Ron time passes and you show us every time superb WIP... please keep up the super work
The Liberation of a Normandy Village - and some cheese and wine too!
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Thanks ever so much for all your amazing comments on my model. It makes the building of it all the more worth while.
I've managed to find a picture I thought was lost. It's out of sync., but shows all the buildings loose fitted before I added detail to them. Even the paving slabs by the weir are still flying!
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Thanks again for the brilliant posts chaps!
Ron
I've managed to find a picture I thought was lost. It's out of sync., but shows all the buildings loose fitted before I added detail to them. Even the paving slabs by the weir are still flying!
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Thanks again for the brilliant posts chaps!
Ron
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Right, on to the strong point. this is the main target area, so I've modelled a lot more damage to the buildings. No treasure hidden in these!
This was the officer's quarters.
Before.
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A few hits later. Plenty more work yet, but my initial 'finger bomb' did it's job!
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Cheers.
Ron
This was the officer's quarters.
Before.
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A few hits later. Plenty more work yet, but my initial 'finger bomb' did it's job!
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Cheers.
Ron
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Hi Ron
Looking better and better. When you 'finger bomb' a building do you glue all the damaged bits in place or just leave it resting where it goes?
Jim
Looking better and better. When you 'finger bomb' a building do you glue all the damaged bits in place or just leave it resting where it goes?
Jim
Thanks Jim and Rick H. Glad you both like the progress.
Jim - With most of the roof timbers already glued before the 'bomb' hits the building, it's just a matter of gluing one or two wayward bits to knit the thing together again.
If the build is stable enough I sometimes just leave it alone.
Cheers boys.
Ron
Jim - With most of the roof timbers already glued before the 'bomb' hits the building, it's just a matter of gluing one or two wayward bits to knit the thing together again.
If the build is stable enough I sometimes just leave it alone.
Cheers boys.
Ron
Thanks Ron. I kinda thought that that would be the way you worked. Makes sense and looks great.
Jim
Jim
Thanks Jim.
Here is the second and final seriously damaged building. This was used as a billet for the small garrison of troops.
I used rub on letters and then scratched them with my modelling knife. The slogan is scratched on by a G.I. with his bayonet once the village was liberated. Hence the wrong spelling (Ain't that right Dave?!) Painted with cheap acrylics.
Before....
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Plenty of rubble still to add.
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Cheers folks.
Ron
Here is the second and final seriously damaged building. This was used as a billet for the small garrison of troops.
I used rub on letters and then scratched them with my modelling knife. The slogan is scratched on by a G.I. with his bayonet once the village was liberated. Hence the wrong spelling (Ain't that right Dave?!) Painted with cheap acrylics.
Before....
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Plenty of rubble still to add.
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Cheers folks.
Ron
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Some great work Ron.
Hi Ron,
Just had a quick catchup of your fine work..... I know your an old hand at this sort of thing, but I’m still impressed with your blue Peter style of diorama building.
Si
Just had a quick catchup of your fine work..... I know your an old hand at this sort of thing, but I’m still impressed with your blue Peter style of diorama building.
Si
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Fabulous " young " Ron.
Gets better with each posting, following this with note book ready.
John .
Gets better with each posting, following this with note book ready.
John .
Now your just showing off:smiling:
Yep! That's the same excuse you used last time!
Good fun and great crack!
Here's a couple of bits of detail.
What's a French village without a bread shop? Same rub on letters as the Auberge. Bit of a job getting the letters all neat.
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A gagged Mr. Adolf..... Plus some notes from the liberators.
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Cheers.
Ron
Here's a couple of bits of detail.
What's a French village without a bread shop? Same rub on letters as the Auberge. Bit of a job getting the letters all neat.
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A gagged Mr. Adolf..... Plus some notes from the liberators.
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Cheers.
Ron
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Dear sir,
Thank you for your correspondence regarding the mysterious doodoo on the roof of the Boulangerie. I have sent a team to the village to investigate and have removed it from said roof. It took two bucket loads to bring it all down!
Such a large amount of droppings would seem to point towards an as yet unheard of species of bird, possibly a throwback to the Jurassic period or beyond. I will keep you informed on our research findings.
In the mean time please let me know if any more s**t comes your way. I would be most interested in further samples.
Your servant.
David Livingstone Scott Heyerdahl Shackleton Amundsen Attenborough (BBC ITV Love Channel Jeremy Vine Show)
Or perhaps the shelling of the village woke him up and scared the s**t out of him!
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