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[Guest]

Hmmm big dioramas !!!! love 'em

I have to size mine down now so i can display them .. not got a lot of room left.

This looks to be a great idea, the models are nicely done too.

Keep the updates coming.

[spanner570]

This will be one mother of a diorama. Great idea. I will follow this with interest..........Careful not to over complicate it mind!

Looking good, with some nice models.

Ron

[geegad]

its a big'un alright looking forward to seein this pan out..

[Guest]

Looking forward to seeing this build progress, that is a mighty list of lovely kits you have there Andy:thumbsup:

I thought i built big Dio`s, but this is amazing, those Sdkfz 7`s look fantastic, really looking forward to seeing more.

Tom

[Guest]

Thanks everyone, appreciate the coments so far and will keep the thread updated as developments take place. The Bastion Bridge should be with me by the weekend and thats when the first board layout will be modelled.

As the layout has not yet been completed in terms of beign laid out, there may well be a change to accomodate the number of models i have. Instead of the area to the right of the Stug simply being a field for the Storch, i may well have a road running down from the North to the South, so basically the bridge crossing will have a cross roads on the Eastern Side. The armoured column will be approaching from the North of the Board towards the bridge while the supply column will be coming in from the East on approach to the bridge.

I believe with the two roads scenario it will make the raised area overlooking the bridge a much more valuable point to which the Russians would have substantially dug in with the Flak shelter and AT positions.......but i love the model of the Storch - ha! Decisions decisions - i have till Saturday to decide.

Cheers,

Andy

[saguy]

hi there andy - do u not post any pics of your work in the gallery here - i would be very interested to see more of your work ....kind regards lindsey

[Guest]

Hi Lindsey, i havent added anything to the gallery - i will look into it now!

Cheers,

Andy

[saguy]

Hi Lindsey, i havent added anything to the gallery - i will look into it now!Cheers,

Andy

looking forward to see'ing them .... tx very much

[Guest]

looking forward to see'ing them .... tx very much

No problem - i have added the first of the 7's and the Flak 88 just now - gaffer is giving me the evil eye so will upload more when hes off!

Cheers,

Andy

[Guest]

Hello all, a quick update to where the dio currently stands!

Firstly, the kingpost bridge i got from Bastion...that was a super heavy load bridge as advertised on the net. After building it i wasn't to impressed as one, the tanks will not pass over it and two the halftracks are very tight. So..the dio had to change slightly, and i went with the armour fording the river while what can pass over the bridge will do so.

I suppose bridges back in 1940's rural Russia weren't built in mind for MBT's etc to be crossing them, and i have seen photos of German armour crossing bridges with no room for error, so not too unbelievable.

Anyway, a few photos that can show the current arrangement are attached, very rough and shaped once with a bread knife, so very basic! The rough harsh lines will be smoothed away in the next week with paper-mache etc to allow the whole thing to flow better.

As always, comments appreciated!

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[Guest]

Wow!! Looking good so far!! And big!!

Good luck! I will be looking with interest!

Cheers.

[Guest]

Thanks Polux, the real work is about to begin.

To the bottom left of the board (or the top left there will be the Flak shelter which will require a wee bit of building up of the base to create a small elevation.

Then after that, the smoothing and filler.

With the fording i have given myself one of the most difficult tasks i think i could have - tanks moving through the water, with three tanks making up the three phases of the crossing: 1) A tank about to enter the river 2) A tank in the river 3) a tank having exited the river.

All three will require variants of weathering at either end of the extreme, with Tank 1 heavily soiled and Tank 3 having being cleaned up by the crossing.

[Guest]

Looking good so far Andy, like the layout idea.

I thought i leant towards the larger dio but this kicks me into touch

you could consider a technique i use a lot with polystyrene to shape it (and give it a rocky effect (if needed)). this is the use of a mini butane gas soldering torch (used with both the heated tip and the burner tip) to carefully melt the poly into the desired shape.

the finished effect is random and only needs a quick paint and wash to make it look realistic.

Used it on my "M10 achilles" diorama if you have a search (I don't like hijacking threads with links )

[Gern]

This is very ambitious Andy but you've made a cracking start! Looking forward to seeing this one develop.

Gern

PS If you think the missus was mad about the sheer size of this thing, you'd best get all that polystyrene cleaned up before she sees it! She'll go absolutely ballistic! :lol

[Guest]

Looking good so far Andy, like the layout idea.I thought i leant towards the larger dio but this kicks me into touch

you could consider a technique i use a lot with polystyrene to shape it (and give it a rocky effect (if needed)). this is the use of a mini butane gas soldering torch (used with both the heated tip and the burner tip) to carefully melt the poly into the desired shape.

the finished effect is random and only needs a quick paint and wash to make it look realistic.

Used it on my "M10 achilles" diorama if you have a search (I don't like hijacking threads with links )

Thanks Colin, i will have a look at your dio for some inspiration!

I remember doing something similar with the polystyrene when i had Warhmmer 40K stuff on the go.