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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Thursday, July 14, 2005 9:14 AM

Thanks for the comments guys, the groundcover consists of a leftover piece of plaster from the rail tracks in the "Bridgehead" dio covered in ordinary dirt. A light sand picked up from Micheals was spooned on intersperced to break up the dirt colour and give it a little beach look. Real beach sand was used in the area under the water section,some of the beach sand around here is kinda like a greyish ash colour so is great in making a
Pacific Island beach. The bushes are backyard roots and the tall reeds or grasses are those wisk brooms that you can get from Micheals,in this case were supplied by Bugsy`s Mom!
All was glued down with white glue/water mix and an eyedropper.

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 10:51 AM

Sheesh, your groundwork just never ceases to amaze me. Very nicely done. Thanks for the pics.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 13, 2005 5:34 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Kelly_Zak

Nice Piece, Russ. i don't think the wateris an issue, in fact I would have addd even more coming off if it had just come out of the water, very nice dio!

Agree with that . Nothing wrong with the water at all . Some ordinary tube cement would work if you put a few drops on the edges and pulled gently them they would dry like drops of water. Cool [8D]

cool dio

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 7:35 PM

Excellent work!

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Sasarchiver

Member since
June 2005
From: Dundee, Scotland.

Posted by Sasarchiver on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 9:48 AM

very nice detail and scene, very good...Gordon J

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Tuesday, July 12, 2005 7:10 AM

Yeah,that`s what I said,YIKES!

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 11, 2005 9:57 PM

Great job on the Dio Russ.. this Dio has passed the 300th mark? Wow.. Smile [:)]

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 11, 2005 8:00 PM

another great dio......... looking good!

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TANGO 1

Member since
December 2002
From: A secret workshop somewhere in England

Posted by TANGO 1 on Monday, July 11, 2005 7:23 PM

Amazing work! I've seen some of your previous builds around here recently and you have certainly given me inspiration-thanks for sharing,

Darren.

Regards, Darren. C.A.G. FAA/USNFAW GB

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madspaniard

Member since
May 2004
From: Portugal

Posted by madspaniard on Monday, July 11, 2005 1:48 PM

Sasd, I agree completly with Gringe88, they are all a very good piece of work.
Congratulations for another fantastic dio
Pedro

Fw 190 A-3 Richtofen JG

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gringe88

Member since
July 2004
From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...

Posted by gringe88 on Monday, July 11, 2005 12:17 PM

im just gonna start giving thumbs up sasd. each time you post its just as good or better than the last, so Thumbs Up [tup]

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-Matt

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Friday, July 8, 2005 8:31 AM

Many thanks guys. A friend of mine in England sent me his LCM figs,can`t see good enough to paint figures anymore(sounds like me too),anyways after fixing some fit problems I painted em up with some ideas from Bugsy ,was pretty happy with the result. Thanks for the help guys!

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 7, 2005 11:11 AM

Great job! That looks good.

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KINGTHAD

Member since
May 2004
From: Dallas

Posted by KINGTHAD on Thursday, July 7, 2005 8:28 AM

Great looking dio Sasd.

Thad

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Thursday, July 7, 2005 8:23 AM

Yes that was the intention. Thanks everyone for the comments and welcome back Von!

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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Kelly_Zak

Member since
April 2003
From: CANADA

Posted by Kelly_Zak on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 11:54 PM

Nice Piece, Russ. i don't think the wateris an issue, in fact I would have addd even more coming off if it had just come out of the water, very nice dio!

"There you go with those negative waves again!"

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vonryan

Member since
December 2004
From: ohio

Posted by vonryan on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 10:25 PM

HI RUSS GREAT JOB!! GLAD TO BE BACK Big Smile [:D]

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 10:18 PM

This vehicle has just come up out of the water so I wanted to portray alot of water still running off of the body,so to get the wet look I used Miracle Podge and clear nail polish
for the drops. I don`t know what size drops of water would look like in 1:35 scale but I
like the idea of water collected and running off. Originally I wanted streams of water running off at those points but opted out at the last minuite.
300th dio??? Really??? Didn`t think there were that many,LOL!!

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 6:01 PM

great dio

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 4:46 PM

Hey SASD-nice job, again! Do you ever sleep.? This is your 300th dio posted to date :-). Love to see these unusual subjects.

Dan

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stukabomb88

Member since
July 2003
From: Alberta, Canada

Posted by stukabomb88 on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 2:22 PM

Sasd, the Dio looks great. How did you get that Wet look? I just noticed one thing though, the water drops on the back edges, as well as the ones hanging off of the ropes look way too big. Hopefully you don't get offended but, if you removed the drops, it would look way more real. Perhaps there's a way to make them smaller? I'll shut up now Smile [:)]

"If you live for personal gain, you have lived in vain." -Devon OpdenDries

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 2:01 PM

I agree, thats is a beautiful piece. Is the "wet" effect on the Aligator done with glue?

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 1:32 PM

Beautiful Dio. Excellent work.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 1:09 PM

Great looking dio.

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Beach Support

Posted by sasd on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 9:33 AM

An LVT Aligator from Italeri built by Bugsy from the island here and put onto a base by myself. I also added the figures and the light stowage.
This is one big vehicle folks!