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Offline Kreston

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Re: WNW Roland D.VIa with lot's of extra's finnished.
« Reply #165 on: September 24, 2014, 05:55:16 AM »
Great idea!
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Re: WNW Roland D.VIa with lot's of extra's finnished.
« Reply #166 on: September 24, 2014, 05:55:46 AM »
Very nice base plate.
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« Reply #167 on: September 24, 2014, 07:00:00 AM »
Kreston and Martin, thank's guy's. ;) ;)

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« Reply #168 on: September 26, 2014, 03:39:56 AM »
The Lozenge camo, provided in the WNW kit's are beautifull, but i find the pattern a little hard, so i decided to tone down this a little bit.

For this i used XF-22 RLM Grey.





reason is, that i want to keep the attention to the diorama on the base, and not on the Lozenge at the edges of the base.

After that i put a layer of Tamiya  Smoke to give the edges a rich appearance and at the same time a glossy surface. Maybe i will ad some very light wash to the edges, but i'm still thinking about that......anybody sugestions??







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Re: WNW Roland D.VIa with lot's of extra's finnished.
« Reply #169 on: September 26, 2014, 07:51:23 AM »
A very clever and fitting display base! Terrific use for the WNW Lozenge!!
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Re: WNW Roland D.VIa with lot's of extra's finnished.
« Reply #170 on: September 26, 2014, 10:17:07 AM »
A very clever and fitting display base! Terrific use for the WNW Lozenge!!
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Dittos , a great idea( will have to use this myself) and can't wait to see the finished base to compliment your excellent D. VIa. !

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Re: WNW Roland D.VIa with lot's of extra's finnished.
« Reply #171 on: September 26, 2014, 12:41:26 PM »
     Brilliant idea Danny, and a beautiful result. I like this a lot, and will probably use your idea!
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Re: WNW Roland D.VIa with lot's of extra's finnished.
« Reply #172 on: September 27, 2014, 09:46:50 AM »
I like it ! ;D





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Re: WNW Roland D.VIa with lot's of extra's finnished.
« Reply #173 on: September 27, 2014, 07:36:37 PM »
What an excellent idea for the base, Danny!  Good thinking. :D

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« Reply #174 on: September 28, 2014, 06:51:28 PM »
Thank's guy's and girl's for the nice comment's. I'm glad you like it. ;)

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Danny

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Re: WNW Roland D.VIa with lot's of extra's finnished.
« Reply #175 on: September 29, 2014, 02:25:00 AM »
What a super idea for the base! Very original Danny.

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Nigel

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Re: WNW Roland D.VIa with lot's of extra's finnished.
« Reply #176 on: October 01, 2014, 06:34:21 AM »
Absolutely beautiful work. Looks wonderful, you've really done it justice.

I love the Rolands, the planking effect on the fuselage adds to the wood feel. Your lozenge decals look outstandingly realistic, very fabric-like, and compliments the wood effect fuselage very well.

Good work that man! I will use this build thread when I get around to my D.VIa & D.VIb.

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« Reply #177 on: October 02, 2014, 12:17:33 AM »
@ Nigel : Thank's mate for the nice comment. ;)

@ Dekenba : I'm glad my work has inspired you to take it as a example for you're future build's of the Roland. I'm looking forward to see you're Roland's take shape mate.

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Re: WNW Roland D.VIa with lot's of extra's finnished.
« Reply #178 on: October 02, 2014, 07:13:13 AM »
Ok, at the moment the base is getting a green carpet...........but still, it's obvious now, i'm not a great diorama builder, but i will do my best to give the Roland a suitable home:hmmm:

After i took a look at multiple pictures of W.W.1 airfields, i noticed that many where equiped with plank's lying on the ground, all different sort's and pattern's. So i decided to do it also......this is the result to begin with.



The white spot's are rest's of wood glue, that will be taken care off with some paint.





After this, i put white sand on the surface to get a grainy texture. I airbrushed it with different sort's of brown colors, gave it multiple washes, and finnally, glued the gras onto the surface.





The plank's are taken care of regarding the white spot's of glue.



The photo's above where taken with my camera flash. Next photo's are taken in daylight.

I had to glue the gras carpet in two half's, that's the reason that there is a blanc striped spot vissible. That will taken care of with some extra gras that i will glue at the blanc spot's.



The plank's are given different sort's of washes, to get a wheatered look. Some spaces between the plank's will filled up with dead gras or vegetation.





Further vegetation will be added, but for now...that's all folk's



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Danny

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Re: WNW Roland D.VIa with lot's of extra's finnished.
« Reply #179 on: October 02, 2014, 07:47:10 AM »
Looking great! You are certainly giving me some ideas for a base for my DVII !
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