I really have to get around to doing that figure on the sidewalk, but today I added some weeds and grass, along with tread marks on the lower roadsurface.





The back of the highway sign is on the bottom. Stiffeners and mounts added and then attached to the support posts. Grandt Line bolts came in handy on the support arm and the back of the sign.




Bob

Burik, like I said before --- sweet , now slap it togeather and do some sepia or b&w pics.
Great detail.
Cheyenne

Where did you get the bad guy?

He's a Warrior's figure that comes with an Israeli infantryman carrying a wounded buddy over his shoulder.

Bob

I like the detail of the grass showing between the cracks of the sidewalk pvement. Very well thought of.

It's really coming together nicely. This will be one eye-catching dio when you are done. Thanks for the update!

It's looking great Burik! Keep up the good work and keep us posted!
Cheers and happy modelling!
Prato

Great details Burik. It is a pleasure to see this work step by step.

Amazing work Burik.
The weed and grass, looks very realistic. Very nice detail, with the run over cardboard box.

Thank you everybody. I actually got around to painting the face of the figure last night. I have til the 17th to get this thing done, then I am off to a business trip and the IPMS Nationals w/ this in tow. I should have the figure done by this weekend and that should give me time to get the odds and ends done. I'll post one more update before I call it finished.

Bob

There aren't much to say about it, than: Perfect job. I really like it - very realistic indeed.

Good work

Simon

That is looking great!

This is looking great. Awesome ideas for details - grass in the cracks, rust stains at the guardrail supports, manhole, etc.

I design bridges and signs and guardrails, and I think you've hit those items fairly well, excusing for some artistic license. The sign and its support is really well done. The guardrail post spacings look a little large (are you going to add one near the dead guy?), and the height seems a bit high, but I'm used to US codes which may be different.

Someone asked about the asphalt surface on the bridge in your previous update. It's not unusual for bridges to have an asphalt wearing surface over the main concrete structure, at least not for U.S. bridges.

The slab drain would not be placed over a column, but is a reasonable solution to your assembly problem. There would probably be more staining and concrete deterioration where the drain pipe exits on the sidewalk.

The thinner sidewalk is a another nice touch.

Overall a great job, and I can only nitpick because I live these details every day.

Thanks Tom for your input. I think the support posts for the guardrail might be too far apart too, but I was at first going with the photo that is in my very first post about this, and they seemed abit further apart in that one. I don't know if I should add some more or not. Maybe... The height I can't do much about now, but that was an educated guess. Yes, there will be one near the dead figure, I just have been waiting til I finish painting him. I am half way there now.

Well, I have one week left to wrap this up for the Nationals. Despite all your encouragement I do not expect to win anything since the competition there will be outrageous; even some professionals I think.

But I can't wait to give it to Sgt Olson and talk about it with him. I know he has been eager to get it, and he has a room dedicated to his military life, so this will go right in the middle of that.

I turned in the model article arleady, before I started the dio part, but maybe I can email some photos of the finished thing to the editor just so there could be a photo or two at the end of the article, of the tank in it's setting.

I will try to take some photos next Sat or Sun and post them here before I leave for my trip.

Bob