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FBMinis Road block with Dragon Teeth
Francisco
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Lisboa, Portugal
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Posted: Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 01:42 AM UTC
Hello there,

This is what I've been working on lately. I'm not sure what vehicle will be included, so far I've only thought about the terrain and so on..

Some inspiration:





Some references:

http://www.missing-lynx.com/library/german/pztrap_dmourtizsen.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_teeth_%28fortification%29



Some model-building:





The I-beams (steel beams) were made of strips of plastic sheet and Evergreen I-beam lenghts:





HONEYCUT
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Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 02:54 AM UTC
Hey that looks fantastic Francisco!
I have always wanted to do something similar in 1/35 scale.
Very informative through photos alone! I will look forward to seeing this one all finished up...
Brad
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Posted: Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 01:38 PM UTC
Very cool. I like the refence photos then the abs of the project. The in process photos really tell us what and how you did it. The slight angle on the end layout is great.
Francisco
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Posted: Friday, September 24, 2010 - 06:36 AM UTC
Thank you guys The wood frame is ready as well:

Jenseits
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Posted: Friday, September 24, 2010 - 07:17 AM UTC
More than Excellent as usual Francisco! So happy to see someone who uses plaster for his homemade "buildings" too. i am eager to see more!
bill1
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Posted: Saturday, September 25, 2010 - 12:23 AM UTC
Yo Francisco,

A project in 1:35 uh !? Follow this one. Nice start, I always love projects based on real ref pics. The mould is very nice. Did you made a moukd for the resin teeth?

Greetz Nico
Francisco
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Posted: Saturday, September 25, 2010 - 01:30 AM UTC
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A project in 1:35 uh !? Follow this one. Nice start, I always love projects based on real ref pics. The mould is very nice. Did you made a moukd for the resin teeth?



You're the second person that asks me if it's in 1/35. I wonder if it looks oversized, because it's supposed to be in 1/72 scale, as usual. Next time I'll put a vehicle and some figures in the photos to give a better sense of scale.


Francisco
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Posted: Monday, September 27, 2010 - 11:01 AM UTC




http://fbminisworkbench.blogspot.com/2010/09/fbminis-road-block-with-dragon-teeth_2081.html
Francisco
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Posted: Sunday, November 19, 2017 - 10:58 PM UTC
I finally finished this diorama. An album containing photos of the whole construction process can be found here:

https://imgur.com/a/qKHmM
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