I bought some 1/72 pill-boxes and bunkers made by a Spanish company called Alhambra Models on ebay last winter. I've heard that they went out of business a while ago, and was wondering if anyone had bought their molds and re-started production, or knew where I could get any more of their packs? Heavy artillery positions with instepped overhead roof bomb protection?
I have ideas for a Normandy bunker complex with plasti-struct rod and celuclay for damaged sections---OP bunker and flank MG bunkers.
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BlueBear
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Posted: Thursday, August 29, 2002 - 07:01 PM UTC
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Posted: Thursday, August 29, 2002 - 07:54 PM UTC
Blue Bear ,
Take a look at his site, it sells a whole lot of 1/72 items including bunkers and accesoires...
good luck
Eric
http://www.tracks-n-troops.com/index.htm
Take a look at his site, it sells a whole lot of 1/72 items including bunkers and accesoires...
good luck
Eric
http://www.tracks-n-troops.com/index.htm
GeneralFailure
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Posted: Friday, August 30, 2002 - 04:34 AM UTC
The site Eric's referring to has some great things. When I look at these, however, I can't imagine why you don't try to build these yourself. With some balsa wood and celluclay this can't be all that difficult. Look at some of these examples to get inspired, then draw the ground surface of your bunker complex on a large sheet of paper (e.g. the back side of an old poster). Next, you start cutting pieces of balsa the size of your bunker, and build them layer by layer. Make the stairs, etc... When finished, coat the balsa with a thin layer of celluclay, plaster or another product to avoid that your bunker looks like wood when you painted it. Then you add details like pieces of rusted steel and beams, broken pieces of wall (celluclay), lightning deflector wire, etc... Finally primer and paint. Weather. Count the money you've saved and buy a superb gun, a set of soldiers, and other stuff with that !
Of course, if you want to take things easier, the collection Eric suggests looks splendid !
To make your mouth water, here's a few examples !
Of course, if you want to take things easier, the collection Eric suggests looks splendid !
To make your mouth water, here's a few examples !
armyfiremn
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Posted: Friday, August 30, 2002 - 02:23 PM UTC
great web site but does anyone know what the exchange rate is between dollars and euros?
Posted: Friday, August 30, 2002 - 05:32 PM UTC
Hi ArmyFireman,
US Dollar and Euro are more or less even 1 $ = 1 €.
US Dollar and Euro are more or less even 1 $ = 1 €.