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Jack12477
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Yes, I have some of that. Also dead twigs from my trees, road gravel from the winter highway dept sanding, even shifted dirt from yard (best to bake it in oven at 125-150 degrees first to kill any bacterium), play sand from the kids sandbox, dry sawdust shifted. Lots of stuff. -
She doesn't do bonsai, I do !
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Edward, you should be able to find a source for Woodland Scenics product in UK. They are mostly geared toward Model Railroading but easily adaptable to any other scale modeling. Their products are quite good.
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Heh heh didn't really ! I sort of went off the villa by Verlinden, maybe Ardennes area of France, maybe elsewhere, around '44-'45 time frame due to tank, the 4 extra soldiers (2 long coats, tommy gunner and kneeling rifleman) were an add-on Dragon 101st Airborne Ardennes figure kit I happened to like, and rest was just winging it. Thanks ! Glad you like it.
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Basically, yes, Craig! Model Railroader and Railroad Model Craftsman magazines published a lot of How To articles on scenery building , along with a couple of softcover books on the subject. Did most of my practicing there. Rest I picked up from either Shep Paine's or Verlinden's articles on diorama building. Today there are a number of YouTube videos on How To. Back in the '80s when I had a top notch brick and mortar hobby shop run by a modeler, there was a guy who would display some of the most detailed armor dioramas I've ever seen, even to the point of using real .22 caliber short and long rounds (minus powder and primers of course) to simulate tank rounds, at 1:35 scale they were almost a perfect match. I used to study his model dioramas for ideas. Unfortunately, no digital cameras back then to record them. The only drawback to dioramas is the amount of shelf space they require. This one is 12 inches by 12 inches by about 7-8 inches high. Thanks !
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They are a spongy like material (rubber ???) from Woodland Scenics, the tree is a white metal bendable casting from them also, as is the white crush stone rubble. The scattered brick is from Pegasus, the cobblestone road is Sculpey dark gray clay, dry brushed with various chalks. The dark brown/black earth seems to be ground up Model Railroad cork roadbed. Thanks !
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Okay, I guess I can call this a wrap. Been hampered a bit by the lockdown, had to drag out my leftover Model Railroad scenery stuff to finish it. Aside from maybe darkening the fallen brick in the rubble pile a tad I think it is done (have to wait till the white glue completely dries to do the touchups otherwise things move around to easily).
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Okay, I found the 3 variants I built years ago. Here's the 3, the one on left is I think the one you are building EG , middle one is the Vietnam era one I almost include in my M16 Diorama, and the one on right is the TOW version which seems to be missing a few parts as is the one on the left - missing machine gun. And all are showing the wear and tear, dirt and grime of mounths on the battlefield. Thanks for letting me post them, EG
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I'm not so sure about the "beautiful" part, it was from my very early days of armor modeling. I will try and get a photo of it/them and post it.
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I think I also have that same kit in my completed models stash. Will have to do a little rummaging. I know I have 3 variants of the Jeep.
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Military Wrecker - Revell - 1:32 Scale - PLASTIC
Jack12477 replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
That's because he was still sleeping, Lou. Cool looking model, Craig. -
M-50 Israeli Sherman - FINISHED - MP Models - 1:35 Scale
Jack12477 replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Must be one of those flatlanders who has never driven in the mountains 😁😁😁 white knuckle time ??? -
Oh darn! Knew I should have used that Klingon cloaking device !
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I'm in stealth mode in the rafters
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M-50 Israeli Sherman - FINISHED - MP Models - 1:35 Scale
Jack12477 replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Nice, Craig. I like that subtle shading effect. -
So does my Admiral or she slices them with a slice of mozzarella cheese and some seasoning
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Both! And as pizza toppings and sausage/peppers/onions. It's a taste, texture thing with tomatoes, ketchup, pizza and spaghetti sauce okay, raw / stewed / fried , no go. Adirondack blue/purple potatoes
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I picked up a "cat scat mat" from a Garden Supply Company in Vermont. Think of a 12 inch square barb wire mat, except it is all plastic with sharp pointy spikes. Place it on top of the soil, plants grow up thru it, but critters get their feet spiked when they step on it. It comes in 6 ft long x 1 ft wide rolls you can cut to size.
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I have 2 types of tomatoes, Cherry, or grape, and "Big Boys", both are for the Admiral, I don't like tomatoes. The Cherry mature early and produce a lot of fruit, all the other varieties don't produce much fruit and don't mature until almost September even tho I plant them in May and they get 8 plus hours of full sun . Fried green tomatoes, no way ! Fried green peppers, yea ! I have red and green Bell peppers. Tried some of the other pepper varieties last year but did not get much yield, so went back to Bell variety. The purple potatoes, yes that is their color - skin and meat, are unusual but have a very strong potatoe flavor/taste. Found some at a local farm stand a few years back and tried them, decided to plant my own.
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For the virus or cats ? I was thinking a few Claymores for the cats, but decided that was too drastic
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I have 3 raised beds for veggies, 1 - 3 ft x 3 ft, 2 - 3 ft x 6 ft. The 3x3 is tomatoes, peppers, bush beans; 1- 3x6 is all potatoes, red skins and purple aka Adirondack potatoes, have a purple skin and purple meat very tasty; other 3x6 is beets, broccoli, egg plant and kolhrabi. I use the "square foot" gardening technique for the veggies. The flowers are the peripheral gardens, we just augmented them with a variety of phlox, coneflowers, Bee Balm (Manarda), coral bells, coleus. The flower gardens are well established, we just augment them from year to year.
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Still here! Just waiting for supplies ! Also got a little sidetrack, planting veggies and flowers; had to build a 2 ft high fence around a raised bed to keep the feral cats from digging it up. We are sloooooooowly coming out of lockdown, but now I have to remember to put a "face covering" in my pocket along with a handkerchief
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Converting a Backyard Shed into a Model Workshop
Jack12477 replied to Hank's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
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My first car was a '65 Mustang convertible, 6 cylinder, 3 speed on floor, manual top - no motor but not needed because top was so well balanced you could raise/lower with one hand, only drawback was you had to exit the car to do it. Color was Twilight Turquoise, depending on light either sea green or green. Great car.
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