Advance to Arnhem 1/16 scale

[dazza]

Yes it's a very touching act, I would like to visit Menin gate one day, where every evening at 20:00,  the last post is played by the Last Post Association. Where it's been happening since 1928 except for the occupation of course.

[Steve Ski]

Smooth Landing


Figure #3 is finally completed. The trousers may have a more greenish tint than the rest of the crew, but I did go back and correct this with some filters and blending. Also, each figure had all the brass work completed and sealed with Dull Coat. All that is left to do is dust up each figure to blend each of them into the base.

Taxi clear of the runway 35 left at Bravo 4, contact ground.

Just the base is left to finalize and we can park this beauty on the ramp, or curio cabinet, as they say.






I had my mind all set on a really beautiful chunk of black walnut only to find there would have been some considerable waste just to get this small chunk. Instead, I settle on a nice piece of oak that was already milled to an acceptable thickness. Just some minor milling and a bit of work on the belt sander to match the resin base and we’re good to go. I might add that I really wasn’t in the mood to spend several hours milling that walnut at 28*F in the shop, so the oak was a wonderful choice, HA!

You can see the cleats I added to keep the resin base in the exact location desired. Once the oak was sanded smooth, I gave it a generous coat of Minwax Red Mahogany stain. This will give the base some character without attracting too much attention and it will also get a few coats of Minwax Tung oil. I prefer to use Tung Oil on most of my wood projects even though it is not the easiest sealer to work with. I can control the sheen, whereas most polyurethane finishes are not easy to adjust, either shinny or dull, nothing in betwixt.




Once the base has dried completely and I’m satisfied with the finish I’ll install the figures and mate the resin base to this block of oak and call it a wrap!

Final pics coming soon and thanks for watching. Cheers, Ski.

[JCON]

Looking good Ski!!!

[Steve Ski]

Tanks, Joe!