Every now and again I like to take a break from building vehicles and do something different as I did with the Normandy bunker “Washing Day+1”.
This is a wwII German forward observation trench at the front.
was inspired by Verlinden[:)]
Very nicely done. The figure painting is excellent. Thanks for posting.
Regards, Rick
great work RUSS !is it all scrach built?[8]
Fantastic ,perfect size. lots of details
Wonderful! I wish I had your skill
once again, anothr very well done piece sasd! love the trench works, u don’t see many people doin that sorta thing that much. great job!![tup][tup]
You’ve captured the dirty and muddy life of being in a trench. Even if it is a forward observation post. Your comment about not making another vehicle is quite correct. Sometimes a dio of just men in a combat scenario focuses more on the human condition in wartime. Very nice work. I wish I had the time you have to pump out works so quickly…lol[;)]
TigerII
Thanks for the comments guys, it is all scratchbuilt with insulation foam Von then covered with corrigated tin made from the innards of a cookie package. Sandbags are made from kids plastercene,looked like smarties all over the thing before I got it painted,lol! As for skill Scer,it dosent come overnight,Im 52 now and I started building
kits at the young age of 6 and Im still learning something new everyday,itll come dont be in a rush. Its tough dealing with the rigors of everyday life and getting some building time in,guess I cant complaine,Im done with work and kids and I`m inbetween the next stage in life,Gramps,so time is all I have right now to build.
Excellent job!!![^]
Another great one, thanks…
sasd,
Looks great!! How did you build the sides up by chance?? I have several of the Verlinden kits but cant figure out how to build the sides up. I am to lazy and am not handy to scratch build!!! [:D]
Smokinprice
Excellent work!!! the detail is awesome…i would say this one is alittle more peaceful, but then again with all those grenades and mg34s hard to say lol…
Thanks very much everyone. Smokin, firstly this isnt a Verlinden kit,its scratched using
some chunks of builders insulation foam,the thicker stuff found at building supplies stores,and that is what I used to build up the sides. The foam comes in varying thicknesses in either blue or pink. For the amount you get in one sheet it`s quite the deal and makes your dio/vig light. This stuff can be shaped,sanded and painted with ease and drybrushes beautifully.
This one looks grear Sasd, what did you use for the barb wire??
Thad
Final product looks cool, Russ, very nice indeed! I think the barbwire is just plain ol’ window screen cut up? This is a tiny one folks, I only wish I could do that small, mine usually start off like that, but as you see with mine, that always insn’t the case! LOL
Sasd,
Great job as usual,congratulations
Pedro
Yo kz dude, just about finished my winter dio, just doing the fiddly stuff, soon as the batteries are recharged i will post my stalin and kursk dios. Sounds like you have the same problem i do mine start small but end up miraculously growing case in point my winter scene, was only supposed to have the panzer III, but now has kettenkrad, and 3 figs. Best regards Roy
As we have come to expect of you , absolutely superb, you make the rest of us look like real amateurs.
Superb work, Russ. I would never have thought of using the inside of a cookie bag like that.
Many thanks everyone, we all have different ways of doing things,different ideas and visions of how the finished model should look,we dont all weather the hell out of our vehicles like I do,if we did it would be a pretty boring modeling community. This is what gives us all a great visual variety to learn from,and no one is any better than the modeler standing beside you! As a modeler Buff,I dont throw anything out,my good wife gets a little ticked off at the sight of all this junk I save but I know it`s gonna come in handy down the road somewhere.
Yes Thad,as Kelly mentioned the barbed wire is just cut strands of screening,wish I could come up with some of that old metal screendoor screening,that stuff is excellent for barbedwire.