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blog:models:french_armour_display [2025/04/27 17:16] – [Planning the layout] johnblog:models:french_armour_display [2025/05/01 21:51] (current) – [WWII - French countryside ambush] john
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 ====== WWII - French countryside ambush ====== ====== WWII - French countryside ambush ======
  
-image 1 image 2+{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:tiles_both_grass_no_trees.png?900|}}
  
 This display is intended to house a German armoured column moving through the French countryside in WWII, with an ambush set up by Allied (British and US) forces. This display is intended to house a German armoured column moving through the French countryside in WWII, with an ambush set up by Allied (British and US) forces.
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    * Fine sand    * Fine sand
    * Polyfilla / spackle    * Polyfilla / spackle
 +   * Woodland Scenics tree armatures 
 +         * 3-5“ Deciduous set (TR1122) 
 +         * 2-3” Deciduous set (TR1121) 
 +   * Woodland Scenics clump-foliage medium green (FC683) 
 +   * Woodland Scenics bushes-foliage olive green (FC144) 
 +   * Evo-stick contact adhesive 
 +   * [[https://www.wwscenics.com/product-category/static-grass/4mm-layering-grass/|WWS static grass]] 
 +      * 2mm North Europe 
 +      * 4mm North Europe 
 +      * 4mm Patchy 
 +      * 6mm Dead 
 +   * [[https://www.rivalcrafts.co.uk/store/Stone-Powder-Golden-Brown-p268625149|Rivalcrafts]] stone powder - golden brown
 ===== Building the boards ===== ===== Building the boards =====
  
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 Both designs feature a T-junction, with a partially destroyed building on one corner - a perfect place for one of the Sherman tanks to wait, with another of the Allied vehicles waiting further up the adjoining road, as the German column advanced from upper left to lower right. Both designs feature a T-junction, with a partially destroyed building on one corner - a perfect place for one of the Sherman tanks to wait, with another of the Allied vehicles waiting further up the adjoining road, as the German column advanced from upper left to lower right.
 +
 +==== Basic Tile Construction ====
  
 Basic shapes of left and right tiles: Basic shapes of left and right tiles:
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 <imgcaption plan_8|Left tile covered with glue, paper and sand added to road bed.>{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250427162651.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption plan_9|Right tile covered with glue, paper and sand added to road bed.>{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250427162659.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption plan_8|Left tile covered with glue, paper and sand added to road bed.>{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250427162651.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption plan_9|Right tile covered with glue, paper and sand added to road bed.>{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250427162659.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
  
 +Further layer of sand on areas which will be bare-earth:
  
 +<imgcaption plan_10:Extra layer of sand.>{{:blog:models:img20250428202635.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption plan_11:Extra layer of sand.>{{:blog:models:img20250428202645.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
 ==== Painting & Weathering ==== ==== Painting & Weathering ====
  
 +The entire board was given a coat of reddish-brown and the edges painted in black.
  
 +<imgcaption painting_1|First coat of brown primer.>{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250429095330.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption painting_2|First coat of brown primer.>{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250429095342.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
  
 +A layer of rock powder was added to cover the road and edges of the hedgerows (as can be seen on the **grass** images, below) and give a more natural texture/colour than the sand base. 
 ==== Grass ==== ==== Grass ====
  
 +Grass is a blend/series of layers of [[https://www.wwscenics.com/|WWS]] 2mm, 4mm and 6mm. Mainly the **Northern Europe** colour (2mm and 4mm), but a small amount of **Patchy** and **Dead** (4mm and 6mm) added to break it up. Grass along the edge of the road is **Patchy** and **Dead**.
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 +Between each layer the previous layer was roughly flattened/roughed up before it dried so that it looked a bit more natural.
 +
 +<imgcaption down_hill|Looking down from the hill.>{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250501204748.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
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 +<imgcaption lane_close|Looking along the road - direction of German column.>{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250501204813.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption> <imgcaption lane_far|>{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250501204833.jpg?500|}}</imgcaption>
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 +<imgcaption grass_no_trees_no_walls|Grass on near side of tiles - still far side to do.>{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:tiles_both_grass_no_trees.png?900|}}</imgcaption>
 ==== Shrubs & Hedges ==== ==== Shrubs & Hedges ====
  
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 ==== Trees ==== ==== Trees ====
  
 +I made two sets of trees - both containing mixtures of the 2-3" and 3-5" Woodland scenics sets. One set is painted with a grey/brown, almost like a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betula_pendula|Silver Birch]] with the olive green clump-foliage, the other is a more common lighter brown with the medium green bushes-foliage. 
  
 +<imgcaption trees_1|First phase of tree building.>{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250429163059.jpg?600|}}</imgcaption>
 ===== Finished Display ===== ===== Finished Display =====
  
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