Hello Friends,
I´m Carlos Elias and my call sing is Blockhaus.
These windows are made with clear plastic from a blister and muillons are lines made with a permanent ink pen. ( Staedler Lumocolor)
about stones over windows these must have "V" shape

best whises
Carlos

Scott. that is what I have in mind....a small balcony, nothing big, just to give the building and diorama something extra.

Henk, thanks for your reply....I'll think about the beer

Great photo Carlos. I love the way you mixed the rocks and bricks.

Martinn its looks very good, i like the overall look of the scene, one thing i would add is a part of upper floor and a sniper sniping same way down the street like the gun barrel is pointed.

Otherwise all going good so far!!!

Mirko

That was on the list already

Thanks,
Martin

O man. Very cool Martin. I really like your 251. It looks great. Have you decided where in Germany this will be. Anyway great dio. Can't wait to see it finished.

Coming along nicely, I must try this cork stuff one day. I agree with the carry out idea and maybe have a couple of figures having a sneaky swig out of a bottle. Soldiers always find time for beer.
Robbo

Hi Martin,
Your progressing very well, I too like your brick work. I am now getting the itch to start a scratchbuilt dio myself.

Yeah you should....now that it actually looks like I can build something acceptable I'm getting more and more fun in this

Well, going outside now....nice weather for building a first floor and a balcony

Also going to paint the figures.....1 commander, probably standing on the balcony to have the best view possible on the enemy forces, 1 loader standing behind the vehicle ready with a grenade, 1 loader standing in the vehicle behind the gun looking over the gun shield and the gunner sitting next to the gun in the vehicle.

There will also be infantry, I've got 5 normal infantry figures and 1 sniper...gotta decide which ones will be included (maybe all)

I changed the MG-34 position btw....it's now a US .30cal machinegun on tripod. I've read the Germans used these things just as well so...

Martin

update

And another update, now with 1 wall "plastered". Hopefully I can do the other walls soon, add interior and paint the whole thing :-)











Martin

I've experimented quite heavily with the stuff when working on my Splish Splash diorama. The splash from the diving mechanic was made entirely of ClearFix. The bubbles are intentional (could have been made clear instead). The substance is very "gooey", and rather difficult to handle. Once you master it though, you can accomplish pretty amazing things!!

Practice (and surface tension) is key!

Looking forward to seeing your finished work!

That sounds like a good idea. Good luck with it

Simon

I found nice kegs for the diorama:

Wow that is comming along brillantly teh cork looks great as stone I really can't wait for this dio to be finshed.

Just a question for ya how good would the cork look in 1/72 scale.

Ron

I think you could use it in 1:72 as well...you just got be to very carefull while cutting the cork!

Wow Martin! This is shaping up to be something great!

Thanks John! Too bad I don't have time untill tuesday to work on it

Martin

Martin
NICE update -the balcony works. This is coming along nicely.

Great idea for a dio! And it's coming out real nice! Keep up the good work, you sure are on the right tracks!
Cheers and happy modelling !
Prato

Hi Martin,

Your dio seems to be making very good progess. Even though its not yet finished it already looks very very good. I can't wait to see the finished product...

Cheers