1/35 Scale Shadow box Dinner on the front line from Miniart.

[outrunner]

John, this dio must be a qualifier for the "dogs" award.


Andy.

[monica]

that looks great,well done taking nice shape

[JR]

Must admit that for timber, I've had some good results using cold coffee to stain (last project took a couple of applications of really strong coffee to turn 'pale' to 'teak'), though not too sure how it would work on balsa - might well penetrate too deeply

Thanks for looking in Gerry.:thumb2:more on the wetting later .

In the Gun trade we called it "Whiskering"......New gunstocks were wiped down with a wet cloth to raise the grain so they could be final sanded before finishing. I do like the effect that you have achieved in this case JR as like you said.....a little like tree bark. I think it will be the Bomb! :thumb2: Rick H.

Cheers Rick , for once I'm happy with the grain rising like that .

Your making a splendid job of this mate....suitably impressed :nerd:

Thanks Si, told Christine what you said about sweeping on to the floor, ashe agreed with you !!!!

John. I agree with Rick the rifles look great. You didn’t throw that sandwich away did you? Wonder what it would taste like with some Yorkshire Tea?

Yes Lee it had turned into a semi granite like substance, suppose you could re constituted in in Yorkshire tea:smiling2::smiling3::smiling3::nerd:

ive done the same but when i did it to balsa i found it caused fibres to stand up and give almost a 'furry' appearance.......guess it was the liquid causing balsa to absorb/expand?......think it also depends on how dense the balsa is

Hi Paul , Gerry and Rick the water does cause the fibers in the timber to swell. This is an accepted thing in using any water based finish, in fact when I was working finishing joinery and cabinets I would always wipe over with the grain using a damp cloth. When the grain./fibers had risen and dried they were sanded down with a fine paper , a tack rag wiped over and then given what ever finish was called for. Some timbers are far worse than others , American White oak and pine can be quite troublesome, sand too hard and you take away softer timber and leave the harder timber proud. This time Balsa has given me the finish I wanted perfectly.
Didn't think about the coffee Gerry mentioned, might have well saved a load of time mixing the paint !

John, this dio must be a qualifier for the "dogs" award.


Andy.

That's very king of you to say Andy, due to the rules members of the committe can not self award :cold-sweat:.

that looks great,well done taking nice shape

Thanks Moni.

[wotan]

John

That looks very nice, like an upscale Canadian holiday chalet. Are you listed on Vrbo?

John

[JR]

John

That looks very nice, like an upscale Canadian holiday chalet. Are you listed on Vrbo?

John

No not yet John, thank you , and for keeping an eye on me. Seems to be going to plan so far. Printed off some back grounds as you suggested , they'll make an appearance soon .

[minitnkr]

Looking good Dzohn. PaulE

[JR]

Looking good Dzohn. PaulE

Cheers Paul, did you see the great clean up ?

[Graeme C.]

It's looking very good Comrade Dzohn, the woodwork is very impressive & you haven't set fire to it.......:surprised:

[Steve Jones]

Great update JR. Nice to see the acrylics out. Great work all round. Really enjoying your work

[Mini Me]

Give him time Graeme........ He's waiting for Matron to look the other way.
She watches 'im like a 'awk, don't ya know!

[minitnkr]

I did indeed. Thought it was worthy of an honorable mention at least. PaulE

[Jim R]

Hi John
Excellent work. Really coming together now.
Jim

From my normal bench.

That photo is was unfortunately seen at the TBC headquarters. It caused quite a stir. Three committee members are still in rehab and the chairman has developed an uncontrolable twitch.

[Tim Marlow]

Looking good John. Lovely shovel work on the bench as well....

[JR]

It's looking very good Comrade Dzohn, the woodwork is very impressive & you haven't set fire to it.......:surprised:

Thanks Graeme, no not yet ! there will be a stove with " light " flames. :smiling2:.

Great update JR. Nice to see the acrylics out. Great work all round. Really enjoying your work

Thanks mate.

Give him time Graeme........ He's waiting for Matron to look the other way.
She watches 'im like a 'awk, don't ya know!

Ha, well Matrons gone off somewhere, no doubt to help with the injections, so will be safe for the moment..

I did indeed. Thought it was worthy of an honorable mention at least. PaulE

Thank you Paul , we must stick together , only cleaning up where you can't move or find your coffee.

Hi John
Excellent work. Really coming together now.
Jim


That photo is was unfortunately seen at the TBC headquarters. It caused quite a stir. Three committee members are still in rehab and the chairman has developed an uncontrolable twitch.

Thank you Jim, I do hope the members have fully recovered and are now back home. Sorry I didn't include the normal warning, and more sorry that the chairman has uncontrollable twitch. :nerd:

Looking good John. Lovely shovel work on the bench as well....

Thank you Tim. .

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Yesterday and today I've been slowly fitting straps to the weapons, I had to wait until yesterday to receive some spray for the CA, as the straps just wouldn't stick on there own.
Along with the Helmet Straps, these were made with pewter, (every time I pick some up or read about it I think of Simon T. It was Simon who got me to try it out in the first place 4 /5 years ago and I loved using it since.)

I primed the pewter last night , so it would have overnight to fully dry. 2 coats of paint and they were done.

Then assembled the crates Jason Crausby kindly sent me, not the easiest of things to do with only one eye to see, but after a long time I managed to get them together. The first part of assembly for the internals was ok, it was putting the crate sides on when the rest had been built. They've turned out ok and will certainly add to the setting. Of course lost one handle, flew off into the parallel universe never to be seen since.Soon made one up with the .4 mm wire.

Finely I glued the weapons into the racks, helmets hanging down and the door cover I actually drilled through the eyelets into the timber and fitted some .4 mm wire.
A good day, but still loads to do.





This was today, ready to do a final check for missing paint! The bayonet unfortunately fell off, and would not reattach.




The tarp door cover needs some more attention, but more than happy with the rest. Very slow time wise but enjoyable to see it done.

Thanks once again for looking in, comments always welcome.

Dzhon.

[Jim R]

Hi John
Superb attention to detail and a real "well done" mastering those crates and straps.
Jim