T34 Conversion with a Armoured car in 1/35 for Simon

[Lee Drennen]

John. Looking good so far

[Graeme C.]

The base is looking interesting John, staying tuned for progress.

[JR]

The base is looking interesting John, staying tuned for progress.

Thanks Graeme, going to post some photos tomorrow as have loads done to the buildings so you won't have to wait long !

[JR]

Hi well here we are again, having two builds on the go is taking so much space up the bench is even in a worse state than it normally is, no one tell Jim please.

This is the continuation of the base.
Glue to the insulation board, I like to put a good coat of PVA down before the Sculptamold Modeling Compound goes on. In fact after putting the glue on I mixed up the Sculptamould and applied straight away. It does then take longer to dry, but at least it has a good key.





Glue well brushed on.

Sculptamold on.






Comments welcome.
John.

[scottie3158]

John,
The base is taking shape mate.

[JR]

John,
The base is taking shape mate.

Hi Paul, bit by bit, had to have the base in the house to dry it out at room temp. Bridge in planning !

[Si Benson]

Looking good John :thumb2:
That sculptamould is great fun to play with and surprisingly tough once set up.

[Tim Marlow]

Good work on the ground profile John. I use sculptamould on my small figure bases. I don’t pre coat the base with PVA though, I simply add the glue to the wet mix along with the water. I also pre-colour the mix with powder paint at the same time.......

[JR]

Looking good John :thumb2:
That sculptamould is great fun to play with and surprisingly tough once set up.

Hi Si, hope you are all well at home.Thanks, yes very tough , can tell when its dry by that hollow sound.

Good work on the ground profile John. I use sculptamould on my small figure bases. I don’t pre coat the base with PVA though, I simply add the glue to the wet mix along with the water. I also pre-colour the mix with powder paint at the same time.......

Thanks Tim, think I would normally use your methods , but as this insulation foam is so dry and crumbly I add the PVA in that way.

[Steve Jones]

Nice progress update JR and not a snowman in place. Keep up the great work my friend

[JR]

Nice progress update JR and not a snowman in place. Keep up the great work my friend

Oh it's going to be cold enought for a snow man soon Steve. Just ordered a kit of Russians in winter clothing as the crew of the armoured car .

[JR]

Right back onto this.
This is as far as I've got too .

Base is done, trees and bridge will follow, the bridge is in work.

Plenty of shading this time.


Forget the turret, still needs painting properly ! have no idea how that got into that state :surprised:

Note the sawn off wheel , part of the rear chassis is glued on ------ just .



Of course having fitted the main hatch the figure is too fat ! to get in with the covers in place, so they are off for the moment.



As this is going to be in thick snow I couldn't see the point of using Fruils. That join will have to be either cramped or a large dollop of snow will end up on it .:nerd::smiling3:


The bridge as mentioned is in work, can only get a small section of in in shot , but I think it need to be there.

Thanks for looking in, comments welcome.

Dzhon

[Tim Marlow]

Well rusty John. Nice to see it going again..

[JR]

Well rusty John. Nive to see it going again..

Thanks Tim. Looking fwd to this cold winter scene .

[Tim Marlow]

Right now it’s cold enough in Somerset for me John...expecting minus five tonight!