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Post by bsalmon on Nov 25, 2012 10:14:46 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 25, 2012 10:43:58 GMT 12
STUNNING WORK BRUCE!!
I love it, really authentic looking. Even the groundwork is awesome.
The only suggestions I could make are perhaps a few sheep, and some sparrows and starling nests?
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Post by the.x.man on Nov 25, 2012 11:28:03 GMT 12
That is fantastic! I presume that some of the further weathering you intend will include making the tyres look not quite so brand new? This should garner a whole slew of first place trophies...  |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Nov 25, 2012 11:45:39 GMT 12
Great modelling in an unusual setting. If you were interested in adding the birds suggested above have a look at these brass etches by an NZ company marksmodelworks.weebly.com/kits-and-bits.htmlYou just add a blob of solder to each side of the bird etch and file to shape. |
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Post by ZacYates on Nov 25, 2012 11:58:40 GMT 12
Brilliant! I love it! Such a quintessentially Kiwi subject. i especially love the crazed canopy glazing.
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Post by baz62 on Nov 25, 2012 15:36:33 GMT 12
Very well done! yeah a sheep or two and maybe a bird perched on top of the radio mast!
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Post by jonesy on Nov 25, 2012 17:16:59 GMT 12
Birds? Dunno on that, cos then youll need to garnish that outstanding effort with a good smattering of guano too. Anyone remember the A-4 parked outside the Ohakea museum? What a sad state of affairs that was.....  All jokes aside, once again I'm amazed at the attention to detail!!Well done! |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 25, 2012 17:36:44 GMT 12
My suggestion was for bird nests, not specifically birds - sorry if it read wrong. As anyone who has been close to a parked up aircraft knows they soon get little neat bundles of straw, hay and feathers in every orifice thanks to the birds.
However nests are a spring thing, and this diorama's grass looks very dry, high summer, so the nests (and as Jonesey points out, bird turd) would be there but the birds themselves may not. The grass is pretty short for lush Waikato pasture so sheep have to have been grazing there in my opinion. Sheep did graze around the aircraft dump, and they used the aeroplanes as shelter. In fact perhaps a really specific detail would be dags of fleece that have caught on the sharper parts of the airframe?
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Post by Bruce on Nov 25, 2012 18:41:05 GMT 12
What a lovely diorama! I have been thinking of doing a 1/72 Ventura on its belly at Rukuhia, but tracking down the little details is not that easy. What did you use for grass? I'm definitely wanting sheep and oil drums in my diorama, but also really want some school kids and a bicycle - these are really hard to find in 1/72!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 25, 2012 19:23:50 GMT 12
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Post by bsalmon on Nov 25, 2012 19:58:31 GMT 12
Thanks for your suggestions.
The birds idea is out (mostly) because as you can see from the colour of the grass it is late summer so not nesting time. Most of the bird poo would have washed off by then too I imagine.
BTW the grass is the common railway mat that I hacked at with my electric shaver to make it look more realistic.
I did think of sheep but as you can see from the website that Dave mentioned US$24 for a couple of sheep not to mention the US$35? for postage is just a tad rich.
Maybe some other rusting junk lying around would work.
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Post by 30sqnatc on Nov 25, 2012 21:03:40 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 25, 2012 23:00:52 GMT 12
The birds idea is out (mostly) because as you can see from the colour of the grass it is late summer so not nesting time. Yes the birds would be gone but the nests would still be largely in place. |
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Post by davidd on Nov 26, 2012 6:28:32 GMT 12
And I think guano tends to stay in place for a long time - once sun dried it can be pretty resistant to the effects of rain!
David D
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Post by Andy Wright on Nov 26, 2012 9:59:27 GMT 12
Bloody hell, that's a nice job.
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Nov 26, 2012 15:54:12 GMT 12
Brilliant! Just love it!!
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Post by paulashman on Nov 26, 2012 17:39:11 GMT 12
What an amazing diorama! Thanks for sharing it- I wonder how many of us are now thinking hmmmmm, I could use that!
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Post by Gary. on Nov 26, 2012 18:08:56 GMT 12
Very cool  Now thats thinking outside the box. I wonder if anyone has any photos of one parked up when they were left to rot.... |
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Post by A4k on Nov 26, 2012 18:21:39 GMT 12
Great job mate! Is this based on an original photograph?
In the research phase myself at the moment for a series of Rukuhia scenes, all but one in 1:72. Trying to positively ID various serials to make them as accurate as possible.
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 26, 2012 20:21:24 GMT 12
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