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--- blog:models:luftwaffe_display [2025/05/11 18:31] – [Static Models] john
+++ blog:models:luftwaffe_display [2025/05/24 10:45] (current) – [Static Models] john
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 ====== WWII - German airfield ======
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+{{:blog:models:displays:airfield:german_airfield_bg_photo_added.png?1200|}}
-This is a display being planned to accommodate a small number of [[:blog:models:military:index|1/72 scale German fighter planes and ground staff]] at a small airfield.
+This is a display being built to accommodate a small number of [[:blog:models:military:index|1/72 scale German fighter planes and ground staff]] at a small airfield.
 The models includes:
-   * [[:blog:military:models_bf_109g56|Messcherschmitt BF109 G-5]] fighter
+   * [[:blog:military:models_bf_109g56|Messcherschmitt BF109 G-5]] fighter + Pilot
-   * [[:blog:military:models_bf_109g56|Messcherschmitt BF109 G-6]] fighter
+   * [[:blog:military:models_bf_109g56|Messcherschmitt BF109 G-6]] fighter + Pilot
    * [[:blog:military:models_fw_190_f8|Focke Wulf FW 190 F-8]] ground attack fighter
    * [[:blog:military:models_me_410|Messcherschmitt Me410 A1/U4]] heavy / ground attack fighter
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    * [[:blog:military:models_german_mortar_crew|German MG42 squad]]
    * [[:blog:military:models_battlefield_buildings|Guard tower and checkpoint]]
+   * [[blog:military:models_flak_36_37|88mm FlaK 36/37 emplacement]]
 ===== Materials =====
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 ==== Static Models ====
-   * Guard Hut & Barrier
+   * [[blog:military:models_battlefield_buildings|Guard Hut & Barrier]]
-   * Observation Tower
+   * [[blog:military:models_battlefield_buildings|Observation Tower]]
-   * 88mm FlaK 36/37 emplacement
+   * [[blog:military:models_flak_36_37|88mm FlaK 36/37 emplacement]]
    * Chain-link security fencing to rear and left
 === Guard Hut & Barrier ===
+The observation tower is a straight build of the parts included in the [[blog:military:models_battlefield_buildings|kit]].
+The barrier was masked to allow the alternating red/white sections to be painted. Paints used:
+   * Vallejo Xpress Colour - Wasteland Brown (hut)
+   * Vallejo Xpress Colour - Lizard Green (hut)
+   * Vallejo Game Colour - Beasty Brown (barrier supports)
+   * Vallejo Game Colour - Gunmetal (barrier supports details)
+   * AK Interactive 3rd Gen - White (barrier)
+   * AK Interactive 3rd Gen - Dirty Red (barrier)
 {{:blog:models:displays:airfield:img20250511142300.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:airfield:img20250511192855.jpg?500|}}
+----
 === Observation Tower ===
+The observation tower is a straight build of the parts included in the [[blog:military:models_battlefield_buildings|kit]].
+Paints used:
+   * Vallejo Xpress Colour - Wasteland Brown
+   * Vallejo Xpress Colour - Lizard Green
+The contrast paints work well to give a more natural, uneven finish to the wood.
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+----
 === FlaK Emplacement ===
+The anti-aircraft gun was built straight from the [[blog:military:models_flak_36_37|kit]].
+Paints used:
+   * Vallejo Surface Primer - Grey
+----
 === Security Fence ===
+The security fence / chain-link fence / barbed wire fence is a small kit from [[https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/commodorestudiomodelrailway|Commodore Studio]] a seller on Ebay who specialises in model railway scenics:
+{{:blog:models:displays:airfield:fence_kit.jpg?200|}}
+It includes:
+   * Laser cut plywood posts and gates
+   * Wire mesh for the chain-link fence
+   * Spool of wire for the barbed-wire
+Paints used:
+   * Vallejo Surface Primer - Grey (posts)
+   * Vallejo Game Colour - Tinny Tin (drybrush on chainlink fence)
+{{:blog:models:displays:airfield:img20250513205042.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:airfield:img20250514202755.jpg?500|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:airfield:img20250514202803.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:airfield:img20250514202822.jpg?500|}}
+**[May 24th 2025]** - Finished security fence:
+{{:blog:models:displays:airfield:img20250524113828.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:airfield:img20250524113839.jpg?500|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:airfield:img20250524113851.jpg?500|}}
+Now that is complete, it's time to move on to figures, loose bits of scenery, storage, and other parts that make it look like a working airfield.
+===== Added Background Artwork =====
+Background artwork is a royalty free landscape image I found via Google and then cropped to the right ratio. I knew for this display I wanted something that was //mostly// sky, but still had a horizon that was just about the ground level of the scenery tiles to give an impression of distance.
+I had it printed by https://www.scribescolourprint.co.uk/, along with [[blog:dioramas|few more for other dioramas]]. Price was reasonable, the turn around was quick, and the quality is more than good enough to be used as a background image for the diorama.
+Master image was 3200x760 pixels, which matches the aspect ratio of the Ikea Billy shelves (approx 76cm x 16cm) that this display is on.
+{{:blog:models:displays:airfield:img20250514090632.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:airfield:img20250514090640.jpg?500|}}
+{{:blog:models:displays:airfield:german_airfield_bg_photo_added.png?1200|}}
 ===== Finished Display =====