A Boiler House.....Minsk, November 1941

[spanner570]

For those of you who've had enough sun here is summat to cool you down a bit.......

I have been messing with this off and on for a while and finally finished it today. It was good fun finding the bits for the heating system and imagining what it might have looked like 70 odd yrs. ago.....

I have tried to build a primative, wood fired Russian Boiler House nr. Minsk in November 1941. The first flurry of snow has arrived.

The building has been shelled and is now occupied by a German Machine gun crew, who are awaiting a Russian counter attack......

The base is an 8" square X 1" thick, lump of polystyrene packing. The concrete walls are 5mm polystyrene. The reinforcing rods are old electric wires. The roof is corrugated cardboard. The window and doors are plastic card. The roof timbers are coffee stirrers. The hot water tank is a scrap piece of 22mm plastic pipe. The upright boiler is 15mm. pipe. The wall mounted fusebox is scrap styrene and the electric cables are black sewing cotton. The pipework is made from bits of old sprue. The rest is just bits off the garage floor.

The poster is courtesy of Andrew (phalinmegob)

As I just wanted a first fall of snow look, I used polyfilla powder.

The machine gunners are part of the 1/35 Tamiya machine gun crew set.

I hope you like this offering chaps. Please bear in mind though, it is right out of my nut, so a ruck of theatrical licence has been used in it's production!!

The first five pictures are the initial shots of the building before finishing and adding the crew and snow.......

Some of you may notice (As I just have!) the ammo belt has jumped out of the hands of the loader...This is due to the weapon being fired unexpectantly, causing the gent to jump and let go of the belt.....I thank you!

Cheers,

Ron

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[hoggatt]

wow i love it Ron, great work some great detail in there too .

shane

 

[phalinmegob]

bloody hell ron,you have gone and done it again,fantastic job. i would swear that the concrete in picture five was real. you can have a big five from me for your use of household scrap to make such amazing models.

 

[Polux]

Just a nice and fantastic house build!!

Cheers

Polux

 

[tommy1drop]

Hi Ron fantastic build mate, the concrete looks real, great job.

Tom

 

[CDW]

good stuff mate, Theatrical licence isn't needed in my opinion .... it looks quite realistic and believable.

 

[saguy]

top class stuff Ron ......as u quite rightly say u do not have to spend a hatful to make a realistic looking diorama ......really do like looking at your projects ... kind rgds lindsey

 

[papa 695]

Youv'e done it again Ron just outstanding 5 stars from me

 

[mobear]

Ron thats great mate,love the small details in it,like the ammo belt,and the wire in the the brickwork,plus the boilers stains,5 *s big ones from me

mobear

 

[spanner570]

Thanks for the great comments boys, the 5*, and for taking the time to post on this thread. I really appreciate it.

I hope the dioramas from S.M. members give a bit of incentive to someone to have a go......who otherwise might baulk at the idea of building one themselves.

They don't have to cost big Bucks to do one either, and are great fun to make.

Thanks again,

Ron

 

[Gern]

Clearly up to your usual ***** standard Ron.

Gern

 

[spanner570]

Thanks for the input Dave, glad you like it....Nearly finished your grunts......well, one a least!!

Cheers,

Ron

 

[Centurion3RTR]

I got lost in the photos Ron, love it matey and a big five.

Have fun, John

 

[spanner570]

Hey John, where have you been hiding mate?

Thanks for the positive comments and the 5*.....I appreciate it.

Keep having fun.

Ron

 

[colin m]

Very nice. I'm always very impressed with your work Ron.

Colin M...

 

[Curtis]

Amazing, some real skill there Ron!

Brilliant detail, 11/10

 

[spanner570]

Thanks Colin and Curtis for taking the time to have a look at my model and posting your excellent comments......

Cheers,

Ron

 

[Centurion3RTR]

Hey John, where have you been hiding mate?

Big problem with my old lap top mate, had to save up to get a new one. But i'm up and running (well, i am when it stops with the updates lol), now have 500gig hd so loads of room for photos.

Have fun, John

 

[rogue-one]

coffee stirrers for roof timber...genius! as always ron. its top work, some of the pictures make it look so real! the figures look great. it really does have a frozen feel!

 

[709thsoldat]

How did you make the corrugated roofing? Is it cardboard? if it is, how did you separate the top layer to expose the corrugated part? I am having the hardest time over here trying to figure this out.