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Re: Ratch's workbench 2017

Posted: October 15th, 2017, 9:15 pm
by gnomemeansgnome
Nice work on the army as always, Ratch. Your work on these figures has inspired me somewhat to have a go at some 72nd scale figures again.

Re: Ratch's workbench 2017

Posted: October 16th, 2017, 5:52 pm
by Ratch
These are the Belgian element of the HaT 8096 set, as 3rd & 7th Line Battalions
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Re: Ratch's workbench 2017

Posted: October 16th, 2017, 6:08 pm
by Ratch
These are the flank companies of the 3rd & 7th Line Battalions. These were Belgian units and I used the HaT 8025 bodies with Airfix 01745 heads
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Re: Ratch's workbench 2017

Posted: October 17th, 2017, 5:37 pm
by Ratch
An addition with an alteration. I decided to add a mounted officer to the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Regiment of Grenadiers (Old Guard) and use the figure he replaced with the Emperor and his servant Roustam from the Italeri 6016 French Imperial General Staff set
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Re: Ratch's workbench 2017

Posted: October 19th, 2017, 12:28 pm
by Ratch
I have added some scatters and barbed wire to my ancient Bellona vac-form trench diorama. The reverse (underneath) was filled with expanding polystyrene foam to give the 30+ year old vac-form some rigidity.
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Re: Ratch's workbench 2017

Posted: October 19th, 2017, 1:17 pm
by Ratch
I found 8 more HäT 8014 Napoleonic King’s German Legion Light Dragoons and have added 6 Italeri 6094 British Light Cavalry to make the 2nd Light Dragoons, King's German Legion
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Re: Ratch's workbench 2017

Posted: October 19th, 2017, 1:52 pm
by Old_Tonto
Keeping yourself busy I see Ratch. :lol:

Some lovely work going on here and a very good tip using expanding foam to stiffen up that vac form base. Will have to remember that one.

Re: Ratch's workbench 2017

Posted: October 20th, 2017, 10:44 am
by Ratch
Cheers, I reckon you could make a hole and 'plant' trees into the stuff :razz:

Re: Ratch's workbench 2017

Posted: October 20th, 2017, 2:56 pm
by ShaunW
You are indeed keeping yourself nicely busy, Ratch. I remember Bellona from donkey's years ago - are they still going?

Re: Ratch's workbench 2017

Posted: October 20th, 2017, 6:00 pm
by Ratch
I haven't seen any of their stuff for years Shaun :cry:
Just to give a sense of scale...
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Re: Ratch's workbench 2017

Posted: October 20th, 2017, 7:03 pm
by Ratch
The KGL are galloping at a rate...
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Re: Ratch's workbench 2017

Posted: October 20th, 2017, 7:08 pm
by iggie
The trench base looks really good; is it going to be populated with more figures?

Re: Ratch's workbench 2017

Posted: October 20th, 2017, 7:43 pm
by Ratch
Thanks :grin:
iggie wrote:is it going to be populated with more figures?
Eventually... in the fullness of time :ha:

Re: Ratch's workbench 2017

Posted: October 21st, 2017, 4:58 am
by Softscience
You're very prolific. Where do you store/display what mist be hundreds of models by now?

Re: Ratch's workbench 2017

Posted: October 21st, 2017, 11:44 am
by Ratch
Every now and then I have a cull, some get binned and others given away ;-)