Germans used Grey Colour at the earlier part of WWII and then changed colour to Dark Yellow. Dark Yellow wasn’t just for North Africa. Dark Yellow was used as base colour for German vehicles and then camo was applied by field crew.
HeavyArty, sorry, my mistake. Thanks for correcring me.
David
I’m still alittle confuse of how to do the dio itself, I’ve got the base, and cut some syrofoam for elevation but I need to applie something to cover it all up to make it look like one piece, its that step before groundswork.
Still stuck on the grass but useing moss can look realistique too.
Plaster of paris works well and its all I really use for ground work. You can buy it pretty cheap at any Home Depot or department and craft store. I paid about $13 for a 1 Kg box of it
Also for grass try buying some faux fur. You can get it in a sheet and it comes in a variety or colours. It looks like a field of grass when glued down and properly trimmed and accented.
I Know! Great deal! best offer ever, they even sell it already mixte with water, I’ve use it to make molds of the czech building, which mit be convert into german or russian.
Already the building assesories are done.
But to make the mixte sticker, I’ll mixte white glue, it should help, and best of all, any srapt drie plaster can be use for rubbel. thanks!
I learn that almost anything can be use for dios, for instent, you know that moss they sell at pet shop for reptials to make the cage more natural, it sort of looks like grass, I’m sure that can be place in the dio as grass, and for trees, no problem, branches for chamelions which added leaves can look fairly realistique is propely ajusted.
Wheter its the sahara desert or the russian winter, the tigers there, so the scene are endlist, but thing aren’t doing intirely as plan, so many ideas but so little skill.
Here’s some photos of tigers, and tell about the czech building above.
http://www.alanhamby.com/gallery.html
And is this a mold or a pieces?
It’s the actual piece, made by a process known as vacforming. You need to cut the parts away from the backing sheet, sand the edges flush where they join other parts, open up the windows, doors etc. While you can use it as a mould, the details will be softer because the detail side is the outside.
After whatching a DVD of woodland scenic “the clinic” I now know the basic of m,aking a dio, and its alot easier that I though, I’m now more determine to do one than ever![:D]
hi TRex: after reading thru this thread, I’d like to add one item. I don’t know if you’re still going to do this or not but it’s in regards to your idea for damage on the Tiger. A big caliber high explosive round (17cm or larger) would crack the thinner armor and kill everyone inside. Smaller stuff would just scrape the dense armor , knock off equipment, possibly injure the occupants – but there wouldn’t be any penetrating hole.
Rule of thumb: penetration = death or serious wounds.
There are some great looking Tiger 1 dioramas on www.battlesceneproductions.com
[:D]Great news, after whaching a woodland DVD “The Clinic” i’m now more determine to do a ausume diorama for my tiger, I’'ve been working on it for a month,it’s lookinh great! I love it, I’ll post its pictures of it today.
Thanks from reminding me, I thought tanks were tought, but not much back then, forget the caliber shot, here the final scene going to be. A tiger park beside two hills, one natural hill (with foliage and grass) the big hill is a man made euh wall, well not exactly a wall, its a mixte of a trench and a hill but not a bunker, on top is the puchhen is a hole with sandbags and bare wires, the tigers its self is being inspected and resupply with ammo and fuel, I think it would be best my flak wagon converted into a supplie wagon would be better than the kettenkrad.
The only problem with the scene is the mud, after the plaster cloat I alpplie plaster, then crush a piece of paper and pat it down is radom spot in the plaster,this is to make look nore realistique rader that flat, then before it dries I roll some lego wheels to make the scene look busy, for the color,woodland scenic earth undercoat, it looks fairly muddy but I could hace done better.
Right now I need to add some foliage and accesories I just hope the tiger will be ready, its been damage by the oven clearer wash, thats all for now.