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| ====== WWII - French countryside ambush ====== | ====== WWII - French countryside ambush ====== |
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| {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:tile_both_edges.jpg?750|}} | {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:tiles_both_grass_no_trees.png?900|}} |
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| 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. |
| * 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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| <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> |
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| | Further layer of sand on areas which will be bare-earth: |
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| | <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 ==== |
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| | The entire board was given a coat of reddish-brown and the edges painted in black. |
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| | <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> |
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| | 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 ==== |
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| | 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. |
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| | <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 ==== |
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| | 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. |
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| | <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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