Melsbroek B.58 diorama
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hangar picture with Typhoon, probably October 1944
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same hangar, view from other side
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hangar picture with Mitchell, probably November 1944
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color !
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checking the depth with the Mitchell. I shortened the hangar with one span to fit my baseplate
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Loosening the roof structure is quite easy
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first dry fit looks ok
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roof structure ready
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backwall started
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starting the fake house at the right with MAQUETT PVC FOAM sheet
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Hangar structure primed. The fake houses that the Germans painted on the hangar are actually twice as high as normal houses would be, so that the whole looks smaller than it is.
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roof and sidewalls added, baseplate started
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front view. RAUCHEN VERBOTEN is selfmade decal
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left fake house started
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right fake house, no views available, so it is according to my imagination
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RAUCHEN VERBOTEN !
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Fake front testing
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a picture found in a book of what could be the backside of the building
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the left side transformed in a pen drawing and printed on transparent decal paper
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same process for the right side
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6 sheets of plastic cut to represent the sliding doors. The decal is first applied to these a a pattern for the colours: white, dark green, brick and plaster
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Then the second decal is placed on the coloured door to get the drawing back. A grey painted ribbed plastic sheet is used to represent the corrugated siding
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But the fake wall needs some supporting structure on the roof
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adding fake roofs
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roof construction extended
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left side house under construction
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right side house under construction
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Left house side, no pictures available, so free imagination damaged wall
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front view, door assembly preview
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roof build-up preview
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Airfix B-25 Mitchell started
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B-25 Mitchell started, nice kit.
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interior before closing the fuselage
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behind the doors
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View from the front
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some "equipment" for inside the hangar :
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backside of the hangar is complete
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some vehicles to be placed in the diorama
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Airfix Fuel truck
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Water truck of my imagination, Airfix kit modified
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Standard Tilly with Officer and WAAF
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Tractor in the hangar
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Crew with photographer
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Potographer with crew
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Airfix kit, Eagle Cal decals
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Just a small white line on the Z
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left interior
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background inside
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right interior
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crew in front of the plane ready for a photo
Kommentarer
50 9 September 2020, 14:33
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Lukasz, when you look at the pictures, you can actually see the curved roof of the hangar behind the 3 windows in the middle. The gpm hangar kit is fantastic. The airfix Mitchell is also a very nice kit.
10 September 2020, 05:32
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It seems that the GPM hangar is beginning to be a plague in Scalemates 😄.
Great idea and fantastic project. Following!
27 September 2020, 18:54
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oh yes, Looks good! nice Progress! please make some closeups from the "Rooffront"
6 October 2020, 06:27
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great, and then a couple of RAF 320sqn Mitchell's, looking forward for the result.
12 October 2020, 18:39
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One Mitchell will be there, going for FW227 NO-P which was lost on Jan13, 1945 and had a mixed Dutch & Belgian crew
12 October 2020, 19:16
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Hi Erik. This is amazing, Just wow! I don't think I'd originally realised the whole 'fakery' aspect of the original. Are there any references you can point me to on the web for background history please? 👍
23 November 2020, 14:54
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Gary, I found the pictures on :
warbirdinformationex..ewtopic.php?p=630671
Melsbroek airfield was built by the German shortly after the occupation of Belgium, and captured by the Allies in 1944. Several squadrons operated from this airfield known as B58
23 November 2020, 19:17
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Some "equipment" for the hangar: ladders, jigs, a trolley, a tank with oil, a damaged Typhoon propeller, left behind by the previous squadrons, a lookalike compressor, a rack with spare parts for the Mitchell. All my own imagination, but inspired by the pictures.
30 November 2020, 11:09
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After 2 years, I finally decided to complete this project. I added some pictures of the vehicles I want to use.
31 January 2023, 14:36
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Love the pic #56 👍 That hangar interior is impressive, considering adding this to mine 😄
6 February 2023, 14:25
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Lukasz, I used a cheap led strip with 5V USB connector, and I removed 1 of 2 , otherwise the light was too bright.
6 February 2023, 17:30
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I meant the furniture, dirty windows etc But lighting is impressive too, sth I can't learn being an electrician's son 😋
6 February 2023, 17:35
Album info
RAF Mitchell in German camouflaged hangar late 1944 on Melsbroek airfield . The hangar was extensively camouflaged as a row of buidlings by the Germans. The hangar was used in autumn 1944 by the RAF, first for Typhoons and afterwards for B-25 Mitchells of 320 Dutch Sqn