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Modeller Build Logs
Encounter in Arnhem |
| By Andrew Herbert | | Started: | Aug 7, 2003 | | Updated: | Nov 5, 2003 |
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About 18 months ago I got the pieces together for a little dio/vignette, and I've started work on them again. The scene will portray a German dispatch rider checking his map (from the recent Tamiya Motorcycle Orderly set) about to meet up with several British Paras who could really use the map (combining a DML para from their four figure set with the pair in Warriors set 35371). They will be posed on the Verlinden street corner resin base, which includes some rubble, a dead German soldier, cobblestone street corner and other odds and sods.
The base was assembled before we moved from Texas, and I assembled most of the motorcycle kit. The fit of the resin wall pieces was a little dicey, but I used putty and wood filler to smooth things out. The base should be a lot of fun to paint.
The Warriors figures are in nice, but exagerrated poses, and the very heavy resin plugs were a pain to remove. The weapons (a rifle and Bren gun with hands molded in place) broke in half. Nothing too serious, but adding to the assembly process! |
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| Chapter 5: The bike... | Aug 29, 2003 |
I am using the bike and rider from the Tamiya Despatch Rider set. The bike is easy to assemble, about a dozen parts all told. I don't plan on getting suicidal, so I'm not replacing the spokes. I plan to use paint to create the illusion of spokes (we'll see). Anyway, after a plea posted here and on Armorama, I got links to a bunch of photos. I've added brake and other cables to the handlebars as shown in the photos. The brake cables are copper wire scraps, and the other cables are stretched sprue. In the photos I have, they all disappear down the front fork, so that's where mine go! The kit comes with a decal sheet for adding the spedometer. The engine details need some work, but most of that will be hidden by the rider.
I've painted PollyScale grimy black in all the shadow areas and on the darker parts of the bike. Next, it'll be finishing the paintjob and adding any other details that make sense. I'll be adding the saddle bags after the rest of the bike is painted. The saddle bags are very plain and hollow backed. I've filled the backs with wood glue, and the straps need detailing. The rider is started (see next blog). |
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