BMP -2 In Aleppo - Buildings construction

[JR]

Evening Steven.
I'm with Paul on the restaurant wall, and the lower floor for the 50 calibre. If it was on the top surely it would have been wiped out by now.
All looking good.

 

[BigGreg]

Stunning level of details

 

[Steven]

thanks for the kind words and your inputs
- Speaking of details - just a tiny bit of the accessories i need to do/add:

 

[scottie3158]

Steven,
Great work all round, in particular the weathering on the water tank.

 

[Steven]

Cheers mate
Bit of detailing on the dishes with 0.1mm cobber wire


3-d printed garden chairs - did not survive storage at my place intact but hey, i am sure i can work out some story that accounts for their current state - squashed by fallen debris spring to mind - nothing is really whole in Aleppo.....

Splashed out on a resin mg set

 

[Steven]

Watertank fixed to base if the building had been intact there would have been heaps of these on the rooftop now one topside and one below tangled and mangled in the rubble below
There will be piping of some sorts as well

 

[Steven]

Doing the dishes....
Painted with migs gunmetal (actually a pastel) and tamiya redbrown for rust will then be varnished spayed with chipping fluid and painted whiteish gray then chipped with toothpicks and brush
Rusty and non rusted areas will be shown randomly



Ref shot Aleppo:


Not every weathering has to come out of a bottle to add some variety i just did this one with a stubby brush

 

[JR]

Don't think you could achieve much better look that that Steven.

 

[Steven]

Thanks John
Working on the details - And there are heaps
The restaurant will get the chandelier so i thought a fluorescent tube and fixture would be fitting for the convenience store it will be dangling from the ceiling by its cord.


Traffic sign with suitable wartime weathering


Palestinians living in Syria often make a note of giving a nod to their origin in the decoration of their home and businesses so a scaled down image of the Dome of The Rock goes on the wall of the restaurant


Tiles on the walls of said place are done save one side

Painter did a bodged job on the second floor but to be fair he was working under fire.....


Curb painted

 

[Jim R]

Hi Steven
This is so detailed and realstic that it actually helps understand the situation there. Earlier in the build someone said how hard it was to see that people lived and worked under these terrible conditions.
Your work on this is superb.
Jim

 

[Alun Wells]

Hi John,
Stunning piece of detailing, just did a catch up, the dust made me cough!!
Awesome
Cheers
Al

 

[scottie3158]

Steven,
This is looking really good all the fine details are excellent.

 

[Steven]

Thanks a lot for the kind words they are truly appreciated.

-bit of work on the building : sand bagging the interior.
Parts of the sb wal has collapsed.
I do not think this part took a direct hit rather collapsed when parts of the walls went down in rooms next door bags will be mixed with rubble and debris.

 

[minitnkr]

2nd floor would be my choice. Not as many steps to hump ammo. Less open to airpower & mortars also harder to overrun by infantry. Good fields of fire/observation. PaulE

 

[Steven]

Parties in the conflict make holes in the walls to ease moving through rooms
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Below will not be the most interesting update but: more sb"s- I want these done with so next few posts will be sb-related I will however squeeze in a bit of work on the BMP in during the week so feel free to check that out (separate thread)

 

[Steven]

Sb's pretty much done

 

[minitnkr]

Sandbags, you can never do just one. They do get boring after the first 10 or so, but look so good when done. PaulE

 

[scottie3158]

The sandbags look superb very nicely made.

 

[Steven]

Thanks all for the comments

Sandbags, you can never do just one. They do get boring after the first 10 or so, but look so good when done. PaulE

So true
-will be leaving the big building to concentrate on the small but also on the BMP and there are the figs as well and a million other things.....

 

[Steven]

Doing a bit of wiring to the ceiling on the small building . As mentioned i will try to make the fluorescent tube hang from the cord but as these are metal wires with a certain rigidity to them the problem will be to obtain a natural look - will bluetack first and see how i looks