Stalingrad factory diorama 1:35

gloch1 · 7 April 2022 11:58

Could you please elaborate more?
And I am completely clueless about this part:

In particular how do I connect the roof metal, the construction and the concrete slab together. I feel like I amd helpless in building a realistic buildings

Uncle-Heavy · 7 April 2022 12:18

Let the roof beams rest on top of the concrete and bolt them to L-profiles which in their
turn are bolted to the concrete. The attachment points could also have been inserted in the concrete.
One method:

another method:

variant of the one above:

Welding would be needed to attach anything to the plate.
Could have bolts welded to the top surface

Extend the wall upwards (red arrow).
The light blue area marks the top part of the wall in the new position.
Note that it extends over to concrete
The top adge of the wall should align with the top edge of your roof beams.

gloch1 · 7 April 2022 14:20

Oh I see. Thank you so much!
I do not have the evergreen profiles anymore, so I will have to buy them. But because I am just a poor student and I will be buying the tamiya kit this month, the evergreen profiles will not come sooner that in a month
Guess I will have to work on something else than the constructions for a while.

Uncle-Heavy · 7 April 2022 14:31

You can extend the wall upwards while you are waiting.
Some food packaging is made from this styrene (plasticard).
Cut small pieces and glue together. A small square, base plate, to lie on top
of the concrete. Two narrow strips standing on the base plate on each side
of the roof beam. Bolts or rivets made from stretched sprue

Micke_MM · 7 April 2022 17:59

What an amazing build! I’m really impressed, I follow it with excitement / Micke

gloch1 · 7 April 2022 19:54

Thanks everyone for the support and feedback! I really appreciate it
I made the concrete slab how @Uncle-Heavy suggested:

Any imperfections will be cover with battle damage or will be plastered. That is the advantage of building a ruined building

gloch1 · 10 April 2022 19:32

Hello, I did not make any bigger progress. I just have another quick stupid question.
Should the roof construction be laid on the top of the concrete like this:

Or should it be end like this?

Hope the pictures are clear enough

I will make a new construction on the roof because I destroyed the last one. I found I have another L beam, but it is much larger than the other ones I have used. Could this be used on the roof construction? Would it be out of scale? But for me using this bigger one the roof construction will have to end like in the first picture.

Thanks

Uncle-Heavy · 10 April 2022 20:32

This image indicates that on at least one factory building the walls extended up above the roof.
This method is often used with “flat” roofs where water/snow leaves the roof through pipes going inside the building instead of falling over the edge.

This image shows a sloping roof with walls extended pas the roof:

About L-profiles: In this case you could make your own, very short, sections of
L-profile by gluing two flat pieces at a 90-degree angle.

DIOWORK · 10 April 2022 21:37

Wow, awesome work! /Erik

gloch1 · 18 April 2022 13:20

Thanks everyone!
Without you, the project would not be even close to how it is now.

Welcome the new member :

Not the cleanest build ever, but it was fun and I learnt a lot of new things

In the diorama:

Till the plastic profiles come:
I will be working on the figures - gun straps and some putty work.
And I will think about the terrain and how will I cut the balsa frame.

I have a question, will the stains from tamiya cement be seen after the painting? It is just a glossy surface and a little bit a different texture.