Done : JV44 Fw190D-9 "Red1" of Heinz Sachsenberg Gruppe Build....

[Wurger]

I'm with all here Dan. An excellent idea and a great base for your Dora.

 

[109ROAMING]

Bloody heck mate thats a good looking base!

 

[Airframes]

Great idea Dan. I can visualise what you're aiming for, and it should look brilliant when done. That model desreves a good base.

 

[lesofprimus]

I think u guys are being slightly over-optimistic... Should be done with it tomorrow, once the damn spackle dries....

 

[Lucky13]

Have a pint son!

 

[Catch22]

Looks good Dan!

 

[Heinz]

Good start on the base Dan, will really set the model off. Kinda reminds me I need to finish mine off.

 

[rochie]

i'm sure it will look great when finished Dan

 

[Wayne Little]

Excellent Dan!...impressed mate....8)

 

[lesofprimus]

Thanks Wayne, how do these look now???? Still got some tweaking to do, as well as pushin the stumps down all the way, after the surface dries out some more.....

 

[Heinz]

Looks great Dan! However the grass is a little perfect, especially if some clearing work has been done. You could create some muddy tracks or over turned earth around the stumps where activity would have been during the removal of the trees. Also some light tracks from vehicles and the bird itself would help.

 

[lesofprimus]

Thanks man, I made some tracks from the gear using sand to show worn grass, as well as the area leading up to the step on the port side....

Also added some lighter colored "sawdust" around the stumps... I will be tweakin it some more, so I will take ur ideas there....

 

[Wurger]

I like this very much.Cool Dan.

 

[Catch22]

Looks great Dan, but I agree with Heinz.

 

[lesofprimus]

OK, messed around, got creative and this is it.... Not gonna go crazy with this, as the model is the focal point, and I dont want to fu*k up what I got so far....

Maybe mud and crazy sh!t on the next one.....

 

[Wurger]

 

[Airframes]

Looks great Dan, and I agree about not going overboard at this stage.
The only thing I would do IF possible, is to add a couple of 'bare' batches here and there. If that's grass 'mat', this can be done simply - just dampen the area required, and scrape off the 'grass' - keep the scrapings. Add a little sawdust around the base of the stumps, to blend them in a bit and look like the aftermath of felling, then add the saved 'grass'. The bare patches can be painted a sandy colour, with a little sawdust added to the wet paint, for texture. Only takes a fewe minutes, and will bring it alive. Otherwise, great job mate!

 

[Lucky13]

Excellent Dan! Looks bl**dy awesome brother!

 

[lesofprimus]

Ill try adding some sawdust instead of the sand I used to represent the cutting of trees...

The grass area was done by painting the plywood with grey paint, then sprinkling the grass matter over the wet paint... Not much I can do now to make the areas "bare" Terry....

 

[Airframes]

I understand - no problem. You could use your new Heckler Koch to spray a few different shades though? If not, it looks great as it is. BTW, keep a look out, a guy with a limp and wearing a flameproof black jumpsuit, and a cammed - up face, might be hanging around after dark, trying out a CTR, ready to lift that airbrush. On the other hand, I'm too knackered these days for all that!