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                        Cutting Up large dios.

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                        duckman
                        • Member since
                          February 2016
                        Posted by duckman on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:42 PM
                        harrowbeer: ill make a post somtime today of my model pics just to let you know these were taken back in april 2004 and they are just progress pics!

                        On The Bench:

                        Revell- 1/72 Messerschmitt Me P1099

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                        Harrowbeer
                        • Member since
                          October 2004
                        Posted by Harrowbeer on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 4:12 PM
                        Duckman.

                        Any pics of your airbase yet, would love to see.
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                        duckman
                        • Member since
                          February 2016
                        Posted by duckman on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:26 PM
                        sorry i cant help you on that one i kinda just for got about it when i started my 16' X 8' dio of my 1/72nd scale airbase

                        On The Bench:

                        Revell- 1/72 Messerschmitt Me P1099

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 6:54 PM
                        Yes cutting up your dio will work if you know exactly how you want to do it. about 15 years ago I did my first dio of a battle during the Nepoleonic Wars. It was of 1/72 scale and it was huge!!! I cut my base of plywood into 4 sections and it worked out really well. Its probably easier to do it that way. Good luck with everything.
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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 6:57 PM
                        The origianal Idea was to have it split up into quaters. But afterI did somethinking last night, I realized it was going to take forever, and after what ajlafleche said I think when I had it planned larger, I was somewhat losing the main concept. So I decided to trim it down and take out several elements that were not necessary.

                        The them is going to be the 2nd SS preparing for battle in Normandy, they will be loading up and checking the maps.

                        thanks for your input guys!
                        John
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 2:45 PM
                        He could make multiple hedgerows and divide into like quarters or something
                        You could make the whole thing a giant hedgerow so its easier to divide!
                        lol
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                        ajlafleche
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Massachusetts
                        Posted by ajlafleche on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 2:44 PM
                        As someone who's been judging for over 20 years, let me say you will need to be excelptionally creative and good to hide the kind of seam you're talking about and remain competitive. To be honest, I've rarely seen a large dio like that which has maintained it's theme, there's either too much going on and/or elements fail to mesh into the story.
                        In any case, good luck with it and post pics when you get a chance.

                        Remember, if the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy.

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 2:31 PM
                        i think this would be easier to post a drawring of the layout....cuz i doubt that ur hedgerow is gonna split the entire dio in half...
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                        jinithith2
                        • Member since
                          January 2005
                        • From: returning to the FSM forum after a hiatus
                        Posted by jinithith2 on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:38 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by rebelreenactor

                        Hi guys.

                        I want to build a dio quite larger than anything I have ever built. I have it planned to be around 3 feet by 2 1/2 feet. (yah, its big) I have the room to store it, but I really dont want to take up that much space and that would be quite hard to take to competitions. So I Was wondering if I could somehow cut it into pieces, and then when at the competetion put it together like a puzzle. Think this would work? Or would it leave ugly seam linesOr maybe there is a way to cover up the lines? The dio will have a hedgrow so, maybe uder there. What do you guys think?





                        jinithith thinks you should bring anextra bag of hedgegrow(?) just in case the seamlines appear, that way, u cna cover it up
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 8:22 PM
                        The Great Scale Modelling cover photo diorama said that it can be split into parts. I imagine that is what you want to do?
                        You could cut the hedgerow in half, put the seem under there like you said
                        What is the setting for the dio?
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:40 PM
                        Yeah, it would. I see it often done for wargaming tables.

                        There will be seams, but they could be hidden by a good Dio design, etc.
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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Cutting Up large dios.
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:36 PM
                        Hi guys.

                        I want to build a dio quite larger than anything I have ever built. I have it planned to be around 3 feet by 2 1/2 feet. (yah, its big) I have the room to store it, but I really dont want to take up that much space and that would be quite hard to take to competitions. So I Was wondering if I could somehow cut it into pieces, and then when at the competetion put it together like a puzzle. Think this would work? Or would it leave ugly seam linesOr maybe there is a way to cover up the lines? The dio will have a hedgrow so, maybe uder there. What do you guys think?
                        John
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