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--- blog:models:luftwaffe_latewar_display [2025/06/27 09:17] – [Lower Boards] john
+++ blog:models:luftwaffe_latewar_display [2025/07/13 20:56] (current) – [Workshop Equipment and Accessories] john
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 After having gained the experience of working on the [[blog:models:french_armour_display|WW2 French countryside ambush]] and [[blog:models:luftwaffe_display|WW2 German Airfield display]], the idea of a larger, multi-level diorama hosting several of the [[blog:models:military:index|advanced jets and rocket powered designs]] the German airforce was working on in the late stages of the war really appealed to me.
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 ===== Key Design Features =====
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 Next for the upper tiles are constructing the interior and exterior bunker doors and other detailing (radio mast? loudspeaker?), as well as wiring for the lights hanging from the bunker roof.
+Exterior hangar doors made from plasticard:
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+Interior lift/bunker door made from plasticard:
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+Exterior and interior doors fitted and extra weathering to bunker entrance, streaking, grime, rust etc:
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 ==== Lower Boards ====
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 The walls will need washing down and probably another coat of the dirty black/brown washing applying to get rid of the plaster dust. In hindsight I should have done the plaster base first, then the walls, then the painting of the walls. Oh well!
+Walls cleaned and some more dirty wash applied:
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+Applying several very thin washes of dirty brown to the concrete area, blotting most off using paper towels to leave a splotchy, patchy finish much more like real concrete:
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+Adding handrails around elevated walkways and gluing rails to the board:
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+Close-ups of the laser-cut drain covers added to the cut-outs in the concrete base:
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+Weathering effects added to the railings and elevated walkways to simulate rust streaks on the concrete walls:
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+Adding more rust effects to handrails:
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+Built a few drainage/water/coolant/fuel pipes using 3mm styrene rod and 4mm styrene tube. These will be painted and weathered and then glued to the walls:
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+Painted and rusted the pipes:
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+Built interior bunker/lift door from plasticard. Weathered using Vallejo "Rust, Stain & Streaking" acrylic set:
+{{:blog:models:displays:luftwaffe_base:img20250705154857.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:luftwaffe_base:img20250706083638.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:luftwaffe_base:img20250706090300.jpg?500|}} {{:blog:models:displays:luftwaffe_base:img20250706092125.jpg?500|}}
+Maintenance bay markings painted on concrete base:
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+==== Decals and Signs ====
+I sourced a number of images of vintage German propaganda posters and several warning signs based on real images and scaled them down to suit the dimensions of the display. I also found some cutaway diagrams of various later war fighter jets and used them as blueprints or technical drawings which might be used by the engineers on aircraft undergoing maintenance:
+They came out rather nicely at such a small size:
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+Propaganda posters were added to both upper and lower levels, and the technical drawings mainly added at one end of the display - where I plan to add a bunch of workshop machinery and tools:
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+There are a few more general purpose signs still needed; things like "No Entry", "Caution" and "No Smoking".
+==== Workshop Equipment and Accessories ====
+Added several sets of 1/72 scale fuel/oil drums from https://anyscalemodels.co.uk:
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+Ladders, access platforms and associated parts from 'Madworks', which can be found on various online shopping sites. There's a big range of these, so a lot of choice of heights, sizes, etc:
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+... and painted up with Vallejo acrylics - grey platforms with green handrails. A little bit of rust/weathering around the treaded areas:
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+==== Lighting & Wiring ====
+TBC
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