Valentine Mk 1 1/35 scale AFV CLUB AF 35178.

[Neil Merryweather]

Loving this John, bring it on!

[Strenko J]

Goodie goodie another water dio…staying away from fire for a while? Must be the pyro police keeping you in check…
looking forward to another Fantastic dio from you

[David Lovell]

Well done buddy a little perseverance and a step back every now and then to give yourself a pat on the back helps keep the right mind set , now you've primed up you can see it was worth the hassle ,look at it as the driving force to reach the part of the project that you enjoy the most you've had the smoke now bring on your fire.
Thanks for all your help recently as they say its good to talk. Dave

[Airborne01]

Looking good John - the diorama is developinh very nicely!
Steve

[JR]

Loving this John, bring it on!

Thanks Neil.

Goodie goodie another water dio…staying away from fire for a while? Must be the pyro police keeping you in check…
looking forward to another Fantastic dio from you

Don't know about that Joe:smiling2:, still need to pop some bubbles later so looking fwd to that. Had the weed burner out yesterday on the gravel drive, now that was fun !

Well done buddy a little perseverance and a step back every now and then to give yourself a pat on the back helps keep the right mind set , now you've primed up you can see it was worth the hassle ,look at it as the driving force to reach the part of the project that you enjoy the most you've had the smoke now bring on your fire.
Thanks for all your help recently as they say its good to talk. Dave

Thanks Dave, as for the help your most welcome :thumb2:

Looking good John - the diorama is developinh very nicely!
Steve

Many thanks Steve.

[JR]

Evening all.

Much progress made on the base.

First thought I should show the size
For those that work in good old imperial , sorry.


Before sticking with double sided tape a check is made,


Here the tape is on, never easy to remove the cover to expose this part. Time to take it slowly along with keeping the face clean.
This photo show the tape stuck on, just about to cut to length.

Edging tape done, rough at this stage as an allowance is left for the top layer of material, in my case just some dry sand and soil.


Having done the veneering a cover is applied with tape.


You can see the hight left for the top layer with the veneer showing well above the white base .


About to spray a very heavy coat of thinned PVA. Used that original bottle of glue up and since made up my own. Remove that spray top , and wash out well before putting the bottle cap back on.
Soil added, still very wet and left to dry over night. Resulting in.


Some white just showing through so more glue was added and soil.


Removing the edge.


This where I am now, a little more cleaning of the veneer to do .

Thanks for looking in. JOHN.

[JR]

Now where should that barrel be up or down ?

[Guest]

That is looking pretty impressive already. I’d say barrel up looks more desperate and stranded than barrel down.

[JR]

That is looking pretty impressive already. I’d say barrel up looks more desperate and stranded than barrel down.

Many thanks , that's one for up !

[Strenko J]

I’m going to vote for downward, but just slightly into the water as if there was not enough time to react

[JR]

I’m going to vote for downward, but just slightly into the water as if there was not enough time to react

Thanks my friend, that's one for down.

[JR]

Not many suggestions on the barrel direction , so far it's 1 down and 2 including me for up.

[David Lovell]

Just a thought John without some sort of break on the traverse ring surly it would be looking down going by weight first

[JR]

Just a thought John without some sort of break on the traverse ring surly it would be looking down going by weight first

Hadn't even crossed my mind Dave, that's very helpful.

[JR]

2 DOWN 2 UP