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                        New WWII modeller joining in.

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                        BrickBait
                        • Member since
                          October 2019
                        New WWII modeller joining in.
                        Posted by BrickBait on Thursday, October 3, 2019 10:48 AM

                        Hello in here. 

                        Thank you for accepting my membership.

                        I am fairly new in small scale modeling, but have been collecting and running H0 modeltrains for many years. 

                         

                        I have begun a little 1/72 adventure that should end up with a large diorama, and the center piece will be the ModellCollect Austrätt Fort kit.

                         

                        Hope to gather some inspiration and tricks of the trade in here :)

                         

                        Kind regards - Frank 

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                        fox
                        • Member since
                          January 2007
                        • From: Narvon, Pa.
                        Posted by fox on Friday, October 4, 2019 4:32 PM

                        Welcome to the Forums Frank! Glad to have you with us.

                        Any questions or problems, just ask, that's what we're here for.

                        Jim  Captain

                         Main WIP: 

                           On the Bench: Artesania Latina  (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

                        I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.

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                        cbaltrin
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Land of Lakes
                        Posted by cbaltrin on Friday, October 4, 2019 8:51 PM

                        Welcome Frank!

                        On the Bench: Too Much

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                        keavdog
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by keavdog on Friday, October 4, 2019 9:00 PM

                        Hey Frank.  Some of the best modelers I've ever met came from the train world.  Welcome!

                        Thanks,

                        John

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                        John 3:16 KJV
                        • Member since
                          April 2019
                        • From: Earth, Milky Way Galaxy
                        Posted by John 3:16 KJV on Saturday, October 5, 2019 1:33 AM

                        Welcome Sign

                             “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

                             For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.”  - John 3:16-17

                         

                         

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                        Est.1961
                        • Member since
                          July 2008
                        Posted by Est.1961 on Saturday, October 5, 2019 8:58 AM

                        Welcome to the forum Frank Yes

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                        Tickmagnet
                        • Member since
                          July 2018
                        • From: The Deep Woods
                        Posted by Tickmagnet on Saturday, October 5, 2019 9:09 AM

                        Welcome and enjoy.

                         

                         

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                        Bakster
                        • Member since
                          July 2014
                        • From: Franklin Wi
                        Posted by Bakster on Saturday, October 5, 2019 9:18 AM

                        Tickmagnet

                        Welcome and enjoy.

                         

                        Ditto

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                        Bish
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Saturday, October 5, 2019 5:57 PM

                        Welcome aboard.

                        I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

                         

                        On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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                        BrickBait
                        • Member since
                          October 2019
                        Posted by BrickBait on Sunday, October 6, 2019 8:49 AM

                        Thank you Guys. 

                         

                        I got some ideas brewing, and one of them is allready under planning. 

                        A large diorama with funktions. Main centerpiece will be the ModellCollect Austrätt Fort kit.

                        So we are talking a diorama showcasing Battery Oerlandet in Norway 1944.

                        Diorama will be around 120x70cm.

                        My plan is to make the gun turret traverse  and barrels elevated and lowered by turning some potentiometers, connected to a Arduino board and servos.

                        Surrounding bunkers and housing will have light installed, and parts of the main gun bunker will be displayed as cut-thrue feature.

                        Or, that is what i Hope to do :D

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                        Nino
                        • Member since
                          July 2014
                        • From: Philadelphia Pa
                        Posted by Nino on Sunday, October 6, 2019 6:14 PM

                        Welcome Brickbait.  That is a wonderful idea, Battleship Gneisenau's Turret in a Diorama.

                          It is going to be HUGE!

                         

                           Nino

                         

                         

                         

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                        hogfanfs
                        • Member since
                          May 2013
                        • From: From the Mit, but live in Mason, O high ho
                        Posted by hogfanfs on Sunday, October 6, 2019 7:52 PM

                        Welcome to the forums! Welcome Sign Beer

                         Bruce

                         

                         On the bench:  1/48 Eduard MiG-21MF

                                                1/35 Takom Merkava Mk.I

                         

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                        Tal Afar Dave
                        • Member since
                          January 2011
                        • From: Commonwealth of Virginia
                        Posted by Tal Afar Dave on Monday, October 7, 2019 10:59 AM

                        Welcome to the forums, Frank!  Hope you'll post some pictures of your diorama as you work on it.  Us modelers can sure use the experience you bring with you from the model train world!

                         

                        TAD

                        2022 New Year's Resolution:  Enter 1 group build and COMPLETE a build this year!!  Why Photobucket did you rob me of my one Group Build Badge???  Must be part of the strong anti-Monogram cartel!!!

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                        the Baron
                        • Member since
                          September 2006
                        • From: Bethlehem PA
                        Posted by the Baron on Monday, October 7, 2019 11:29 AM

                        Welcome to the forum, Frank!  I look forward to seeing this diorama and others, as you go on in the hobby.  I had a look at that kit:

                        http://www.modelcollect.com/austratt-fort-coastal-artillery-site-triple-28cm-turret-caesar-2-flak-40-zwilling-include-

                        and it will make a cool diorama.

                        Best regards,

                        Brad

                        The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.

                         

                         

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                        checkmateking02
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: AandF in the Badger State
                        Posted by checkmateking02 on Monday, October 7, 2019 10:41 PM

                        Welcome to the Forums!

                         

                         

                         

                         

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                        Tanker-Builder
                        • Member since
                          October 2019
                        • From: New Braunfels, Texas
                        Posted by Tanker-Builder on Tuesday, October 8, 2019 12:50 PM

                        Hi Frank;

                         Another Frank to add to my bunch of Frank friends. I mess with Trains at the New Braunfels ,Tx. Train Museum. So---I have those skills as well as all the plastic and paper ships I have built. It'll be nice to have your input. T.B.

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                        BrickBait
                        • Member since
                          October 2019
                        Posted by BrickBait on Thursday, October 10, 2019 12:28 PM

                        Thank you all Big Smile

                        I will for sure add some photos when the diorama takes shape. 

                        I got some mechanics and hardware issues to figure out before i can build the foundations for it all Smile

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