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January 26th, 2012 by Bob Letterman
Here are my three latest projects, all began in december, 2011. First a large scale figure of the Seinfeld series character, “Cosmo Kramer”. This figure is 1/6th scale and is approximately 17 inches tall. The first pics are of the unpainted figure, then with an acrylic base coat, then some in progress photos. Click on Image to enlarge.
Then basecoated flesh parts.
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Then painting the eyes, mouth, etc.
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Then finishing out the hair, flesh parts, shirt and a base coat for what will be a leather sports coat.
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Will update as work continues.
Next, a scratchbuilt military road grader in 1/35th scale to go in the large diorama, “Logistics”.
A part of the diorama will have army engineers clearing rubble from the streets to facilitate military traffic. There will be a bulldozer, a deuce and a half dump truck and a road grader, plus military personnel as well as civilians all clearing rubble and saving the bricks for later reconstruction.
I started with about 80 photographs from various angles and a US Army manual with dimensions. To make certain, I built a double scale prototype to insure I had the frame shape correct. Good thing I did. It was way off. Click on Image to enlarge
After recalculating, I began with the frame. I used the 1/35th Construction Bn. Dozer engine, as I was informed by the Caterpillar archivist than the basic block was used in both machines. The differences are the cubic centimeters and the placement of various components.
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Then, I began adding various parts, all made from sheet plastic, tube and rod plastic or brass. Click on Image to enlarge
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Then I added the front axle, etc. Click on Image to enlarge
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Then, the detailing was completed prior to painting.
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Then I finished to engine as much as possible to this point. Click on Image to enlarge
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Then came the base coat of Olive Drab and the application of stars, insignia and data plates.
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Shown here with base coat, no weathering, with the dozer that is weathered. Click on Image to enlarge
To be continued.
Next is a 1/8th scale Pocher Ferrari Testarossa. I had this kit laying around for years and then a members build began on Modeler’s Alliance web site and I dragged it out and started it. It comes with a stamped steel body that is pre-painted. The paint job on this one sucks, so I will sand it down and paint it a Ferrari Yellow. Everybody does red, I like red, but I also like to be different. At the moment, I have no drastic detailing plans. If possible, I will make working features but as I have yet to really look at it, I’m not sure!
The weather was fantastic, so I did some painting outside. When possible, I always like to paint outdoors as the sun is brighter than any light setup and you can see every tiny flaw. The Kit I am using has a pre painted black body with a cream colored interior. I didn’t like either, so, I went in search of a real car, yellow exterior, natural leather interior with the gunmetal dash and trim. Found it!
Here is the kit body before I started on it.
Then, here is the car I want to simulate.
So, I sanded the body completely to prepare for the base coat. Since this was a kit that’s selling on the web for almost a thousand dollars, The thought of messing it up was a consideration. I closed my eyes and went for it!
Once that is behind you, the rest is just routine!
Here is a shot of the interior I wanted to replicate.
So, After cleaning the interior parts, I painted the dash and other trim with gunmetal.
Then I used this color to replicate the natural leather. It will work after a couple of tricks to come later.
Next comes the undercoat, the primer for the new yellow paint job.
Got it painted. I used 3 coats of primer and 5 coats of gloss Ferrari Yellow. Here are some pics.
A side view
Rear window frame/engine cover, Rear panel and front hood cover.
The headlight covers and the rear view mirrors.
The headlight frames.
Doors.
Rear shot of body.
three quarter front.
Another shot of the front and rear hood and trunk covers.
And finally, a shot from the front.
I also discovered something else today. When everybody was saying Testarossa, that means red head in Italian, you can’t paint it yellow. Remember? Well read this.
The Testarossa name, which means “red head” in Italian, comes from the red-painted cam covers on the flat-12 engine. The double entendre with a red-headed woman was intentional – Ferrari and Pininfarina regularly use descriptive terms related to a female’s body when describing the style of their automobiles., so, you saw what color I painted the cam covers for the engine? So there! Its the heads/cam covers that are red, not the car body!
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The kit comes with a decal to replicate the cooling fins and the writing on the valve covers. I chose to do them with Evergreen strip and Plastruct miniature letters.
Well, here’s an update on the Ferrari engine. All the engine parts come in a grey or black plastic color. There are no chrome, copper or brass parts in the kit. Click on Image to enlarge.
The metallic appearance was done using buffable polished steel paint, mixed with a tiny bit of gloss Royal blue. Then buffed to a high finish when dry. I added a lot of wiring, (But not nearly all), at this stage I made plastic looms for the brass wiring under the heads of each side, lots of PE brass parts from the scrap box and so on.
I added the fan belt stiffener blades with slots in the center from plastic strip. Click on Image to enlarge.
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I have started on the frame so I set the engine on the mounts temporarily for a photograph. Believe me, this will be much more busier when finished.
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To be continued.
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September 3rd, 2011 by Bob Letterman
How to achieve a wood effect in miniature.
This is the first of many techniques I hope to demonstrate over the coming months. They are the processes I use and certainly are not the only way. I have developed, discovered,or lucked into these techniques over many years of trial and error. I think one of the questions I am most frequently asked is, “How do you create that? “That” being almost always about this or that surface, be it wood, metal, marble, stone, brick, and so on. As to wood, I never use bass wood, balsa or any other “real” wood to simulate wood in miniature. I know others do, but I have never thought my attempts, at least, looked real or believable in scale.
Lets get started. I use “Filbert” brushes almost exclusively except for tiny detailing. I use them for many, many purposes. Only Russian sable will give the right effect. They are pricey, but, there is nothing to replace them as far as I am concerned.
I now order them directly from a German firm, VLS imported them for many years, first as “Verlinden” Brushes and later as “VLS” brushes. You can still find them in better art stores, and I would suggest buying the most expensive they have. These are like wine, you get what you pay for. They came in four sizes.
No. 2, (Smallest), No. 4, (Larger), No. 6, (Even larger), and No.8, (The largest).
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I begin by painting the surface of the floor, piece of furniture, architectural item, or whatever shape I wish to simulate a wood grain using various shades of flesh or pink. Tan doesn’t work. The pinker, the better.
These are some items I found in my spare parts bins. I haven’t cleaned them up. I just painted various shades of flesh and pink on a portion of them using Polly Scale, Testors, and Vallejo or any acrylic paints. You can use enamels or lacquers as well, I prefer acrylics as they dry quickly and won’t be attacked by Rectified turpentine, used in the process later.
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After drying, I use artists oils in the colors, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Raw Umber, Mars black and Yellow Ochre.
I place them on a pallet, I use some old card stock that has a coated surface, otherwise, the paint leaches into the pallet.
Using Rectified turpentine, (available at art stores only), regular turpentine sold at hardware stores will ruin anything done with oil paint. Mix the dabs of oil paint by dipping the filbert brush into the rectified turpentine and create the consistency of whole milk. Once the mixture has reached that consistency, wipe the brush on a clean cloth, (I have used old T-shirts most of my life). Then take a small amount on the brush and lightly coat the surface painted with flesh or pink. Once it is completely covered, take a clean brush, (Again, I recommend a good quality sable filbert, No. 8 or 6, (depending on the size of the surface), and dip in clean turpentine, dry with the T-shirt to the point of dampness, then, imagining how the wood grain would look that you want to replicate, clean the paint away gently, using the brush strokes to simulate the wood grain. At last, a process where brush strokes are wanted!!!!!! Here is a 10 year old photo of a not so good painting I did of a box art Legends and Lore Bruce Willis figure from Die Hard. The entire piece is made of resin, and if you note the base and lower portion of the wall, it was done using this process. On bases such as this, I apply a coat of polyurethane varnish after the oil paint is completely dry. In miniature, I usually use a semi-gloss varnish.
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Here is another product, Custom Dioramics box art piece that I finished the resin base with maple simulation.
Here is a Lynx box art piece I did back in the middle ages using the technique. Note the difference in the oak finish on the right side that had been glossed and the left side as it dried after the process was applied. Big difference!
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Here are the previously pictured pieces shown using the effect. The first is a door with an redwood finish. ( Burnt sienna)
This is done in a light walnut (1 part Raw umber, 1 part burnt sienna) Click on images to enlarge.
The gabled piece is a dark walnut. (2 parts raw umber, 1 part burnt sienna)
This Burl effect is done using 1 part raw umber, 1 part burnt sienna, then swirling the paint with a No. 2 filbert. Frankly, this process looks better in larger scales.
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I used this in the 120mm shadow box, “Limits of Glory” for Napoleon’s desk.
A medium walnut, (1 part raw umber, 1 part burnt sienna)
This is a simulated maple, (1 part raw umber, 1 part burnt sienna, 1 part yellow ochre).
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The corinthian cap uses only burnt sienna.
This is a lighter shade of cherry, (2 parts burnt sienna, 1 part burnt umber)
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Here is another Custom Dioramics box art piece using the same technique.
Here is a selection of wood finishes from the box art of, “Streets of Laredo”. I would have some better ones to illustrate, but in 2007, a major American company borrowed some of my best ones to promote the kits at Nuremburg Germany’s Toy show. I was promised their safe return, but they later advised me the models were literally destroyed in transit. Believe that I will never do that again! This wells Fargo building represents a newer, recently built wild west building.
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This represents an unpainted pine facade. Knotts made using the No. 2 filbert swirls.
This simulates a natural wood with a slight age, slowing turning to a grey shade.
This is a box art piece I did for Custom Dioramics of a Russian Barn, part log/part stucco building.
A good friend and pattern maker from Portugal, Carles Elias, an associate of Miguel Jeminez, did patterns for me for years.
He had found a photograph of a dilapidated Russian house, fell in love with it and told me he would pattern a building like it and challenged me to weather the box art as close as I could to the original. I finally agreed. He created the master, and I took one of the first we produced and started to work.. One of the tools I chose was a real sponge, not the fake kind.
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After I had painted and weathered the siding, I took some contrasting paint and, using a small piece torn from the sponge, dipped it into the contrasting paint, blotted it onto a palette until it emitted only a faint amout of paint, then blotted it on the surface of the siding, simulating the chipping effect. I used several colors, then came back with a tiny brush, (No. 00 or 0) and shaded the undersides of the lap boards. The first pic is a photograph of the original, (real), house.
This is the finish I achieved through washes, Filters and, finally the sponge technique. The wooden slats on the roof were added by the pattern maker because he felt it added detail to the model and was a common practice in Russia. The boards were painted using this technique as well.
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We altered the original pattern Carles made and released another building that I painted white. White is much more difficult to simulate then even the blue. Here is the result.
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O.K., that’s my trick for the week, hope it is interesting enough for you to want me to do another. As the comics say, I got a million of ‘em!
bedebedebede, That’s all, folks!
To be continued.
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September 3rd, 2011 by Bob Letterman
Lost Cause, Operation Market Garden.
Back in ‘85, Superdioramas had just been published, and I wanted to finish something a little quicker. I started on what, for me, was a small diorama. A Bridge Too Far was a recent hit at the movies, so, I decided on something British. This diorama was rebuilt after the first one didn’t turn out well. I had used a Crocodile, i think it was, and two other British vehicles. To be truthful, I got in a hurry which is almost always the death blow to a diorama. I put it on the shelf and didn’t pull it down again for several years. By then VP had a nice Firefly conversion, I had a Canadian CMP, (Canadian Military Pattern), C-60L mobile workshop I had built four years earlier. I also had a Daimler Dingo built in ‘84 that I used. Both these vehicles will follow this thread as a step by step building process.
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The story line is the Firefly has thrown a track, the mobile workshop is there to repair it, and the Paras from the front are being taken to the rear after 30 corp has moved close enough. A British officer gets directions from Dutch civilians.
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As mentioned, the Step By Step on this vehicle follows this thread.
Ditto on the Daimler Dingo. BTW, no photo etch back then. Those eye glasses were made with wire.
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See what I mean about a very complex model, especially way back in 1984. No PE, No updates!
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More of those broken plaster kits! Click on images to enlarge.
It was very handy to have a partner and his family that were Flemish Belgians. They speak a dialect of Dutch as their first language. It came in handy for the signage.
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The Canadian CMP C-60L Mobile workshop
As with the Dingo, In the summer of 1983, I had just received a lot of notoriety for “The Winds of War” diorama the previous year. At the time, I was hearing feed back from my friends that there were those who said I couldn’t possibly compete with the best armor builders in America. I just wasn’t good enough. Judging from the vehicles in the Winds of War, they were right. However, in that year I had learned a lot! I was like a sponge, soaking up every detail and technique out there. At the time the three best were from the midwest, where I was from. I won’t mention their names as it no longer matters, It really didn’t matter then, but they were the armor model gods of that time.
I decided I would really take my time and make a couple of armor pieces that could compete with them. My second choice was a Canadian CMP, Canadian Military Pattern), C-60L mobile workshop.. At the time and even today, there are only two CMP models on the market. The Italeri 15 cwt and the Tamiya Quad Gun Tractor. These simulate both patterns of the CMP, and I used parts from both. We went to Europe that spring and I was able to extensively photograph both vehicles, so I had my research plus a couple of books on each I picked up at the book stalls in London.
I chose it because it was an extremely busy vehicle and really unique. To my knowledge, (I could have missed it somewhere), this is the only model of this particular vehicle ever built. I still have one of the photos that got me interested. While building this, I discovered two cutting edge technologies first found in the model railroad products and I thought I had just discovered a whole new way to add detail. Click on images to enlarge.
I began with the frame. I was looking through a Model Railroad shop when the owner called me over to show me two amazing products that had just been released. One was a product he called photo etch! The first release from this new company was tread plate. I bought him out. I used it to upgrade the steps on either side of the cab. I made a new, larger bumper from brass strips and rod and sheet plastic. I converted the frame to a stronger and longer version and used the suspension from the Tamiya Quad tractor with the wheels and tires. I also made the steering workable. I built a new spare tire frame from brass strip and plastic sheet. The exhaust and the drive shaft were modified as well. Various other smaller details were added.
I took the cab apart, removed the hood, (bonnet) and grille, cut off the console. Then I replaced the windshield frame, the console, and made a hinged working glove box, new pedals, gear shifts. all using plastic card, sheet brass and tubing. I added new door hinges that would be workable.
On the exterior, I made a new hood, (bonnet), framed out the grille with plastic strip, then added my next new discovery at that train shop. Extruded brass mesh. Not PE, but a process that was around before, but it’s first use in miniatures. The pattern was octagonal, perfect scale and I was in seventh heaven! I carved the Chevrolet logo from card stock and Viola!
Here is the scratch engine with the wiring coming out of the distributor and radiator, the doors hinged and with working latches. The door above is the kit part. . Even the panels open and close. At the time, working hinges were all the rage, so I hinged everything I could find. Hell. I was on a mission!
Here I have one of the hinged doors attached and workable. All the glass was replaced with microscope slips. Not slides, they are way too thick. I made a cutter out of a diamond tipped phono needle soldered to a pice of brass tube and cut them all to shape!
Here is the new bed. I used the wheel wells from the original bed.
Here is the bed mounted to the frame and the cab being test fitted. The top hatch is from plastic sheet with stretched sprue rivets. So is the hatch cover. I hinged it as well.
All the workshop was from scratch. The major tools, lathe, drill press were made from plastic and plastic vac formed on my Mattel Vacu-form machine. Several of the drawers were on hand made slides, so they worked as well. The most difficult parts were the three shop lights. I used wire and small brass rod and tubes for the lower part, the carved a shape in basswood, vac-formed it three times to make the compound curved shroud of the lights. Then micro wire for the guards. A plastic headed pin served for the bulbs. As you can see, that new extruded brass mesh got a workout as well as the new and strange PE stuff. BTW, the chain that hold up the tail gate was secreted away during the cover of darkness from Susan’s jewelry box. She will discover that loss 26 years later when she reads this.
The following are shots of the completed CMP. It took many awards back in those days, even a few best of shows and a gold medal at the, (then, and maybe still), largest model show in the world. The Model Engineers Exhibition held annually in Wembley Center, outside London. The nephew of Lord Montbatten, of Pacific theater fame, placed it around my neck. He had some title or another. We Americans are in awe of royalty, so that gave me a major thrill and something to talk about for years.
Here you can see the open hood, doors and panels. Also the working hatch and door hinges
This shows all the detail I added to make it look exactly like the real one. After I retired from competition in 1984, I put this and the dingo into a new, at that time, diorama called “Lost Cause”. Here you can see one of the shop lights hanging from a hook on the left rear side panel.
These next two shots are of a real 15 CWT. A kit of that is what I started with. The next picture is of a C 60L cargo. The basic vehicle that I had to convert the 15 cwt into, then make it a mobile workshop.
Daimler Dingo, (The old Tamiya kit), Upgraded
In the summer of 1983, I had just received a lot of notoriety for “The Winds of War” diorama the previous year. At the time, I was hearing feed back from my friends that there were those who said I couldn’t possibly compete with the best armor builders in America. I just wasn’t good enough. Judging from the vehicles in the Winds of War, they were right. However, in that year I had learned a lot! I was like a sponge, soaking up every detail and technique out there. At the time the three best were from the midwest, where I was from. I won’t mention their names as it no longer matters, but they were the armor model gods of that time. Click on images to enlarge.
I decided I would really take my time and make a couple of armor pieces that could compete with them. My first choice was a Daimler Dingo scout car. At the time it was a relatively new release. We went to Europe that spring and I was able to extensively photograph both vehicles, so I had my research plus a couple of books on each I picked up at the book stalls in London.
The Dingo I photographed had a really complex radio that in 1/35th scale would be tiny. Try to remember that at that time there was no photoetch of any kind for either armor or aircraft. All the brass, aluminum, etc. was from sheets and tubes. I began with the radio. Please forgive the photography, I had a cheap SLR with no macro at the time.
It took over a hundred scratched parts to create this. I kept count of everything as back then, everybody made a sort of reference scrapbook that was laid next to the model in competition. The judges used them to tell how much was actually done in highly updated and upgraded models. I had plenty of pictures of this radio so I built it from them, all the time carefully test fitting it to the Dingo so to be sure it would fit when complete. Click on images to enlarge.
The painted and weathered radio. This will illustrate the size. Click on images to enlarge.
For the suspension, I used copper wire, brass tubing, sheet plastic and so on. It actually worked and I also wade the steering work as well.Click on images to enlarge.
Terrible depth of field, but you can see some of the wiring.
There was a lot of rebuilding various things on the vehicle. BTW, That brass cutter from K&S was old then. I just replaced it a month ago with a new one. Click on images to enlarge.
On the left is the exterior of that front plate, on the right the interior. The problem with this model is much of the detail is overlooked as it is so tiny. The darker pieces above each pic are the kit part.
The entire front end on the Tamiya kit was wrong and was replaced with plastic, stretched sprue rivets and bolts and brass sheet. This was my first attempt at soldering brass parts. Click on images to enlarge.
The entire rear end was also replaced using the same materials. The louvers were mad from sheet brass. Sorry, the small pic was all I had.
Note the radio antennae guard just behind the cab and to the right. I remember I spent hours making that thing. I finally used various sizes of brass tubing cut into small slivers and plastic card punched our discs, all attached with tiny brass wire. Click on images to enlarge.
View from the other side. You can actually see the antennae guard better from this angle. Click on images to enlarge.
Here it is prior to painting, weathering and final detailing. Note the working steering. I painted it in “Mickey Mouse Ear” camoflage. Note the stretched sprue weld seams even way back then.
The end of the story was that I ended up beating all three of those guys and I think they have disliked me ever since! It won a gold medal at the Model Engineering Exhibition that, then, was held annually in Wembley and was, and maybe still is, the largest model show in the world. After I stopped competing, I put this and the next one, a Canadian C-60L CMP mobile workshop, in the same diorama. Click on images to enlarge.
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September 3rd, 2011 by Bob Letterman
This diorama had a lot of baggage that came with it. I was building the scratch-built 75mm Pak 40 cannon in 1/16th scale when a local convention brought visitors from California to the office. I gave them the grand tour of the facilities and finished at my workshop. The cannon was on my work desk in progress and it was noticed and taken very seriously as they had a competing company at the time. They thought it was a prototype for a new resin kit. When they returned home, they found a modeler, Alex DeLeon who had just built a 1/16th scale Nebelwerfer that had been featured in a Verlinden, (My partner at the time) magazine. They used it to produce a kit in hopes to market it and be the first with a kit in that scale. That began a race that turned into what we called “The Marco Polo wars” It went on between Marco Polo and VLS/Verlinden for several years. I had no intention of building it as a kit prototype. One of the more memorable experiences at VLS.
Here is the gun that started it all. Click on images to enlarge.
The building is an old water mill converted into a “Gasthof”, or Pub in Germany. The war is nearing the end, the soldiers weary and tired, but still take time to drink and sing and cook some “Brats”.
The Pak 40 painted and weathered. Click on images to enlarge.
All the figures were heavily converted and the heads sculpted to “singers”. The mandolin was made from epoxy and strip styrene. The piano is a converted doll house piece. The fancy stein was also from epoxy. Furniture, deer head, CooKoo clock, chairs and stool were from plastic sheet and stock.
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The sink and toilet prior to putting them in the Men’s room. The Cookoo clock, scratch built, as well.
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I thought the hot coals and the brats looked realistic!
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Quota, the Diorama
Quota, in 1/16th Scale
This was built in 1996. VP had just released the 120mm 88 flak. My partner asked me to create a diorama using the kit, so I built “Quota”. This is absolutely the tallest diorama I have ever built. From the base to the top it is 5 feet, (1.6 meters), and standing on the floor base, it rises to 8 feet, (2.4 meters). Those who have seen it in publications are usually surprised when they see it in the museum because the top is considerably over their head.
I had to forget my usual cardboard/mattboard construction and went to 3/4 inch plywood. I also was responsible for the employees Christmas bonus at Plastruct! I used huge quantities of Plastruct. In terms of dollars, the roof and gantry cranes were several hundred alone. Remember the scale is 1/16th. There is a working clock barely visible behing the gantry crane.
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I used a total of 6 of the 88 kits in building this. Three on the assembly line, the rest for the parts bins and using parts from the 88, scratched the drill press and the giant lathe in the side room. All the figures were converted VP. I ended up using three methods of metalizing and developed three more during this build. I had to make many of the hand tools.
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The event taking place is the completion of the 5,000 88 flak in this factory. The officials of the N.S.D.A.P. as well as the Luftwaffe and the press were there to take propaganda photos.
I made two circuits with flashing miniature bulbs and connected both to tiny speakers. It had the effect of the light and sound of real arc welding. The huge drill press is next to the photographer in the foreground who is directly in front of one of the arc welders, It had a fantastic effect. Also the interiors of the office and the engineering department on the second floor were lit along with the boiler room and the tool rooms on the sides.
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Here you can see the lathe by the floor drain and lots of metal shavings.
Note the lunch table with cheese, sausages, newspapers and playing cards.
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Above the engineer descends the stair case, while the Director gives a tour to a “Guest”. Goering was converted into the director, the guest was a conclomeration of fantasy girls, lead foil and Milliput.Behind is the engineering office with drafting tables, a miniature 88, plans, etc.
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A tedious job was cleaning, prep, painting and weathering parts. Even though new, putting them in the racks with zero weathering made them stick out of the environment like sore thumbs. BTW, all the civilian figures in this were not only posed, but their uniforms had to be turned into work uniforms.
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This diorama sits on a base four feet high, making the top of the plexiglass more than 8 feet tall. Here is a shot with retired editor, Paul Boyer standing beside it.
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September 3rd, 2011 by Bob Letterman
This diorama, again was made to showcase the VP range at the time. built in 1/35th scale, the buildings are all made from broken VP plaster parts returned by customers. I kept a box and all returns were put in there. If they were intact kits they were returned to stock, but they were broken,
I managed to use most of them over the years.
The setting of “Knight takes Kings Bishop was 1982. On June 3rd, the ABU-Nidal faction, a radical Palestinian terrorist group, attempted to assassinate the Israeli ambassador to the U.K. in London. The Israelis responded with attacks against Palestinian terror targets in Beirut. The Palestinians launched barrages against Gallilee.In June of that year, the Israelis sent 60,000 troops into Lebanon.
This dio is set in Sultan Yackoub during that campaign. The Isaelis are salvaging a SSNP, (Syrian Socialist National Party) Soviet made BTR-60 armored car. The Israeli Defense Force salvaged all captured equipment and used them for parts or re-fitting.
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The BTR-60 has taken a couple of hits in the hull, most tires are flat, and the salvage crew are attempting to make it towable.
I have always been a fan of photographing outside. When there is a slight overcast, the shadows look very realistic and add depth.
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I have had several Israelis tell me that one of the signs is upside down. Sorry about that!
The BTR-60 is the old VP kit, and, if I remember correctly, the first one on the market. VP kits were cutting edge then, always!
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I always liked photos of this diorama taken from this angle. It looks realistic to me.
This is a conversion of the Tamiya M-113, using the VP Fitter Crane set. The 57 Chevy was a plastic kit, can’t remember the brand. I made the wheels on the BTR fit on the rubble to obtain a realistic appearance.
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As this was a resin kit, I sawed off the bottoms of the tires and rebuilt them flat with epoxy putty.
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The Ford Mutt was modified to the Israeli version using photos taken by Verlinden on a trip to Israel. He had intended to make a conversion set, but never did, at least to my knowledge. He was quite busy in those days!
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September 3rd, 2011 by Bob Letterman
I built this diorama at a time when we wanted to give as much coverage as possible to the VP 120mm series. I started with a large wooden base. (Late 80s).
I then used model RR rock molds and cast plaster stone pieces to adhere to the wooden walls and create a bluff effect.
I wanted to depict Goering and the generals on the Channel coast during the failed attempt to invade England. (Operation Sea Lion) This was at a point in WW II that the Germans and the allies both were under the illusion of the German invincibility
The two vehicles are the VP Kubelwagon and the VP Panzer II. This dio is in 120mm. The third vehicle is a 1/16th Mercedes two seater sports coupe. I extended it and made it a four seater so it became a staff car. I used a stone wall to replicate a “Lookout turnoff with a view of the channel.
All the figures are conversions with several of the heads sculpted to truly look like the characters they are to represent. The ruined building being used as an observation point is comprised of various parts from VP plaster buildings. Almost all the equipment used are from VP, (What else would I have used at the time), and the trees and shrubs, over 200 of them are made from a VP product at that time and cutting a lot of branches and twigs in the woods! Count ‘em!
This rider got a tree branch stuck in his helmet straps. I didn’t have much previous experience painting horses.
Masquerade, the Diorama.
When I was running VLS, I was concerned that we were getting so many of the ruined plaster buildings returned due to broken parts.
I had this idea to use nothing but returned kit parts to build a diorama. Then the customers would realize that plaster is very fragile, and I have never seen any company’s plaster kits that didn’t arrive broken through the mail or other carriers, but….. with a little white glue, the kit is fixed and ready to begin building!. So, that is how this project actually got started.
I set out to build a castle in the general Bastogne, Belgium area. The castle turned out like this. Every single part of this building except the roof, the windows and the German insignia came from the returned kits pile. I used those parts to build three dioramas over the years.
For those of you unfamiliar with the “Battle of the Bulge” event in Belgium during WW II, here is a brief synopsis. The Allies, particularly Third Army, had driven the Germans to the borders of their country and it was generally considered they were beaten and would collapse in a short time. Actually, they had been building a huge reserve including their most modern and powerful tanks for a massive counterattack. They put together a “Fifth Column” consisting of English speaking Germans dressed in American uniforms, driving captured American vehicles and Panther tanks modified to look similar to an American M-10. The goal was for them to intermix with American forces and cause fear and confusion.
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I used both German and American figures. Here we see Germans, dressed as G.I.s taking instructions on American weapons. Behind them is a captured Deuce and a Half, restored to running condition. The snow was made using a dozen coats of hair spray, then dusting with thermo-plastic micro balloons. We sold that stuff in the Techstar line as model snow. It is a pain to apply because the material is extremely fine, but the effect is worth the effort. You can get a dusting of snow all the way to a heavy layer by increasing the number of applications.
Hmmmm, I built this 20 years ago. That Panther ersatz M-10 was unique for all those years. Looking back, I don’t think I would have wanted to wait that long for Dragon to kit it! BTW, I cut the stencil out of very thin paper and used plastic sheet to simulate the modified glacis plate, fenders, mantlet and turret sides.
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Here you can see the captured American Jeep and deuce and a half, the Generals on the deck above receiving intelligence data from a runner. The soldiers are checking out the first fake tank!
They have already started on the second Panther.
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By the way, building the diorama didn’t work, they just kept on returning those broken plaster kits!:-)
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September 3rd, 2011 by Bob Letterman
Here are some pics I took recently of the last shadowbox I finished. I am currently working on another diorama for a long time and it is still far from finished. this is in 120mm scale. It is called “The Limits of Glory” and depicts Napoleon and his Marshalls at Fontainebleau palace debating his giving up the throne after Waterloo.
The shadowbox is made to be inserted in the wall. It has a frame and appears to be a painting until the lights are turned on.
An overall shot. The marble is all hand painted, the floors are parquet bass wood stained and polished. I made various things like the books and bookcases and then cast them, The desk is made from scratch, as are the curtains, etc. Click on images to enlarge.
At the time, Verlinden and I had only a single marshall in production at the time, so I had to convert six of them to various poses, then sculpt all the heads except the courier to resemble the real Marshals. Click on images to enlarge.
A courier delivers a document. The fireplace works with miniature lighting and blinkers.
Le Emperor Napoleon His head and Face sculpted from scratch from period paintings as are all the figures in this diorama. Click on images to enlarge.
A shot of the ceiling with the chandelier. Click on images to enlarge.
A magazine article on this piece was featured recently in Military Modelling magazine. The following is a PDF. Double click on the blue colored “limits-of-glory-copy” directly below to open.
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September 3rd, 2011 by Bob Letterman
Ok, here is what is left of my model car collection from the museum. Back in 1983, I sold 4 large boxes of model cars I had built during the 60s and 70s to a guy that said they had all become collectibles. I thought they were junk. He paid me a large sum of money and that was some of the start up money for what would become VLS. I understand he made a killing reselling them. Good for him! At that time I was competing. I only competed for two years and the models following are close to 30 years old and all have won at the IPMS nationals during that period.
I will start with a Jaguar XKE from Monogram in 1/8th scale. I built this in 1982. I went all out for that time. There wasn’t much available to trick it out but, I managed. I had been working for both Pocher Italy and The Sharper Image in the States. Both sold custom Pocher models built to custom specs for customers with big bucks. I never knew how much, I just got $200 a paint job. That was cool with me, I was still a cop and that money really helped our budget back in those days! I averaged one a day, five days a week. A thousand dollars a week was a sweet second income in those days! I did that from 1979 to 1981!
I had never knew another modeler on the circuit in those days. I became involved in competition seriously when I entered the Winds of War in the 1982 IPMS national in St. Louis. After that, I competed for 2 years and then VLS began to grow. I knew instinctively not to compete with my customers so I retired from competition in 1985.
This model won best civilian vehicle in Phoenix, 1983. I took the old monogram kit, totally tricked it out with full electrical, Headlights, tail lights, dash lights, a circuit to work the turn signals, front and rear, and have the indicators or the dash work as well. The horn button worked, I went all out! It had brake lights that operated off the brake pedal and a horn off the steering column.
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The interior was upholstered with maroon glove leather and the seats were button tufted. Maroon velvet served as the carpeting. All the gauges lit up and all the warning lights as well on the dash. The engine was fully wired, weathered, and that was very unique back then. I used everything I had learned in Aircraft, armor and ships to add to the realism of cars.
I mounted the car on a base which held the circuits and 14 D cell batteries. The switches that operated the electronics were at the side front. Click on photos to enlarge.
Some additional shots.
I pulled all of the old batteries out, 10 of ‘em, all 9 volt! The last time I put new batteries in this was when VLS was in Ofallon, before the split in ‘99. The headlights still worked! Everything worked perfectly, dash lights, head and tail lights, brake lights and turn signals. The horn worked too but sounded a little weird, probably because I had used a miniature speaker and the nine volt battery made it beep. Probably the speaker is about gone. I can’t even remember where I hid it.
Time lapse photography catches the turn signals and flashing lights on the dash, but, of course, you can’t see them blinking! Click on photos to enlarge.
If I was building this today, I would use a transformer and a wire with a plug. Back then I was taking it to shows where finding an outlet was difficult if your category was in the middle of the model room!
Next, This Heller 1/24th scale Paris Bus won a lot of trophies back in the day. I really detailed in out inside and outside.
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Then there is a Ford Cobra. I used a lot of brass and gave the fuel injected engine a lot of detail. I remember it won it’s share of awards back then. Click on photos to enlarge.
There is a story with this one. I had built the diorama, “Gas Pedal Stuck” to completion. I had my first Doberman and he was still a puppy. I had the dio sitting on a trash can waiting to be attached to the base. He came in, stood underneath the dio. I yelled for him to leave and he raised his head, toppled the dio and cars to the floor, and this engine was the only salvageable part left! I was pissed, but he had those great big sad puppy eyes, what the hell! Click on photos to enlarge.
This was a national winner, but the years have taken their toll. The decals have yellowed and silvered, but I don’t have the heart to pitch it!
Here’s another little street rod.
I have always liked motorcycles, and had one the vast majority of my life. I liked to build them and here is a model of one I owned. A Kawasaki Z-1, at the time, the fastest production motorcycle in the world! Click on photos to enlarge.
Next, I built a lot of the old Mercedes cars from the 30s and 40s. I always wished they made these in 1/35th. The maroon and Ivory one were the most used staff cars in the Reich, they were all painted black! Click on photos to enlarge.
Here is a 1/24th Mercedes 540K, a real classic! Click on photos to enlarge.
Way back then, even Susan entered the competition. She always liked model cars and could never get into military. Here is a 1/32nd MGTC she built in the 80s and won a first place in a model car contest! I coached her a bit, but if you know Susan, believe me, not very much! Click on photos to enlarge.
Here is a little Willys gasser from way back when.
This Tamiya 1/12th Porsche 911 Turbo won a lot of trophies back in the day!
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I had almost forgotten about this. It was only published in one model magazine in Japan back in ‘84 I think. I loved those old Mack Bulldog kits and I built this diorama around one. The figures were all I could find close to the scale back then. Believe me in those days the accessory market was a wasteland. I found these in the model railroad scale. They sucked but that was all there was!
I found whatever I could use to build this dio. I scratched the gas pumps and used the Sorry game playing pieces to finish them off. They worked! Click on photos to enlarge.
I had just discovered photo-etched brass. Nothing in our market, but it had been introduced in England in the model railroad market. I built my first PE tree here and thought It was sooooo cutting edge!
I hadn’t yet got into electric circuits, so I made a skylight so you could see the garage interior and the car being worked on.
More of those awesome PE leaves and grass! I was in heaven! Click on photos to enlarge.
And finally, a shot of the Mack truck!
These police dioramas were built in the early 80’s.
The first one is a police garage. The California Highway Patrol has just received their first pursuit traffic cruiser. The title is, “What if Chips had a Lamborghini Countach”?
I actually went to a Chips station in San Diego to photograph some reference for this. The idea for the Ford being covered with newspaper in order to repaint the recently repaired rear fenders was a result of the visit.Looking at agentg’s police vehicles, I thought I would pop mine on here. I have built quite a few over the years. This one was built in the early 80’s. Click on photos to enlarge.
All the figures are the 1/25th Verlinden, some modified and posed to fit the look! I really can’t remember where all the accessories came from, but the Lamborghini was Fujimi and the Taurus was AMT.
Here is a shot of the interior and engine after detailing and painting. Click on photos to enlarge.
The Honda 750 motorcycle was an ancient kit that I bought off somebody, don’t remember the brand, but it was hell to build and make to look like something.
This one is a traffic stop. This time the citizen has a Ferrari. The State patrol has a Camaro pursuit car. The scale is 1/16th. It was photographed on the parking lot of VLS when it was in O’Fallon, Missouri in 1991. I called it “Gas Pedal Stuck”. I only worked in uniform for a very short time in my police career. The majority as a detective. But this was the most common excuse I remember getting.
As this is a large scale, I took two 120mm figures of a Marine D.I. from Verlinden. Converted one to a state trooper, I sculpted a new hat, police equipment, gun, etc. Then the other one I converted into a “Cool Dude”. If you look at the break in the trousers of both figures at the shoes, you can see they began as the same. Click on photos to enlarge.
The stop sign and street signs are from scratch. If agentg is looking, notice the name of the street. Gravois is a main drag in St. Louis city. Click on photos to enlarge.
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September 3rd, 2011 by Bob Letterman
In case you are wondering what the SD means, it is Superdioramas. On this site, SD will precede the names of all four of the super-sized dioramas. The remainder can be found in “Old Dioramas”, various parts.
Immediately after I built Legacies the first time, I began thinking about my next one. It was 1987. I’m embarrassed to say this, but somebody had given me the old Matchbox kit of a Flower class Corvette sub hunter. No way I can remember who. Anyway, it had been laying around for some time, so I decided to make it the center of another “Superdiorama”. I remember the most difficult parts were the ship itself as that kit was absolutely horrible and wrong in just about every way possible. The other was the base itself. My wife Susan bought me a table saw that year for my birthday or it would never have been built.
I cut layers and layers of the dry dock sides to create the “Stair” effect. A pity I never took SBS photographs. Although in 1/72nd scale, the dio is the same size as the other “Superdioramas” BTW, I had that phrase copyrighted. The dimensions are 8 feet wide, (2.4 meters) by 4 feet wide, (1.3 meters).
I ended up only using the rear half of the hull. All else on the ship was scratched or heavily converted kit parts. I had picked up some reference books in a London book stall and decided as long as I had to scratch it anyway, I may as well convert it to the late war “Modified Flower” design. It has a totally different rake and shear than the older model and many upgrades.
The entire bridge is from scratch. I used the plans for Charlock 395, then have this the non-existent K-396 designation. The gun platform, the gun and the rocket rails were scratched.
Note the sides of the pit. That was so much fun
In the books and magazines this has appeared in, there has never been a shot of inside the “Wet Dock”. There are two more vessels, a torpedo boat and a rescue launch.
For the buildings, I scratched the wet dock canopy, the building underneath and the big crane. The smaller cranes were conversions from model RR cranes. See below. The one on the left is a completed and painted conversion. The right has yet to be detailed or painted.
The remaining buildings were extensive conversions of Kibri kits, IMO, the best buildings of all RR products.
Here are varied shots from various locations throughout the diorama. The color in this pic is terrible!
An added tale. When this was finished, I was having trouble blending the shades of artists oil for the water. Frustrated, I called my partner in Belgium. I have always said that Francois was the most color savvy modeler I ever knew. He is amazing. On the phone he told me what colors to mix together to paint the dark waters off the eastern coast of England. I did as instructed, then I located my reference photographs of the real area. Placing the photo next to the celluclay water I had just painted. I said to myself, Verlinden, you are amazing! It was an exact match. Perfect.
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September 3rd, 2011 by Bob Letterman
This is a recent photo of Legacies II taken by my good friend, Ken Jones. It gives the viewer an idea of the size of these large dioramas. Click on images to enlarge.
In case you are wondering what the SD means, it is Superdioramas. On this site, SD will precede the names of all four of the super-sized dioramas. The remainder can be found in “Old Dioramas”, various parts.
When I entered “The Winds of War” in competition in July, 1982, at the IPMS Nationals in St. Louis, Missouri, it created a stir that I never expected. Within a few months, there were articles in model magazines throughout Europe, Asia and America. Of course, I was really excited that many people liked my work. However, there were those that thought I could only build quantity, but not quality.
I set out to prove that wrong. During the following year, I built 52 models, (No dioramas), in every possible category. I entered all of them in the Phoenix, Arizona Nationals. I won several best of categories, many first place awards, but every single model at least placed!
Having put that to rest, I went back to what I liked to do, dioramas. I decided to do a smaller version of the “Winds of War” which was 4 feet by 8 feet. I decided to do one exactly half that size and truly focus on quality. It took a little over a year to complete. I worked harder on that one than I had ever done to that point. There was another reason for building it. Fine Scale Modeler had made me an offer to publish a book based on that one diorama. They also wanted to do articles on vehicles I had built. So, I was in a rush to complete it.
I had started Warwinds International, a mail order company, in my basement in 1983. By 1985, it had grown to the point, the basement no longer had sufficient space, and I began looking for a building. I had hooked up with Verlinden and Stok at the Atlanta Nationals in ‘85. I was distributing to all of America, Canada and South America. Then Fine Scale had some problems and cancelled all contracts to print books. In July, ‘85, I met Verlinden at the 1985 Indianapolis Nationals. He returned to St. Louis with me and spent a couple of weeks there. During that time, he had seen the progress on “Legacies”, I had told him about FSM canceling the book and he immediately asked me if Verlinden Publications could publish it. He had, up to this time, published the first three Verlinden Way books. I agreed and we set a deadline of December first, ‘85.
I had taken some in progress photos that would become lost over time, but here are the few I have left.
Who is that young 40 something sitting there with an Optivisor on his head???? You can see the base and I had started the stone wall. My little dog ate that wall a couple of weeks later when I had left the dio on the floor. Just one of those little setbacks we all know and love.
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In this B/W shot, some of the buildings are coming along and taking shape. The first version was set in Metz, France with George Patton was crossing the bridge canal in his custom M-20, and German P.O.W.s being marched to the rear lines. There was significant battle damage to the buildings and bridges.
This is a shot of the base with the buildings removed.
This is the beginning of the Bakery/Pub bi-level building. The next three photos show the SBS.
This is a little further along. Click on images to enlarge.
And this is the finished Patisserie on the upper floor and “Le Coq Hardi”, a French pub on the lower floor.
Here is the facade in progress of the cafe, “Cafe de la Paix”.
Back in the early 80s, I had been taking a lot of step by step pics as I built models. These were all taken in black & white as magazines back then only printed in black and white! (Hard to believe, isn’t it?). After the “Winds of War” my first huge diorama, had made a stir when it was on the cover of Fine Scale Modeler’s second issue, they had made me an offer to do other articles and to publish a book on my work. They had some internal problems, this was in ‘82-’83, and it didn’t work out. Not much later, I met my future partner and he suggested I let him do the book instead. I agreed and “Superdioramas” was the result. He was one of the first, if not the first, to print everything in color, so, I have hundreds of unpublished B&W photographs that have been in a box for over a quarter century.Click on images to enlarge.
The bridge is in 1/35th scale, but in real size, it stands almost two feet high, (610 mm). I built this in a similar process as I build most of my structures. I begin with a corrugated cardboard shape constructed with white glue. I buy my own sheets today, but, back then, I used boxes found at the rear of most grocery stores.
Here is the shape I created and the dimensions were as planned.
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Then I add the other shapes I want using wood and white glue. I also give it a veneer of matt board, available in art stores. This give the structure a strength that is unexpected. I have built these things as early as 1971 and they look today as they did back then. Click on photo to enlarge.
This photo shows how the “stones” are made. I take Hydrastone plaster and mix it to the texture of think paint. Then i draw horizontal lines on the mattboard to keep the stones level, and begin “painting” the stones. Some I give three coats, others four and five coats. That creates a realistic texture. I have began to make the RR track base on top. Click on photo to enlarge.
See another angle here. As you can see the arch stones have been added using Miliput epoxy putty shaped and then carved to simulate the texture of stones. Click on photo to enlarge.
With most of the stones complete, here is a shot of what it would look like from a human’s perspective. The trestle that has been blown was made of the PVC products Plastruct architectural shapes, a very useful product that I have used as far back as I can remember. I have used it to build factories and aircraft hangars.
This is a birds eye view showing the upper deck progressing. Click on photo to enlarge.
All finished, now I have given it a base coat of paint. A flat medium gray.
Side view. The fancy trim on the top is from a lumber store used for trimming woodwork. Just a bit of nostalgia. Note the stacks of VP products I was selling out of my basement at the time. The beginnings of The VLS Corporation.
Now, I am applying the weathering process. That begins with painting the stones about five shades of the base color. Then a raw umber “wash” using artists oils mixed with rectified turpentine. A complete coat of the mixture covers the model and then is cleaned off using a blotting method, leaving only the dirty color in the cracks and crevices. It also darkens all five colors of paint slightly. Then using a light gray, painted the area that had been blown away. A touch up using the dry brush very subtly adds visual texture. Then streaks are made from various colors of artists oils to simulate wear and tear over a century of use.
Another view. Click on photo to enlarge.
Still working on the top. Click on photo to enlarge.
Now with the tracks, fencing and RR signals, weathered and rusted girders added, It is finally complete. Click on photo to enlarge.
Finally finished, I prefer the human’s eye view. Click on photo to enlarge.
Here the bridge can be barely seen. Just follow the trestle and you can see the stone. This is on Legacies II after it was rebuilt into an intact bridge, erasing all the damage. Click on image to enlarge.
This photo shows the interior of the “Metropole” hotel. The top floor being Patton’s quarters with his valet in attendance. The third floor is the “War Room”, The second is a mezzanine, and the first floor lobby.
This photo shows the interior of the “Metropole” hotel. The top floor being Patton’s quarters with his valet in attendance. The third floor is the “War Room”, The second is a mezzanine, and the first floor lobby.
An overall shot of the diorama. Click on images to enlarge.
This is a photo of the German P.O.W.s being marched to the rear. Remember the time frame when this was built and there were only plastic figures from Tamiya, etc., and a few metal companies that produced WW II figures, such as Belgo. If I remember correctly, I could only find four German figures that could be altered to represent P.O.W.s. I used those four and altered them to the 17 figures in the column. Lots of converting!
Patton in his M-20. The figure was converted from a Tamiya Generals set. I converted him with a trench coat and worked with several photos to resculpt his face.
I always wanted to see a column of Shermans in miniature, and this gave me the chhance to do it!
In the summer of 1991, VLS moved to Lone Star Industrial Park to our new building I had built specifically for our needs. The movers inadvertently set the diorama on the sidewalk for about 4 hours in a 90 degree heat. The sun melted everything made of plastic, which, of course, included all the vehicles and most of the figures. Also plastic used in the structures and even the streets.
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After crying a lot, I went back to work rebuilding. I added another 50% of space to it, all new vehicles and figures, rebuilt all the buildings, walls and bridges, plus added another bridge and another building. I also made a far bank on the river with a WW I monument. I built a French river tug, sculpted a Doberman Pincher to go with the German policemen. It was also backdated from 1945 to 1940.
I replaced Patton with a German General in a Mercedes Staff car, also including the motorcycle escorts.
Here in this overall shot, you can see the additional 50% that was added to the previously square diorama.
The French Gendarmerie was converted to an employment office to recruit Frenchmen to work in the Reich. The POWs in the other version was replaced with a German infantry column ogling a French tart while being watched by a member of the SS security. The only figure to survive the nuclear holocaust was a figure I have always called “Pierre”. In the first version, I converted him from a Winston Churchill figure, added a beret, and made him a civilian. I used him in this one as well, he is on the far right, with the white coat, standing in front of the Cafe de la Paix.
This is a shot of one of my favorite angles of the diorama. The water in the canal was made using a flat surface, painting the edges with Matt 29 earth, (Humbrol), then cloud painting with French Artillery Green, also Humbrol. When dry, I gave it a heavy coat of polyurethane clear, then, finally, took a fine brush and painted in the ripples in the water with Humbrol clear!
The interior of the hotel was also remodeled. The top floor being the commanding general’s quarters, (The general and a “Friend” are in quarters! Third floor offices, the mezzanine with added stained glass windows made using a fine magic marker and transparent colored acrylic paint.
The “New” Legacies, called Legacies II, Twilight of the third, (French), Republic.
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