Ronnie Posted April 4, 2016 Share #1 Posted April 4, 2016 Let me preface my remarks with....I'm not a modeler. The last model I put together was when I was in college about 1979 or 1980. I could do pretty nice work but never was able to age the pieces I did. Thru the years I have seen King and Country Military Figures for sale at the SOS. I have noticed that when I first saw them they were kind of cheesy. However with each passing year they got better and better. They now are really works of art. Anyway I got this idea to buy some off their figures and build a diorama for my office. What I have decided on is a pacific island base. With both Navy and Marine personnel. So I have started buying diorama pieces....buildings, trees, depot supplies, bushes, etc. some things that would be needed in a camp would be a latrine or head. Whichever you prefer I guess. I haven't seen one for sale so I built one. I also built a chicken coop but have not made photos of it. I will add them later. Anyway here are some photos of what I have done so far. I have not drilled the holes in the Ben h but will probably get that done tonight. Thanks for looking. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share #2 Posted April 4, 2016 More photos. Also the tin roof is from a cardboard box. I spent several hours peeling paper apart to get to this piece that resemble a corrugated piece of tin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share #3 Posted April 4, 2016 I also built a crate to go in the depot area. I'll probably make a few more of these in different sizes. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P-40Warhawk Posted April 4, 2016 Share #4 Posted April 4, 2016 Looks great, what did you use for the corrugated roof? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted April 4, 2016 Share #5 Posted April 4, 2016 Looks great, what did you use for the corrugated roof? from post 2 "Also the tin roof is from a cardboard box. I spent several hours peeling paper apart to get to this piece that resemble a corrugated piece of tin." so the bones of a piece of cardboard... Keep up the good work Ronnie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Marine Posted April 4, 2016 Share #6 Posted April 4, 2016 Nice work. The corrugated tin was pretty clever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted April 4, 2016 Author Share #7 Posted April 4, 2016 P40 just like Jake said. I got it from a cardboard shoe box. As it turns out it was just perfect scale wise. It took me about two hours to get this piece and another the same size. Thanks guys for the compliments. Here are some shots of the chicken coop I built and have painted. I had never painted anything like this. I read how to dry brush so I started with a wood color. Then added gray....then some lite strokes of black. I think it turned out ok. I built this one before I discovered the cardboard "corrugated tin." Thanks for looking. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmd62 Posted April 4, 2016 Share #8 Posted April 4, 2016 Excellent job Ronnie! : ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David D Posted April 4, 2016 Share #9 Posted April 4, 2016 Those look awesome! Can't wait to see the finished product Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonT Posted April 5, 2016 Share #10 Posted April 5, 2016 Looks great Ronnie! Reminds me of the years I spent in school building architectural models with the same balsa wood.It's great to work with; it's relatively cheap and you can cut most pieces quickly with a pair of scissors or an exacto knife. I look forward to seeing it all when it's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WW2JAKE Posted April 5, 2016 Share #11 Posted April 5, 2016 Looks great Ronnie! Reminds me of the years I spent in school building architectural models with the same balsa wood.It's great to work with; it's relatively cheap and you can cut most pieces quickly with a pair of scissors or an exacto knife. I look forward to seeing it all when it's done. they gave you balsa wood? when i took that class just a few years back they said we had to build accurate scale models with dollar poster board... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonT Posted April 5, 2016 Share #12 Posted April 5, 2016 they gave you balsa wood? when i took that class just a few years back they said we had to build accurate scale models with dollar poster board... I wouldn't say they gave it to us. Everything came with either a fee or we had to buy it ourselves. anythings better than the foamcore board though. horrible to cut cleanly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share #13 Posted April 5, 2016 I bought two of these little funky pyramid tents. I'm also gonna build a small warehouse structure to stand next to the tent. This will be the supply depot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparty On Posted April 5, 2016 Share #14 Posted April 5, 2016 Ronnie, Great idea on the "corrugated tin" Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Meatcan Posted April 5, 2016 Share #15 Posted April 5, 2016 Nice work so far Ronnie! Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proud Kraut Posted April 5, 2016 Share #16 Posted April 5, 2016 Great job, Ronnie! Looking forward to see the next steps & the completed dio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share #17 Posted April 5, 2016 Thanks guys I appreciate the comments. Mike (Sparty) how bout those Villanova Wildcats! Fantastic game! Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share #18 Posted April 5, 2016 Mike the "tin" was a booger to get too. Had to cut a nice size piece out of the box. Then slowly try peeling off the outside layer of paper. It looked like warmed over crap when I got the first layer off but then I had to get what wouldn't come off. That took a long time. By tedious work. But I like the finished product. Again thanks for the comments. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparty On Posted April 5, 2016 Share #19 Posted April 5, 2016 Thanks guys I appreciate the comments. Mike (Sparty) how bout those Villanova Wildcats! Fantastic game! Ronnie Villanova was my pick once they reached the Sweet 16. They just looked very solid shooting from the field...was glad to see they won over a scandalous UNC team in dramatic fashion. I tell you though I almost turned off the game because I couldn't take much more of Brendan Haywoods announcing. If I was Wes Durham I would have shoved his headset down his throat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share #20 Posted April 5, 2016 Ha I know exactly what you mean. I really like villanova's coach, Wright. He's do I g great job. Have a nice day. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GITom1944 Posted April 6, 2016 Share #21 Posted April 6, 2016 Always cool to see creativity and ingenuity at work. I love to see scratch-building projects like this.Keep us posted. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted April 6, 2016 Author Share #22 Posted April 6, 2016 Thank you Tom. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share #23 Posted April 9, 2016 If you have a latrene you gotta have toilet paper. Ronnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtyScout Posted April 9, 2016 Share #24 Posted April 9, 2016 Looking good. Semper Fi. Manny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronnie Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share #25 Posted April 9, 2016 Thanks Manny. RD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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