All figure Arnhem Diorama 1/35
Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 8:40 pm
I loosely based this Dio on a period photograph of War Correspondent Alan Wood of the Daily Express typing his dispatch.
I thought I would include the guy taking the photograph as well and these 2 figures came from the Bronco War Correspondents set, the rest of the figures came from 2 Masterbox sets.
Now for the Para's.
The base I made using my usual MDF/ply, polystyrene pieces and cheap powdered filler.
When this was dry I added some cobbles to a section of road using 3 different sizes of cobbles and some kerb edging. These I made from Diorama Debris silicon moulds I bought from Andy Preston at Trackpads.
I glued the cobbles down with White PVA and allowed them to dry. Then I sprinkled kiln dried sand, which is very fine, over the roadway and brushed it in the gaps. This was then given a good soaking of a watery mix of water, PVA and a few drops of washing up liquid, applied with a pipette.
I next made some bramble type bushes at one end of the board using hanging basket lining fibre
With the base painted a dark earth colour which was brushed roughly under and over the bushes I then then brushed on quite heavily neat PVA over the bramble stem and sprinkled on a mix of light and dark green and dark brown Railway type scenic spread to give the leaf effect.
This was then left to dry.
Next the grass work, for this I used, for the first time, Model-Scene matting, which I got from Historex in Dover, very impressed even at £17 for a smallish sheet which did the base, just!
This matting was glued in place using PVA yet again and left to dry for a couple of days
Then I added the figures
The map I used is of the Arnhem area which I copied off Google and reduced on my copier, I still have a few more bits and bobs to add like ammo and food boxes, a couple of water jerry cans, etc but hope you like it.
Geoff
I thought I would include the guy taking the photograph as well and these 2 figures came from the Bronco War Correspondents set, the rest of the figures came from 2 Masterbox sets.
Now for the Para's.
The base I made using my usual MDF/ply, polystyrene pieces and cheap powdered filler.
When this was dry I added some cobbles to a section of road using 3 different sizes of cobbles and some kerb edging. These I made from Diorama Debris silicon moulds I bought from Andy Preston at Trackpads.
I glued the cobbles down with White PVA and allowed them to dry. Then I sprinkled kiln dried sand, which is very fine, over the roadway and brushed it in the gaps. This was then given a good soaking of a watery mix of water, PVA and a few drops of washing up liquid, applied with a pipette.
I next made some bramble type bushes at one end of the board using hanging basket lining fibre
With the base painted a dark earth colour which was brushed roughly under and over the bushes I then then brushed on quite heavily neat PVA over the bramble stem and sprinkled on a mix of light and dark green and dark brown Railway type scenic spread to give the leaf effect.
This was then left to dry.
Next the grass work, for this I used, for the first time, Model-Scene matting, which I got from Historex in Dover, very impressed even at £17 for a smallish sheet which did the base, just!
This matting was glued in place using PVA yet again and left to dry for a couple of days
Then I added the figures
The map I used is of the Arnhem area which I copied off Google and reduced on my copier, I still have a few more bits and bobs to add like ammo and food boxes, a couple of water jerry cans, etc but hope you like it.
Geoff
Peter
