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Post by 30sqnatc on Dec 21, 2019 19:52:50 GMT 12
Nearly there.  |
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Post by Mustang51 on Dec 21, 2019 20:43:53 GMT 12
As the advert goes.... "Noice...."
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Post by saratoga on Dec 21, 2019 20:45:18 GMT 12
You'd better crack on, the summer rainy season will be here soon. You'll have to add lots of muddy resin for full effect.
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Post by 30sqnatc on Dec 22, 2019 7:24:52 GMT 12
Yeah but it would be great if my airstrip had some aircraft as well but I'm having too much fun making the land bound stuff at the moment.  |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jan 6, 2020 22:08:56 GMT 12
Sometimes research on the interweb can be a pleasure. Looking at what info I could find for a future RNZAF ground equipment model, it all started with picture off this website.  A workshop trailer clearly of US origin so searched website which has pages of US equipment descriptions. Now I have a name and even better a set of dimensions.  Another search using the name I found photos of both sides and the inside.   Now I just need to break out the drawing board and calculator. I've been working on workshop semi trailer in slow time. I'm still not sure it I will have the rear open or closed as I'm not sure how it was fitted out.  IMG_3510 by tankienz, on Flickr |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jan 11, 2020 16:36:35 GMT 12
Unfortunately real time project building a replacement deck at home took up most of holiday time so lucky the US Navy Seabees arrived and in just two evenings assembled a floating wharf from plastic card and strip. The standard US Navy steel box was used for all sorts of things: wharfs, powered and unpowered pontoons, floating docks for boat repair while on sure they became bridges and water tanks. Great read at web.mst.edu/~rogersda/umrcourses/ge342/SeaBees-Revised.pdf To hopefully reduce drumming sound from plastic box I inserted blocks of foam.  I still need to |
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Post by ErrolC on Jan 15, 2020 7:05:46 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jan 15, 2020 9:48:58 GMT 12
That was a great story Errol. Very interesting and entertaining.
I have heard/read a few stories over the years of RNZAF beer runs, one in an Avenger, another in a Hudson for example.
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jan 26, 2020 17:31:43 GMT 12
 Wooden dowel distressed in lathe to represent coconut tree trunks assembled to represent the faces of the wharf structure. Also piles to retain floating pontoon in place. All trees felled to make this possible were felled for the war effort. |
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Post by nzgrasshopper on Feb 6, 2020 8:45:50 GMT 12
Fantastic effort. Great detail, with a wide range of machinery to keep you looking. Well done.
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Post by 30sqnatc on Feb 6, 2020 10:38:41 GMT 12
Thanks very much. I've spent a few days back tree making so coconut tree number forty one has just been planted which finishes baseboard two of three that need trees - YEAH  . I've also been working on the beach and sea area.  The static grass under the trees looks good and I only got one static shock when I touched the earthing nail which is good for me  I'm hoping this will become one of the photographic sightlines when its all done.  Experimenting with toilet paper to make waves.  Blending the back scenes together is definitely something I need to add to the work list. |
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Post by saratoga on Feb 6, 2020 11:06:09 GMT 12
Grass that long will have plenty of snakes....
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Post by 30sqnatc on Feb 6, 2020 13:20:38 GMT 12
Grass that long will have plenty of snakes....  Ah I have some 1/35th scale varmits somewhere that were given to be for my Rhodesian War layout. I spent a few months in Bougainville. The only snake I saw was standing in long grass on the edge of a village setting up an HF antenna then I looked down and saw it crossing my boots. I gave the universal slithering snake handsign and was immediately swamped by about 20 pikinii armed with machete. They didn't get meat very often but this time the snake got away |
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Post by saratoga on Feb 6, 2020 14:28:16 GMT 12
..and some sharks for the harbour.
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Post by 30sqnatc on Feb 6, 2020 21:15:12 GMT 12
..and some sharks for the harbour. Or pukpuk (crocodile) |
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Post by saratoga on Feb 7, 2020 8:36:32 GMT 12
If you a going all pidgin, how about some pigeons for the palms, something like Torres straits and seagulls. model Railroaders have some etched birdlife.
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Post by 30sqnatc on Feb 7, 2020 14:51:50 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Feb 12, 2020 7:44:39 GMT 12
You need parrots, not pigeons  |
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Post by saratoga on Feb 12, 2020 17:39:19 GMT 12
Norwegian Blues?..i think tropical pigeons more likely.
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Feb 12, 2020 18:00:31 GMT 12
Doesn't look much like a fjord to me...
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. I've also been working on the beach and sea area.
I'm hoping this will become one of the photographic sightlines when its all done.
Ah I have some 1/35th scale varmits somewhere that were given to be for my Rhodesian War layout. 
