Alan 45 D Day dio

[monica]

looking good Alan

The Sherman looks great Alan & to my eyes there's no scale difference between it & the figure.That bunker looks ace!

the tank and bunker have both turned out well, and i like the idea of the smoke, as well, up to you if you like to add a little color to it,i think it would look great

[Guest]

Umm didn't they use smokeless propellant Alan? Mostly to minimize giving away their position.

Sorry, I've got my rivet counter head on!

[Alan 45]

Cheers Moni glad you like it

I'm unsure of painting the smoke it may take the wispy look away , this looks like it's just fired instead of actually fireing

I'll do a separat one and see what happens

[Alan 45]

Umm didn't they use smokeless propellant Alan? Mostly to minimize giving away their position.Sorry, I've got my rivet counter head on!

I think that with them under attack and seeing as a tank is quite big and darker than the beach I don't think having a smokeless fireing shell would have hidden it's position lol

[PaulTRose]

i like that bunker.........be nice when it all comes together

[eddiesolo]

Superb bunker Alan, that looks amazing, The tank looks great too, not sure about the smoke, maybe more of a play about with it. This is turning out to be another Alan special-dio by the look of it.

Si

[Lee W]

This is all looking good, a bit indecisive on the smoke but im sure it'll work in the end.

Lee

[Alan 45]

Cheers you good people and thank you for the support

I'm still undecided about the smoke , I might add a bit of grey to it and see how it looks then.

I'm thinking of adding a shell hit from the tank I have an idea how to do it so I'll try it out to see if it works.

[monica]

is your base wood with pvc and sand ?

what you can do is sock some tissues in 50/50 water /pva glue and mold them up so it give some death to the hole, and sprinkle sand on them, o_O

theres are from some think i did late last year sorry bad pic day for me,but you may be able to get an idea

and have darker sand on the bottom and sides , will hig lite the hole, if you get what i mean

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[bazers]

Looking good like the bunker

[eddiesolo]

If you're going for a shell hit on the bunker then use a drill bit-drill into it-then angle the drill bit or use a smaller one at an angle to create chips from the main hole so it looks like concrete has been blown off.

Si

[Alan 45]

If you're going for a shell hit on the bunker then use a drill bit-drill into it-then angle the drill bit or use a smaller one at an angle to create chips from the main hole so it looks like concrete has been blown off.Si

My thinking is a bit on the top of the cliff with bits being thrown out , as I just said in the Pm it probably won't work but it doesn't hurt to try

[eddiesolo]

That should be easy to do...he says

Si

[Alan 45]

Yeah like plating snot

[spanner570]

Here you go Alan. I took these on my Normandy wanderings last year.

This nest actually over looks Omaha Beach. Good for your cliff colour request....

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Just down the beach from Omaha......Point du Hoc, where the American Rangers scaled the cliff.

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This is the famous bunker seen in The Longest Day. Also, you will probably have seen the post D.Day photo of American soldiers marching up the path besides it, with the beach littered with all sorts of invasion gear. It might help you with your bunker.....

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Same bunker looking out over Omaha.....

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I hope these will be of some use to you during the making of your excellent diorama.

Ron