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WW1 Armour, Artillery, Vehicles, Ships => WW1 Armour, Artillery, Vehicles, dioramas, associated figures and Ships => Topic started by: gedmundson on November 07, 2019, 10:24:32 PM
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Good day folks, here's a side project I'm working on as well as my Great War aircraft. I'm very much into AFV modelling, and started building Panzer Concepts 1/35 resin kit of the 28cm Bruno railway gun as used in World War One. The particular one I'm building was referred to as the "Amiens Gun", captured by the Australians during that conflict. For a size comparison, I've included the Takom 1/35 21cm Morser (yet another current project) in one of the photos.
The railway gun will take a very long time to complete, and is an ideal retirement project for these long Canadian winters we've just entered :-) When finished, the model should measure out at over 2 feet long on it's rail line base.
Cheers,
Gary
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Ow...nice!
Looks indeed like a lot of work in the pipeline. :o
I'll follow this for sure!
Robin :)
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Wow! Great looking kit. Pretty sure that barrel is on display at the Australian War Memorial here in Canberra (along with a morser).
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Looking forward to seeing that huge beauty come to life.
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There was a 1/3 scale model of Bruno at Peter Jackson's Great War exhibition at The Dominion Museum in Wellington, New Zealand. Sadly the exhibition closed a while back
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I don't know how authentic the model's camouflage is - however it was in a section of the exhibition dealing specifically with camouflage and PJ is known for getting details right...
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Cool subject, Gary. Iwas not aware of the fact that such big railway guns were used in WWI, too. Very interesting!
Bye,
Manni
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James - thanks for those amazing photos. That was an excellent exhibit, and I can sure use the scheme for reference. Although my model will have this camo pattern, it will be more subdued in colour and well weathered.
Cheers,
Gary
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it will be more subdued in colour and well weathered.
Good idea....it looks a bit like....
(https://i.postimg.cc/0NpC7fFb/94d58267f4ba20ad-y-Jfcda-DY-zoom.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)
an M&M camo ;D
Robin
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Looks like an awesome kit! I am looking forward to following along with your progress!
RAGIII
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A couple of photos of some progress here. Plenty of test fitting needed on this model. Piecing together the left side platform support using brass rod and tubing, these supports will be permanently fixed when all is seen to line up straight. The jack mounts are now complete and build into delicate replicas. The hinges are being held temporarily with copper & brass wire too. Clean up on the castings is quite a workout. I find the copper soldering clips invaluable for the test-fitting.
Cheers,
Gary
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An impressive piece of artillery and a railway car: something really worth to follow at all costs.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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Looking impressive, and intimidating all at the same time!
RAGIII
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After finally receiving two new sets of correct-dimension sides for the trucks from BJ at Panzer Concepts, I've been back working on this behemoth. Progress is slow and painful on this model. Most of the brake connections have been temporarily pinned together so I know everything fits before applying the crazy glue...
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Cheers,
Gary
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Really looking awesome! It is obviously a complicated kit but you are mastering the construction well.
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Thanks for the encouragement Rick! This one is sure not a "walk in the park" like those WnW kits ;)
I'll be on this one for a good part of this year. Here's a shot of one of the completed trucks.
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Cheers,
Gary
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Just cobbled some sub-assemblies together for a couple of progress photos. Still a ton of work to do (many handrails and smaller details) before painting.
Cheers,
Gary
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Absolutely Amazing! Looks superb!
RAGIII
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It is truely impressive and perfectly executed.
Andreas
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Thanks Rick and Andreas for your kind words. After studying references, the Amiens Gun had a cover frame built around the front end when in service. As a final step in the construction stage, I made one from Evergreen Styrene angle. Next will be painting all of the sub-assemblies - wish me luck.
Cheers,
Gary
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Incredible work! I am looking forward to the painting!
RAGIII
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Incredible work! I am looking forward to the painting!
RAGIII
Thanks Rick - the research involved on this paint job is going to take a lot of time. And the paint job itself will involve even more time. Soon to start, hopefully :-)
Cheers,
Gary
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The detail on the model is extraordinary. How difficult has the build been Gary?
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The detail on the model is extraordinary. How difficult has the build been Gary?
Hi James - this is the first time I've tackled a large resin model like this, and also one of BJ DeBekker's "Panzer Concepts" kits. I decided to do this build as a long-term project, but it has gone rather quicker than expected (I started it last August, but had some other projects on the go). The build has been one of measuring, re-measuring, and making sure that alignment is true throughout the steps. The quality and detail of the parts is excellent. I had to repair a few of the smaller parts that were miss-cast. Some parts are in need of straightening, but hot water and careful handling have sorted that for the most part. The instructions are generally good, but some steps are missing. There were a number of large parts that were miss-cast, but BJ has been very helpful by sending replacements (and explaining some of the missing instruction steps). The rear cab side panels were all un-usable, so BJ sent me complete sides designed on one etched piece of plexiglas - except I had to transfer all of the detail from the resin parts to the plexiglass ones. I needed a good inventory of brass & styrene rod, which is not supplied with the kit. Like all projects, research is needed to build a specific subject, and I found a few discrepancies between the kit and the Amiens gun (it had no ladders on the hull sides, for example).
I'll be doing a full write-up for Model Military International magazine when I'm finished. One of the sections would deal with essential tools for a build like this, which includes a micrometer, mini-drill bits, half a pint of crazy glue, and a ton of model desk space.
Cheers,
Gary
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Righteeo Gary, sounds like a lot of work. I look forward to the magazine article too.
Nice work!
Cheers
James
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Hello folks, to add some life to the eventual diorama, I'm adding a horse-drawn cart to the scene with a couple of converted figures. I know the cart may be a non-period item (its an Esci WW2 subject), but I'll make it look the part.
I've managed to get a base colour onto the model, and have 4 or five more of the camouflage colours to apply. Some of the details aren't added for the picture, and the jacks are hanging loosely in a crooked fashion. This is going to take a very long time to paint and weather.
Cheers,
Gary
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How in the world did they aim the thing? It doesn't look like it rotates in spite of the round thing under the gun, but it has to unless the RR track was pointed at the target. Was there a fair amount of assembly/disassembly involved between moving it and shooting it? Amazing what humans will do to have something that goes BANG! bigger than the other guys.
Love the wagon. When the 19th Century bumped into mechanized warfare. Looking good so far, I'm excited to see your finished piece.
sp
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Beautiful! Must be impressive to see at close range a _huge_ model indeed.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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Awesome modelling, Gary!
Just my two cents: If you‘d use the other horse drawn wagon from Esci/Italeri, the „Hf. 2 Schwerer Heeresfeldwagen“, you would have a wagon that was actually in use in WWI. That one here is a strange hybrid which isn’t even correct for WW2...
best regards
Andreas
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How in the world did they aim the thing? It doesn't look like it rotates in spite of the round thing under the gun, but it has to unless the RR track was pointed at the target. Was there a fair amount of assembly/disassembly involved between moving it and shooting it? Amazing what humans will do to have something that goes BANG! bigger than the other guys.
Love the wagon. When the 19th Century bumped into mechanized warfare. Looking good so far, I'm excited to see your finished piece.
sp
Thanks! It could be fired from a rail position. Typically the gun was positioned over a purpose-built rotary mount, and the four jacks elevated the chassis so that the rail-trucks could be taken out. The gun was then lowered onto the mount, and the wheels (in the housing behind the mount) could swivel the gun in a 180 degree arc. This could take quite a while according to the Osprey book on WW1 railway guns.
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Cheers,
Gary
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Awesome modelling, Gary!
Just my two cents: If you‘d use the other horse drawn wagon from Esci/Italeri, the „Hf. 2 Schwerer Heeresfeldwagen“, you would have a wagon that was actually in use in WWI. That one here is a strange hybrid which isn’t even correct for WW2...
best regards
Andreas
Thanks Andreas - your suggestion is excellent feedback. I was not too far into the build of the cart, and I do have the supply wagon kit on hand. I appreciate your comments, and will switch to proceed with the supply wagon at once. It's nice to have the scene be as historically accurate as possible!
Cheers,
Gary
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Awesome modelling, Gary!
Just my two cents: If you‘d use the other horse drawn wagon from Esci/Italeri, the „Hf. 2 Schwerer Heeresfeldwagen“, you would have a wagon that was actually in use in WWI. That one here is a strange hybrid which isn’t even correct for WW2...
best regards
Andreas
Thanks Andreas - your suggestion is excellent feedback. I was not too far into the build of the cart, and I do have the supply wagon kit on hand. I appreciate your comments, and will switch to proceed with the supply wagon at once. It's nice to have the scene be as historically accurate as possible!
Cheers,
Gary
You’re welcome, Gary. For long now I have one in the pipeline for a diorama. It’s a very long time project. Most importandly you should move the front axle more forward, its pin is way too far back at the old Esci model.
The „schwere Heeresfeldwagen Hf. 02“ was nothing else but the „Schwere Proviantwagen 05“ (05 for 1905) of WWI. Some more parts were made of metal than of wood then, but nothing really visible in 1:35. But if you need I can send you some photos of the real thing. There is one in the Technikmuseum in Speyer which I took several close up photos some years ago. Just send me a PM.
Best regards
Andreas
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Thanks to the suggestion and help from Andreas, I've now switched the cart to one more representative of a WW1 example. Here's a cobbled-together in-progress photo of the sub-assemblies. I like to paint the heads (resin from Warriors and Verlinden) separately. Thanks again "Borsos"!
Cheers,
Gary
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What a project! You spend a huge effort in the build, and that is clearly visible.
I like also the painting of the horses - very lifelike. I would not know, how to do this so I admire that even more.
Cheers,
Frank
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Hello all - a further update to the Bruno build. After spending most of the last month reviewing period photos of the Amiens Gun and going over some correspondence in various chat forums on its colour scheme, I decided on a plan for the camouflage made a couple of templates for the chassis sides. Photos of the gun before it was captured show it with a camouflage pattern that had been altered (partially repainted) when it was put on display in Paris afterwards. I made my best interpretation of the scheme before capture and made a left & right template guide - one of them just reversed from the other side.
As far as the colours go, I took into consideration all I'd been able to research and came up with a five-colour combination that best appealed to how I wanted to see the final model after weathering. These colours have now been applied to the gun and rear cab as a test, and I'm happy with the look, although the scheme before weathering looks very clown-like. I'll post pics of them when I'm able to complete the black-lined borders. This work-in-progress will go on for quite a while as I'm masking/painting ad nauseam. I'm lucky that Tamiya masking tape can be used several times over before it ceases to work properly.
Cheers,
Gary
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Hi folks, a small update here. The rear cab shown in the camouflage scheme with dark demarcation lines painted in. The process will be a long one to paint all of the sub-assemblies, correct and apply touch-ups, paint in details, and weather everything properly. Then I can maybe start an aircraft model again.
Cheers,
Gary
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Another masterpiece in "True Edmundson Fashion"! First up: what an interesting subject to build. To come up with the idea of the build, to locate the kit, reference photo's, and then execute the build, truly a masterful exhibition of the modelers art and skill. Hat's off and a tip of the Pin Gary. Second, the patience and attention to detail is truly noteworthy. The time involved requires patience of Job like proportions not to mention the dedication to see the build through. I would have lost patience after opening the box and would have ended up selling it on ebay. As you mentioned a long term project, what tickles me is that you have been working on it since August and it has gone "Quicker" than you thought! ;)
Third, painting such a complex model requires a lot of planning, research and gathering (no small task). The paint grid you have reminds me of the lozenge paint grids that came with the Aurora White Box releases of their WWI Subjects from the mid '70's. Fourth: I can see by the painting of the heads that you are using that microscope to good advantage. The painting is truly Outstanding and offers the viewer the expression and inner feelings of the subject matter at hand. My first thoughts upon viewing the horse carriage with the two headless figures was "Sleepy Hollow" squared; glad you had images of the heads.
You have a real masterpiece on your hands here Gary and I am sure that Nanton 2021 will be a rewarding time for you and this model. This is definitely a show stopper and worthy of any and all praise and awards that are due. Makes me want to plan another trip to Nanton just to see it in person. In the Immortal words of a certain individual: "Model on"!
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Hello, Gary,
Well, I must apologise for being late to the party. Having finally arrived, I am astounded at the size and detail of this excellent model offering and more astounded by your approach and the first rate results of your work so far. "Well Done," and best of good fortune to you as you move slowly and diligently toward the end of this massive project. I'll be following your thread with the greatest of interest! 8)
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Gary,
Truly a magnificent project, and your patience and skills are both "shining" on this one! I just read that the Edmonton Show is cancelled thus it will be 2021 for it's "debut", I'm much looking forward to seeing it in person in Nanton if the rotation is retained or Edmonton should it be adjusted. Where on earth are you going to store and display this beauty, it would probably completely fill your new model room?!
Cheers,
Lance
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Gary, that would be a hell of a paint job for me!
Do you use a help of a cutting machine or cut the mask by hand?
A lot of work, but to use masks, a airbrush and a artist like you creates fantastic results. I have no knowledge in this area, but your color selection looks really nice.
Cheers,
Frank
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Lance pointed me to this thread Gary, and I'm glad he did. This is spectacular modelling. Quite an undertaking indeed! You're doing it great justice.
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I'm truly flattered by your responses, Mark, Gary, Lance and Frank, and Chris. Such words of encouragement really do drive me to make a decent job of this project :)
Mark - I'm very much looking forward to the next time we meet up - Nanton in 2021 would be great - remember, Marianne and I owe you dinner! Since finishing that little Krupp gun, the Roland DIV. and the RE.8, the Bruno is my sole project right now and I can see an end in sight within the next month or two.
Gary - Glad you stumbled onto this project, and so happy you like it.
Lance - good to hear from you - and maybe you won't have to wait to see it if you ever pass through our little town (doing the speed limit of course ;)) you could stop in ...hopefully when they allow that sort of thing in this world of isolation.
Frank - To elaborate on answering your question - masking was planned on those sheets of thin paper, but then masks were cut by hand for most of the prominent colours, then approximated as I covered the area to be done. I worked in stages, one area at a time. By the time the last colours were airbrushed on, it was no where near looking like the template...so corrections were done later. The colours actually change appearance when a black border is placed around them - that got me thinking as to why that was a thing to do in the Great War.
Chris - great to hear from you and thanks for taking the time to look :). I've really enjoyed watching your latest AFV projects on FB.
Again - such encouraging words from great modellers like yourselves feels very rewarding.
Cheers to all,
Gary
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I cut out a plastic container to make a safe holder to set the gun assembly in - there are a few delicate valves that protrude from the bottom, and it's been handy to have this during the painting phase. Weathering on all sub-assemblies is now on with oil washes, dust coats, and paint chipping and wear.
I'm continuing to work on the horses for the cart, and thought I'd add a photo of that progress, too.
Cheers,
Gary
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Stunning paint job! There's something cartoonish about the camouflage pattern on the gun and there's something very life-like about the paint job on the horse(s). I really like them both!
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Gary, I'm worried about your paintwork! That plastic box has such sharp edges, it sends shivers down my spine. I'd rather use a foam pad.
Your paintwork is fantastic!
Cheers,
Frank
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Fredrik and Frank - thanks for your comments!
Frank - the container works fine, and I add many layers of protective gloss coat when I paint so -no problems so far!.
Fredrik - you are so correct about the cartoonish look to the camo. When I undertook this project I knew I'd need to add much weathering to take some of the garish appearance away, and leave a more realistic overall to the model. There'll be many layers of dust-coat and oil paint washes to add. Here is one of the trucks which I've just started going through the weathering phase.
Cheers,
Gary
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This gun is without doubt impressive. But what impressed me even more is this horse. You did a perfect paint job here!
Andreas
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Thanks Andreas! Glad you liked the horse - it was mostly just airbrushed with Tamiya's Hull Red, then I added some airbrushed black shading.
Work continues weathering the Bruno sub-assemblies, and I added the screw-jacks to their positions. Not included in the kit are the crossed-rod supports for the upper parts of the jacks for transport. By studying photos I could see where they were positioned, and added them using styrene rod & bits'n'pieces.
Cheers,
Gary
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Front left support
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Rear left support
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chassis with jacks mounted
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Wow! It’s looking absolutely fantastic-stunning work on what looks like a beautiful but challenging resin kit. Cheers Matt
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Thanks Matt, "challenging" is a good way to describe it :)
Progress on the horse drawn-cart continues. I've painted the wagon a darker field grey, and started to weather it up a bit with some worn paint chips and dust. Making it substantially different than the base colour of the railgun was important, and some period photos I have looked at shows some wagons in a very dark shade of colour. The addition of mud and splashes will follow.
Cheers,
Gary
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Fantastic progress in all aspects. I love the paintjob on the wagon.
Andreas
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Thanks Andreas - after receiving your help with it I appreciate your words :)
I have finished the model of the Bruno and hope to complete the diorama in the next while. The scheme is my guess of how it looked, and I couldn't copy it exactly - but just mimicked the general pattern with some of it more faded than other areas.
Cheers,
Gary
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Magnificent finish Gary, and impressive "in spades"! The time and effort to complete the color scheme is beyond imagining and the results are outstanding. Beautiful work and a model in it's own class!
Cheers,
Lance
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Nothing that cool came with the Lionel train set I got as a kid....I'm miffed.
A spectacular piece of modeling and eye candy to boot.
sp
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This is simply awesome modelling- to achieve this complex camouflage pattern in such a large and intricate kit is an outstanding result! I’d love to see this in real life.... be nice to have here in the Australian War memorial in Canberra given we have a barrel!
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Thanks so much for your comments Matt, sp and Lance! I'm working on the figures, horse cart and base - hope to have the diorama finished by month end.
And by the way Lance - your wonderful Halberstadt convinced me to pick up the Early and Late versions this past week ;)
Cheers,
Gary
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Thanks so much for your comments Matt, sp and Lance! I'm working on the figures, horse cart and base - hope to have the diorama finished by month end.
And by the way Lance - your wonderful Halberstadt convinced me to pick up the Early and Late versions this past week ;)[/color]
Cheers,
Gary
Gary,
Wow!, where did you find them for less then a second mortgage?? I have the Late Version "stashed' and hopefully will be able to try that stippled scheme before they "put me away" somewhere!
Cheers,
Lance
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Gary,
Wow!, where did you find them for less then a second mortgage?? I have the Late Version "stashed' and hopefully will be able to try that stippled scheme before they "put me away" somewhere!
Cheers,
Lance
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Well Lance - I just happened to be on the Great Hobbies website looking for Vallejo paint thinner when I noticed they had a new shipment of WnW kits, including those Halberstadts. The prices were all actually below the posted WnW retail, so I picked up the those, plus the Late Fe2b which I'd missed previously (always wanted to build Punjab Montgomery 32 since I'd visited the graves of Morris & Rees last time we were in France). Shipping was free, so it worked out rather nicely. I think my "stash" will now be sufficient for a few years of retirement!
Cheers, Gary
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To construct a base for this project I'm using something from a long-ago diorama of a Tamiya Famo & Trailer I made almost 20 years ago. The diorama had served it's purpose, but was languishing in a box in the basement. I removed the models and figures from the base, and went to work shortening it by 6 inches, and using part of the old groundwork to fill the back corner. The tracks will be trimmed to fit, and the entire base will be "boxed in" with contoured sides made from black artists Matte Board.
Cheers,
Gary
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Fully assembled and painted makes an impressive piece of artillery and a stunning railway carriage. With the background you are making will be a real museum display.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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Now that is really cool Gary !
Terri
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Thanks Giuseppe and Terri!
To give a bit of life to the final scene I'm adding three figures to the rail gun. The figures are from the "Stalingrad" line, and are sold as a set of WW1 German Tankers. The three I'm using are general in nature, and could be from many branches of the Imperial forces. One of them is smoking a porcelain pipe, quite common in those days. Of course I will have to add the heads to the bodies when final placement of all diorama components is made.
Cheers,
Gary
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As this project winds up, I've completed making a base for it. The Celluclay ground work, static grass, railroad ballast, etc. have all been added, and a contoured frame made from artist's matt board glued on. I always feel it's important to have the subject displayed at an angle to the base frame, which does involve a few tricky angled cuts - in this case to the sections of track.
Also - I've made a couple of rail stock dioramas in the past, and had the track just "end" short of the edges of the base. There was always something odd-looking about them. I did not want to make that mistake this time.
Cheers,
Gary
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wow!those figures look perfect to me!
awesome!
ciao
edo
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Thanks so much Edo! Here are the figures for the horse & cart as it passes by the railgun in the diorama. Which is just about done.
Cheers,
Gary
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I have been remiss in keeping up with your Brilliant build. The painting of the "Bruno" is amazing to say the least. The base is looking superb and the figures and horse drawn wagon are spectacular! VERY IMPRESSIVE!!
RAGIII
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Thanks Rick - glad you like it.
The diorama is now done, so here are a few pictures of the finished scene. I'm currently writing up and article for Brett Green's Model Military International magazine and will post which issues it will feature in later when I find out. Brett would like three features since the scope of this project was quite involved. For the first time in years I have nothing on the consrtuction bench, so it's time to build an aircraft now :)
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Cheers,
Gary
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What a fantastic diorama it is! All of it looks awesome, but I can’t help finding the wagon most appealing :)
Andreas
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What a fantastic diorama it is! All of it looks awesome, but I can’t help finding the wagon most appealing :)
Andreas
I thank you again, Andreas, for your help with this project. Glad you like it. I really enjoyed doing the wagon (and I moved the front axle forward as you suggested) ;)
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The faces of the two on the coach box - absolutely gorgeous!
The whole diorama is fantastic, I'm very impressed.
Cheers,
Frank
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Absolutely brilliant model and diorama Gary. Looks fantastic!
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i can only echo what others have already said: this is a wonderful diorama, very inspiring!
ciao
edo
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I will only add Brilliant Work to My previous comments!
RAGIII
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I have been fascinated as this build has progressed. Consummate skill in modeling the gun, the horses, the carriage and the figures.
There is one little thing that bothers me. The guy smoking the pipe near all the cordite bags used to propel the shells. that had to be a no no.
sp
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Amazing build all round! Congrats on this one. Cheers Matt
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I was expecting a great diorama and here it is. The figures are living and giving life to the whole thing.
Very well deserved congratulations, thank you for sharing.
Ciao
Giuseppe
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I can't believe I missed this.
It is a jaw-dropping beautiful diorama! It must have been a complicated built. I know that working with resin parts is laborious. I have a simple resin Farman M.F.11 Shorthorn kit in 1/72 that's still on the shelf, simply because it is a box with a few bags and a flawed instruction sheet.
Hats off to you!
Willem
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Gary,
That is OUTSTANDING !!
Paul
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I'd like to say a belated thanks to all for the very kind words on this project - it means a lot to me and I very much appreciate everyone who has taken the time to look and comment.
I've finally been able to put together the write-up and photos for this one, and Brett Green has three articles tentatively to be published in Model Military International magazine's issues 176, 177, 178 for the Construction, Painting and Diorama parts respectively. That would be the Dec 2020, Jan 2021 and Feb 2021 issues, for those interested to see my story.
Cheers,
Gary
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I gotta tell ya Gary, this is an amazing piece of work. The painting on the rail gun alone is dazzling but the attention to detail is stellar. The figures add life and a sense of scale to the overall scene. The one officer figure talking to the guy with what appears to be a pipe reminds me of "Fearless Leader" from the old Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. Not that it's cartoonish but very Teutonic. The figures are full of life and expressions. The gun with figures alone would make a neat vignette but the cart with the two "grunts" on it just adds so much more as the looks of 'astonishment' on their faces tell it all. Just on outstanding bit of modeling Gary, truly outstanding.
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That's a beautiful build, Gary! From the figures to the gun to the turf, just perfect! Thank you for sharing.
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Gaz and Mark - really happy to see your comments.
Hopefully Mark I'll get to take this down to Nanton or Edmonton the next time they have a show, although it would be a beast to transport!
Cheers,
Gary
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Gaz and Mark - really happy to see your comments.
Hopefully Mark I'll get to take this down to Nanton or Edmonton the next time they have a show, although it would be a beast to transport!
Cheers,
Gary
Well worth the effort Gary. A real show stopper for all to see and marvel over, will worth the time and effort. There may be a Mafioso gathering at CAPCON in '21, consider that one.