Memphis Belle - Diorama
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Built the base in under 30 minutes
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My helper wouldn't budge
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Runway base cut and glued
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The "surface" of the cement slabs glued into place.
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Primed the diorama base.
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Painted the basic colour of each concrete slab in the temporary English airfield.
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I'm back and I'm building 500 lb bombs
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Photo of an actual M-989 11 Ton Trailer
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First M-989 11 Ton Trailer built
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Next, the army jeep pulling the trailer 😛
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Finished all the decals, I hope I speed up with practice
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The countryside scene is set.
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The countryside scene is set.
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Dodge 6x6 WC-63 to be built next
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Dodge 6x6 WC-63 to be built next
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Uh oh, part 22, the truck bed is missing from my Dodge kit. Looks like I am getting into scratch modelling sooner than I expected, green stuff has been ordered.
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I attempted some weathering.
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I attempted some weathering.
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I attempted some weathering.
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Applying a layer of gloss.
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Working on replacing the missing Jeep part.
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Working on replacing the missing Jeep part.
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Working on replacing the missing Jeep part.
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Working on replacing the missing Jeep part.
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A little more liquid green stuff for clean up, and I will have a Jeep bed.
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A little more liquid green stuff for clean up, and I will have a Jeep bed.
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Starting figures: raw figure out of the "box".
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With a layer of black primer applied.
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White paint from directly above to give highlights.
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The glaze technique seems to work 🙂
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out of the box
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ready for primer - going with the glazed technique after I tested the first figure
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With black primer applied.
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3D printing drawers and organizers for my modeling supplies
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3D printing drawers and organizers for my modeling supplies
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Finished 3D printing drawers
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All organized for now
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highlights in place, ready for glaze layers
Commenti
52 21 May 2023, 15:00
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The base is very well chosen for the 1:1 scale cat model. And if the model makes purring sound effects, it won't get kicked out of there I guess.
26 May 2023, 06:18
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Indeed, it should display the cat model nicely, and will most likely be accepted by the region's cat inhabitants.
26 May 2023, 13:35
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As the smallscale and diorama fan that I am, I feel honoured to take a seat and watch this one grow. 👍
15 January, 11:10
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Jennifer, you conceived your first model in a spectacular way. Not just the model, but the whole diorama. I wish the construction of the diorama goes as you wish. I'll be watching.
16 January, 10:10
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Thank you Ludvik, that is high praise. From watching all of you, I can see that I still have many techniques to learn. I am looking forward to refining my skills with time.
16 January, 10:41
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Hi Pierre Pierre, I make a little progress most days. Yesterday, I built the trailer; today, I painted it.
16 January, 19:49
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"I'm back and I'm building 500 lb bombs" sounds like a line from the third reel of an action hero movie. I'm very interested in seeing where this diorama goes.
16 January, 23:30
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Ralf, you must excuse me; this is not entirely historically accurate. They would have been square and smaller if they had used hay bales (which not everyone did then) during World War II. The concrete slabs should be more symmetrical and vary a little less in colour. They used trailers to haul bombs to the Memphis Belle. However, it was a smaller trailer, not the M-989 used for their Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) missile pods and munitions. Once I start doing scratch work, I will endeavor to be more accurate. I was doing the best with what I could get my hands on.
19 January, 03:38
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Hi Jennifer, believe me I'm definetly no rivet counter and not a historical accuracy freak. 😄 😉 I just enjoy well made scale modelling and especially dioramas. You have constant progress so far and it looks really promising until now. So let's have fun modeling! 👍
19 January, 14:24
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Well said, Ralf; glad to hear that. I know that the Memphis Belle flew out of the British countryside and that they used to use trailers pulled by a jeep to load the plane, so I am trying to build a scene reflecting that as best I can. During the war, England created many temporary airfields everywhere, which I was trying to capture. So, I really wanted my airfield to be obviously next to a farmer's field.
20 January, 13:32
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Also following! This is very interesting since I also plan on a B-17 diorama some time. Except I own the 1:48 kit.
26 January, 16:39
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Welcome, Marc! I am curious to follow up on your B-17 sometime in the future.
26 January, 20:16
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A nice start on your figures Jennifer, looking forward to the finished product. 🤘🥸🤟
3 February, 16:19
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The guy on pic 55 looks like he's carrying a couch table on his shoulders. 😄 Funny!
9 February, 11:03
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He totally does, Ralf; I agree, Neuling that is a good one. Thank you, Finn.
9 February, 13:12
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No, John. Thanks for checking in. I bought all four new IKEA Billly shelves with doors for my office and have been working on some 3D printing projects. I'm almost done with the office setup, including gluing the shelf backs and reinforcing with wood strips down the back of the middle to screw all the shelves into to stop them from sagging, and then I should be back to my model work.
11 May, 00:53
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That's nice to hear. Even if it is in the future it is good to here there will be progress. Keep up the good work! 👍
11 May, 19:22
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Creating the diorama to go with my first model.