Ron's Winter G.B Sniper..."Flush 'im out, now!"... A 1/72 diorama.

[spanner570]

Thanks John and Colin for your enthusiastic posts!lol Good stuff.....

I have finally decided what to do with the yard walls, also I have found a place for the wood shed.

I have made a start adding some detail, logs for the shed and started on the rubble and grass.

Still loads to do and who knows, perhaps some more ideas or alterations? I'm really enjoying my first steps into this different side to our hobby.....

Thanks for looking.

Cheers,

Ron

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[papa 695]

Ron i dont know what to say its just fantastic what you have done sofar

[Guest]

Really nice Ron!!

Ameazing build!!

Polux

[Guest]

That's just outstanding Ron, looking forward to the finished dio

[Guest]

Genuinely taken aback by how good this looks, Ron. The attention to detail is amazing. You've really got this pizza-base technique down to a tee, it couldn't look better.

[spanner570]

Thanks chaps for all your posts on my build. I'm well pleased you approve of my efforts....

I have now made a start on the pond, well not so much a pond as a shallow depression!lol It sort of breaks the grass up a bit and gives the opportunity for reflections in the water.

It is made from a couple of pieces of thin clear plastic from a shirt collar stiffener, embedded in tile adhesive and then dabbed with green shed paint. I will finish around the edges nearer the completion of the diorama, when I get a better feel for how I want it to look.

Cheers all,

Ron................................Pizza for tea!!!!!!!

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[stona]

It is made from a couple of pieces of thin clear plastic from a shirt collar stiffener, embedded in tile adhesive and then dabbed with green shed paint.

And it looks brilliant! You more than get the best out of your materials don't you. 11/10 for inventivness.

Cheers

Steve

[spanner570]

Thanks for that Steve, and can I give you 12/10 for repairingness?!

O.K., here's a little update:-

I am finally happy with the layout so I am starting to add rubble and the like...

Last night I came up with an idea for a paved area/ courtyard, so I have scribed the slabs on a bit of card from the back of a receipt book, and here and there dug a bit deeper with my knife and then gently prised up the slab edges to make it look uneven. I then sprinkled some garage sweepings over the whole thing.

For the barn debris, I again used card for the fallen, bent roof battens and the tiles. Then added some balsa off cuts and bits from the work bench. Finally, yet more sweepings just sprinkled at the model.

We're getting there slowly and I'm starting to get a real feel for the decay and dereliction around the place as I add more bits, so I await my next idea to come from this usually dormant organ sat on my neck!!

I hope you like the progress thus far, thanks for looking and posting such encouraging comments.

Cheers,

Ron

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[papa 695]

Ron it looks like you have just taken a photo of an old barn its that good VERY WELL DONE when the reveal comes its just going to be AWESOME i can feel it

[Guest]

I keep showing the missus these photos (plus went and had a shifty around your gallery for her to look at) ..

As much as she's not into modeling in the slightest she does like to look at some of the finished models from all the members on here.

She says your attention to detail (especially in your water scenes) is "absolutely amazing"...

Nice comments for you there although it'll be a bad thing for me coz all i'm gonna get from now on is ....

"that's not how that Ron guy would have done it!!"

[Guest]

Outstanding Ron, love it to bit's, i'll be happy bunny if mines half as good.

John.

[Gern]

Jeez Ron! Your 'garage sweepings' look better than the stuff we poor mortals pay a fortune for from the likes of Verlinden! It just keeps on getting better.

Gern

[spanner570]

Thank you all so much for the very complimentary and humourous posts, they make for great reading.

It must be the ultimate accolade for us modellers when someone with no interest in the hobby ventures forth with positive comments......especially when they come from a lady!lol

Colin, please pass on my thanks to your missus for her very kind observations...

Thanks again,

Ron

[mossiepilot]

Ron, this dio would be fantastic just as it is.

Can't wait to see how it turns out when it's finished.

Tony.

[Guest]

Outstanding work Ron, really impressive, detailing is quite exceptional.

Love the texturing.