Dog Green, Omaha Beach. Second Phase. The Assault

[Guest]

Brilliant - can't wait to see what comes next.

Andy

[Guest]

Ron mate as usual this is top quality work so far keep it up.

scott

[spanner570]

I've more or less finished the ground work now. I have added some greenery and some more barbed wire.

I will sit back, remove the fluff from my navel and see what needs altering or adding to. I think I will scatter some more rubble from the shell hit and add some bits and bobs.

I hope you have enjoyed the progress thus far folks and thanks again for the input and observations. It's been a great help.

Cheers,

Ron

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[Guest]

Magnificent Ron,love the detail and the real feel you created here, my hat off to you.....:xyxthumbs:

[Guest]

jealous much? yes. yes i am. that looks great.

[Ian M]

What can I say that has not been said already?

I'll just have to settle for:

You are in the grove! It just keeps getting better and better.

Ian M

[Guest]

And to think it started life as a broken polystyrene tray. I love the 'planting', I think it works really well in this scale. Do you have to keep it watered? lol. By the way, how did you make the barbed wire?

Cheers

Andy

[Gern]

I will sit back, remove the fluff from my navel

Hi Ron. Beautiful work as always, but why don't you get your bouncy nurse to help with this bit? Much more fun! :lol

Gern

[Guest]

great stuff! it looks so small in your hand aswell. keep it coming.

[spanner570]

Sorry for being a bit late replying to the posts chaps.

Thanks for the words of encouragement.

Andy, for some reason the greenery will stay fresh for months, then I just replace it or paint it.

Seeing your question about the making of the barbed wire reminded me that Steve (stona) asked the same question. Sorry steve for not replying straight away!

I tried the twisted 3 strand method, then cutting one to make the barbs...What a ball ache, how anyone has the patience and dexterity to tie knots every 2/3mm in something I can only just see is beyond me!

So after experimenting this is how I did my wire:-

Strip some domestic cable copper wire of suitable gauge, then with a cocktail stick dipped in PVA dot along the wire at intervals. Then before it dries dip the cable in some dry sand, this will stick to the glue leaving a nice effect. Finally, paint whatever colour you want. I did 12 X 6" lengths in half an hour... It could be done a lot more uniform than mine but I wanted a weathered/ windswept look.

Gern, I would let her loose on my navel, but she doesn't always use her fingernails!

Bobby, Wadda ya mean "It looks so small in your hands"? I might have you know I'm a lot stronger than I used to be, I only need one hand to hold it these days, so there!

Cheers,

Ron

[Guest]

how anyone has the patience and dexterity to tie knots every 2/3mm in something I can only just see is beyond me!

ha ha, ehhh, thats how i did some of mine. lol. it was very anoying but once i've started something....

[spanner570]

Hi all, I have finished my Assault diorama now, so I will post one picture here and the rest in the 'Completed Section' of the Jan/ March. G.B., along with a brief build description

Thanks for the posts and all your help. It's been fun and not so intense a build as my beach landing one...

Cheers,

Ron

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