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

[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

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Printing all done

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[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

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[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

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[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

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[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

 

[tr1ckey66]

Hi Richi

Good shout on the Arnhem build. An ambitious build off to a great start will look forward to the progress on this.

Cheers P

 

[aaron]

Awesome stuff.

 

[monica]

wow Richi Awesome stuff, and the work on the grates is just superb, so you hand tooled them out,nice,

may i ask what size do you do your pavement stones att ? and also the border stones ? please,

i know you use and talk about depron , what is it a type off styrene, that much finer ,

look forward to the next update

 

[Richi72]

Hi Moni,

Depron is a closed cell styrofoam foam in sheet form, it is a fantastic medium for building model aircraft, and also a popular medium for architectural model building, as well as model boats and prototype design.

my pavement stones are 4 x 8mm and the border stones are 30 x 15 x 3mm and the boardwalk stones are 8 x 8mm

Hope this helps a little.

Cheers Richi

 

[monica]

hi Richi, thank you very much it dose help as my cobble stones are ok, just the others were not to sure on

as your,s look to be right,

think i will have to try to buy online for the Depron no one has it that i can find,spent hrs over 3 today to buy cork board

just silly so mite try horrible bay for that,

 

[Richi72]

Hi Moni,

here are some retailers in NZ. that have Depron,

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Link 2

Hope this helps

Cheers Richi

 

[monica]

hi Richi thank you so very much for the help and so sorry my firefox is acting up and ,

things just are not showing up for me i feel bad and once again very sorrry to off missed the post

and looking forward to see more of your outstanding work

cheers

 

[Richi72]

No problem Moni,

Update is coming soon.

Cheers Richi

 

[Richi72]

24.01.2014

Hi you all,

here is a little update on the build.

Started to make a balsa wooden frame around the base, that need some more work but I am not in a hurry with that.

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Received some models I hat ordered for the build.

Some Para’s with conversion set,

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Pe parts and some Atak Zimmerit in waffle design for the Revel Stug III

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And a conversion set for a SDKFZ 253

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Then I started to cut some more wall pieces for the house.

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So thats all for now

Cheers Richi

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[monica]

nice to see things coming along nicely Richi, always wounder what you have for us, do like the looks off these conversion set,

just lov the little metal bits for the half track , looking forward too see that one built , dont realy understand what the 9th pic is ?

i must say my hats off to you with your brick work , dont know how you have the patients i get up after an hr or so and walk about ,

thats why it takes me so long to get any were

keep the great work coming and always look forward to your posts