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Well this is taking shape quite nicely!

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Thank you guys for the great comments :smiling3:

Thanks for those pics Moni and I've just realised the flaw in my dio , no craters on the beach , I've been so preoccupied with the cliff and bunker it slipped my mind oh well can't do anything about it now
 

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well the work you put in on the cliff and bunker has payed off there great :D

m you still can add them in, never to late, just make them out off tissue paper socked in 50/50 pva/water

and mold them in and use the same as the base color over them, as a crater is raised :rolleyes:

thats if you like too ;)
 

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Very nice Alan......Time for what I call 'A beer moment'....sitting down and having a look and see what comes along.
 

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looking good Al, i do like it alot,well done and Ron has hit the nail on the head, a beer and smoke,lol :P :D
 

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Cheers folks I'm pleased you like it , I've done a bit today but I've had a few problems with the bunker , I want to do it so it can be removed so you can see the PAK 40 and it's crew plus a radio operator but I can't seem to get it to sit properly so it looks like it fits wit bought getting a gap around the base of the bunker
 

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Just add some static grass around the edge or some gravel to hide the edge.
 

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I've tried to mate it didn't work , the problem I have is that when I put it back there is still a noticeable gap like it's not sitting properly , I might have to put the grass on the bunker and see if that works as a compromise
 

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Another way is to mark out the edge of the bunker and just depress the edge of the cliff so that the bunker fits into the gap.

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I can't mate it's not just polystyrene it has filler and backing powder over the surface so it will crack the rest of the surface , I'll just have to be selective with my pics lol
 
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oh John i for got to ask you did you see the D-Day landing one at the expo, ;) sorry the pics are not so great you know what that light was like,:confused:

as so meany of you are doing D-Day i took some ,:rolleyes:

i like the ones being shot, but no blood, shows my darkside ,lol
Yep I did, a fantastic dio, pity I can't make dios of that standard....

John
 

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oh I , think this one is just as good you know what real grabs my eye is the cliff face for once styrene works a treat :D

plus yours is having blood and some very unlucky guys :confused: :rolleyes:
 
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Alan, might I humbly suggest a re-think!

If you're having problems with the PAK in the bunker, have it camouflaged outside. 2 reasons for this :

1) how would the PAK have got in the bunker - guns sited in bunkers fired from a fixed platform & were fitted before the bunker roof was added.

2) mobile AT guns were not designed to operate from a smooth surface such as a concrete floor - the recoil would send it hurtling back into the crew!

A camouflaged position would solve your problem & work better in that the attackers attention would be focused on the bunker, only to be picked off by the unseen PAK ;)
 

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Thanks folks :smiling3:

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Alan, might I humbly suggest a re-think!If you're having problems with the PAK in the bunker, have it camouflaged outside. 2 reasons for this :

1) how would the PAK have got in the bunker - guns sited in bunkers fired from a fixed platform & were fitted before the bunker roof was added.

2) mobile AT guns were not designed to operate from a smooth surface such as a concrete floor - the recoil would send it hurtling back into the crew!

A camouflaged position would solve your problem & work better in that the attackers attention would be focused on the bunker, only to be picked off by the unseen PAK ;)
You are absolutely spot on Patrick unfortunately I don't have the room on the base to put anywhere but the bunker I'm afraid and the only place it could go would ruin the setting

I might have to just glue it in anyway with the bunker stuck down as I can't get the bunker to sit right on the base

It would just look like a fixed position than a mobile one

Which is a shame as it's a nice big space in there and it would have looked good with a radio operator and ammo boxes but no point in doing all that if it's never going to be seen

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oh I , think this one is just as good you know what real grabs my eye is the cliff face for once styrene works a treat :D plus yours is having blood and some very unlucky guys :confused: :rolleyes:
Thanks Moni I must agree I'm pleased with the cliff as well :smiling3:
 
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