Going underground: "BMP in Aleppo ll"

[scottie3158]

Steven
An excellent eye for detail.

 

[adt70hk]

Looking very good indeed!"

ATB.

Andrew

 

[JR]

Steven just had another look through, glad you mentioned it in what's on the bench thread.
Some very fine modelling of the debris, really life-like .Hope you will continue this soon .

 

[Neil Merryweather]

I agree with the honourable member; more soon, please!

 

[Steven]

After completion of "taking a break" dio (you can find the finished result Here) I am picking up the third Syrian Civil War - themed dio

As can be seen from the pictures a feature in the scene is a burned - out civilian car. Making this was a first for me used Mig's old 1/35 resin burned - out car place in the scene:

Mock-up:

the result before pigments were added:

Interior - completely destroyed not much will be seen once the roof comes on

more pics of the finished result coming soon.

 

[Steven]

car done and I am playing around with the pæacing vis a vis the other principal items in the dio: abit

 

[Steven]

A change of scenery: Adding an Arcade ( of sorts)
I decided the scene was a bit bland even though the building is a tower block with three stories I I decided to add an covered (corrugated sheets) arch – way creating an arcade.

The front of the arch way will be festooned with billbords and signs , wiring and other details common to modern buildings.

Previous scene







Current:



Parts of the roofing will be partlydestroyed by falling debris form the upper floors



Floor of the arcade is covered by tiles – laid separately sigh….took me a week and and I did a piss poor job . but it is in there and will only be partly visible and mostly form the side

 

[Neil Merryweather]

This is looking very good already-I can't believe you did individual tiles!

 

[JR]

Stunning work Steven , agree with the member above the
Honourable Neil Merryweather on those tiles.

 

[Windy]

Individual tiles? Pure madness (but outstanding). A normal sane person would've just scribed them!

 

[Andy the Sheep]

Glad to see you are back on that dio, Steven. Your love for details is admirable!

 

[Steven]

Thanks for the kind comments chaps
The tiles Are...gone they were simply not up to snuff evert minute of rpping Them up was teary one but it had to be done.....

 

[Steven]

Arcade tiles – a development….
With a littel help….

Well, have agonized over the whole thing about the tiles in the Arcade section including the emmotional tour de force pulling them all up was, my girlfriend Gave me sort of a sideways look ( you know what I mean..) and said “why don’t you let me lay them….”. And so it came to be, we decided on choosing the other pattern option in the mould from GSW.
This is her result after an hour’s work: Perfect lines and rows laid with care (and speed I Might add). To be fair I did make what I should have made from the start: A grid pattern, To help her but still, had she not stepped in I would have gone with another solution (prob aftermareket 3-d paper from ETA og other) which would have been less than satisfactory.

Perfect straigjt lines

 

[Neil Merryweather]

She deserves a 'Dog's' for that!
And for even being interested... she's a keeper, Steven!

 

[JR]

Most impressed with the new tiling , congratulations to your girlfriend. Steven .

 

[Steven]

Hi guys

I will dewle into the making of some accessories for the facade of the building and the covered section all Are wip
The front of the arcade will have two lightboxes / commercial sigs one partly destroyed showing parts of the inside - I am not showing a great deal of creativity here as the feature has been included in several published books dealing with dioramas dealing with the Syrian Civil War- but I love it. Further signs will places on top of the ceiling

Sign going on top:


i am also making one of these
- I have no idea what is called but is a some sort of connecting point for underground high voltage cables going into houses



I will also be showing some electrical installations on both the arcade and the facade proper, including relay boxes and wiring
All for now - take care

 

[Neil Merryweather]

I love all minutely observed the detail you put into this

 

[Steven]

Thanks Neil

Other sign for the rooftop of the arcade print is from ETA on a metal plate- I will try to scratch two halogen spots for the pair - wish me luck....

 

[Steven]

Hi Guys
Just an update on the making of accessories for the façade – part of the building.

Doors opening out to the balconies:
These will be Quite weathered but shrapnel and bullet holes will be mostly to the upper part of the door as the balcony would take much of the direct fire, the part of the door with the ornaments will have shattered glass behind it and the door itself will be sandbagged from the inside – possibly with a firing slit added – the whole building will be pretty fortified but more on that later.
Test fitting- bottom one is slightly slanting and to hide that i will most likely have it off the hinges lying amongst the rubble in the balcony
Exspect more progress post during the weekend as my gf and my two childrenwill be going away for the weekend

 

[Steven]

Hello Chaps
A very blue-tacked vision of what the facade and the archway will look like in terms of accessories, wiring and the like - balconies are absent - more images of the progress I made having the house all to myself tomorrow
stay safe
Steve