"Easy Pickins"
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Fantastic work Steve. Really great tonal variation and weathering. All the gear and disorder screams action. Can't wait to see it adorned with a couple of your excellent figures.
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Man that is some fabulous detail work that you’ve done here! I never realized that there was a BMW logo on the sidecar too! It’s all looking top notch Ski. 
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Amazing work, Steve! 
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Tanks, Keav! The nice thing is, the figures are already done, HA!
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Thanks, Carlos. Ya, this kit is actually pretty detailed, but I went much further, full plumbing and wiring. I figured, if you could/should see it, ya might as well include it.Stikpusher wrote: ↑Mon Mar 18, 2024 6:18 pm Man that is some fabulous detail work that you’ve done here! I never realized that there was a BMW logo on the sidecar too! It’s all looking top notch Ski.
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Wowser! That looks so good!
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Your work never fails to amaze me, Steve. I also like the background story of the resurrected dio from the tomb of neglected projekts.
I also have a started dio standing around in my bedroom since... 2014 maybe? I'm sure I'll be back at it sometime because I still like the idea of it.
Good ideas are timeless, aren't they?
Cheers
Torben
I also have a started dio standing around in my bedroom since... 2014 maybe? I'm sure I'll be back at it sometime because I still like the idea of it.
Good ideas are timeless, aren't they?
Cheers
Torben
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Muchos Gracias, Me amigo!
Thanks, Torben. Work that dio when you get the gumption to do it, especially if the idea is still inspiring you. I would have had this finshed long ago, but space A was a serious issue. Now, that being said, I still need to keep track of the width and height of the finish, otherwise I will have overbuilt it and it still wouldn't fit the cabinet space, HA! Ya, I wish I had even more room than what I recovered recently, oh well.mostrich wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 2:12 pm Your work never fails to amaze me, Steve. I also like the background story of the resurrected dio from the tomb of neglected projekts.
I also have a started dio standing around in my bedroom since... 2014 maybe? I'm sure I'll be back at it sometime because I still like the idea of it.
Good ideas are timeless, aren't they?
Cheers Torben
Give Blood, Play Rugby, cause everyone knows football is for wimps!
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Building the Woodshed/Out-Building
After serious consideration on how to lay out this scenario I’ve decided to build a woodshed/out-building. Since most of the barns in Normandy back in WWII were made mostly of stone with wood roofs and trusses, and I wanted to make an out-building, no stone work will be done. The lumber material has a rough sawn texture and would be typical of what would have been used for such a secondary structure.
The scenario will work the same and I’ll be able to keep the scene open enough for the action to be visible without losing sight of the Ranger, he won’t be hidden. And of course there will be plenty of climbing ivy and bushes to cover and climb the old wooden structure. I will be using several shades fo dark brown and black to give the old wood appearance, so this should work just fine.
I cut all the material on the table saw using weathered 1”x10” pine board scraps. I left an area open for some weather damage as well. The shake shingles were cut from a board that had not been planed, so the width would wider and be close to scale. I’m going to be busy for some time placing all those shingles, but the effect will be worth it.
The posts all have heavy metal pins and the base has been drilled for each location making for a stable set up. Right now, I’m debating what kind of equipment might need to be built to fill in some spaces as well as a few oil drums and maybe some tractor equipment as well. If I could find some 1/9th scale aftermarket equipment that would be great, but I’m thinking I will have to build all of it from scratch. No worries, that’s another fun [part of this Sport, the imagination and creation, right?
More to follow soon, but right now I’ve got my work cut out for the next few days. Thanks for watchin.
Cheers, Ski.
After serious consideration on how to lay out this scenario I’ve decided to build a woodshed/out-building. Since most of the barns in Normandy back in WWII were made mostly of stone with wood roofs and trusses, and I wanted to make an out-building, no stone work will be done. The lumber material has a rough sawn texture and would be typical of what would have been used for such a secondary structure.
The scenario will work the same and I’ll be able to keep the scene open enough for the action to be visible without losing sight of the Ranger, he won’t be hidden. And of course there will be plenty of climbing ivy and bushes to cover and climb the old wooden structure. I will be using several shades fo dark brown and black to give the old wood appearance, so this should work just fine.
I cut all the material on the table saw using weathered 1”x10” pine board scraps. I left an area open for some weather damage as well. The shake shingles were cut from a board that had not been planed, so the width would wider and be close to scale. I’m going to be busy for some time placing all those shingles, but the effect will be worth it.
The posts all have heavy metal pins and the base has been drilled for each location making for a stable set up. Right now, I’m debating what kind of equipment might need to be built to fill in some spaces as well as a few oil drums and maybe some tractor equipment as well. If I could find some 1/9th scale aftermarket equipment that would be great, but I’m thinking I will have to build all of it from scratch. No worries, that’s another fun [part of this Sport, the imagination and creation, right?
More to follow soon, but right now I’ve got my work cut out for the next few days. Thanks for watchin.
Cheers, Ski.
Give Blood, Play Rugby, cause everyone knows football is for wimps!