pattern. Managed 3 sections of the building of all courses but with out any vertical marks before the eye started to blur. At this point I decided enough was enough and packed up.
Working with the headset on measuring 3mm lines and trying to keep them straight is slow work, easy but tiring because your fixed on one distance. Then I forget to blink ! Ending up with dry eye. Put the lube in and relaxed.
Will carry on tomorrow and include some photos.
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No problem. I think you said elsewhere youd watched his channel. He's actually just about to publish a book, which I've had on order for a while.Perfect Andrew, thanks for posting .
