Hi all,
I've been working on a Tamiya 1/48 BF-109 "Galland". I kind of rushed the plane a bit as I've been away from modelling for about six months and was just excited to be building again. It came out okay...
BUT, the fun part, is the diorama that I've been wanting to build forever. I'm about 1/3 of the way through it. Have some grass down, and a nice tree in the corner. The part I spent most of my Sunday working on though, is the cobblestone road running through the corner. Being an avid cyclist I am obsessed with the cobblestone roads of Belgium and France. A few years ago I picked up a box of 1/48 plaster cobblestones. I glued them to a plastic base with extremely liberal amounts of Tamiya glue and big wads of Gorilla glue - probably explains my headache this morning - and think it came up pretty well. The rest of the base will be grass, mud and the typical wooden planking often seen under German planes in occupied Europe.
I still need to weather the stones, drag some oil and dirt through them and pack some mud in the gaps but was excited to share the start!
Would love any tips and tricks/feedback for dioramas like this!
Tim