I’ve been working on this for a day or 2 any suggestions and i forgot to tape the sides
the muddy looking corner is probley going to be a road or airstrip and i purchesed these today
What scale are you working in?
Im not working in a particular scale just so I can stage photos
What exactly are you trying to replicate? What part of the World? What time period? etc. It’s easier to give advice when we know what your trying to make…
Thanks,
David
Im trying to make a photo base of ww2 in europe
Gotcha… Not a dio, just a generic display base that’s textured and landscaped…
shrug… I imagine it’ll work with what ya got goin’ on… Just clean up the wood, you should be good to go… Small scales, HO and 1/72, maybe 1/48th, it’ll look like groundwork, larger scales, 1/32,1/35th, 1/24th, it’ll look like shredded foam…
Hey Will,
When I do a build, I essentially build around the subject at hand… I will go through various reference material on that subject and choose the best setting that I see fit…
Everyone is unique in their own way so I hope that this can be a start… Here are a few bases I did a while back…
Hope you enjoyed and good luck!!
Flaps up,
Mike
Rangers Lead The Way
Is this wide enough for a runway
Hey Will,
I would maybe extend the sides of the runway about 4-5 inches on each side… Most runways could have 1-2 a/c at a time taking off in a round about way side by side…
Here are aome pix that might help… The last one is a Stang on take off… You will notice actually how wide this particular runway is!!
Flaps up,
Mike
Rangers Lead The Way
Truthfully, no… It’s barely wide enough for a taxiway… Taildraggers have to do S-turns, kind of a drunken weave, down a taxiway, allowing the pilot to see around the nose.
I Picked up a bigger frame 20x16 and some all-porpose joint compound what should I do first?
Tape the edge of the frame so you don’t get anything on it.
Then put down your groundwork.
David
should I do a layer of the compound?
I was thinking of doing a runway with part of a taxi road on it can you help me find some pics of both
You doing dirt, concrete, or PSP? (Pierced Steel Planking, or Marston Matting)
Several layers, actually… I do 3 or 4 thin ones, which I think is better than one thick one to guard against shrinking and cracking, and the thin layers dry faster. I build up to about 3/8ths to 5/16ths inch. It’ll give you a nice edge to finish, either with veneer or paint. Thicker than that you’re just wasting mud…
how wide should the runway be
Runways on forward fighter air strips in the ETO were about 100 feet wide… Best way to be sure is to go out to your local airpatch and pace it off…
Doing a taxiway/runway intersection and keeping the size managable, it’d be best to do the taxiway and one edge of the runway, I’d think…
Here’s a Luftwaffe runway. Note the width of the taxiways compared to runway.
I’d suggest your base look something like this rough sketch.
Hope that helps a bit…
What about this
Sorry about the words
Here’s a layer of apjc and for size ref.
