Doing the groundwork
Posted: November 18th, 2014, 10:27 pm
I had an old Bellona vac-form base that had become damaged, and a hardboard off-cut. The vac-formed gun emplacement had lost the roof to the store room, so a new one would need scratchbuilding. I cut out the constituent parts, re-arranged them and stuck them down with PVA.
I tore up newspaper strips and mixed it up with plaster of paris and water, then put it on appropriate areas of the base.
I constructed an observation platform on the roof of the store room.
It is removable.
I used poster paints as an undercoat for the groundwork.
Repainted the mortar
the brickwork and paving
I had some grass mat from a model railway source and broke up the joins with static grass
Lychen was added as scrub
I then added some pallets, oil drums and sacks c/o Ratio (model railway accessories)
The Bofors guns and figures are Airfix (apart from one or two)
Nearly there with this one
More railway accessories for the store room
And some shots of the completed build.
I tore up newspaper strips and mixed it up with plaster of paris and water, then put it on appropriate areas of the base.
I constructed an observation platform on the roof of the store room.
It is removable.
I used poster paints as an undercoat for the groundwork.
Repainted the mortar
the brickwork and paving
I had some grass mat from a model railway source and broke up the joins with static grass
Lychen was added as scrub
I then added some pallets, oil drums and sacks c/o Ratio (model railway accessories)
The Bofors guns and figures are Airfix (apart from one or two)
Nearly there with this one
More railway accessories for the store room
And some shots of the completed build.