Author Topic: Buying the farm - 6mm Cold War scenery project ( 29-9-2019 Machine Shop) (Read 7412 times)

Gunbird · « **on:** November 28, 2018, 12:59:21 PM »

For the future release of Battlegroup Northag I'm going with 6mm. With my current limited finances and hand(icap) this scale will get the most bang for my limited bucks.

As always, I prefer to start off with a bit of scenery. I've chosen a Dutch/German farm, with sheds, cowpens, and all other things you see around a farm around here. It will base it on plasticcard squares (of possibly varying sizes) so I can mix and match. Not that this will happen soon as I've only just ordered a few bits from Leven and I don't expect those soon, so I've started making stuff to add to the bases. First up, a container trailes used for storage of stuff.

Heroics and Ross 20 feet container, and 2 rear axles from 2 Heroics and Ross Bedford trucks. A broken drillbit for the leg and some plasticcard for the front end.

And with a paintjob it now looks like this:

Remember, what you are looking at is 20mm long

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #1 on:** November 28, 2018, 01:36:27 PM »

Nice work.

madman · « **Reply #2 on:** November 29, 2018, 02:10:48 AM »

That aging is perfect. Techniques please!

IgnatiusO · « **Reply #3 on:** November 29, 2018, 03:50:13 AM »

Really lovely work on the trailer! can't wait to see more.

von Lucky · « **Reply #4 on:** November 29, 2018, 07:32:36 AM »

Yeah, that's pretty special. Will you have animals too?

Gunbird · « **Reply #5 on:** November 29, 2018, 08:56:42 AM »

Quote from: von Lucky on November 29, 2018, 07:32:36 AM

Yeah, that's pretty special. Will you have animals too?

None planned atm, no.

grant · « **Reply #6 on:** November 30, 2018, 08:34:23 PM »

Beautiful work. Always up for more 6mm stuff! Keep, um, trucking!

Gunbird · « **Reply #7 on:** December 01, 2018, 12:58:14 AM »

A bit more scratchbuilding, to make something almost all farms need. Started off with a 20mm spare fueltank and 2 StuGIV roadwheels as the base. 6mm scale.

von Lucky · « **Reply #8 on:** December 01, 2018, 07:31:08 AM »

Lovely! (I spent many summers on a farm in northern Germany - this thread is definitely smelling like it.)

Ultravanillasmurf · « **Reply #9 on:** December 01, 2018, 08:10:00 AM »

Nice model.

Gunbird · « **Reply #10 on:** December 03, 2018, 12:55:17 PM »

Had a spare hour so painted the little stinker...

Now to wait for the farm scenery toarrive, to modify it and put this little fellar in his final place.

Dr DeAth · « **Reply #11 on:** December 03, 2018, 01:24:34 PM »

Outstanding! All that detail in such a small piece

smirnoff · « **Reply #12 on:** December 03, 2018, 04:40:44 PM »

Lovely work

Gunbird · « **Reply #13 on:** December 10, 2018, 09:55:05 AM »

My Leven order arrived so I can get cracking on the buildings of the farm. As I was used to in the past, very well cast, only 2 minor flaws spotted....the storage tanks have some missing stairs detail and the large buildings have a noticeable sag in the back and front.....but nothing impossible to fix/ignore. Slippery litte fellars though, a good scrub with hot soapy water didn't do a whole lot, and 2 good soaks in degreaser did ok-ish.

Size wise they will work out fine with what I have sofar.

Of course, I can't really make anything as is, so these will be converted as well in many, many ways....

Gunbird · « **Reply #14 on:** December 13, 2018, 12:58:08 AM »

Decided I needed some more stuff to scatter beside the farm buildings.

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