My 1/72 non winter G.B., B.O.B. diorama

[Guest]

Like the bullet holes, now that does take me back to my youth, I used to do that to the model planes I made then once i'd gotten fed up of them dangling from the ceiling, though with les panache, they then normally tried to fly out of the bedroom window with little success.

Props were metal / alloy I believe, most crash damaged warbirds display bent props rather than broken / splintered

[Guest]

Great progress here Ron, love what your doing to this bird,top job mate.

[spanner570]

Thanks chaps, glad you like it.

Steve (stona) P/M'd me with info on the prop. blades. The very early ones, presumably during the Spanish Civil War, were wooden and during 1940, as you rightly pionted out m1ks, they were metal. Late 109's returned to wooden ones. As I put in my post, the props. ect. will be done in the next stage, thanks for confirming boys.

Ron

[stona]

Late 109's returned to wooden ones.

Ron

I need to qualify that. I seemed to remember some later Gs using wooden blades but a quick trawl through the limited material on my lap top would seem to indicate that I was incorrect. I will double check in a couple of weeks when I get home. I was probably thinking of late Fw190s which did use wooden blades ( if you like numbers the VDM 9-12176 A was wooden). I blame it on having a mind like Swiss cheese,full of holes.

I'm still fairly confident that some of the early two bladed props were indeed wooden.

The BoB metal blades are quite correct....phew!

Sorry for any confusion.

Cheers

Steve

Edit Yes,the Bs,more than forty of which served in Spain did have a wooden two bladed propeller.

[Gern]

There's no way I can believe that you'd leave a full can of Boddies lying around in a diorama Ron, but how much does a 1/72 can hold? lol

Gern

[spanner570]

Tell you what Dave , you would have to open an awful lot of 1/72 cans to get drunk!

Anyway the weather is vile here today, so now the 109 is almost done I can do a bit on the dio.

I have added the ploughed field and painted it first coat with brown shed paint. (which the wife nipped out into the rain to get) well it is woman's work isn't it?

Also I took a mallet and wood chisel and hollowed out the chipboard to form a rough pond. I then used various coiloured shed paint for the pond bottom.

I'm starting to get an idea how the main composition will look now and I've had a few ideas for bits and bobs.

I hope you approve thus far people and thanks to those who are looking in..

Ron

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[yak face]

Eyup ron, coming on smashing mate,cant wait to see the crashed 109 in place. The weathers vile here too , so i might even get a bit done in the shed myself today! cheers tony

[AlanG]

Liking the 109 Ron. Just a quickie though. You thinking of putting some staining coming out of the bullet holes on the engine? Just thought it might make it more authentic. If you aren't....still a great little build coming on lol

[spanner570]

Thanks for the comments fellas.

Not much fun driving the truck around Derbyshire today Tony!

Thanks Al for the suggestion. As I posted in an earlier post, I still have loads more work to do on the 109 before I'm happy with it, bent prop blades and leading edges on both the wings and tail planes dinted, and yes a bit more fire damage. Thanks for the reminder. With the sieve stuck on my shoulders I need all the help I can get!

Also, after an exchange of P/Ms with Steve (stona) he informed me that if the pilot chose to jettison the hood prior to landing, everything aft of the windscreen, including the antenna, flew off! So I need to take the hacksaw to the rear portion of the canopy too...

Thanks again for the input chaps,

Ron

[Guest]

Ron i've just found this mate and i like what your doing so far, the 109 looks the dogs mate and the dio is coming along nicely.

scott

[Guest]

Coming together Ron, this has the makings of another master peice. Well done so far.

Andy

[Guest]

:great: Love watching a dio come together.

[Centurion3RTR]

This is going to look great Ron, love the shed. The downed 109 has a few holes in her too, keep up the good work mate i'm loving this build.

Have fun, John

[spanner570]

Thanks all for the nice comments, I appreciate it.

Last night I added some fence posts made from cocktail sticks and the 'wire' is sewing thread. Using shed paint, I applied a first coat on the field.

I found hacking out chipboard gives a nice, uneven texture to the pond bottom

I intend to finish the base more or less as it would have been before the unannounced 'Arrival' of the aircraft. Then I can try and figure out where best to shove the 109, and adjust the scenery accordingly!

Cheers all,

Ron

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[Guest]

Lovely job sir keep them pics comin.

scott