Iraq ! It's a tough job but someone's got to do it !

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Nice little project this was , all wrong of course but to do it in scale on this base would of ment one figure and a lot of empty space


The hut is polystyrene with a coffee stirrer framed roof with corrugated card roof panels just slapped on and bent in places to show an unskilled job , the base is made out of fine and course ballast then cited in baking powder to soften the edges


The figures , bomb disposal are meng and the troop is tamiya but I think they are a rebox of Master Box as that's on the box they came in


Thanks go to ron ( spanner570) and Simon ( eddisolo) for their helpView attachment 104495

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I like it!


All wrong? Nuts, nothing wrong with this.


A great little diorama....


Alan, I see you kept your missus happy putting the chicken in the frame! ;)
 

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Scale wise, it has to be or you end up with a dio that's three foot square lol. Like it, the soldier in the building has that worried uncertain look and pose. Good work, if it goes up fried chicken for dinner.


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Cheers guys how do you think I whent with that soldiers camo ?
 

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Cheers guys how do you think I whent with that soldiers camo ?
Came out rather nice actually, doing camo on clothing can be difficult, too heavy handed or too big but it looks like you have nailed it.


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Came out rather nice actually, doing camo on clothing can be difficult, too heavy handed or too big but it looks like you have nailed it.
Si:smiling3:
Cheers mate it was very blotchy at first so I gave it a dry brush of the original colour to break it up looks like it worked :smiling3:
 

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Thank you Polux im glad you like it :smiling3:


I have forgot one thing , there were supposed to be visors for the BD guys but there were none in the box or I didn't see them when I opened the box to have a look on Saturday and they fell out without me knowing
 

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Good stuff Al, I've got the eod guys, let's hope I can do as good as job as you did!


Great work!


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Great job Alan,


Love the story, it's telling, something new and those eod guy's are looking great. The house came out great as well good job on the roof.


If I may make a careful suggestion to your eod guy's, i would put some dust on the boots because Irak is very dusty and they look so clean.


Really like it.


Cheers Rihi
 

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Cammo looks fine Alan.


No visors? No problem....The lads have de-fused the bomb, and are that hacked off working in the intense heat, they have decided it's safe to remove them....sorted!
 

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i like it Alan,and the building and roof look fine to me,like the tin ,how its not all in place as it


would be,


think your done a great job the figures are good and i like how you have painted the chickens, ;)
 
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Thats great...... I love something thats a bit different from the norm.... It has that "real" feel to it.... And its got chickens:smiling3:
 

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Great job Alan, something different. Well done all round, I like this a lot.
 

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Cheers guys and gal I'm pleased you like it :smiling3:


I new I'd forget something, I put dust on two and forget one :D
 

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Cracking Dio....... Great job on the figures. Works really well Alan.


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Wonderful dio Alan, great stuff mate! Great base and also the chicken added realism
 
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Sweet mate, that camo is actually really good and looks authentic.
 
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