WIP 1/35 Scale D-Day Diorama

[Briggsy]

Wow, that's a lot if check and test, more patience than I have. The perfect plastic weld lines look great. Also like the printed rivets, if you look at the world of model railways, yeah I know, there is a firm called Grandt Line who make rivets on stalks in various sizes. It does mean hand placing them but if you use the hole making tool it wouldn't be so onerous. Also glue from the back to avoid glue marks on the business side.

You don't do things by half mate, this is an epic undertaking.

Cheers Simon

 

[blaster]

Wow Neil…. That’s some certifiable dedication. I thought I was barmy but you are, as General MacAuliiffe said…..nuts.

That is going to be a staggering piece!!!!

Rgds Victor

 

[Oda]

Adding to the remarks of all the esteemed colleagues before me,this is an excellent start to a very interesting dio,Following.

Oda.

 

[Malkie]

The thought of such an immense project would scare me to death, but as they say more power to your elbow!

Malkie

 

[NigelR]

Wow. That is a LOT of work!! But well done, keep going......

 

[Merryweather]

Let’s leave rivet counting for now and look at the re-alignment of the whole diorama...
At the suggestion of someone on another forum I have re-oriented the model slightly, so that the whole thing is not completely parallel to the base -as much as I can without affecting the walls I printed earlier.
I used the CAD model to plot the difference between the old position and the new, and I set to with the scalpel -the beauty of foamboard!

I will need to add a small triangle at the left hand side (top), which gives me a horrible polygonal block to work with.
I didn’t mention it earlier but I have made my life even more difficult by angling the back surface backwards so that I can eventually tilt the whole thing over to the front a bit.

So now the only right-angles are the back two corners and the vertical plane.
Thank God for CAD!
I had by this time detailed the two feature walls

Although I managed not to change the detailed walls I did have to change the blank back and side walls, and thanks to CAD I was able to 3D print some braces to the correct angles(they are the blue bits)

That’s all folks
Thanks for watching
Neil

 

[Briggsy]

This is more engineering than modelling! I agree with the shift out of the parallel on the base, it makes the composition that much more dynamic. Still trying to get my head round the sheer size of this.

Cheers Simon

 

[Merryweather]

Still trying to get my head round the sheer size of this.

Cheers Simon

Ha ha,me too!

 

[Ferris]

Great project!

Loving your approach, with experiments and creative combinations of techniques. Old school modelling with the latest technology!

Think I would have opted for laminating the 3d prints with 0.5mm plasticcard. The card would hide the print layers, and the 3d part would control dimensions.

Will keep following!

Adrian