Mal_Belford Posted May 30, 2014 Author Share Posted May 30, 2014 Thanks Greg.... Yep thats what i sai to when i saw it, discount 50% paid about 17 Euros.... Got my buddy Ernst "Ernie" who also i active on this forum on a visit......He said HELL thats the one....... /Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironwing Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Mal, I have to say, youre just damn good at whatever you do... Geoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Hi Mal Sure looks like your feeling better and ready to dig into the dio. From my model railroading days, scenery was my favorite and the pallet of tools just endless. Looking forward to seeing you work your magic. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Thanks Peter..... We will se how it goes, and no matter what it will be fun and ill learn something along the way Allright here is the base, cheap, bouhgt it from Ikea, this one is estetical clean looking frame that i like, also it fits perfect in my glasscabinett... Masking of that frame..we dont want to dammage it.... Then a wash first...then that oldscool caepenters white glue, oh yes, we need something that will make that carpenters sandputty to stick niceley, yse it do stick real good, then let it dry to get that fine prepped surface.... done now dry..... mean while im doing them planks, making them out of balsawood, eyeballed some photos to get the right dimension, then cut em, lots of them too is going to be needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Lined up that center with filt pen, the center of them planks, now on with that wall sandputty...... And now its still wet, them balsa planks is going to be pressed, so no need to glue, it will stick good....allright done, now a wet painters brush, wet with water to adjust that putty beetwen em planks... Brushed.....Dont worry about them small cracks, it will be another phase on this cause we are going for that plaster later... Now dry, and took a photo how its going to look like.....This will doo just fine for me.....My first Dio.... /Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Mal Looking real good at this point. Sometimes it best to distress the wood a bit for a nice, normal look of wear and tear. Easiest way is to add grain to the wood. Some boards run a fine toothed razor saw along the board and others, add grain with the back of a dull X-acto blade. best way to weather the boards: India Ink and alcohol; mix: 2 teaspoons of india ink (black such as Higgens to a pint of alcohol. Just brush it on with even strokes, let dry for a few minutes and then do some of the boards with a second coat. The boards will be gray/brown and start to look worn. Do NOT use Dullcoat on anything that has the alcohol as it will turn dusty, gray. This is a standard weathering technique used in model railroading for weathering wood. Most of the time, we used basswood rather then balsa, as it holds the grain and weathering a bit better. Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Thanks peter for them tips, and ill shure wear them planks down, yep they will be greyed too, goot that you said about that dull coat it wont be used........ These will come this week hopefully....ill take some bits here and there from theese ones..... That 109 engine will be used for something else later lol.... /Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 1, 2014 Share Posted June 1, 2014 Mal WOW Looking froward to the figures and accessories being added to the dio Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted June 1, 2014 Author Share Posted June 1, 2014 Yeah.... Ill do practice runs on figures in the sparebox.... The tricky one is that flesh to get it right.... i bought AKs color kit with fleshtones to learn.... we will see. every beginning has a first time....so we will se how it goes, yep fun to along the way, no matter what..... oh yea ill share that to.... /Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 Allright.. some progress....Plaster and some wheelmarks Indian ink and alkohol...big thanks for the tip Peter, this is fun.... Then another tip from my buddy Ernst real flower soil and pva glue....what can be more real than real dirt.... Some coats of color for whats to come.....also started wit florys to shading and so on, many different washes were used, applied with airbrush.... Now som more things, brushed on Pva glue diluted with water and the applied sand, grass, brushing, the more pva glue, more grass an ao it continued and between some Florywashes applied with AB, many different tones of it, and ao it continued.... and now it looks like this..... Now a paus and let the eyes rest for a while and look more on photos to get inspiration. dutik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Looks fantastic Mal! You really are a monster. Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 Thanks Kev for the nice words. Im still learning, and having fun, curious how to use multiple mediums, and so on since it is a first timer, guess thats what driving me... /Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 (edited) Episode Baseplate diorama is done.....My First Diorama... Some more items bought, gravel for that bad road, grass, and so on...Added theese tings and more weathering between work... Allright im done with the baseplate diorama....more to come This was very fun to do......this will do just fine for me dont want to overdo anything, it works for me Next Chapter will begin soon, that staff vehicle....... So stay tuned. /Mal Edited June 3, 2014 by Mal_Belford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mal_Belford Posted June 3, 2014 Author Share Posted June 3, 2014 Took a quickshoot with the FW190 on.... There will be minor adjustment in weathering on that dio, example oilgunk on them planks and so on, and some on them wheeltracks, but they will be fixed when that car is done, also hopefully ill get them Verlinden figures and other things for that dio later this week..... Mal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Mal WOW the dio base looks fantastic ... way to go! Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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