Destroyed Tauchpanzer and brick building

My fault on the pics...I was envisioning mortar damage, as if the shell had exploded on impact, saw it in a picture years ago, that was my inspiration. I may very well be wrong, maybe a movie ...not quite sure. Any way, here's a better pic

 i agree, it needs more, lighter shades of grey.

Brutus

I am enjoying following your build.  It seems to be coming along well.

One comment.  In the latest set of pictures, the damage to the exterior wall... while the damage itself looks convincing, I can't wrap my head around the black smudging all around it.  To my way of thinking, if there was a fire, all the black charring would have been concentrated on the side and the top of the damage, with very little (on the exterior, at least) at the bottom.  I also think it 'ends' too abruptly - if it was caused by a fire, it should fade from black to lighter grey to white as it goes up the wall.

I'll look forward to your next update.  Keep up the good work!

Good Question. Concrete as we know it is a relatively new product. It has been used for about 170 years, when they started to use portland cement in the 1830's. Before that, Limestone was mainly used. "Rebar" has been around since the 20's, but people as far back as the Romans were putting some sort of reinforcing bars in their concrete. Concrete in itself is relatively weak, but if you add some steel, you can use it to build amazing things. Basically, it's this simple; Lay a horizontal form(like plywood), lay reinforcement, ie rebar or steel, tie the rebar to the vertical wall, pour the concrete and let it cure, and then remove the form. HTH

Brutus,

Congrats on your work so far- this will look great when its done.  I just have a question about the floor.  I'm curious as to when the practise of using reinforcing mesh in concrete began ?  And having a suspended concrete floor in a mid-century European building ?  It may be that you know better than I, in which case I'll learn something here.  Again, congrats on some fine work.

Finally had time to work on this some more. I eliminated the stairs/ladder, added the wall damage, and put a rust wash on the roofing. I detailed the rebar on the 2nd floor, and painted the interior walls. I may add some more damage to the roof, rust holes, maybe a cpl different colored panels, etc. I also added the stream, I will add some of Still Water as the last thing. Still need to finish the concrete sidewalk, too. Anyway, here's where it stands.

@ 101st, I'm looking, I have a cpl other dio's in the works that need em as well. I'm thinking German Soldiers assessing the damage, and maybe a civilian or two overlooking.

@vespa, I'm a remodelling contractor so I understand. However, brick is not structural, and is usually a veneer over block, framing, etc... It was my 1st time using brick sheets, and I did not like the way they took paint, so I painted over them and now the interior of the walls look like plaster. On the brick, my intention was to make it look like it was done by an old farmer in the middle of Europe, who may not have done it(see comment on figures) vey well.

As far as the stairs go, yeah, totally my f**k up.....

I'll have more pics soon. Thx again for the input.

Nice weathering on the stairs and building.  It looks good.

I hope that you can use these comments to make an even better diorama next time. When you are making a ruined structure think how it was used before it was damaged. Three things jumped out at me. The stairs, landing and door don't properly relate to each other. If you came out the door you would want to be able to go down the stairs without having to climb around to the other side of the opening to go down the stairs...so the options are 1. the stairs go the other way or 2. the landing has a walkway to the side and there are guard raild around the opening in the floor. The second thing that I noticed, and this may be the photography, the arched windows are not perfectly semi-circular...for the stability of a building this is an important thing, Lastly the interior  of the building is stone and the exterior is brick. It is unusual to have a building made like that, although not impossible

Keep building and posting.

Wow! that looks great! It seems like it needs something more though... maybe some figures.