Modelmaking Misadventures: The Ascenscion Island Chronicles.

[Andy in Germany]

I'm (rather slowly) building up a stock of buildings and props for 28mm Skirmish games, mostly based around the 1920's/30s and using "Pulp Alley" rules or similar.



I tend to use card in bulk quantities, and "found" or "Strategically relocated" bits and pieces...



This is partly because for work related reasons, I spend weekdays in a tiny apartment near Freiburg, some 200km away from the family in Stuttgart. As a result the modelmaking bench needs to be fairly small and uncomplicated.

Recently Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) were enthusiastically digging up the railway line between these cities, leaving my stranded. In search of a quick project I dug up a rather battered "models of Yesteryear" Rolls Royce for an upcoming project with the Elder Son...



After some use of a powered drill on the rivets, this fell apart...



...and a fter a fair amount of indecision and a few disasters I'll gloss over here, I finally panted it in a less respectable style:



Most of my tabletop games are set in 1937 on the Island of Ascension, in a slightly different timeline from our own, so this car will have certainly seen better days, hence the moderately heavy weathering.



There will be some further modificaitons added, but that's good for now. I can use it on the table and get on with the next project on the list. A few years back I built a "control tower" for the airfield;



And I think it's high time this was joined by an aeroplane...

[beefcake]

Very nice. Love the seating on the car.

[Tom Dulski]

 The control tower looks great.

[has.been]

And I think it's high time this was joined by an aeroplane...

Nah!
Just lay lots of cotton wool out & say it's too foggy. 

Great work by the way.

[Andy in Germany]

Thanks for the comments...

Nah!
Just lay lots of cotton wool out & say it's too foggy. 

Great work by the way.

Thanks.

I've wanted to try and make a plane from card since I saw the one built by @tin shed gamer a few years back, so it's on the "to do" list.

The control tower looks great.

Thanks. It's one of the most fun in a game because it has an interior so I can use it for all kinds of stories.

Very nice. Love the seating on the car.

It's been described as "Bordello Crimson" elsewhere...