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Ardennes 1944 - Ridin High!

a diorama feature by Eric Sikkema
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The first two figures are ready now. Continuing with my motorcycle. I Have to mention, that I had a choice of 2 different heads for the orderly. One with cap and one without. In the end I chose the one with cap. Since I wanted to represent a complete a model as could be, I added the cables from the steering bar to the engine and the front brake and the clutch with very thin sowing thread. And I paid a lot of attention to the bags to make them look as realistic as possible. Painting the wheels gave me some problems because I had difficulty reaching them since I had already sprayed the entire model. I had to do this twice with the risk of over-spraying the wheels.

Once the motorcyclist was all done I turned to the Schwimmwagen. How do you dress it up? I took out an old Verlinden catalogue (part one I think) and made a nice copy of it, along with some extra items of my own like a newspaper and a map and some other stuff. I didn’t add any unit markings on purpose, because I didn’t have any at hand.

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About H.L.Sikkema (demodelbouwer)
FROM: NOORD-HOLLAND, NETHERLANDS

hello i'm eric and i live in the Netherlands. I'm married with ilona and have three daugters. for the last year i am a very active modeller. Before that the hobby was only a time distraction. I'm a modeller for over 35 years now and i like to share my knowledge with others in any way i can.


Comments

demodelbouwer
Hello Ron, Well it was hard diggin' into the gray cells but it was fun to do... Eric
MAY 03, 2002 - 04:17 PM
Tin_Can
That is nice lookin' stuff. Look forward to seeing more stuff from you in the future.
MAY 03, 2002 - 11:42 PM
demodelbouwer
Hello Bryan, At This time i'm building as you know at the bunker and i'm creating a wooden engineers bridge with 8 horses and carriages together with a mark4 tank ( german) and a lot of foot soldiers retraiting to the homeland in a Russi diorama.... This is gonna be also a lot of work and i hope i can finish it before october 5th. to enter the contest..... Eric
MAY 04, 2002 - 05:50 PM
Tin_Can
Eric, if you can snap us some in progress pics to keep us drooling. What contest you entering it in?
MAY 04, 2002 - 10:05 PM
demodelbouwer
Bryan, The contest i'm gonna enter in october are the Twenot contests. And ofcourse i'm gonna put some pictures up to keep you informed. Eric
MAY 04, 2002 - 11:42 PM
210cav
Eric--great job. Keep up the fine work. DJ
MAY 06, 2002 - 11:18 PM
relichunter00
Nice work Eric, excellent detail.
MAY 07, 2002 - 12:59 AM
normandy
Hi Eric can I just say that I think your figures are really xcellent but I think you did the holsters and canteens too bright. James
JUL 19, 2002 - 03:31 AM
sgtreef
Great job Eric. really love that Tiger !!!
JUL 19, 2002 - 08:02 PM
LUCKYBULLET
very nice eric!! it's when i look at this kind of work and storie that a little voice in my head said"come on move your butt and glue those track links together!!!". great model and dio,keep the work!!
JUL 19, 2002 - 09:55 PM
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