New little dio

[Alan 45]

This is fantastic, it looks great. The dog is particularly well done I think.

Cheers Joe, the german shepherd was actually painted from using photos of my wife's dog she nearly stole it for her self lol, this was the other idea I had for the hanomag dio, I'm going for an early forties feel in Europe when morale was high.

[Guest]

excited to see how it finishes off!

[Guest]

I like what you are doing with this your figures are well painted and i like the building, will be keeping an eye on this well done so far.

Scott

[spanner570]

Looking really good Alan, keep it up....

Ron

[Guest]

Great work on the figures and the dio is coming on a treat. Keep up the very good work

[eddiesolo]

Hi Alan, superb dio mate, really nice looking, not over cluttered just a sense of a normal street except the chain-dogs and the barricade and "Your papers please!" Ringing out.

Si

[Alan 45]

Cheers Si

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[Alan 45]

Oh yeah one more thing is the cracks in the pavement, I've tried putty and pva but its too uneven for those it makes them look flat at the join so going to have to hide them somehow

[Guest]

Hi Alan mate great job so far nice paint work,if you want to get rid of those cracks try squadron white putty mixed with cellulose thinners, what you get is almost liquid filler then whilst it is drying take the edge of a ruler and gently run it along the gap to get your cobble line back. The alternative is apply some pva and water over part of the gap and add some silt( filtered dirt).

scott

[Alan 45]

Thanks for the tip Scott

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Toying with the idea of a mg post ?

Things to do on the base

Make a barrier

Build the vehicles

Add the chained dogs

I like the knight scene it gives it an eerie mood

[flyjoe180]

Wow, this looks stunning. I think an MG post will be a nice touch. And yes, it does look rather eerie in the night

[Alan 45]

Wow, this looks stunning. I think an MG post will be a nice touch. And yes, it does look rather eerie in the night

Cheers Joe, the only thing I'm worried about with an MG post is if it will look too crowded at one end, I'll see what it looks like when I've built the rest of the stuff and decide what too do then

[Guest]

This is coming along nicely Alan!

I like the idea, this night touch.

Cheers

[Guest]

Alan, this is looking really good the Mg42 post would be a nice touch and it does look cool as a night time scene. It would be interesting if you lit up the lamps for that added touch maybe even add a civilian or two or even a kubel wagen with driver and passengers coming back to barracks after a night out, going along with the papers please idea. As a thought if you don't mind, try to move your light source back and up a bit higher so it covers a little more of the street and looks like natural moonlight, but the light really picks out that excellent paint job you did on the cobbles and the walls of the buildings..... yes love it keep it coming.

scott

[Alan 45]

Alan, this is looking really good the Mg42 post would be a nice touch and it does look cool as a night time scene. It would be interesting if you lit up the lamps for that added touch maybe even add a civilian or two or even a kubel wagen with driver and passengers coming back to barracks after a night out, going along with the papers please idea. As a thought if you don't mind, try to move your light source back and up a bit higher so it covers a little more of the street and looks like natural moonlight, but the light really picks out that excellent paint job you did on the cobbles and the walls of the buildings..... yes love it keep it coming.scott

Cheers Scott

I am looking into leds for the lamps but the civilian idea was something I looked into at the beginning but have been unable to find any in this scale and my scratch building skills are zero , I do have a kublewagon but the figures are Africa courps so I can't use them