kkarlsen Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 (edited) Absolutely beautiful on so many levels!! Truly a masterpiece in upgrade and conversion! Oh and the finish is spot on! Wish it was mine Bravo!! Very nice work indeed. I like all the engine work and also adding the electric cart to the Mosquito gives it a nice look. Can I ask where you got the cart from? Thanks for sharing Brad Thank you for the comparison of the canopies, Kent. I confess I had only a cursory glance at mine, but it is significant, more than I thought so. As for the final result, one word: beautful ! Hubert Love your work, Kent! Kev Thank you Gentlemen! I have been working on the different parts for the diorama... I'm going to use the RAF trolley from Iconicair and as some of you may have noticed, the scratch build Bedford MWD... It's almost done, just some minor details missing... The last couple of days, I have been working on the figures for the diorama... An RAAF officer/cameraman (MB), the two RAF pilot figures (HK), three pilots and a dog (MB) and some RAF ground crew figures, pieced together from the spares box, clothing them with leather jerkins a'la RAF... Edited July 3, 2017 by kkarlsen BloorwestSiR, Anthony in NZ, MikeMaben and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Truly impressive build! Regards - dutik BTW, what are the brownish things under (better: atop) the bomb bay? Fuel cells? kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted March 3, 2017 Share Posted March 3, 2017 Thats it!!! Im giving up the hobby. kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peterpools Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Kent Yikes ... just fantastic. beautiful work on The Bedford MWD and the figures -- they simply look tremendous. How did you paint them? Oils or acrylics? Keep 'em coming Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloorwestSiR Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 Kent, every part of this build looks incredible. The vehicles, figured and of course the Mosquito. Carl kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted March 4, 2017 Author Share Posted March 4, 2017 (edited) Thank's Gent's! I'm trying to push this build over the finishing line and right now I'm working on finishing the diorama base. To make things even more complicated, it's going to be a winter diorama with lots of snow! I'm struggling a bit, as this is my first time doing anything with snow. But I'm getting there and will hopefully be able to post some photos, soon... Early stages of the base. Ordinary polystyrene is used as a base for the snow. Paving is done with foamboard Sheets, cut into rectangles and coated with a coarse all purpose filler to give it a rough surface to emulate concrete. Painted with acrylics and given a dark wash... Edited July 3, 2017 by kkarlsen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutik Posted March 4, 2017 Share Posted March 4, 2017 I strongly suggest for winter sceneries Krycell made by Precision Ice and Snow. Regards - dutik kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) Last pieces are finally done, the PR and FPU camera's, ready to be loaded onto the Bedford Lorry... Edited July 3, 2017 by kkarlsen Out2gtcha, dutik and BloorwestSiR 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted March 8, 2017 Author Share Posted March 8, 2017 (edited) The snow is coming along nicely. As I didn't have any experience doing snow for a diorama, I have been 'trawling' the internet trying to find a solution that would not ruin me, because it is a rather large area I'm working with. Long story short, I ended up using 'microballoons' pulverized glass, mixed with water, matte medium and white glue. You get a easy flowing 'paste' that is applied to the surface. I have tried to take some close up shots of the result, its not easy to see the effect in the photos, but I think the result is quite convincing... If you look closely, I have added a little sparkle to the snow surface... Surface... Footprints... Tracks... Edited July 3, 2017 by kkarlsen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 WOW! What little gems you have made. And the base, just great.....Harv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamR Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Beautiful work. The lorry full of cameras is interesting. Were cameras routinely swapped out of Mossies as part of regular servicing? kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guyman1 Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Wow very nice work this will be one very interesting diorama. Guy kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClumsyDude Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 As always Kent ... that blows me away. Great work on the snow. Jim kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted March 8, 2017 Share Posted March 8, 2017 Kent, absolutely stunning, words fail me on this one, I only wish I had 5% of your modelling skills...... kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted March 9, 2017 Author Share Posted March 9, 2017 (edited) The finished diorama... Ready for inspection: http://forum.largescaleplanes.com/index.php?showtopic=67555&hl= Edited July 3, 2017 by kkarlsen Shoggz, Uncarina, AdamR and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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