Hs-129 Diorama

[venom1]

Well lads, here's yet another I finished a while ago, was going to post it in the gallery, but thought it would be more appropriate here, so here goes.

This is the Revell 1/48 Hs-129, placed in what was my first decent attempt at a diorama. The kit was lovely and went together without a problem (IIRC). Figure and drums are from the Hasegawa Luftwaffe ground crew kit. Fuel cart is a resin after market jobbie, and I added some white stuff to tart it up a bit. Tarps are made from facial tissue and a water/white glue mix (I'm a big fan of this, and use it a lot!).

At this point in time I am still pleased as punch with it (its a couple of years old now), though I wouldn't mind a do-over on the painting and weathering of the drums and fuel cart. This dio was done well before I found this place and knew anything about realistic weathering! Truth be told tho, I am still really happy with it, and still get a kick out of looking at it in my cabinet.

Don't have any in progress pix of the plane, but I do have some of the base and cart. If anyone is keen for a gander, let me know and I will post them...

Anyway, 'nuff jibber-jabber. On with the pikchuz!! ;D















Hope y'all like it! Usual comments, questions and personal abuse more than welcome! ;D

Cheers,

Sam

[eastrock]

Looks great, Sam!!! the theme and the weathering spot on

[madairbrush]

This dio looks really great. Can you tell me, how you made these canvas covers?

[tobias5555]

Great plane, really a good job.

[Deleted]

Very nice indeed Sam, the tarps are really convincing . Great dio all round Bud

[TRM]

Great work Sam, executed very well!!! LOL...thought I was looking at water effects in the first picture....then I realized it was your table!!

[venom1]

Thanks for the feedback guys! Yeah, I am pretty happy with the tarps, and its great when it's such an easy thing to do!

Matt (madairbrush) - the tarps are made using boring old facial tissue and a 50/50 mix of white glue and water. In a nutshell, take a facial tissue and trim it to the size you require. Lay it out on something like a sheet of plastic or glass so it will be easy to pick up when it's wet. Mix up some white glue (PVA) and water in about a 50/50 mix, then wet the tissue all over until it is fully wet. Doesn't need to be dripping wet, but as long as the tissue has all become wet.

Pick it up with a couple of tweezers from two adjacent corners like you are lifting a laid out blanket up off the floor. You want to ensure the tissue does not fold over on itself. Drape the tissue in the general position where you want it on your model and then fine tune it by moving it around a bit with tweezers and a paintbrush. You will want to keep the amount of movement to a minimum, to minimize the chance of it tearing - it's pretty fragile!

Once it is in the position you want, let it dry (if it's not quite sitting down how you want, you can wet it further, and push down gently with a paintbrush, this will sharpen the folds and show some "weight" to the fabric). Once it is dry it will maintain its shape (thanks to the PVA) and is actually quite hard! You can now paint and weather to your hearts content! ;D

I usually make sure the model/dio is painted and the majority of the weathering done before I add my tarps. I paint it with a brush, and due to the great absorbancy of the facial tissue the paint flows through the tissue well. This helps when I get close to the edge, as I paint almost to the edge of the tissue, and then create a slightly thinner mix which I touch to the edge and the "thick wash" flows into the remaining tissue without any danger of me painting the finished model. Once painting is complete, you can weather it as normal to blend it in with the rest of the model/dio. Hope I explained it well enough!

When I am next doing a tarp, I will make an SBS and post it here, hopefully that will help clear things up a little!!

T - Thanks mate! That is water, it's one of those special floating islands they used in the war. Didn't you hear?? Just don't ask how they take off!!!

Cheers,

Sam

[venom1]

Ta lots '57, glad you like my lil ol' tarps!

I will definitely put an SBS together when I next do a tarp. Will probably do one for my little MiG-3, so as soon as I get a few other things sorted I will get back onto it. Tellin' ya, not enough hours in the day! For modelling, anyway.....

Cheers,

Sam