Some where on the Eastern Front 1942 /43 1/35 scale

[Steve Jones]

Very nice work on the jig. We will have to start considering you as an honorary member of the rivet club.

[Guest]

Superb bit of joinery there John - you're obviously in your element doing this sort of thing. Wished I had the skill and patience.

[Jim R]

Hi John
All looking really good. The builder in you is on a roll.
Jim

[rtfoe]

Hi Jim, thanks, yes thought the casting texture was really top rate

Undeterred by the heat and with the fan on full I decided to do something to the build .
Glued the plastic sections on.
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Then decided to spray.
I wanted to get that bluish Green like in the drawing , well not quite what I really want but once the washable white is on it might look better .
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John .

Hi John, haven't seen this kind of lighting in UK much. At least the contrast isn't too heavy. Here we need something to diffuse strong sunlight.

Good idea on the jig to keep the supports in shape. Keep your gardenings in the mornings or evenings when its a lot cooler.

Cheers,
Richard

[Guest]

Very nice work on the jig. We will have to start considering you as an honorary member of the rivet club.

Thanks Steve, Oooh honorary member of the famous Rivet Club, is there any rolled up trousers legs or any other strange custom to learn ?:smiling2::smiling2::smiling2:

Superb bit of joinery there John - you're obviously in your element doing this sort of thing. Wished I had the skill and patience.

Very kind of you to say Peter. I'm enjoying this part. Oh by the way I had a mad turn and bought two MiniArt kits. :flushed::flushed::flushed::flushed:

Hi John
All looking really good. The builder in you is on a roll.
Jim

Hi Jim. Maybe I should give up plastic modelling and build dolls houses, or just buildings:nerd:

Hi John, haven't seen this kind of lighting in UK much. At least the contrast isn't too heavy. Here we need something to diffuse strong sunlight.

Good idea on the jig to keep the supports in shape. Keep your gardenings in the mornings or evenings when its a lot cooler.

Cheers,
Richard

Hi Richard, yes I went gardening today for the morning, 3 hrs mowing lawns is as much as I want. Mid day is only for those that enjoy being ill .

Thanks Guys..
John.

[Guest]

Made another section of roof frame

Started to colour the wraparound sides and back, not happy with the out come.
Now in recycling bin.
Going to have a rethink, the problem us holding up the roof frame with out having to a background and supporting walls.
Any ideas welcome please
John .

[minitnkr]

John, I'm unclear on your issue. The one wall, well anchored to the base & the remaining roofing material well anchored to it should be sufficient support for the light weight trusses. Some metal rods up through the foam board if it fails should do the trick or am I missing something. PaulE

[Guest]

John, I'm unclear on your issue. The one wall, well anchored to the base & the remaining roofing material well anchored to it should be sufficient support for the light weight trusses. Some metal rods up through the foam board if it fails should do the trick or am I missing something. PaulE

Hi Paul, I had made a three sided car board frame, it had some more card board stuck at the same hight as the wall . This was to support the roofing frame.
The idea had been to paint a background on to the board , but because of the angle of the foam wall made it very awkward to draw any thing in perspective.
Your suggestion of steel rods I might use , but substituting plastic instead .Thank you for replying .
John .

[Si Benson]

Hi John,

I like you framing jig....looks to work nicely too:smiling4:

[spanner570]

453. Top work!

How about making just a few vertical columns at the rear, with connecting horizontal beams to take the trusses?

Then fill the gaps in between with partial brickwork, loads of rubble and broken timbers etc. - Then think about a painted, finishing off background.

570

[Guest]

Unable to advise on the issues John (completely over my head I'm afraid), but that roof frame is looking superb.

[Guest]

Hi John,

I like you framing jig....looks to work nicely too:smiling4:

Thank Si, I removed the frame from the jig this afternoon, perfect. Of course the glue doesn't stick to the ply .

453. Top work!

How about making just a few vertical columns at the rear, with connecting horizontal beams to take the trusses?

Then fill the gaps in between with partial brickwork, loads of rubble and broken timbers etc. - Then think about a painted, finishing off background.

570

Yes 570, that's what I think will have to be.

Unable to advise on the issues John (completely over my head I'm afraid), but that roof frame is looking superb.

Thanks Peter, the only problem is the angle of the wall in relation to the left hand side. Maybe should have made it parallel to the wall.

Had to have a clear up and a put things away afternoon, yes I know Jim will be pleased, even Management was shocked at the announcement.
Not completely tidy, but cleared loads of old papers, drawings, and made a list of all the stash !

John .

[Guest]

The bench is still a mess, work in progress I call it. :nerd:Management thinks otherwise and said it's still a mess :cold-sweat:.
Other than that the missing Evergreen sections were sent again by the supplier, so one with those windows.
Shame so much of it is going to be smashed.:sad:

Quite a lot not square but not worried nothing will be soon !:flushed::tongue-out3::tongue-out2:
Thanks for looking in

John .

[scottie3158]

John,
hats off looks good must have taken ages. Now all you have to do is cut 200 window pains :tongue-out3:

[Guest]

John,
hats off looks good must have taken ages. Now all you have to do is cut 200 window pains :tongue-out3:

Thanks Paul, looks even rougher tonight than it did after I had finished them. !!!!
As for the " glass " well If I do any it will have to be in sheet form, covering 1/ 6 th of the frame at a go. The problem with attempting to glue those .5 sections is they tend to melt if you get too much glue on them. Several broke in two and had to be refixed.
Suppose I should paint first thing tomorrow then sort out the glass. If I do paint then it will be both sides, but will have to remove some paint for the contact glue at the back.
Hopefully more tomorrow .

John .