WIP 1/35 Scale D-Day Diorama

[Henk]

Wow. Wow. Just going through this from the start, it's mind-blowing. The attention to detail warms my rivet counter's heart .
As an aside, the sides of the ship above the deck are called the bulwarks. The top edge of the bulwarks are the gunwale (pronounced 'gunnel').

 

[Henk]

The air funnels can be turned to either point into the prevailing wind direction, to force cool/fresh air down, or away from driving rain/snow.

 

[Richie]

I know it looks like brass but that's just the lighting- it's lead foil, and it will be painted 'battleship' grey like the rest of it
I just need to ascertain which particular shade of battleship....

Hi Neil,
I suppose which shade of grey depends on your hangover after using all that wine bottle foil?
Just love the thinking outside the box solution to the inside of the funnel detailing. Spot on mate.
cheers
Richie

 

[Merryweather]

Wow. Wow. Just going through this from the start, it's mind-blowing. The attention to detail warms my rivet counter's heart .
As an aside, the sides of the ship above the deck are called the bulwarks. The top edge of the bulwarks are the gunwale (pronounced 'gunnel').

The air funnels can be turned to either point into the prevailing wind direction, to force cool/fresh air down, or away from driving rain/snow.

Thank you kind sir!! I knew there must be SOMEONE who knows!

 

[Merryweather]

Right then, I’ve been busy with the covered walkway

It was bit tricky to figure out a way of temporarily holding it all together whilst I fitted the beams, but I got there in the end.

The original intention was to leave the top open and simply close it with the deck above(which is going to be separate), but that proved to be too difficult, so I added a thin sheet of plastic(clear, because that’s all I have that’s long enough) to glue the beams to, which makes the whole thing much more stable. I will just make the deck above a bit thinner .It’s not helped by the fact that the upper deck slopes . Apart from access for painting the reason I want a bit of removability is that there are hooks with cables underneath.

I was able to print the hooks as part of the beams

And then came the fun part- adding the pipes and cables.

The black foam blocks are what I used to hold the wire in place for the drooping effect. I used a mixture of solder wire and old headphone wires which was nice and flexible.

I’ve made it a bit busier than the real thing for a bit of interest.

And this is as far as I've got -I'm looking forward to getting some paint on it, only a few more bits left.
Thanks for sticking with me.
Cheers
Neil

 

[Briggsy]

You really don't do things by halves Neil, that is some great modelling for what is essentially ground work! This project never ceases to amaze me with the scope and level.of detail, absolutely love it.

Simon

 

[Merryweather]

You really don't do things by halves Neil, that is some great modelling for what is essentially ground work! This project never ceases to amaze me with the scope and level.of detail, absolutely love it.

Simon

Ha ha, in figure terms 'groundwork' is right, Simon, which is why I thought twice about including it on what is, let's face it, a predominantly figure-painting forum.
But hopefully it's a bit of something interestingly different from the norm?
I'm itching to get on to some figures, though

 

[Briggsy]

It is very interesting watching you problem solve through the build, yes it's not a figure but there will be plenty of them. Personally I'm glad you show cased this part of the project, always interesting seeing something different, similar to Valiants scooters and things.

Simon

 

[Ferris]

Loving your progress Neil!
The pictures are extremely realistic.

Adrian

 

[Merryweather]

Loving your progress Neil!
The pictures are extremely realistic.

Adrian

Praise indeed, thanks Adrian

 

[NigelR]

This is stunning modelling, really enjoying seeing your progress here. Have you built an extension on the house to put this in when it's done....?

 

[Merryweather]

This is stunning modelling, really enjoying seeing your progress here. Have you built an extension on the house to put this in when it's done....?

Thanks Nigel.
Yes storage or display is going to be problem...the wife has no idea what's coming
Everything above this level, and probably even the base, has got to be made de-mountable just to get it out of the loft!

 

[Richie]

Thanks Nigel.
Yes storage or display is going to be problem...the wife has no idea what's coming
Everything above this level, and probably even the base, has got to be made de-mountable just to get it out of the loft!

Hi Neil,
I have the same problem, my wife never knows what's coming through the door. I'm getting that worried about the backlash I'm thinking of knobbling the postman. Either that or give a him a key so he can hide it away for me.

Great progress and you can start to envisage the actual size of this museum piece.
cheers
Richie