Kampfgruppe Krause at the Falaise Gate
Manche, France
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Posted: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - 11:44 PM UTC
Hello Jerry
Not posted much of late as "the real world" has been dominant. I have been checking in though and am impressed with your progress
The house.... I think you're right it was probably a shop front on the street side. And yes the shoulder was wider. I think though that may mean the actual drop was steeper if you see what I mean. More angular in cross-section rather than a gradual slope.
Does this make sense?
Keep up the good work!
Sean
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Posted: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - 12:13 AM UTC
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Hello Jerry
Not posted much of late as "the real world" has been dominant. I have been checking in though and am impressed with your progress
The house.... I think you're right it was probably a shop front on the street side. And yes the shoulder was wider. I think though that may mean the actual drop was steeper if you see what I mean. More angular in cross-section rather than a gradual slope.
Does this make sense?
Keep up the good work!
Sean
Thanks and I see exactly what you mean. I wonder if there was actually a retaining wall there at one point instead of a slope ? I am more and more sure the side door with its' concrete access structure was added much later. This may make things harder and easier,at the same time !
J
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Posted: Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 08:30 PM UTC
Looks great Jerry, and thanks for the WSS pea-dot SBS! Seems easier now, you kinda de-mystified it for us. Well for me at least. Seriously doubt I'll be picking up the Silvestri book tho, (methinks the Mrs might still be trippin about the $80 I dropped on the Stalingrad foto bible "Angriff")
. But now I have your effective technique to go by, thanks man. hehehe
Cheers
Dave
"No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity.
But I know none, and therefore am no beast."
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Posted: Friday, October 13, 2017 - 12:53 AM UTC
Yeah,there are all kinds of refs on the interwebs that you can find on the pea dot. I still am not sure why I spent so much on those books,
J
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Posted: Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 06:59 AM UTC
Got some basic colors blocked in on the building next to the gun.
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Posted: Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 07:01 AM UTC
fabulous....and the bricks too.
Gregovich "I paint all my Models in 4BO Green" Beckman
Holder of the Knight's Cross, Hero of the Soviet Union, Dragon Slayer and Slinger of Massive BS.
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Posted: Thursday, October 19, 2017 - 08:26 PM UTC
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fabulous....and the bricks too.
Thanks Greg !
It was brought to my attention that I need to change the R in to a P though. Man o man,good thing I didn't start weathering yet.
J
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Posted: Friday, October 20, 2017 - 06:33 AM UTC
Made the grammatical change and added some more age and wear and tear. I may wait till the whole building is together before the final details are added.
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Posted: Friday, October 20, 2017 - 07:07 AM UTC
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Posted: Friday, October 20, 2017 - 11:00 PM UTC
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Posted: Friday, October 20, 2017 - 11:36 PM UTC
Gregovich "I paint all my Models in 4BO Green" Beckman
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Posted: Friday, October 20, 2017 - 11:50 PM UTC
Rhone, France
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Posted: Saturday, October 21, 2017 - 12:18 AM UTC
Hi Jerry
Nice job with the painted ad but...The letter "H" in the word "RAPHAEL" and the second letter "I" in the word "QUINQUINA" are not "connected". I admit it's not that obvious in the b&w period picture but I can assure you they're not
The "I" is similar to this one :
The square dot is hardly noticeable but it's there
H.P.
"Find the Bastards, then Pile On"
Col. George W.Patton III 's standing order for the troopers of the 11th Armoured Cavalry Regiment
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Posted: Saturday, October 21, 2017 - 05:38 AM UTC
Normally I would take this with a grain of salt but I consider you to be a very credible source ! So...back to the drawing board.
I am pretty sure I can still fix this with little luck,
J
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Posted: Saturday, October 21, 2017 - 10:13 PM UTC
OK,hopefully the last correction I need to do on this sign.
I added the shorter wall and glued the whole triangular shaped thing onto a matt board backing on the sides and bottom. Now to marry the pieces together with plaster and decide which color to paint the roof tiles. The predominant red/brown terra cotta or a gray ? I will have to check the interwebs as Frenchies' original helpful post concerning general Falaise info was over on the armor forum and has disappeared from my view.
Apart from separating those letters,I also added the white to the bottom of the "u" as I had also missed that ! Tim is spot on,I am glad I didn't choose sign painter as a livelihood.
J
Rhone, France
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Posted: Saturday, October 21, 2017 - 11:10 PM UTC
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I will have to check the interwebs as Frenchies' original helpful post concerning general Falaise info was over on the armor forum and has disappeared from my view.
Is it the info you're talking about (from
this thread ) ?
http://remparts-de-normandie.eklablog.com/les-remparts-de-falaise-calvados-a126102038 Good job with the ad (I guess it's called "dotting the i"
)
H.P.
"Find the Bastards, then Pile On"
Col. George W.Patton III 's standing order for the troopers of the 11th Armoured Cavalry Regiment
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Posted: Saturday, October 21, 2017 - 11:22 PM UTC
Thanks Man,you can always be counted on ! That is why I also believed you about the sign and didn't even need to confirm it ! I just changed it without a thought.
After looking at the net I think I am going with the red roof tiles. Any thoughts?
J
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Posted: Sunday, October 22, 2017 - 11:15 PM UTC
Jer, sorry dude if I caused you even the slightest doubt about picking up anything valuable for the cause! You've helped so many us w your knowledge countless times I'm sure.
Onward and upward I say!
Thanks again J
Cheers
Dave
"No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity.
But I know none, and therefore am no beast."
Manche, France
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Posted: Monday, October 23, 2017 - 07:05 PM UTC
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After looking at the net I think I am going with the red roof tiles. Any thoughts?
Hello jerry
That would be my choice. Most of the older buildings in the town (and the area around Falaise generally) have the same fairly small terracotta tiles.
Looking forward to further progress...
Cheers
Sean
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Posted: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 - 12:15 AM UTC
Dave-thanks brother,that was a very very nice thing to say and it means a lot to me !
Sean-thanks for the info. I did decide on the type of tiles you suggested,but I cut corners and used the vacuform ones from Miniart,which are big to my eyes. I just don't feel up to casting my own like I did on my civilian dio a few months back.
Here is where I stand. Bit more weathering done,bit more to go. Added the roof and trim with gutter and the insulator with bracket for this buildings' power line plus made the wooden shutters.
Happy to answer any lurkers' questions as always. I don't bite !
J
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Posted: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 - 12:19 AM UTC
Those mini-art tiles look the part. And remember, you don't want the focus on the roof, but on the road area, right....
Gregovich "I paint all my Models in 4BO Green" Beckman
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Posted: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 - 12:40 AM UTC
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Those mini-art tiles look the part. And remember, you don't want the focus on the roof, but on the road area, right....
Exactly. I sometimes get bogged down in details.
J
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Posted: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 - 04:30 PM UTC
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Posted: Tuesday, October 24, 2017 - 06:15 PM UTC
There are a lot of thin glazes added to the walls until they looked"right" to me. Hard to explain. The nice thing with plaster is,you can tone down a coating that is too aggressive by a light sanding with medium sandpaper !
The wall is bowed out but using a two piece matte board backing. I tried making a sagging roof on my last dio and wanted to try this on the current one. Thanks for you eagle eye bro !
Lastly,yes,there will be power lines. If you look at the pic Sean nicely provided on the first page of this thread,you can see a utility pole at the corner of this building. I will be adding that and some sagging wires as well.
Thanks for checking in Tim,
J
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Posted: Wednesday, October 25, 2017 - 01:05 AM UTC
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Those mini-art tiles look the part. And remember, you don't want the focus on the roof, but on the road area, right....
Exactly. I sometimes get bogged down in details.
J
But if they're
too wrong, then they become the focus.
These look fine Jerry, don't worry
One thing you might like to include are the little latches that hold open the shutters. If you do a Google image search for
"arrêt volet tête femme" you'll see the most common type (a lady's head with a hat on it). Challenging in 1/35th......
Cheers
Sean
