Peter the answer to that is at one time yes I would, these days advise onlyJohn, can you come and do my conservatory? Great work, as always.
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 !Outstanding JR. The skeleton of the building is well thought out and designed. The cobblestones are epic! Wonderful work all round my friend
From a Russian point of view yes lee.John. I always knew you was a big fan of a “Scorched Earth” policy the Germans had
stone work looks FANTASTIC what did you use to make the impressionsStand by, buildings and base time. Had a good day cutting out the buildings and roofing card, that will be covered later in corrugated sheets. All taken down now ready for scribing.
Base stone sets done, tomorrow expert to get a little done on the walls, that's going to take some time scribing the bricks.
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This was the updated base with the additional 65 mm approx insulation slab on. Note the cut away at the top right .
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This is where the water will be.
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This was yesterdays and todays result. Id cut some of the wall out yesterday but they needed rear supports
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Quite a lot , but this will ensure it stay upright .
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Roofing card cut to the angle of the base.
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All section marked and ready to take the front paper off , then cut out windows and scribe the brick work.
Spent a couple of hrs doing the stone sets.
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PLeased with the first part, the river edge has been done in stone including 3 outfall pipes, need to put some drains in tomorrow.
Comments welcome.
John
Can I light the match!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 !
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.stone work looks FANTASTIC what did you use to make the impressions
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!
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.
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 !Wonderful stuff, John. Those stamps are inspired!
The man with a plan. PaulE
Thanks Richard. Hope your back to normal health wise.Like those stamps, John.
Cheers,
Richard
John. I’m with Richard that stamp idea is great
stone work looks FANTASTIC what did you use to make the impressions
Wonderful stuff, John. Those stamps are inspired!
Wonderful stuff, John. Those stamps are inspired!
Perfect Andrew, thanks for posting .Gents
If you want to see a really simple SBS on the technique, hop over to the YouTube channel of a guy called Mal 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 show the effectiveness of the technique.
Keep up the good work.
ATB
Andrew
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 .
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