North African Build

[JR]

Richard.
Sorry I don't have any idea how I missed this, to busy sending you bird nests .
When was it on MM. ( ssh) I can't have been there then.
Anyway I mentioned the other day how much thought goes into you bases, and here you are again doing just that. I love that black chair !!!! :flushed:where you were spraying.
Right I'm in carry on please.
John.

[rtfoe]

Hi John, no worries, must have been before your time in MM. I stopped and started work on the Harry Tate that's why if you see the newspaper mask has turned brown with age.

The chair which is foldable is a relic that my wife saved from her Dad's home. They were mostly found in coffee shops in the 70's now replaced with plastic chairs and stools.

Cheers,
Richard

[JR]

Hi John, no worries, must have been before your time in MM. I stopped and started work on the Harry Tate that's why if you see the newspaper mask has turned brown with age.

The chair which is foldable is a relic that my wife saved from her Dad's home. They were mostly found in coffee shops in the 70's now replaced with plastic chairs and stools.

Cheers,
Richard

Richard.
Thanks for that, no doubt the chair style will be collectable in years to come ......... Stripping of paint will be required ! :smiling:
Had another look at your anatomical skills, that donkey is super, can I ask where you learnt that, its a real skill.
John.

[rtfoe]

Richard.
Thanks for that, no doubt the chair style will be collectable in years to come ......... Stripping of paint will be required ! :smiling:
Had another look at your anatomical skills, that donkey is super, can I ask where you learnt that, its a real skill.
John.

Thanks John, I had a picture reference of a mischevious donkey making faces...that helped. It was the decision where to cut the wedge for the amount of open mouth that needed studying. Apparently the snout and nose of horses and donkeys are very flexible and are able to squish up unlike for us it's not the nose but only our upper lip.

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Cheers,
Richard

[rtfoe]

Hi, while the donkey is growing his ears, I spent a bit of time pondering over the stone building which wasn't very good as the stones were colapsing. I decided to demolish it and start anew using foam board and scribing the stones in.
Initially the stone building was like this...

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I have demolished it and done this to replace it. I got carried away scribing and piecing the walls together that I forgot to photograph the progress...

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It is now coated with household emulsion paint. I was going to add wood scaffolding to the steps but an Architect friend advised that if it were a medieval watch tower set in the middle east, arches would have been used in the construction.
It's all foam...no plaster was used. I may need to pluck out some of the stones as they look too even. The other wall which joins up with the door will basically be made up of rubble. The dimensions is slightly larger than the intended base so some adjustments will be made.

I am now confused...should I put this into the buildings section and then return it into the dio section when ready to be installed?...like the donkey and the Panzerjager.

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

This is looking soooooo good Richard. Another masterwork on it's way.

The donkey reminds me of one owned by my aunt. We used to try and ride it as kids, but it was more or less uncontrollable and would take us through the orchard and brush us off it's back with the low branches. Also had quite a bite!

[scottie3158]

Richard,
Wow loving that building.

[rtfoe]

Thanks guys,

This is looking soooooo good Richard. Another masterwork on it's way.

The donkey reminds me of one owned by my aunt. We used to try and ride it as kids, but it was more or less uncontrollable and would take us through the orchard and brush us off it's back with the low branches. Also had quite a bite!

Peter, the donkey ride must have been something out of a Buster Keaton movie :tears-of-joy: Yeh I heard they bite.

Richard,
Wow loving that building.

Scottie, glad you like it. The stairs was one major calculation. I don't think there are such buildings...just my imagination that old empires could have made these on important trading routes.

Cheers,
Richard

[Steve Jones]

I admire your tenacity to get the wall correct. It certainly looks the part. Wonderful work sir:thumb2:

[rtfoe]

Thanks Steve, having been showing old builds I thought this needed a makeover and is actually a current affair. Now that my bench is in order there should be a steady stream of things...

Here's the underside of the building showing that it only consist of polyfoam/the new compressed boards that can be carved and painted on.

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Cheers,
Richard

[minitnkr]

Outstanding. Love the stairs. PaulE

[rtfoe]

Hi Paul, sorry for the late reply. Dec was a really busy month for me...renovations for the house has kept me from the bench and have neglected my post. Had some free time between Christmas and New Year so there is progress. The following are some pictures of the progress.

I have dry fitted the building and built up the stone debris around it...

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Using a piece of corrugated plastic I created a pattern on the plaster creating wind swept sand. The layer of household white paint which I used to secure the groundwork makes it quite hard to see the sand pattern.

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The well has been redone and will have a wooden cover from balsa.

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I have added the tank tracks by pressing the wet plaster with spare tracks from another Panzer1.

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At first I thought of changing the tanks but have decided to stay with the Panzerjaeger.

Cheers,
Richard

[scottie3158]

Richard,
Happy New Year, Great work mate the building and rubble are very convincing.

[Jim R]

hi Richard
Happy new year to you and yours.
Very well planned and executed model. I do like the donkey. I think you have his/her stance and expression perfect. The ruined building is spot on. I do agree with dios deserving a neat and well thought out base.
jim

[rtfoe]

Thanks Guys and Happy New Year to you too.

The one thing that I have failed to depict is the lonely vastness of the desert being that it is a small base and my tendency to clutter.

Cheers,
Richard