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Jesus girl ........ you like your cars ... 😂 and you choose some of the best .... obviously not afraid of a decal or two. looking forward to seeing these on the display shelf. toto -
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A couple of other images ... just for a sense of scale .... for a stone wall outside a Cafe ..... too high ..... too low ????? Too thick maybe .... maybe take it down from 15mm thick to nearer 12mm thick. keep it in mind some sort of coping would still need to go on the top .... any...- toto
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OK ..... decided to play around with the " blue foam " stone wall idea ..... and cut a piece from some scrap I had which measures 100mm x 30mm x 15mm and after 10 minutes with a pencil and a blunt cocktail stick ..... came up with this .... The exact dimensions can be played around...- toto
- Post #169
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and ...... the decks have been cleared ..... all ready for a fresh start on some " wet " works .... some silicon mats put down to protect the plywood work tops from water etc. All the tools of the trade at the ready for a full on plaster aasault. the rest is just a glory hole at the...- toto
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On course for tonight's activities, just waiting for my dinner being made. Then .... time to hit the mancave. More later Toto- toto
- Post #167
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Tomorrow night all going well, clear the diorama out the way for now and set up the plaster casting equipment to enable more brick wall sections to be cast. This wasn't originally planned until friday night / saturday but being home early has given me a bit of a head start. Thats all for...- toto
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Another product that has arrived for a trial on the diorama ..... To be honest ..... I did not think I would ever buy products like these as there are so many videos on the internet on how to make your own with many readily available materials ..... However .... here I am throwing money away... -
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OK ..... back down the road early again .... mumsie not so good ..... However one advantage is that it gives me a little more shed time ..... An easy quick two minute hit was to start the destruction to my recently built wall .... so the first of three shots ..... sort of how I...- toto
- Post #165
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1/35 TAMIYA StuG 1V
Beautiful work. I'm in awe with the sharpness and detailing of the paintwork. I've still to attempt a proper vehicle paint job yet and it makes me feel unworthy before I even try. Very inspiring to where I would eventually like to be. Thanks for sharing Toto- toto
- Post #151
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Well, I appear to have a blank canvas for next weekend. No major domestic duties, no mumsie duties ( yet ) and no other interuprions that I am aware of. So the plan is to get down the roadon Friday ( 6 hour drive Dounreay to Edinburgh ) hopefully be down for tea time. Get the diorama moved from...- toto
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Got a couple of new victims on their way. A ww2 British open back and open cab truck from Gecko. A ww2 British ambulance truck from Gecko. A Studebaker ww2 fuel truck from ICM Anybody any experience with any of these or able to offer advise on Gecko or IBM kits in general. They... -
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Never made the shed again tonight. So ..... it'll be next weekend now. More walls. I'll see how far I get in finishing off the two brick walls before moving on to the stone wall beside the Cafe. I will need to cast more brick wall sections as I did use a few this weekend and one or two...- toto
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Hi John, glad you find it interesting. This is a slow burner so I'm in no real rush. I want to progress of course but there are that many little mini projects and I have to hop back and forth between them all to keep everything moving and coming in together ..... in my mind anyway .... maybe...- toto
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So ....... We are on to the Daler board element of the build ..... Daler board, steel rule and a sharp scalpel .... fast forward and the two sides of the first wall section have been cut and glued in place. The end will be left for now until I decide what I am doing with the gates / piers...- toto
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I may get a little time in the shed today before being on mumxie duties. So .... it will be Daler Board.... and ...... looking to see how I can take out the corner of the wall without completely destroying the whole wall. That corner is mighty close to the explosion zone and would never have...- toto
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and the last for tonight for two reasons .... A I'm tired B I'm absolutely slaughtered on red wine ... here we go .... this is mwhere I am at until tomorrow ..... so I get the feeling that tomorrow will be Daler Board and coping stones picking up mumsie at around two...- toto
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A bit at a time .... just kicking my own ass as quickly as I can ..... a shame it all has to be covered but once the Stucco coat is on ...... and eventually painted ..... it should look ok. I think we can see where its going ..... albeit ..... slowly .... cheers toto- toto
- Post #156
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And ..... at the risk of boring you ...... and I am trying my hardest ..... we go on .... I have moved the building back a tad to give clearance all round .... rightly or wrongly .... still have enough space at the back to detail out ..... and the sides still have a bit of room as well...- toto
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Still going .... after a couple of glasses of Merlot .... not sure the walls be be exactly straight though ... 😂 😂 never mind .... we can live and hope .... now glued in place .... and from the other side .... still to be stucco'd .... took the edge of this wall as it is just crying...- toto
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We are progressing along .... The next part to be cut to an exact length .... A little bit of skullduggery to be done where the wall meets the pier. not forgetting the Blue Foam of course .... and the other end .... a bit fragile and " at risk " being so close to the edge ...- toto
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