Dzhon's KV2 Trumpeter 1/35 SCALE

[JR]

Wow John,
That is some serious creating.

Thanks Paul, this is the fun part !

[GerryW]

Here we go, the incredibly great dio is going to appear :thumb2: :smiling3:

[Steve Jones]

The base is a model in its self. Great work my friend

[Mini Me]

OOOooooo......this looks like FUN! :thumb2:

[JR]

Here we go, the incredibly great dio is going to appear :thumb2: :smiling3:

Thanks Gerry, HOPE SO :smiling3:.

The base is a model in its self. Great work my friend

Steve its a model of 2 icebergs if you want , thank you .

OOOooooo......this looks like FUN! :thumb2:

Oh it is Rick.

[JR]

More exciting things on the base.

The first thing to do is rough up the Foam Board to give the Sculptamold a key . Followed by an application of full strength PVA.


I allow this about 15mins to start to skin and then add another small amount to some Sculptamold .


Then add some COLD water ( I used warm once only to find the heat caused a reaction with the plaster and set if hard before I was ready :smiling3: )


Mixed up well , adding more water if you want a very thin coat, but remember the more water you add the longer it takes to dry.


Then apply as required, I've left the center as this will have a very thin coat of filler with some sand added to form the river bed. Yes I know little will be seen if I add to much snow, so have decided to just add a little when the time comes.

Close up of one side .

Still a lot to do to this, forming the rock base as the layers are built up.

Left to dry fully before any more additions, so while that takes place I'll carry on with the tracks.
I've some Basswood on- order and tomorrow while gardening I hope to find some suitable lengths of round stock for the massive timbers.

This is the actual photo I'm using showing a KV1 .



Thanks for looking in, comments welcome.

John.

[stillp]

Great photo John! Looking forward to seeing the completed dio.
Pete

[adt70hk]

Coming on very nicely John. Can only imagine the surprise the crew got when the bridge gave way!!!

Keep up the great work.

Andrew

[Mini Me]

Looks like their "TinkerToy" bridge couldn't handle the strain JR :tongue-out3: "Fritz" is telling "Hans"....."Ve should haf used der bigger shtir shtiks from der Shtarbucks Caffe Shoppe! Rick H.

[GerryW]

Certainly a case of 'Whoops - what was that bridge weight restriction again??!!'

[minitnkr]

Looks like Hans is a motorcyclist.

[JR]

Great photo John! Looking forward to seeing the completed dio.
Pete

Thanks Peter.

Coming on very nicely John. Can only imagine the surprise the crew got when the bridge gave way!!!

Keep up the great work.

Andrew

Hi Andrew, thanks ,bet there was some swearing when it happened .

Looks like their "TinkerToy" bridge couldn't handle the strain JR :tongue-out3: "Fritz" is telling "Hans"....."Ve should haf used der bigger shtir shtiks from der Shtarbucks Caffe Shoppe! Rick H.

Rick think the Germans were glad they weren't on the bridge at the time being chased by the KV1.

Certainly a case of 'Whoops - what was that bridge weight restriction again??!!'

Ha, and the amount of form filling for replacing the tank !

Looks like Hans is a motorcyclist.

:thumb2::smiling2::smiling2::smiling2::smiling2:

[Mickc1440]

Interesting start JR really looking forward to watching this come together.

[Jim R]

Hi John
That is so useful. A picture is worth a thousand words. I agree with the others that another stunning dio is coming up.
Do you always use PVA for sticking the foam?
Jim

[JR]

Interesting start JR really looking forward to watching this come together.

Thanks Mick . This is of course the bit I love .