First thing after finding a section of 18 mm was the gluing of the foam.
I've not used this foam before, It was a section of insulation that my son in law gave me has been under the work top for some time.
I used UHU POR to glue it down, moving the foam around to push any trapped air out, this gives a better grip then I left it over night with some weights on top.
The next morning, with the weights removed a good coating of a PVA bonding adhesive was applied.
I used this at work so still had it in stock, waste not want not.
. Other makes are available
I gave the whole area a good coating and left it to dry for a couple of days.
When fully dry I used the old Drywall adhesive, had it since the cave refurbishment , so its well over a year old, been kept under the worktop and has never be allowed to freeze.
When dry it looked like this, now having placed the panzer in place before hand there was some digging to achieve the correct sunk into the water look .
Too flat.... so .......
Much chopping out and drilling, followed by even more sealing.
Once that was done several coats of cheap acrylic paints were used to make a start to the dio look .
Now there will be ruts in that road, so some more filler will be applied, I used at the rear a mix of PVA, the same as the sealer coat but just added some wall filler to build that area up, will used the same on thew road.
Once the the tanks are ready, along with the figures they will be glued in position then the ice and snow can start. Oh happy days indeed.
Right off for some late tea.
comments welcome.
John.
I've not used this foam before, It was a section of insulation that my son in law gave me has been under the work top for some time.
I used UHU POR to glue it down, moving the foam around to push any trapped air out, this gives a better grip then I left it over night with some weights on top.
The next morning, with the weights removed a good coating of a PVA bonding adhesive was applied.
I used this at work so still had it in stock, waste not want not.
. Other makes are available I gave the whole area a good coating and left it to dry for a couple of days.
When fully dry I used the old Drywall adhesive, had it since the cave refurbishment , so its well over a year old, been kept under the worktop and has never be allowed to freeze.
When dry it looked like this, now having placed the panzer in place before hand there was some digging to achieve the correct sunk into the water look .
Too flat.... so .......
Much chopping out and drilling, followed by even more sealing.
Once that was done several coats of cheap acrylic paints were used to make a start to the dio look .
Now there will be ruts in that road, so some more filler will be applied, I used at the rear a mix of PVA, the same as the sealer coat but just added some wall filler to build that area up, will used the same on thew road.
Once the the tanks are ready, along with the figures they will be glued in position then the ice and snow can start. Oh happy days indeed.
Right off for some late tea.
comments welcome.
John.
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as for the Ice I had a look this afternoon and put It straight back in its packaging
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