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Dioramas: Small Scale
Dioramas of subjects smallers than 1/32 scale.
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CaptMallory
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Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Joined: December 21, 2006
KitMaker: 64 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 10:25 PM UTC
My version of the Airfix Forward Command post. Plaster-made base with the original spare parts & ruin



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Cheers, Cpt Mallory
slodder
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: February 22, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 12:33 AM UTC
I had to look twice to realize what I was seeing. NIce job.

Couple of pointers, the roof segment on the ground does not match the structure of the roof on the building.
Next time I would vary the corner of the sandbag wall. It looks a bit too square.
I'd like to see a bit more dark color in the tank tracks.

Other than a couple my nitpicks - nice job.
CaptMallory
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Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Joined: December 21, 2006
KitMaker: 64 posts
Armorama: 59 posts
Posted: Saturday, February 10, 2007 - 06:58 PM UTC
The house came with two parts of a sandbag wall, with fitting angles, so I couldn't change the corner because I had to glue it that way.
Actually, it's kind of a stupid set, without the base it sucks.
Sabot
Joined: December 18, 2001
KitMaker: 12,596 posts
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Posted: Saturday, February 10, 2007 - 07:59 PM UTC
The US MPC release included a vacuformed base. In order to add some realism to the sand bag wall, I would lightly coat some of the upper edges of the individual sand bags with Elmer's white glue and sprinkle some fine sand on it. Real sand bags have a tendency to leak sand through the weave of the burlap.
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