Hi bros & all friends, before go to my next step of "Battle in the city, Hue" I has just finish my relax work of diorama scenery on today. This scenery start after I accepted one of model kit M113A1 from my best brother name Phaisan, first of all I prepare this kit to present at my diorama of Battle in the city but it not properly to the scene. The M113A1 that from my best bro much improve a lot so the better way
I need to buy the new one for the main work. The best solution I decide to built it to my another diorama scene. The idea of this scene is Vietnam war and the story much harmonious to my palm tree processes. The M113A1 that present on this scenery is not improve yet, such as color and other details, the complete work of the tank can post again after everything complete. Apologize to my English text. Thank you to every comments and suggest.
Prasert.

Reference picture of this scenery.

preparing for the work with foam


make the bunker line by cut out foam.

glaze surface of foam with tissue paper.



waiting tissue surface a half-dry and then coat it with glue spray.

scatter fine sand overall.


glue coconut tree trunk to side of bunker.



paint fake mud to over all.




prepare coconut tree dust and leafs grind.

add leafs, coconut tree dust and leafs grind to ground.



over all groundwork with spray glue.






palm tree layout.





finish work of scenery but the tank not finish yet.









Thank you all. Prasert.

That looks great. Where did you learn how to do scenerly like that? Looking foward to your updates. Keep up the great work.
Tom

Prasert my friend, always a delight to see your work. you made such a great detail job using the coconut husks and the final painting really brings it all together. you have a great buddy that offers you nice kits for your dioramas, cheers to him as well. mh

Prasert
I love watching your work. It is truly outstanding.
You need to post features and great photos, your work really deserve it.
i hope to see more
Cheers
Seb

Looks great Prasert. All the different layers build up to a quite realistic and natural looking groundwork.
Don´t worry about your English text ... your included photos tell the full story. Just keep posting.

Great job. Thanks. Would you please share how you made the mud and what exactly coconut tree dust is? Thanks again.

Looks Very Realistic. Well Done. milvehfan

G'day Prasert!
I really like your groundwork techniques, extremely realistic and very talented.

Just some small notes for you, your reference picture is not of Khe Sanh it is infact a photograph taken in Buna, Papua New Guinea, 1943, and shows part of the Japanese trench works around the area.

Is your trench system going to be US or NVA/VC?
If it is to be US, a quick google search will show you what the terrain looked like in Khe Sanh where the Americans were dug in, that being the infamous red clay.


If you are depicting a sweep and clear/search and destroy operation outside the base, then keep at it! Just thought that might be of some use, Cheers!

Thank you to all comments and suggestions. I very glade about receive from all of you.
Tom:Thanks Tom. Most of the scenery works that I had make come from many people that ever preview in this forum before. Thank.
Mh:Thank you Mh. nice to hear from you my best friend.
Seb: Thank for your reply Seb.
Frank:Thanks a lot frank. Your reply make a very best spirit to me.
Anthony: Thank you to your reply. You can find my technique of making fake mud on this forum I ever post before and for the coconut dust I buy it from the garden materials shop. This is from the coconut fruit and very suitable for many scenery ground work.




Milvehfan:Thanks so much.
Dave: Thank you very much about the picture reference that you comment. I use this picture for reference to the landscape of this scene diorama. It look similar to the landscape of Vietnam. Anyway yours comment is very helpful to my next work. Thanks Dave.

thanan
Your images are gone from the begining of the post.
Tom

Thank you Tom. Maybe its delete from the images web hosting because I use on free member and they said only 9-11days of using. Here is new revise of the pictures from another web but don't know its can show on the post or not. Thank again.
sorry the images can't show with this web host.

try again with photobucket.

Hi Prasert,
Oh, it's a pity that the diorama photos at the beginning of this post have gone before I've seen them.
I have this mad obsession about Vietnam modelling & I'd love to see your dio photos. I'll keep an eye on this thread in the hope that they might come back.
I'm sure it looks superb as all your other work I've seen is exceptional.
All the best to you.
Joe.

Hi Joe, Thank so much for yours reply and I revise all images already.

Looking great as always. I hope I can get some of my diorama bases half as good as yours. You will find photo-bucket really easy to work with. I have been using thier free part for over a year and have had no trouble with it. Looking fowards to your next updates.
Tom

Thank you Tom. I has just built another scenery of Vietnam war on today. This scenery I add one of the stable to the scene and it a bit rough to this work. I use about 8 hours to finish it. If any comments or suggestion please let me know and I can use to improve with my next work. Thank you.
Prasert.

Great technique! Nicely done!

rb

Thank so much Dave to your reply.
This is my third scenery about Vietnam war call "Half base Tunnel Rat". This scenery show some part of pathway in side the tunnel. It just a simple work and finish this about 8 hours. Most of trees on this scenery handmade from paper cut such as jungle grass, sugarcane tree, elephant ear leafs, and model tree twisted from wire. Hope that all of you like this simple half base work and any suggests or comments are helpful. Thank you.




add tissue paper