BMP -2 In Aleppo - Buildings construction

[rtfoe]

Clever. :thumb2:

Cheers,
Richard

[Steven]

Thanks gents
Remembet the improvised mortar? I am planning to build a protective barrier around the position and have toyed with the idea of having it consist of piles of some sandbags on top , rubble and oil drums filled with sand/ rubble they face inwards on the pic's but i have yet to decide which way they will face ,- iam leaning towards having them face the viewer as they add a bit of interest to the edge of the dio

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[JR]

Hi Steven, just had a catch up, wow is the word.
Love everything, the inside of the shop looking back at the shutter, fantastic, very realistic, the walls and the posters !
Top rate work ,loving it :thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::thumb2:
Rubble & Debri R Us

[Steven]

Barrels facing outwards
- Construction of the barrier temporarily halted as I ran out of UHO por

[JR]

Nice, pity about running out of POR

[Steven]

True
Little more work done
Will make it more interesting by adding debris of war like an ammo box etc on it and ah, also sandbags ...
On the right hand side it will merge into the rubble piles of the building

[minitnkr]

Some excellent work. PaulE

[Neil Merryweather]

brilliant!

[Steven]

Thanks gents
Sandbags underway i am going to do 4 layers maybe with firing slots build in by integrating ammo boxes
Also made the end on the LH side taper a bit more naturally

[JR]

Steven as a fellow rubble builder I have to congratulate you on the texture, very realistic. Notes taken !

[Steven]

Thanks John i live in an old building where the rendering is flaking and brick and mortar have seen better days so i collect what i need and sift it through various sieve to get varying degrees of corseness.complete with cat litter and bits and pieces of what is lying around that might look good - you can always cover it up

[Steven]

Thanks John i live in an old building where the rendering is flaking and brick and mortar have seen better days so i collect what i need and sift it through various sieve to get varying degrees of corseness.complete with cat litter and bits and pieces of what is lying around that might look good - you can always cover it up

I think in terms of adding texture the mixing in of gravel and small pebbles in the plaster/celluclay or what is etc is very important

[JR]

I think in terms of adding texture the mixing in of gravel and small pebbles in the plaster/celluclay or what is etc is very important

I agree Steven, I recently made up some wall filler, made 3 lots, adding colour to each . Spread thinly and allowed to firm up, then cut some straight lines into the mixes and did some small brick shapes.
When dry I bagged then up, as I used some on the Tiger dio I ground some up into very small pieces, certainly gives the desired look. So thank you for posting those photos .

[Steven]

Good idea mr. Race :smiling:
Some ammo boxes for said firing slot :

[JR]

Like the wear on those boxes, very realistic Steven .:thumb2: