Tamiya Wespe 1/35 scale.

[The Smythe Meister]

Good evening all.
After spending a lot of time in the garden when it was sunny , the recent rain has given me chance to carry on .
Apart from fitting the flashing to the roof I've made a collection of wooden crates . Also guled up some oil drums .

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All moving along , next will be the building placement onto the base, with the oil drums and cases .
Thanks for following .
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Coming along swimmingly there Mr.R.
With all this superb detail it's sure to be another Premiership level Dio from Race Towers.

[Lee Drennen]

Super detailing John. I like those crates very nice. Glad you got some garden time in mine is soaked with rain and I need to plant.

[rtfoe]

Great stuff John, two things to consider for the roof tiles. How old is the building and how much moss would have gathered under each step of the tile and with light snow...how does it fall and gather? Looking forward for more eye candy.

Cheers,
Wabble

[scottie3158]

John,
I am completely blown away with that roof mate it is superb

[JR]

You really do manage to get tremendous reality into your work.

Many thanks Jim.

Superb work John!
Pete

Thanks Pete.

Coming along swimmingly there Mr.R. :smiling3:
With all this superb detail it's sure to be another Premiership level Dio from Race Towers.

I do hope so Andy :smiling2:

Super detailing John. I like those crates very nice. Glad you got some garden time in mine is soaked with rain and I need to plant.

Cheers Lee, this rain we've been having is getting a bit much for gardeners .Know how your feeling.

Great stuff John, two things to consider for the roof tiles. How old is the building and how much moss would have gathered under each step of the tile and with light snow...how does it fall and gather? Looking forward for more eye candy.

Cheers,
Wabble

Good points Wabble, think I need to have the snow coming from the right hand , so the majority of the roof would be clear -ish .This time I only want to show a light covering. The beginning of winter . Yes think there should be some moss, looking at our roof we have plenty , so further checks required :thumb2:

John,
I am completely blown away with that roof mate it is superb

Very kind of you Paul .

[JR]

No photos today, painted the cases with Amig New Wood, and the oil drums in a rust primer. Might do some chipping on the dented ones tomorrow.
Also glued the building in place onto the base.
Thanks for the comments.
John.

[Lee Drennen]

painted the cases with Amig New Wood,

Hate to ask but I would like to see them in the Amig New Wood to see if I need to switch to that paint if it’s not too much trouble thanks John.

[Graeme C.]

Coming along nicely John.

[JR]

Hate to ask but I would like to see them in the Amig New Wood to see if I need to switch to that paint if it’s not too much trouble thanks John.

Hi Lee, I've pm'd you with a photo .
John

[JR]

Coming along nicely John.

Thanks Graeme.

[JR]

To day while sitting in the sunshine I used some VMS tarp paper and the liquid paper shaper.Used it before and is just the job, you can apparently use normal printer paper ,but not had to resort to that yet
First thing this morning was to glue the cases together. Once dry the paper was soaked in the solution and draped over the cases .
Using a brush and more liquid you wrangle the sheet, trying to get life like folds .

Once dry I'll brush paint the tarp .
Also did some chipping on the fuel drums, using Ak chipping .
Starting with the primer yesterday allowing to dry over night I applied a good coat of the chipping .Left it until it was dry and then brush painted the finished top coat.
With that dry and a bowl of clean water ready a small brush was soaked in the water .Repeated scrubbing , (not to hard as the paint was just dry) gave a reasonable worn look.
Next will be some thin lines where the barrel has been rolled and some staining around the top .Thanks for looking in, off to do the tea .
John .

[scottie3158]

John,
That paper looks good I will have to look that up. Where did you get it?

[Mickc1440]

More great work JR

[Mini Me]

JR, that's some pretty convincing "paper wrangling" you have on those crates...should look the bomb once painted! :thumb2:

[JR]

John,
That paper looks good I will have to look that up. Where did you get it?

From VMS Paul, but John sells the range in the shop .

John,
That paper looks good I will have to look that up. Where did you get it?

Thanks Mick .