Groundwork US Marines - Khe Sanh- Vietnam

[m@rp]

Hi Guys,
here under you will find a batch ofpictures of an SBS I made 8 month ago ;
Each pic is numbered and you will find a brief caption here under.
It's a project based on pegaso models US Marines 90mm.
Hope you will enjoy that

pic 1: The base made of pinewood and bamboo
pic 2: size of pinewood
pic 3: original groundwork provided by Pegaso
pic 4: a piece of styrofoam (to add some volume to groundwork)
pic 5: layout of the future groundwork
pic 6: bi-composant epoxy glue
pic 7: the pieces are glued to base and some shapes has been done to the foam. Once done, the foam is covered with epoxy glue to permit the putty to stick
pic 8: the putty (Milliput) is ready to be applied
pic 9: putty is placed
pic 10: Tools used to shape the ground
pic 11: Tools used to shape the ground
pic 12: Tools used to shape the ground
pic 13: sand bags shaped
pic 14: sand bags shaped
pic 15: cotton tissue
pic 16: I did a print of tissue on sandbag to imitate a net
pic 17: view of the net in zoom
pic 18: view of the net in zoom
pic 19: aerial view of the groundwork ( At this stage you can stop the process if you want and begin to paint)
pic 20: surgical compress soaked in a mix ofwhite glue and water
pic 21: surgical compress shape on sandbags
pic 22: final result
pic 23: final result
pic 24: final result

 

[John Bowery]

Coming along very nice and he looks good on the base.
Cheers
John

 

[sofron2002]

Thanks a lot mate, very helpful the trick with the sandbags