The unnamed dio

[Si Benson]

Morning all,

Some of you may remember a few builds that I’ve been doing and the start of a diorama...not something I’m particularly good at.
I keep starting other projects and it keeps getting side lined, so before I tackle anything else I’m going to get this one moving.

The vehicles will be.....a Pz II J ( vk1601) a well armoured recon vehicle
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Opel blitz with a sled mounted flak gun.....
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A couple of chaps already well into painting....
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The base itself. I knocked up a frame and added a thin layer of Sculptamold for texture. I’ll add various length grass etc as I build it up.
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A miniart shed that I stumbled on in the stash and a couple of wire framed trees under construction still
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The shed is supposed to have a partly broken wall, but I’ve chosen to repair that so filled it and had started to scribe in the bricks.
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So there’s all the bits so far. Wish me luck as I attempt to make a reasonable dio.
All comments, tips, advice and abuse are thoroughly welcomed :smiling4:
Cheers
Si

[Steve O]

All the best Si i'm sure you will turn it into a cracking dio.

Steve.

[spanner570]

Looking good Si.
Nice to see a descent set of track marks too. So easy to forget!

Ron

[Jon Heptonstall]

Nice work Si. I do like those trees you're doing. Can we have some more piccies of them?
Jon.

[Si Benson]

Nice work Si. I do like those trees you're doing. Can we have some more piccies of them?
Jon.

Your wish is my command:smiling4:

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I can’t take any credit as the idea was from YouTube here’s a link for the video...

This guy makes some brill things....I’ve spent hours watching his work:thumb2:

Si

[Jon Heptonstall]

Thanks Si.
They look excellent.Definitely going to try this.
Jon.

[Jim R]

Hi Si
Great looking vehicles and the dio itself is off to a good start. I'll bet it will be a cracker.
Jim

[Mini Me]

Looks good so far Si. Thanks for including the tree tutorial, it was most interesting.
Cheers, Rick H.

[Mickc1440]

Great components for the dio Si, looking forward to seeing more.

[scottie3158]

Si,

Will loiter with intent mate. Looking forward to see what you do with this.

[Guest]

Si, I know exactly what you mean by sidelining projects. This is a good thing to do, you're on a roll, have fun my friend.

[Si Benson]

Morning all,

Great to have you fine folks looking in. Don’t expect anything amazing though....although I’ve done a handful of small scale bases, this size is pushing my comfort zone!

A late night and early morning and I’ve pushed on to get this far....
Finished working on the rear wall and gave it a prime and base colour.
I used Vallejo air through the airbrush, used there own brand flow improver and I had zero problems for the first time:smiling4:

Using my home made static grass applicator I got some 6mm and 12mm grass down.....a bit too green and I have some where I don’t want it but that’s easily taken care of. Extremely happy my applicator actually worked:thumb2:

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Thanks for looking in....all comments welcome.
Cheers
Si

[Mini Me]

Si,
Shaping up rather nicely. I'm looking forward to the finish!:thumb2:
Cheers, Rick H.

[Steve Jones]

Very nice work Si. Glad to see the grass applicator worked well. Looking forward to seeing the 24 blackbirds in the tree:tongue-out3:

[Guest]

Yep the grass sits nicely Si ! It looks very natural. A quick passing with the airbrush and less vibrant green paint and it'll look spot on.