Sunday 6 October 2013

Top Secret

Through advice from my Chief Advisor, I am deciding to wait until Telford before showing the Naval Convoy dio. There will be no more updates on it before Telford. After, I will post as many images as I can for those who could not attend. Sorry if this comes across with a harsh tone but I want to maintain some element of surprise :D However, I will leak some images of a small project within the dio. Stalin.
Thanks
Euan







Chechnya River Crossing - Part 4

 Hi guys, had a really busy weekend. Made some great progress on both dios and managed to sort the track problem on the S-2. Hopefully It will be 'mobile' by the end of next week, maybe even finished! Anyway, I got the base cut, stuck and vehicles embedded in it. The rough shapes of the vehicles were cut on a band saw and glued to an MDF base. The holes were then trimmed so as to accept the vehicles. Polyfilla was mixed and spooned into the holes to about just under half way. However, it was made sure that there was a crater in the middle of the Polyfilla so as to allow the vehicles to settle. Once fully hard, the small gaps will be filled and sanded. I have also ordered my chosen water product from Model Hobbies. After about 2 weeks deliberation, I have settled on the Deluxe Materials Solid Water Set (350ml Edition). I was originally going to but both Vallejo Still Water and Woodland Scenics Water Effects. The plan was to create a flat surface with Vallejo and then texture it with WS. Research and logic forced me to seek a different option, I picked DM. Although, this is my first time using a purpose made water product so could go either way. It should arrive soon, I ordered it a few days ago.
(P.S, the Panther in some of the pictures is my Dad's, so no, I am not turing to the dark side :p )
Enjoy...