Battle of Waterloo Attack on La Haye Sainte Farm by Old Collingwood - 1/56 (28mm)

[popeye the sailor]

quick glance at the picture...........line dancing.......square dancing........boy!  those chaps did it all over there  

 

I certainly hope the figures were pre painted.............can you imagine how much time was invested in this dio?!?!?!  what was the significance of the square formations?  very well done!

[Old Collingwood]

1 hour ago, popeye the sailor said:

quick glance at the picture...........line dancing.......square dancing........boy!  those chaps did it all over there  

 

I certainly hope the figures were pre painted.............can you imagine how much time was invested in this dio?!?!?!  what was the significance of the square formations?  very well done!

Hiya Denis  - the Allies  formed squares  to  defend them selves against the French  Horse  charges, they were very effective that way  as a Four/Five man wall  was  a real threat to the French on Hourseback.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

that makes sense.........much like what Ramsey did with his forces in the Game of Thrones series.  this strategy can also be seen in the Movie 'The 300',  although a famous Roman move was the Shield Huddle,  to deflect arrows.

[mtaylor]

The infantry square was pretty common and goes back to Roman times,,,   here's the article from that fount of all knowledge (and misinformation but not in this case) Wikipedia....   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry_square

[Kevin]

Amazing video

 

[FriedClams]

Nice work on the outbuilding OC - great combination of color and textures.

 

Gary

[Old Collingwood]

8 minutes ago, FriedClams said:

Nice work on the outbuilding OC - great combination of color and textures.

 

Gary

Thank you very much Gary.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Hi all,  Just a  teaser  showing  part of the roadway  its  rough location  will  be trimmed  and have  scenery  both sides including and orchard  with  hedges and trees, there will also be some broken farm equipment including a cart, that was a  set up across the road as a defence?

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Eveing all,   right  roof painted  than glued down,  flashing made fitted/timmed  and painted, then the fun stuff  dark wash followed by  dry brushing  dust,  Oh and some water in the corner (that still needs to set and go fully clear)

 

But its done.

 

OC.

[king derelict]

I like the nice, subtle weathering

Alan

[Old Collingwood]

7 minutes ago, king derelict said:

I like the nice, subtle weathering

Alan

Thanks mate,   I have made the whole  farm complex  like that to display  how dirty it would have been  from the terrible weather the night before and the heavy use of it.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Just added another shot  taken just now  for a laugh.

 

OC.

[Canute]

Looking very good, OC. Maybe some puddling in the road from all the rains?

[Old Collingwood]

7 minutes ago, Canute said:

Looking very good, OC. Maybe some puddling in the road from all the rains?

Yep  going to do that Ken,   still lots more to do yet  including about  80 more figures  in the stash that need  making/panting  etc.

 

OC.

[GrandpaPhil]

Looking good!

[Old Collingwood]

20 minutes ago, GrandpaPhil said:

Looking good!

Thank you kindly Phil,  and thank you for looking in.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

coming along nicely OC............really looks great!  the night time photo is really neat   

[Old Collingwood]

54 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said:

coming along nicely OC............really looks great!  the night time photo is really neat   

Thank you so much  Denis.

 

OC.

[Old Collingwood]

Morning all,   I have a question  for my friends  -  I plan to glue down the MDF  parts of the farm  to the  Plastic base  of my display case  (I think its Acrylic  or possibly  Perspex)   what would be the best glue to use  I have some Gorilla  PVA,  Gorilla  Suer Glue  and that AMMO  Acrylic glue  that's  strong on plastics and  clear/PE.

 

Any thoughts idea's  please?

 

OC.

[king derelict]

For what it's worth I use PVA In a situation like this it works for bonding extruded polystyrene to perspex based very well

Alan

[Old Collingwood]

3 minutes ago, king derelict said:

For what it's worth I use PVA In a situation like this it works for bonding extruded polystyrene to perspex based very well

Alan

Thanks mate,   that is very true  - notice how it sticks hard to the plastic bottle it comes in  - so that maked sense.

 

OC.

[Egilman]

2 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

...what would be the best glue to use  I have some Gorilla  PVA,  Gorilla  Suer Glue  and that AMMO  Acrylic glue  that's  strong on plastics and  clear/PE.

 

Any thoughts idea's  please?

I would suggest Gorilla two-part epoxy, or Gorilla PVA...  Then there is the 3M spray adhesives used for gluing nylon carpet to MDF speaker boxes as well... Follow the directions on each...

 

Normally for panel to panel bonds I would use contact cement for a permanent bond, but contact cement uses petroleum distillates, (will melt most plastics) stinks to high heaven, and you only get one shot at positioning...

 

Your in a situation where you have a number of different parts that need to be secured into a single panel correct? My suggestion is to use PVA and a single piece of thin MDF that fits the case, glue your disparate pieces onto the single piece as a base using PVA and then you can place it inside the case without glue.... (just in case you have to remove it from the case some day)

 

Seems like the most elegant solution, PVA will not have an issue with MDF to any wood based product.... (like 1/8th inch hardboard)

[Old Collingwood]

15 minutes ago, Egilman said:

I would suggest Gorilla two-part epoxy, or Gorilla PVA...  Then there is the 3M spray adhesives used for gluing nylon carpet to MDF speaker boxes as well... Follow the directions on each...

 

Normally for panel to panel bonds I would use contact cement for a permanent bond, but contact cement uses petroleum distillates, (will melt most plastics) stinks to high heaven, and you only get one shot at positioning...

 

Your in a situation where you have a number of different parts that need to be secured into a single panel correct? My suggestion is to use PVA and a single piece of thin MDF that fits the case, glue your disparate pieces onto the single piece as a base using PVA and then you can place it inside the case without glue.... (just in case you have to remove it from the case some day)

 

Seems like the most elegant solution, PVA will not have an issue with MDF to any wood based product.... (like 1/8th inch hardboard)

Yes indeed  brother,  the  whole  farm comeplex is made from MDF  I want to  glue that down to the  Plastic  base, so I can start  working on the scenery  - 

 

The roadway  I had made is also  MDF  that will then need  securing   PVA   then?.

 

What has struck me  - the roadway  is about 4mm  thick, that ok the side that buts up against  the buildings, but the other  edge will  leave a  hight  difference  where its supposed to be a level  transition  from the road to grass,  working my  head around this  - it might need that 4mm  difference  filling with a medium of some  kind  - but  "hand on a minute"  I will have some off cuts  from the road sections, I could  use these  -  fill off the  road details  then turn them over  - cut to size  then add grass  to them.

 

OC.

[Egilman]

Yep, PVA is the ticket for MDF to MDF... Cut a thin sheet to fit the case as one piece and glue your parts to it in any configuration you want outside the case... If the roads sections are a bit thicker than the building bases then use a sanding wheel to make a ragged edge of the difference in heights and use a fill over it to make it look like a road edge... Then landscape it like anything else.... Roads were never perfectly flat in those days they usually had a raised edge along the cart track... (like a raised shoulder of roads today... Easy to do....

 

Look for pics of rural cart tracks for an example....

 

When complete you can place the entire thing as one piece into the case without any glue....

Edited April 18, 2022 by Egilman

[Old Collingwood]

Evening all,   I decided  to change the angle of the farm  by making it run  level with the front/road, this way  it  illiminates the need  for the frontal section to be worked on,   so first job was to  lign up the road sections  - and trim a little from one of the ends,  I then decided to  glue them down onto the base as it wont need to be moved  and the cover will be left  movable.

So  ised my PVA  smeared it  under the road sections  then placed them  with  some weight,   a few hours later  I did the same to the farm complex  and the kitchen garden shed.

 

So its a start  -  I even popped the lid on  as it will keep the dust away  as I  had  a fair bit of dusting to do....

 

OC.

[Edwardkenway]

It looks real good OC, I'm now trying to picture the pasture at the side filled with troops!😊

[Old Collingwood]

27 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said:

It looks real good OC, I'm now trying to picture the pasture at the side filled with troops!😊

Thank you Edward, the plan is  to have the Orchard  with hedge lined  and  some trees  in large Green are to the Left,   grass on the other side of that  and more hedge  to the Right  with some  soil areas  where  veg  was grown  and some  grass areas.

The French will be in the orchard  mix of  fighting and dead/injured   along the path  but about to retreat  as  the first  British Hussars are making an attack, and  some of the KGL  charging  out through the front gates.

Also  the Three Cuirassiers  will be towards the back  with a few French trying to get in through the barn at the back.

 

Think I'm gonna need a Bigger  board😁

 

OC.

[king derelict]

It looks very good with the farm now parallel to the front of the display. Your second photo looking along the road and the front wall of the farm shows how good it is all getting with some figures really starting to add atmosphere

Its going to look superb when all the figures are in place.

Alan

[mtaylor]

2 hours ago, Old Collingwood said:

Think I'm gonna need a Bigger  board😁

 

OC.

And a bigger place to live, OC.   Seems dioramas grow because "oh..  I need to add one more thing".

[Old Collingwood]

9 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

And a bigger place to live, OC.   Seems dioramas grow because "oh..  I need to add one more thing".

Indeed Mark.

 

OC.