Amusing Hobby VK 1602

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I've made a base, using various bits of plywood, natural earth, white glue and a bit of clear glossy paint:

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Normally these types of road would be made from more naturally shaped logs and branches, but let's assume they came upon a large shipment of lumber to reinforce their field HQ :lol:

Yeah, the edges still need some cleanup and then a bit of neutral black paint.

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Nice base Philipp,

looks like you will be making a small hole on the shelf of doom ;)

Just the figures to finish then?

Have fun

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Ready to cross that finish line. Lets see the final results.

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Shawn, Steve, thank you!

It's been far too long again, so I should at least post some progress...In my defense, I did spend a weekend rebuilding my workbench - note the distinctive lack of clutter in the background :lol:

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I decided to break up the brown monotony of the base with a bit of melting snow, made from baking soda. Some of it turned a little yellow, so I had to fix that by adding more on top... The signpost was mostly scratchbuilt with thin plywood, a toothpick and whatever leftover decals and transfer letters I could find. From top to bottom: Stab GD (staff), HVP=Hauptverbandsplatz (forward-area field hospital), Instandsetzung (Maintenance).

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I think I'm done here :shock: :shock: :shock:

(please disregard the Soviet tankers having an orgy in the background) :lol:
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And it only took me....*looks at old photo timestamps* 8 years! :lol:

Proper gallery photos once the paint has dried and the camera battery is recharged :lol: I'm sure I'll also find some little things to touch up in the meantime.

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Nice job Philipp. The base looks really good too. :)

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Thank you Vincent, it was a fun build, even though it took a little long :lol:

Now let's finish that Soviet armoured sports car and maybe then I'll even start something new for the GB 8-)

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Nice to tick that one off Philipp, makes me feel guilty looking at my shelf of shame.... :(
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Adam Durrant wrote: 22 Oct 2021, 01:55 Nice to tick that one off Philipp, makes me feel guilty looking at my shelf of shame.... :(
I wish it was only a shelf :lol: :oops:

Boxes and boxes of nearly finished GB's, and hundreds of built and primed figures too :oops: :roll:

It might be a winter of catch up when Boris finally realises he is a complete nincompoop and puts some lockdown measures back into place.

We really are the "Sick Man of Europe"" at the moment!

50,000 new cases a day and rising!

Well done Philipp, leading by example, onto the next one?

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Thank you gentlemen :D

One down, way more than I could count at the moment to go... :? :lol:

This is about half of all my unfinished business:
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Steve, take care over there....I really can't quite fathom how that fudgeling snollygoster hasn't been booted from Downing Street yet... :evil:

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