PJ's Commando / SAS Jeep fuel dump Diorama

[pjgtech]

Alongside my 4WD GB (suggested by Paul) I will be doing a small Dio for the completed car.
I had a think, did a bit of googling and decided on a small ammo/fuel dump where the squaddies will be resupplying.
It will have a few trees, be quite "green" and lots of shrubbery, grass and mud....maybe some sand bags, a small wall, etc?
Just a small resupply point.....

[pjgtech]

I do like a nice little plan.....
Put pen to paper and came up with this very basic idea....

Dived into my materials box and found some foam board, cut to size, sketched out the rough layout and set to with some PVA glue and some Ammo/Mig Mud paste to create some lumps and bumps, a little slope/hill, etc, we are off....... 8-)

[scottie3158]

I will watch this develop.

[pjgtech]

Managed to do a bit more on this today.
The Ammo/Mig liquid mud has now dried overnight, so I added a bit of fine filler to make a few more lumps and bump, as this diorama will be set on rough ground, also highlighted the two tracks a bit more, when its dry it will get its first coat of primer.


I have decided I will have a fair few fuel drums and want to cover some/all of them with a camo net or similar.
Have watched a few YT clips where peeps soak the material in PVA, so thought I'd try that.
The camo net will be made from bandage type gauze.

I prepared a 50/50 water/PVA mix then liberally coated the gauze with the mixture.

I then arranged the fuel drums and covered them with cling film, so that the PVA soaked came net would not stick.

I then placed the camo net over the fuel drums and arranged it how I wanted it.
I think a loosely draped, slightly folded look, so the contents underneath can be seen/glimpsed, as this seems to appear more realistic, rather than just covering completely, (at least to me anyway?)


I have also a put top coat onto some of the accessories I will be using, eg: various ammo boxes, kit bags, ammo pouches, etc, but I have not glossed and weathered them yet, which will be the next job.

[flyjoe180]

Looks interesting Peter. I agree with you regarding the netting looking more 'natural' like that