Any particular reason for the Stg44 in the last pic? I love the maps, never thought about doing that before

So thats how to make maps. Damnit! Now i need to acquire a printer. Or, ill get my nephew to copy me some. The maps are very cool Shaun. Nice touch!

Gary

The Stg44 is a "place holder." Nothing says German like a STG44. Need to add a sling:


Added some German looking gibberish to my signs:


Everyone is glued down:


I need to put something in this corner.

So I am painting up a couple of ammo cans and a jerry can...


Almost ready to pull off the masking tape and find out how much of my ground work comes up too.


Some minor things to do before it is all done; hit the goggles with Future to gloss them up, nails in my signs etc.

Questions? Ask away..

I need more paint...

Gary,
If you liked the maps you are going to love this. Stained glass windows. Did a GIS and grabbed them, pasted them into Word and printed them on HP Transparancy film. For a future secret project...

Oh good gawd! Thats is just too cool. Ok Shaun, what is GIS, and what type of printer do you use. Im convinced that a printer lends itself to modeling enough to justify looking into getting one.

Gary

Google Image Search.
I think any ink jet printer will work but I use an HP.
Shaun

Hi Shaun,

Thanks for that info, I had no idea what a GIS meant either!!

And just picked up a new HP on sale so now I hopefully can make something close

Cheers Mike

Keep the hits coming. I am so pleased with the amount of feed back. Next time we are doing a building...

Excellent stuff Shaun...now take the blasted tape off already, I've been waiting for weeks to see that removed

Great idea for the stained glass and I can't wait for the next installment! Thanks again

Hey Shuan,

GIS, ofcourse! Good gawd i can be a DOOFUS sometimes. Thanks man.

Gary

Shaun: This has been a really great thread, which I've bookmarked for future reference. I look forward to seeing what you do with that stained glass.

Happy Modeling, -zon

Don't feel bad Gary, not everybody speaks Shaunenese...I needed my decoder ring for that one

Shaunese, sweet...
Pulling tape...
Corner taken care of:


Signs...

Nails.
Some stretched styene and you have nails...

After you put some stretched sprue in the holes, heat the ends to make little nails..

Awesome Thanks Shaun,
That is a cool idea!! So glad I subscribed to this!!
Learnt so much already

Cheers Mike

Hi Shaun,

The sign is nice, stretched srue for nails, I LOVE IT! Shaun you got me convinced on everything you have shown us. My base turned out great and i got you to thank! Oh, and you also gave me the idea to save roots and the like for trees and underbrush. I pulled up 4 small (about 3' tall) dead trees in the backyard. I cut the roots off and dried them out and now i got some good stuff for future Dios. Some of the roots are perfect for 1/35th scale trees. Thanks man!

Gary

I am calling this done.

WHOOOHOOO!!!

Congradulations Shaun! It looks amazing. Thank you for the SBS, it has been fun and informative, and I know it works as advertised. I have learned so much, from Celluclay to Makeing maps and nails. You do another SBS for Bases or dios, IM THERE!!!

Gary

I would like to thank everyone that followed along. It really is not that hard. There are several things I would do different with this diorama if I had it to over. Would I take it to an IPMS or AMPS show, probably. Would I tweak some things, definitely.
Again, thank you guys for giving me the motivation to actually finish something and giving me the opportunity to share what I love doing down in the basement.
More pics to follow.
Thanks again everyone,
Shaun

Who is up for a first building?

Sign me up Shaun

Great SBS all the way through, thanks for taking the time to show us how to do this. Styrene nails...perfect!

yep i think this is a great idea and good to pass the skills around the modeling community.great work

After reading about the Google search for maps idea i found this site http://www.privateletters.net/maps.html has some realy great maps on it some are jpeg and some png files hope it helps

Count me in as one of those interested in hearing more!

Oh Yeah! Id love to learn some more tricks of the trade man.


Gary

Ok Shaun, Just taped off my base, added some styro pieces (after repairing my hot wire cutter), got the celluclay mixed up, spread out and added some sand. Waiting for it to dry now.
Quick question, I found that the first time I pressed the tracks on the base they stuck quite a bit and pulled up some of the celluclay. Should I wait a bit next time before adding the track marks? Any suggestions?