The Liberation of a Normandy Village - and some cheese and wine too!

[JR]

:smiling2::smiling3::smiling3:

[Andy Belsey]

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Andy B

[spanner570]

Nice one Andy.
I can just see the headlines - 'Monster duck with number on its bum paddles down river to ousts elite enemy defenders!'

All good stuff. ......

Ron

[Andy Belsey]

I'm pretty sure that it's 1:72 or nearly if you check this out?

Andy

[Andy Belsey]

Who said I've had too much of Ron's cheese?!!

[JR]

Who said I've had too much of Ron's cheese?!!

Andy
Good to see you on form :thumb2::smiling2:
John .

[Andy Belsey]

Shut up Race, and pass me more of Ron's wine!!:tongue-out:
Andy

[Jim R]

Wish I'd never mentioned ducks. You lot just get silly!! :smiling2:
Jim

[spanner570]

"Quite agree, too silly. Get some discipline into those chaps Sgt. Major!" ......(Monty Python sketch)

I'm afraid I've lost most of the stage photos of the weir build, so we'll have to make do with ones I have left. Sorry folks .... There again, I don't suppose you would want to see a load of pictures of a stream bed!

Here is the weir wall, stream bed and bank with some colour added. I just picked at the polystyrene with my fingers to produce the rocks.

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I added some small rocks behind the weir lip and then stuck a piece of clear plastic from a food container over the whole top area.
You will be glad to observe the hanging paving slabs have been sorted. I just built up the corner with some adhesive and sprinkled floor sweeping on to the top surface.
A bit of coffee stirrer fence has also been added.
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I'll put a bit of movement into the water at a later stage.
Next up I'll build the two bridges.

Cheers.
Ron

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
So effective and yet you make it sound so simple. Glad the pavement is sorted.
Jim

[spanner570]

Hi Ron
So effective and yet you make it sound so simple. Flag the pavement is sorted.
Jim

Thanks Jim. I do adopt the simple, straight forward approach when building dioramas (and bits of plastic too!) Sometimes I see builders getting bogged down by reading too much technical stuff, to the point where they seem to fear progressing any further and get a kind of mental block about the whole thing. I just go out and study what I want to reproduce, then have a bash at it.
Diorama videos and books are not for me. I prefer to watch mother nature. She supplies all the information I need. Also folks tend to try and copy what they see on videos or what they read. That can lead to frustration because we all have our own style. - it shows in our models.

However, it doesn't matter how the individual gathers his or her info. as long as they themselves are happy with the resulting diorama or model.

Here endeth the lesson. Please leave any donations in the tray on the way out - Cash only please.

Rev. Billy Graham

[Gern]

Wish I'd never mentioned ducks. You lot just get silly!! :smiling2:
Jim

It's what some (most?) of us are best at!

[Gern]

"Quite agree, too silly. Get some discipline into those chaps Sgt. Major!" ......(Monty Python sketch)

I'm afraid I've lost most of the stage photos of the weir build, so we'll have to make do with ones I have left. Sorry folks .... There again, I don't suppose you would want to see a load of pictures of a stream bed!

Here is the weir wall, stream bed and bank with some colour added. I just picked at the polystyrene with my fingers to produce the rocks.

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I added some small rocks behind the weir lip and then stuck a piece of clear plastic from a food container over the whole top area.
You will be glad to observe the hanging paving slabs have been sorted. I just built up the corner with some adhesive and sprinkled floor sweeping on to the top surface.
A bit of coffee stirrer fence has also been added.
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I'll put a bit of movement into the water at a later stage.
Next up I'll build the two bridges.

Cheers.
Ron

I think you've changed this on the sly Ron! I swear I saw fish swimming in the water above the weir last time!

[Fernando N]

Hi Ron, just had a nice read trough since the last time I checked in.....
The buildings have come out as a real treat (love the damage:nerdand the base is very nice too with height variation and a stream.:thumb2::smiling:
Looking forward to see how it develops.

[scottie3158]

Ron,
Simple but very very effective.