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Awesomely cool. That bridge and brook looks like a blast to make

You are on fire man, absolutely on fire

Pray tell where does one acquire this high density foam - is that's what it's called? Home depo?

Extruded Polystyrene.....many brand names

Hi I think one day you will run out of room & you will have to build a extension or two, or you could buy a island, Prince Edward island maybe, looks good though

You are so spoiling us! Coolest dio's almost every day
Waiting to see what's going to be next

TheTroyster wrote:Pray tell where does one acquire this high density foam - is that's what it's called? Home depo?

I bought mine at homedepot here in canada. I've no idea if they sell the same brands in the us homedepots... but here is what it was...

https://www.homedepot.ca/en/home/p.foam ... 36411.html

privatepete wrote:Hi I think one day you will run out of room & you will have to build a extension or two, or you could buy a island, Prince Edward island maybe, looks good though

There's a man with a plan

Coen looking good mate, I've got a M10 or Achilles on my list of builds.

Great build coen,

Thanks

Kevthemodeller wrote:Coen looking good mate, I've got a M10 or Achilles on my list of builds.

The AFV club kits are completely wonderful builds. They need a little TLC but lots of goodness to them.

If this happens everytime you "don't know what to build next" I'm very worried about the times you do know what to build next

i Mike there is nothing wrong with your memory, the 251/8 ambulance had a water tank between the front seat's, AFV Club Kit/ Dragon leave it out but Tamiya still supply it in the kit, had a hard time finding out about it but interesting I now know a bit more now

privatepete wrote:i Mike there is nothing wrong with your memory, the 251/8 ambulance had a water tank between the front seat's, AFV Club Kit/ Dragon leave it out but Tamiya still supply it in the kit, had a hard time finding out about it but interesting I now know a bit more now

Empty rack between seats:


Edge of barrel to the right:


From the rear, barrel can be seen between the seats:

Those are the very same reference pics that I had when I did that AFV club build ages ago.

Coen, there is also a newish modeling product out there called balsa foam. It has been taken up by lots of diorama builders in mainland Europe for its ease of construction and carving capabilities. As they advertise it overhere as being from the U.S. I should be simple to get shaped to the great white north east aka Novaskotia.

I'm well aware of balsa foam, I have been for years.
I've played with it a number of times in small quantities.
Unfortunately it's far cheaper for me to buy a 4x3 foot sheet of the high density foam over a tiny block or even smaller sheets of the balsa foam.
The amount of balsa foam that I would need on a regular bases would be insanely expensive. Even a small block of it costs me $9 plus shipping.
That's the price of two huge sheets of HD foam that I can just pick up at the hardware store.
The HD foam will have to do for now.

Economics in modeling do make sense, we don't have magic trees in the garden that sprout money in spring now do we.

Looks fantastic Coen, I'm thinking about an M10/Achilles for my third build.

Hi Mike which artist gel did you use Soft Gloss , Regular Gel Matte, Heavy Gel Semi-Gloss to make the waves and white water.For your first try (not bad no its absolutely brilliant.
(I have ordered those 3 smallest rope sizes,I update you with pics when they turn up. Pete)

Coan' been watching your you-tube channel and subscribe. I know the reason you don't allow comments,but just won't to say I love your approach and really enjoy watching you builds develop. And thank you for all your how to videos, much appreciated. Keep up the good work.

Awesome dio, Mike! Top to bottom.
I love that scratch built bridge. Gotta get me some of that foam too!
That wild water looks great too!