Ya don't need a 30 footer when yer workin' that small JR!
Dog Green. Omaha Beach, 6th June 1944
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Jim R
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Old tile grout and it already looks like waves rolling in.
Valeron
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Nice to see this one back on the go Ron.
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Thanks for the encouraging posts, chaps. 
It all looks naff at the minute, but once the grout has dried, I will start to tart things up a bit.....
Cheers,
Ron
It all looks naff at the minute, but once the grout has dried, I will start to tart things up a bit.....
Cheers,
Ron
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Thanks Andrew.
The trouble is, whilst I was laying down the 'Sea', I knew summat wasn't right......
This morning, I returned to the shed where I'd left the base overnight.
A fresh look made me realise.
A. The finished breakers would be too big.
B. They were way too uniform.
So as the song goes.
Pick yourself up.
Dust yourself down and start all over again.(Nearly)
I've just returned from the shed.
I scraped off all the grout and re- did the whole of the base. Apart from those awful, deep 'Draws' that run along the beach, where so many were drowned, Omaha was shallow and gently shelving and there would have been low, random breakers. Not those things on my first attempt.
I like to tilt my floating, boating objects, it brings them to life somehow.
Me happy bunny now!
Waves far more random.
If, during a diorama build you are not 100% happy with it, don't be afraid to alter the thing. No matter how drastic!
Cheers.
Ron
The trouble is, whilst I was laying down the 'Sea', I knew summat wasn't right......
This morning, I returned to the shed where I'd left the base overnight.
A fresh look made me realise.
A. The finished breakers would be too big.
B. They were way too uniform.
So as the song goes.
Pick yourself up.
Dust yourself down and start all over again.(Nearly)
I've just returned from the shed.
I scraped off all the grout and re- did the whole of the base. Apart from those awful, deep 'Draws' that run along the beach, where so many were drowned, Omaha was shallow and gently shelving and there would have been low, random breakers. Not those things on my first attempt.
I like to tilt my floating, boating objects, it brings them to life somehow.
Me happy bunny now!
Waves far more random.
If, during a diorama build you are not 100% happy with it, don't be afraid to alter the thing. No matter how drastic!
Cheers.
Ron
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Nice save Ron. That should look the bizz when its painted up.
Very nice Ron. Good thinking on the mods as well, those waves do look much more in keeping with the beach itself.
PaulinKendal
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Looks great, and I love the advice to rip into an unsatisfactory diorama - I'm sure that'll happen to me sooner rather than later!
Jim R
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I agree with Tim. It does look better although I thought mk 1 was good.
Very true 570, if something bugs you that's the only way .
Esp love the way you left the sand bar when you realised it was too far up the beach . That double certainly adds to the general look .
Yours Earnest Winkle .
Esp love the way you left the sand bar when you realised it was too far up the beach . That double certainly adds to the general look .
Yours Earnest Winkle .
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Thanks Fellas.
453. I knew when I started the original waves they might be too high. More in keeping with a 'Surfer dude's' favourite beach! On second look, no good carrying on, they had to go.
Once the initial humps have dried, I can start to form the waves proper with more filler. Then think about the painting before I add a bit of silicone......
Thanks for the positive comments. All very well received and appreciated.
Cheers.
Ron
453. I knew when I started the original waves they might be too high. More in keeping with a 'Surfer dude's' favourite beach! On second look, no good carrying on, they had to go.
Once the initial humps have dried, I can start to form the waves proper with more filler. Then think about the painting before I add a bit of silicone......
Thanks for the positive comments. All very well received and appreciated.
Cheers.
Ron
Charlie don’t surf, and neither does RonWot!! No surfin'....
Lt. Colonel Kilgore rules.
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Yet again a very late thank you and apology for my delay in responding to your posts, chaps.
Tim. In the '70's/ '80's I was into surfing big time. I used to cast my own surf boards 'blocks' out of 2 part polyurethane foam. Then shaped them before coating the things in fibreglass.
I well remember getting a good bollocking from the missus for nicking one of her psychedelic tea towels to glass into the board.......Now, I stick to leisurely kayaking.
....Sorry, I digress.
I've started to add some colour to the sea and shore line.
As usual, I don't waste my 'good' paints, but use cheap acrylics from pound shops and the like.
I'm working on getting a gradual colour change for the slightly deeper waters to the shallows. Then onto the line of unexpected deep water which claimed so many lives on that day.
Here's the progress thus far......
The modelled red sand of Omaha beach is just that - Ordinary red building sand sprinkled onto the base.
I kept the paints wet so they kind'a ran into each other, thus avoiding any paint edges between colours.
The next stage will be to darken those inshore deep strips of water.......etc!
Once I'm happy with the colours, I can then add silicone and highlights.
Cheers.
Ron
Tim. In the '70's/ '80's I was into surfing big time. I used to cast my own surf boards 'blocks' out of 2 part polyurethane foam. Then shaped them before coating the things in fibreglass.
I well remember getting a good bollocking from the missus for nicking one of her psychedelic tea towels to glass into the board.......Now, I stick to leisurely kayaking.
....Sorry, I digress.
I've started to add some colour to the sea and shore line.
As usual, I don't waste my 'good' paints, but use cheap acrylics from pound shops and the like.
I'm working on getting a gradual colour change for the slightly deeper waters to the shallows. Then onto the line of unexpected deep water which claimed so many lives on that day.
Here's the progress thus far......
The modelled red sand of Omaha beach is just that - Ordinary red building sand sprinkled onto the base.
I kept the paints wet so they kind'a ran into each other, thus avoiding any paint edges between colours.
The next stage will be to darken those inshore deep strips of water.......etc!
Once I'm happy with the colours, I can then add silicone and highlights.
Cheers.
Ron