Ah! Ok. Thanks

Allo guys ,,, been very little work on the dio as of late ..been pretty damn sick and sleeping alot .. but i did manage to do some more work on the kangaroo and now its pretty much ready for some paint and then more detailing ..its turning out pretty good so far ,,heres some pics of it .












The next update will be on the M4A3 Calliope which i now have to slightly pull to bits but its for a good cause lol

Phill

Hi Phil, sorry to hear you're not feeling well, but at least you're getting some rest. The little dudes look amazing, you have mad skills! Also, the PE parts on that gun look like they were fun to work with...came out really, really nicely. This is shaping up beautifully!!!!

Thanks Brandi .. feeling a whole heap better now ..still no idea what it was but i know theres a nasty virus going around ..might have been that ..but never mind ..did some work today on the Calliope ..many many many thanks to Frenchy for the pics he found ..the info was exactly what i needed ..now the firing cables of the tubes are done and looking sweet .theres still a heap to go on this puppy but the end result is gonna be more than worth it .it shows just how much detail is missing from many models when you see this one . more pics to follow soon

Phill

Phill: glad you're back at it. Looking good.

Happy Modelling, -zon

Hey Zon .. Ya mate been either sick or damn busy but slowly takin care of this dio and heres some more pics of what i have been up to lately ,The work so far on the M4 Calliope .man this has been some long drawn out boring work on this thing so far but hell its been worth it .

The top off a Milo tin

Then cut into a 1mm wide strip

And then stuck onto the rocket tubes to made then look like steel strapping

The new ariel mount


The RB Barrel to replace the terrible kit one ..this is so nice


Now for the wiring harness to the rocket tubes ..god there was alot of wire work here and its not over yet










Thats it for now ...

Phill

Phill: great work!! How do you keep your sanity, or do you

Happy Modelling, -zon

hey Phill...sheez a lot of little annoying crap to make you need a few beers!!! totally looks awesome, though. Good thinking with the metal straps from the tin...really good idea.lookin good!!

Zon ,,Sanity ???? what the hell is that ???? oh i lost that yrs ago and thanks man ,,least this one is starting to look pretty sweet

Brandi .. I couldn't agree with you more and as for beers ,, well i gave up drinking yrs ago but a nice ice cold mango and orange works realllll nice and annoying crap is the prefect way to describe this ..,,ok think this over ... 60 tubes .. 120 small 1mm wide pieces of plastic . wire pieces .. i lost count lol .. and i have only one person to thank for all this annoying crap ,,my mate Frenchy he found me a brilliant build this chap was doing and if it wasn't for that this model would look nasty as hell lol ..

Will be more to follow soon

Phill

love the creek bed. looks spot on.

Thank ya Kathy first time i have built a creek that size . normally much narrower ,,still some work to do on it yet .. got to add some waves ,,well ripples where the water is hitting the wagon and trunks and the rest .. this will be the very first time i have done this tho .. oh well first time for everything

Phill

Hey guys .. Well with xmas now being over and the craziness heading south time is now getting to be more mine so its back to the dio in a little bit ..i have done a fare bit more work on the M4 Calliope ..more pics to follow soon .once i find where my camera went
Been building more men for this dio as well .. there's going to be a few in this one but every one is needed and will tie in very nicely . right the next update will include pics .promise

Phill

Hi Phill
Beautiful work, is impressive. Look forward to more progress.

Cheer
blackwater

Blackwater ,, Thanks for that mate ,, feel honored to have coming from you seen your work and dude its amazing .can't wait to see more of your work .

Now its a update time .. got some pics of what i have been up too,, there will be more later tonight ..now for some of the fiddly things ,

Had to make two ramp supports as the kit didn't have them .all the pics of the real bridge had these and nothing like what the kit used .




Now this part annoyed me ,,never liked it ..its the shock ( i think ) from the support of the rocket racks . so i changed it

and now with a new spring


,thats ir for now ..there is gonna be a few more tonight

Phill

Well tonight is here and here's the other pics i said i would put up ,, shows what i got up to later today ,,
First off I finished the ramp supports and mounted them ,, will tie them into the base tomorrow at some point .easy stuff there

Now these frames help to keep the bridges feet in place ..again something else the kit didn't include , easy as hell to make .







And now some pics of the bridge reading for its final weathering and washes ..oil stains and the life , again will do some for that tomorrow




Oh one other thing ,, a pile of wood left behind by the bridge builders .again its gonna be weathered and washed tomorrow


Phill

Very nice Phill! Good to see some updates on this. On a couple of shots I had to do a double-take. Couldn't believe some of that big white plastic mixed in with a real bridge!

Happy Modelling, -zon

Zon .. ya its coming along nicely ..still waiting on a set of tracks for tank no 3 which will be the center piece for the dio .. a Sherman frail has a habit of doing that i think lol .
keep watching ..more to follow soon .

Phill

Glad to see some progress on this one, the extras you are adding are fantastic!
keep em comin …

Regards,
C[ ]

Vlad mate , thanks for that ,,its starting to come along again .there's gonna be more pics soon .just having a little break at the mo .thinking of a couple of ideas for this dio .
Of course you know me so not telling
Can tell you one thing tho ..will be using ModelKasten tracks for the Sherman crab ..this will be a first for me lol .

More updates soon

Phill

Been a little while so here's what i have been up to lately .
First off a tree .. well the beginnings of one anyway ..first one i have ever made by hand .
Started with 25mm balsa rod . then cut it to shape with a knife and then filed it with a rasp file to make the bark .

The weapon of choice





Now i still have to wash it and dry brush it to darken it up abit but thats next .
Now for the second thing i have been working on for the AA pit .. 2cm flak model ST5 . don't now of any kits out there for this gun so having to build pretty much the entire thing .
This is what the real thing looks like ..

And what i am building ,,







Will be more coming soon ..work on this gun is moving along nicely now and ya never know it might be totally built tonight .

Phill

Been at it a bit more and now the gun is ready for painting , turned out pretty good , couldn't get any really good pics of this gun so just made do with what i had , so here's the pics ,,,









Next will be the tree .. this could be good or bad

Phill

Some sweet looking AA there, Phill!!

Happy Modelling, -zon

Looks good Phill. Pity I didn't see this update a bit sooner, I have around two dozen or so photos of that piece including some quite good close shots that probably would have helped you out. But came out pretty damn good.

Hey ya Dean mate .. thanks for the nice nice dude ,,I'm pretty happy with how this turned out ,, If ya wouldn't mind i wouldn't say no to copies of those pics you have ,ya never know i might build another one just cause these look pretty damn cool .
As i bet you have, i have seen many many 2cm flak guns in dios but when i saw this one in a static mount instead of on a ship ,,that got the ol mind working ., ya pretty chuffed with the result

Phill