Zvezda,1.35 T-34/76 Soviet Medium Tank,,1942

[monica]

An update on this one,
have more done on the base,set the bridge and river bed,
real need to order the figure,,just the postage bits so much,but oh well,

real don,t know what I should use for my water, ?
if silicone was able to be thinned so it was easy to spread,would be good,

well hope your liking it so far,more to come,

[monica]

more done to the river bank,added reeds,and grass,some neat up to done,
but getting there,need to start to add bits and bobs,
well with the aussie dollar taking a very big header,,which happens ever x-mas,
my main figure will have to go on hold,

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67 US Dollar equals
91.90 Australian Dollar see my point,oh , booooooooooooooo,

or the other why is to use some type of heavy horse from a wagon,and convert a bike rider to suit,
or see what else pops up

[Guest]

wow lovely detail ,
i hope in due course too add diorama to list on back self at moment as victory is main concern but love the setting good on ya.

[papa 695]

Coming along very nicely Monica

[monica]

wow lovely detail ,
i hope in due course too add diorama to list on back self at moment as victory is main concern but love the setting good on ya.

ta James,so glad that your liking this so far,
do understand that,the victory,is your main build at the moment and it,s coming along very nicely as well,
must ral get around to getting the cannon,s and things for my as well,

[monica]

Coming along very nicely Monica

happy that your liking this so far,Ian,

[Pikeman]

really nice Monica lovely details looks realistic,can't wait for the water effects

[Guest]

You are nailing it Moni

[monica]

much appreciate Stuart,so very glad that your liking this so far,
well that's going to be the hard part, the water effects,real don,t know what to use, ?

[monica]

ta Polux,very happy your liking this one so far,

[monica]

well an update to this one,
have done some more,on the base,added ,geese,and still need to add a few more bits and bob,s
have weathered,the T34,as you can see,not over done,keep the old girl,quite neat,for me that's a biggie,,
more dirt and dust as she,s rusted across the eastern front,
still not sure what to use for water,??????????
and also waiting on my figure as well,so no rush,

well hope your liking it so far,

[Guest]

Nice.
Add water on this base will be a real challenge Moni!

[monica]

ta Polux,so glad that your liking this one,so far.
I have looked into some types,of resin,s but hard with the amount of harder to add ,not real clear to me,

[Guest]

Looking great so far Monica.

[Guest]

A couple of thoughts on this one Moni. Firstly, to my mind there's not enough rubble under the bridge - there'd be some big stones from the bridge itself.

Secondly, there's not much of a bank for the river. It's like the bridge is too big for the water it's crossing.

Obviously you don't want to make major changes at this stage, but possibly I can offer a solution to your water conundrum.

Add some blocks the same as the bridge, as if they've fallen into the river. All that rubble is creating a dam, which means on the other side of the bridge you only need to add some puddles, instead of a flowing river.

On the dammed side, you could add the water with it beginning to overflow the banks, getting into & over the grass etc.

For the water itself, I'd use basic varnish. Most hardware stores carry it in large quantities for a reasonable price. Add a small amount at a time so that it flows naturally into the area, allowing each application to harden. You could add some different greenish/brown paint to the varnish to give it the illusion of depth.

Around the rocks forming the dam, add some white silicone sealer to represent foam as the rivers flow is hitting the dam?

Reading that back sounds like a lot of work! Perhaps another option is to forget the water entirely & have a dry riverbed like in the height of a Russian summer?