ARNHEM: Major General R E URQUHART'S HIDE OUT HOUSE Zwarteweg 14

[monica]

hi Richi, do like the idea of the build and will be watching it with interest, and like how you do all your research for the build as well,

will be following this one as well , good luck with it

[Richi72]

Hallo all,

Thank U all for the nice comments.

Here I got the ground setup I want to go with, size is 80cm X 30 cm

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What do you think about it?

And I found a nice reverence picture of the StuGIII in Arnhem.

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Cheers Richi

[Guest]

Looks very interesting and ambitious.

Can I ask if you will do the buildings in front of the big one?

My advice is one...or two take many care on chooice your figures and take/spend all the 12 months you have to do it!

I really want to follow this one!

Polux

[Richi72]

Hello Polux,

there are no buildings in front of the big one, because there is a church on the other side of the street.

Here is a Pic of what I mean.

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Hope this helps

Cheers Richi

[Richi72]

DAY 1

Ok guy's well, today's the day.

Started with cleaning up the bench.

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Then I looked true the a couple of candidates for the build I already have.

came up with the following Models,

with a little problem on the StuG III, having it laying around for some years I forgot that I started the wheels, I know we should have used new out of the box but I hope this is not a real problem?

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Here are the rest of the parts of the StuG

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Here are some figurines that I would use, not all of them have still to do some research on the German side.

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what do u think.

Cheers richi

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[Richi72]

DAY 3

Hi all,

well did some research on the German troops mostly there where SS-troops from the 9th and 10th and Panzer grenadiers the Stug III should be one of the 280th.

The Stug I have would fit the bill but the wheels have the wrong dimensions.

Found a cmk kit with some right wheel dimensions. And I think I will upgrade the kit with some Pe. parts. Found a Beobachtungs Panzer 250 halftrack in my stash that would fit as well, but I have to see how that fits in.

Printer is working overtime to print the parts I need to cut the Depron, also made some corrections on the building and street parts.

later on a couple of pictures, as for now

Cheers Richi

Here are the Pictures

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Printing all done

[Richi72]

Hi all,

got some work done, I glued the base drawing on a piece of depron, its big.

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and started off with the little Shed using 0,5mm Balsa wood.

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Then i put on the pieces of paper that hat to be cut on depron,

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started the cutting with the 2 smaller pieces for the small corner of the building on the left,

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after doing that i went in with a small permanent marker that is filled with acetone and went trough the cutting lines. This will make a nice gab of about 0,5mm / 0,8mm between the single stones.

that all for today

Cheers Richi

[Richi72]

Day 8

well I started to work on the base.

Made the middle street piece of a soft plaster poured directly on the base, also made some pieces for the sides.

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After pouring the plaster and let it set for a couple of hours I started to draw the stones in it.

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After i was done with the stones i made a solution of a little black paint, pva glue and a lot of water and sprayed it on the street, i will repeat this 2 or 3 times. This solution will seal the plaster and protect the details of the street, for further works like paint and weathering.

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So thats all

Cheers Richi

[flyjoe180]

Great stuff Richi, very interesting to watch this.

[monica]

hi Richi,very nice ,great stuff will be watching this come along with intrest,

[Richi72]

thanks' I will try to give an update every 5 or 6 days so u can see a little progress.

Cheers Richi

[Guest]

Excellent work so far richi will be following your progress.

Scott

[Richi72]

Day 12

Hi all,

Here is a little update on my build.

Work on the street made a gutter from plaster, with 2 drain covers. I hope this is the right name for it.

The drain covers are made of 0,5mm plastic sheet.

Then I glued the border stones in place those are all made of plaster.

The walkway was made of Depron and was glued in.

After all the parts were in place the whole base received a clear coat to protect it, when I start the painting and weathering.

I have to make the pictures in 2 parts but I think the pictures are more self explaining I hope.

So here is part 1. Enjoy

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[Richi72]

Part 2 of the Pictures

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The place with the garden shed received base of fine garden earth, that need to dry for a day or 2

hope it all is understandable if not just ask.

Cheers Richi

[Alan 45]

I forgot all about this rich , it surly has moved on from last time I visited , great choice on the stug and figures and your street is looking awesome