Spanner's 1/72 "We made it fella's....Just!

[Guest]

Fantastic Ron, could almost be real.

Andy

[papa 695]

Great work and idea Ron

[Gern]

Dave, the bride bought it for the kitchen, but it looked cheap and nasty so she donated it for dioramas, so I didn't buy it....

I've only just noticed. Immediately on the wall above my 'puter desk in my lounge is a cork notice board - it looks absolutely identical to yours Ron. I'm saying no more!

Gern

[spanner570]

I'm sure you're mistaken Dave, and your notice board is far superior to my wife's offering and, if you look on the back of it, it is probably a Pound Stretcher 'Limited Edition'!

Ron

[Gern]

Even down to the Pound Stretcher label!

Oh woe is me for I am undone! The shame of it all! etc. etc. But now I know what to use for my next dio base!

Gern

[spanner570]

Hello chaps, here's a bit more progress on the dio. base......

I loosely laid the sheds out and marked around them, then removed them. I then sketched where I wanted the tarmac/ concrete.

I mixed a slurry of PVA and painted where I wanted some initial texture, turned the base over and tapped it. Turned back over, it left the muck and dust stuck to the PVA and nowhere else!

With my knife I scribed expansion gaps in the concrete, then dusted some more muck over these to dull them down a bit.

Then I made the grass. For this I used polyfilla. I spread this where I wanted the grass, let it go 'Tacky' then stippled it with a wire brush. When it was dry I painted it using green shed paint.

All this is just the first stage in building the base before the arrival of the crippled B-17........

I'm starting to get a buzz on now, and ideas are finally starting to flow.

I hope you approve of the build so far, and thanks for looking.

Cheers,

Ron

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[Guest]

Excellent groundwork there Ron, just goes to show it doesn't cost the earth to make a quality dio!

Looking forward to seeing more.

Cheers

Patrick

[Guest]

you are the master ron

[Guest]

Excellent and fantastic work Ron!

Best regards mate

Polux

[Centurion3RTR]

Come on Ron, we what more lol. Lookin' good though mate.

Have fun, John

[spanner570]

First off I'm really sorry for not replying to the last few posts on this build. It has taken a bit of a back seat through me loosing the buzz a bit and I didn't even look at the thread until now.

Thanks fellas for all your great comments.........

Anyway, things are looking up, the wife just came up and saw what I was looking at, and has advised me of a small package she forgot to tell me about and I'd forgot I ordered (It's an age thing!)

So here it is. The 1/72 figures for the crash dio. So this, coupled with seeing Ian's great crashed Lanc. dio has started the juices running again.

Cheers,

Ron

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[spanner570]

Finally got the whip out and finished this SIG..'Crash'

The diorama will be over in 'Completed.'

I hope you approve and thanks for tagging along and posting your comments. I appreciate your participation.

Cheers,

Ron

[Guest]

Finally got the whip out and finished this SIG..'Crash'

It's about time mate

had a shufty and it's up to your usual standards .....

[spanner570]

Sorry for the delay Col', no excuses from me....Except for the fact that the bloody thing was driving me nuts!!!!

Ron