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blog:models:french_armour_display [2025/04/29 16:50] – [Basic Tile Construction] 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 ======
  
-{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:tile_both_edges.jpg?750|}}+{{: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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    * Woodland Scenics bushes-foliage olive green (FC144)    * Woodland Scenics bushes-foliage olive green (FC144)
    * Evo-stick contact adhesive    * 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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 The entire board was given a coat of reddish-brown and the edges painted in black. The entire board was given a coat of reddish-brown and the edges painted in black.
  
-{{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250429095330.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:french_countryside:img20250429095342.jpg?500|}}+<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.
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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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