Brécourt Manor

[rtfoe]

I'm going for the ride Jack...anything on D-Day rocks my boat. :hungry:

Cheers,
Richard

[Jack L]

Count me in on this one.. sorry I’m late!

Not late at all Jason, barely started.

Jack .I shall join the merry throng, I'll be interested in the vegetation.

Thanks John...please throw any advice in as we go, not something I have attempted before.

Jack I'm definitely in on this one.

Marty

Thanks Marty

I'm going for the ride Jack...anything on D-Day rocks my boat. :hungry:

Cheers,
Richard

Thanks Richard.

Really slow progress so far I am afraid, Want to get the gun done first so I can base other dimensions on that, and as Steve Jones attested to, it's pretty fiddly. Strange engineering, as there is a fair bit of stress aimed though glued joints, but we are working through slowly. Also, been drafted in to help Dad with a 1:1 project...I am slightly concerned that someone will one day be living in something I have been directly involved with, but there we go.



Anyway, gun is in progress, have been playing with Milliput for the first time to see what accessories I can make from scratch. Will have a lot of sandbags to do. Think I have sussed making camo netting from scratch, and these were delivered this morning as well:


Hopefully some actual progress for you all soon.

Jack

[Guest]

Wow Jack, the 1:1 looks pretty distracting, to say the least. Was the building ever used by the pottery?

[Jack L]

Wow Jack, the 1:1 looks pretty distracting, to say the least. Was the building ever used by the pottery?

Distracting, and very tiring!! Not quite, this section was the old blacksmith's workshop (it was Alan Knight who worked there when the pottery was in operation). The pottery itself was located in the adjoining stables, I will get a picture of it when we start work in there. Similar process of putting a floor in.

[JR]

Jack .Loving the building work, that take both me and Ron Spanner back.

As to the build those brass shells look good. Your lucky to find ammo, I don't think there is any for my build of the Pak 88 at all .

[Jack L]

Jack .Loving the building work, that take both me and Ron Spanner back.

As to the build those brass shells look good. Your lucky to find ammo, I don't think there is any for my build of the Pak 88 at all .

Thanks John...not something I have ever attempted before, but extremely satisfying, however exhausting!

Slightly disappointed to find out I could have probably made the shell casings myself...these are literally chopped up brass tube with an etch plate to attach at the base. What it does give me however, is the dimensions, so will have a go at sourcing the right size brass and making some more I think. Can never have too many discards!!!

[spanner570]

Yes, indeed 453, I made my living doing such work.

Trouble is, now when I see pictures like Jack's conversion, I start to sweat and get a nose bleed, thinking about the awful conditions I sometimes had to work in. Everything on a price, so no work = No pay!

Sorry for the slight tangent, Jack.

Ron[/QUOTE]

[JR]

Thanks John...not something I have ever attempted before, but extremely satisfying, however exhausting!

Slightly disappointed to find out I could have probably made the shell casings myself...these are literally chopped up brass tube with an etch plate to attach at the base. What it does give me however, is the dimensions, so will have a go at sourcing the right size brass and making some more I think. Can never have too many discards!!!
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Hindsight in these matters is always easy Jack,the cap end do look good thought, but we learn, take "mud " for example from Mig , cheaper and free to go into the garden, microwave the soil , and some cheap acrylic paint to the right colour. Done that , lesson learned.:smiling3:

As to those lengths of timber, make my shoulder ache just looking at them.

[tr1ckey66]

Good luck with the dio Jack. I bought the box set of Band of Brothers pretty much as soon as it was available, so I look forward to seeing what you make of this famous action.
Cheers
Paul

[Jack L]

Hindsight in these matters is always easy Jack,the cap end do look good thought, but we learn, take "mud " for example from Mig , cheaper and free to go into the garden, microwave the soil , and some cheap acrylic paint to the right colour. Done that , lesson learned.:smiling3:

As to those lengths of timber, make my shoulder ache just looking at them.

Very bruised shoulders, and just about everything else...but some more done yesterday, thankfully finished before the heat kicked in.
@Peter Day the pottery itself was the far end, where the green door is now.

Anyway, all of the proper work has severly limited bench time, but have got the gun complete, ready for paint when the weather allows.

I can't really say I enjoyed the model. Great detail, but some of the steps are ridiculously fiddly/complicated...and then, well this:


Parts like #22 nigh on impossible to get from the sprues without damage. I didn't even attempt those two, as the one in the second picture I managed to break in three places removing it from the sprue part I am holding. There are some really small contact areas/locator pins for gluing, and a lot of times I had to just position as best I could, and then flood with TET. I certainly won't be winning awards, but it looks like a gun! It also wants you to leave a lot of parts moveable, but even if you wanted to, they seemed to really loose, ambiguous fits, Steve Jones not sure if you had similar expiriences?

[JR]

Jack.
The manufacturers of a kit like to say it has hundreds of parts, we should know by now that it means having as many thin and multiple parts as possible to make one part ( which could have be moulded easily ) and a guarantee that most of them will break as soon as you try to remove them.

Good for you getting those joists up, glad I don't have to struggle anymore.

[Jim R]

Hi Jack
Late to the party - sorry. Great idea for the dio. The gun looks great but I appreciate how fiddly it is. 1:1 work looks quite a project.
Jim

[spanner570]

Nice work on both counts, Jack.

Just make sure you fix those chipboard flooring sheets I can see, the right way up!


Joseph of Nazareth

[Steve Jones]

It also wants you to leave a lot of parts moveable, but even if you wanted to, they seemed to really loose, ambiguous fits, @Steve Jones not sure if you had similar expiriences?

Very much so. Anything that had the option to move was glued into place. The carpet monster had a field day on this build and several of the small parts had to be replaced

You have done a terrific job on yours. Looking forward to seeing it all painted up

[Jack L]

Zero progress I am afraid. Been working hard on the barn, all the beams are up and fixed, and we have insulated the roof to a stage where we can start boarding the floor, to make the rest easier. Very excited to hear we can get the Velux windows in at that stage and actually get some air up there. It's been 5-10C warmer than ground level up in the rafters. I was up measuring and fitting, while Dad cut to size below. I think I got the raw end of the deal....


Other than that it has just been too hot for modelling. Planning some now though which will likely be a start of the base. Plenty of insulation foam scraps to play with now. Awaiting a telling off for hijacking my own thread.

Shem of the Ark