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Brave Souls - Poland Fall 1944

Composition Details - Lots of details on a farm

Next I moved on to doing detail work. The wood pile next to the barn is just branches off the maple tree outside my house as is the wood stump with the axe in it. , I have also added some bark and wood chips around the chopping stump. Some of the detail items include a scratch built ladder out of balsa strips and round tooth picks and a hay rake using a brass wood for the handle, strip of balsa wood for the head an copper wire for the teeth.
In an effort to use down time while waiting for the cart to be shipped I continued to add details. I started the sickle with with brass rod and covered it with green putty I also shaped the blade out of thin plastic stock, next I sanded the handle with my dremel and hand sanding. I attached the blade and flattened thin solder and wrapped it where the handles attach and also around the head where the blade attaches, I then cut tips off round toothpicks and shaped them with a sanding stick glued them in place and drilled the butt ends to accept cut down pin heads, painted it dark yellow then coated it in burnt sienna, waited 15 minutes and brushed it off, the blade was painted in burnt metal MM paint. You can see build details later in this feature.
The cart (finally) - Since the AM cart I purchased never showed up I decided to scratch build one. For the cart I used the axle, wheels and the mounting plate from Tamiyas German Field Kitchen. I used it for the solid axle which I cut down. I then took bass wood square stock and rounded and tapered it as I had seen on the reference photos and thats what I used for the rails. I then just started building up with balsa, first the floor, then the sides and seat.
I hope the wasps left thier nest before the Germans set up this ambush :) See if you can tell in later photos.