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Ruined buildings and city scenes.
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Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 03:28 AM UTC
this is a blockhaus in Morocco in 1908 in bou Denib I made it for wargame ´s 28 mm figures. I make it entirely in cork












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Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 03:56 AM UTC
Very impressive, thanks for sharing it with us!
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Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 03:23 PM UTC
Interesting building but a Frenchman would only use cork to seal bottles of wine

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Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 03:26 PM UTC

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Interesting building but a Frenchman would only use cork to seal wine bottles

Olivier



You mean that you still need the cork, after you open one? I've never had that problem.

Nice job, on the blockhouse. Is the entryway square? It is difficult to tell, with the marking next to it.
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Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 03:37 PM UTC
Never seems to be an issue around my house, either, Matt!

Blokhaus, I like your blokhaus. The cork actually looks very nice in it's natural state, but do you plan to surface it with some plaster or something?

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Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 08:45 PM UTC
Sort of resembles Crusader castles in Mid-East.
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Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 08:46 PM UTC

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You mean that you still need the cork, after you open one? I've never had that problem.



For the first one certainly not
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Posted: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 - 09:38 PM UTC

Hi Blockhaus, this is nice !

So, this is the beginning...Go ahead and keep us posted!

Do you have some reference pictures of the real thing ?

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Posted: Thursday, November 13, 2014 - 02:15 PM UTC
yes, I have seen the vintage postcards and read the article that the magazine of the french engineers published in 1908, all could be seen in internet













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