Looking great. Yes, if you can chock the tracks, on level ground, the spades do not have to be used for firing. I also depends on what charge you are firing. Higher charges do require the spades to be used.
Thanks all
Ready for primer
First time i used the Mr. Hobby primer. Gotta say it is awesome. Really smooth surface
Wow, wonderful work on the interior! I like the entire setup, with the groundwork and the figures…
This will turn out a masterpiece!
Mario
Thank you so much
I will mix the final basecolor myself as i am for that really dark vietnam era olive drab.
The available paints are too much of a green shade. I tried mixing black and yellow and think this is gonna work for me.
Meanwhile i made myself a mould to make as many 155mm shells as i want
Looks great so far Ralph
Coming along nicely.
Dear god please tell me those sandbags aren’t individual.
Is looking solid Ralph, keep it up!
No, he is using an old Verlinden base. It was made out of kind of an expanded foam materiel. It was quite nice. Maybe (hopefully) it will be available again since Verlinden’s old masters were bought recently and are supposed to be available again soon.
Thanks
Yes. The base is an old Verlinden kit. Wanted one since i had seen it in a Verlinden magazine in the 80s as a kid
That would be cool. Do you know who the buyer is?
Oh, I remember that magazine and I remember the diorama inspired me too… never got around getting the base, but your diorama is an inspiration as well, so perhaps I will have to rethink about making something similar.
Well done, you are doing an amazing job all around.
Mario
The molds yes. The actual masters for all their pieces were saved and bought by Greg Cooper from The Scale Model Graveyard.
Looking good.
Love that interior!! And on my screen the dark olive drab looks very dark, nearly black… different, very nice!