Cage Barriers & Alaska Wall Sections

[chris0423]

Hi All.

I while back before joining MSC I got a bit of a scratch building bug. These are homemade cage barriers (similar to HESCO Bastion cages) and Alaska wall sections. Hopefully a worthy contribution to MSC.

CAGE BARRIERS
I got my hands on some wire mesh fly-screen sections for the cages section and will use a combination of two types of fabric sticky plasters for the basket and top trim sections.


HESCO Bastion barrier


Fabric Plasters Make used


Fabric Plasters Types



Metal mesh applied to the ‘sticky’ side of the ‘strapping’, with the plaster cut and folded for the top trim. Note this will be done more accurately (this was just a trial)


Sprayed with Crylon ‘kaki’


First Sample, bent around my Accurate Armour Resin examples.


First Sample, bent around my Accurate Armour Resin examples.

I gave the mesh a quick rub with a bit of wet and dry to remove the paint.

The corners will have a ‘hinge’ detail applied on the next try.

Total time to do this, 5 minutes plus 5 minutes drying time for the Crylon.







Because I have left the top section open, i can them use whatever fill I want to match the rest of the diorama.


Some black slate chippings.











ALASKA WALL SECTIONS

Lazer cut plastic card, to get shape for master mould, with wet and dry on inner face to give concrete texture.




















Finished articles.

[406 Silverado]

Man that is some fantastic stuff. Thanks for posting the SBS on making both of these. Do you plan on selling the wall sections since you have a good mold ??!!

[chris0423]

Why thanks gents for the comments. You are so right Dicky, a little thought, a bit of trial and error and what a sense of achievement.

Scratchmod, to be honest, i have no intention on selling them as it can be a little time consuming and the margin would be so little to make them 'sell-able', it wouldn't be worth it from a commercial point of view.

However that said, if anyone wants some of the wall sections and where not in too much of a rush, I would be more than happy to accommodate, and all I would be looking would be to cover material and P&P.

Chris.

[multicam]

Ingenious and marvelously executed! Agreed, you should consider selling these

[chris0423]

I would be concerned that getting involved in a commercial sense would take the fun out of it, and just add another distraction to the ever growing list of things that restrict free time to do some modelling. I'll maybe start some casting up again, build up a bit of a stock.

Chris, I've been promising Joe for at least six months now, to get him a master of the cage barriers. Really need to do something about that.

One thing to note, is that the wire mesh in real world is a 'weld-wire', which looks a lot different to the 'woven' mesh I have used. A scale 'weld-wire' mesh is available, but it is to expensive if you need a few cages for your dio. From my point of view, I was more than happy to run with the difference.

Dicky, just give me a shout when your in need, and I can sort out. ( would take about 2 weeks, to give me time to cast and let them dry naturally before shipping. Tried force drying them in oven to speed up proces, and it made them to brittle).

Chris.

[spud]

hell ya ild be interested in some my self those are the bomb.

[chris0423]

Sure, anyone looking some, just send me a PM with what you are after and I'll sort out.

Chris.

[TRM]

Great work Chris!! Thanks for the SBS!!! Amazing stuff there!!!

[stevereid]

Chris-
nice work and IMHO you should definitely sell them!
I have a fair number of people asking for items appropriate for IRAQ/ Afghanistan dios. Those would fit the bill nicely and the proceeds would finance your next project.

Great SBS! Steve

[jackh]

Great work Chris, looks fabulous mate.