47758rrc Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) Hi! This is my first entry into anything like this but it has caught my imagination and also allows me to do something a bit different from anything anyone has so far posted. Not going to reveal too much yet but the 'layout' will be: Non-UK Large scale (larger than O) Include a petrol driven railway vehicle Include people Set pre-BR I don't want to include too much more for fear of giving too much away but will update with images as I go. Watch this space.... EDIT: Come up with a name now! Edited October 20, 2017 by 47758rrc 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47758rrc Posted October 20, 2017 Author Share Posted October 20, 2017 I've got all the bits for this now so hopefully everything will progress fairly quickly. The track has been made up and positioned, tried a few different ways of putting it on but quite happy with how it looks now. I then glued it down and got the razor saw out, tried it in the cake box and it all fits without touching so all is good. The whole base has been sprayed in a grey base (the good old Halfords Plastic Primer) and a start made on block colouring the parts. The Figures have also been built up and primed but I'm keeping them under wraps until a bit later ;-). Sorry I didn't get any pics of the painted base but should get some tonight when I'm working on it again. I also came up with the name, all will (should...) become clearer as the build progresses. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted October 20, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2017 Clever idea using a cake board as the base !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47758rrc Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 Got some more done on this last night mainly on the base. The track had been block coloured already, I added more colour, a little drybrushing and then some enamel washes (all a mix of Vallejo and Mig). I then started to ballast. This is my least favourite part of building a layout so I'm thankful it's only a few inches I've got to do here! It's a lot easier in this scale than OO but still time consuming to fill in each gap and make sure there are no holes or raised areas and then remove all of the stones from the sleepers. I was happy with how it looked though. Final stage of the night was the classic gluing of the ballast, I used a tried and tested method of spraying with water and washing up liquid to soak in and wet everything then drop in 50:50 glue:water with a dash of washing up liquid to set everything. Take off the glue as much as possible from the sleepers with kitchen roll then get the hairdryer out to start to set it quickly (I know, I'm really impatient!). I was very happy with how it turned out though... Tonight's job is the 6 figures which are all in undercoat. They need painting and details adding, hopefully will get most of this done and can show you more later. The more I do, the more I want to carry on, just wish real life wouldn't get in the way! So it's off to drop the kids at a party and get some food, then crack out the paints once they are back and worn out ;-). 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47758rrc Posted March 19, 2018 Author Share Posted March 19, 2018 The best laid plans of mice and men and all that! So the CBC got packed up over Christmas and then other things got in the way but finally got the thing out and a lot more progress done on it! So it's probably the right time to reveal exactly what the theme is. It's 7th June 1944 and Allied forces are streaming into Normandy and doing their best to link up and try and work out what forces are in the area while trying to make their way inland. Meanwhile, the Germans surprised at the initial attack, are doing everything they can to coordinate their defence. A small group of paratroops from the 82nd Airbourne, joined by 1 of the 101st misdropped, are patrolling when they come across a strange vehicle in the middle of marshy fields. They approach with caution, checking for booby traps or hiding troops but on closer inspection find an abandoned scout car, converted to run on rails. The previous users, a radio/recon team from the German Army had been rushing towards the front when the engine broke down and could not be repaired. They stayed with the vehicle until the batteries gave up and then abandoned the now useless hulk. So that is where the name comes from, the fact the vehicle is broken down and also the nickname of the 82nd Airbourne (The "All American" or AA). The vehicle is a Panhard Panzerspahwagen P204(f) armoured car adapted by the Germans for use on rails. Many of these vehicles were captured during the fall of France in 1940 and spread out within recon platoons, with relatively few converted with rail wheels. The figures were the first to have paint. There are 3 riflemen, an NCO, his assistant and a Bazooka team member. Once they were fully painted then work moved on to the vehicle itself. The vehicle has a full interior and this was painted and weathered. This was the work up to Christmas but of course, I forgot to post an update. Work over the weekend concentrated on the vehicle first. It was fully closed up and had all hatches etc added in their final positions then posed on the base to check it looked 'right'. Then it was undercoated while I moved on to the board. Using static grass of 3 lengths and some Woodland Scenics 'straw sections' I made a marshy grassland either side of the ballast and added some overgrown patches in between. With at least 3 years of neglect, the rails would not be in great condition. I then placed the figures in their final positions and fixed them to the board. There will just be a small amount of weathering to the ballast and it will be mostly finished. I got the vehicle undercoated then a start made on the camouflage but ran out of time last night. I am hoping to have this done this week but time will tell! 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ShildonShunter Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 This is turning out to be a super cake box layout your meddling is really great and the ballasting and scatter looks great looking forward to seeing more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
outcastjack Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 That is superb modelling,a fantastic prototype too! I love especially the weathering of the floor inside the vehicle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted March 20, 2018 Share Posted March 20, 2018 Really interesting and great modelling. What scale is it exactly? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
47758rrc Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 Really interesting and great modelling. What scale is it exactly? It's 1:35, my usual scale for military modelling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ShildonShunter Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Dave can I ask do you airbrush or hand paint your models they are really nicely done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium ColinK Posted March 29, 2018 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 29, 2018 Nice to see something so different. You had me fooled though, I was thinking on the lines of ‘call the AA as the vehicle as the vehicle has broken down’. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Nice to see something so different. You had me fooled though, I was thinking on the lines of ‘call the AA as the vehicle as the vehicle has broken down’. Similarly I did wonder at one point if it would involve a car broken down on a level crossing and the jeopardy that would entail. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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