What we do in life, echoes for all eternity
Ambulance kit - step 1-3: base and engine
Diorama: First half
Diorama: Gate glued in
Diorama: base halves together
Ambulance kit - step 4: undercarriage
SPOILER: DO NOT ATTACH H11 and H25 (it will make the chain no longer fit...had to take it out when starting with my chainlink.. was annoying)
SPOILER: DO NOT ATTACH H11 and H25 (it will make the chain no longer fit...had to take it out when starting with my chainlink.. was annoying)
Ambulance kit - step 5: wheel base
Ambulance kit step 6: motor hood
(The diorama looks like a workshop haha)
(The diorama looks like a workshop haha)
Ambulance kit step 7: cab
(Darn that was complicated)
SPOILER: Do not glue on the back of the cab.. will block your work going further
(Darn that was complicated)
SPOILER: Do not glue on the back of the cab.. will block your work going further
Diorama: magnetized the roofs and putty to smooth them
Diorama: obligatory phone pole (plans for it later) and example of roofs on
Ambulance kit step 8: cab getting put together (and starting on the color)
Ambulance kit step 9: cab almost completed.. so the color should start to be decided ?
Ambulance kit step 10 and 11: putting some details on it
Painting what I have and experimenting on the colors.
Truck will be German grey with white details. While the 'cargo' will be white to represent the ambulance.
Roof was painted with a brick color I had. Dirtied up with some redbrown then washed with sepia
Truck will be German grey with white details. While the 'cargo' will be white to represent the ambulance.
Roof was painted with a brick color I had. Dirtied up with some redbrown then washed with sepia
Ambulance kit - step 12: tank threads
Ambulance kit - step 13: starting on the medical cell
Ambulance kit - step 14: medical cell cupboards
Ambulance kit - step 15: medical cell backdoor
Ambulance kit - step 16-17-18: medical cell side Left
Ambulance kit - step 19-20: medical cell side Right
Ambulance kit - step 23-24 medical cell coming together...
Starting on the models, while filling in the gaps on the diorama
Started painting on the ambulance
Test fitting positions of models (officer checking papers)
Adding lighting (day test)
Adding lighting (night test)
Adding lighting (night test other side)
Painting ambulance parts
Test Paint of wall colors
Diorama: Painting the walls and cobblestones
Diorama: Painting the walls underlayer
Diorama: Painting the walls
Diorama: Painting the rooms
Diorama: Testing out with the roof
Diorama: Testing position of ambulance
Kommentit
19 27 January 2023, 11:02
OlivierImage n°2 is upside-down.
Plenty of potential here.
I shall keep looking.
12 February 2023, 13:33
Ruben GoethalsI'm just a beginner with big ideas, thanks for the encouragement 😅
12 February 2023, 16:57
Tasmo CavalcadeSteady progress. Good idea for the roofs, so it can be done, with and without. Keep on going. 👍
22 February 2023, 17:42
Christoph KunzLooking good so far.
But I think you should remove all those "Nuppsies" on the Miniart walls.
24 March 2023, 12:47
Ruben GoethalsThanks Christoph! My dad pointed it out as well.. thinking about how to do it, but the when is to be seen.. 😅
24 March 2023, 21:03
Bruce HuxtableI'm liking the overal composition of your creation, Ruben. A sharp scalpel will remove those small projections (possibly on the cobbles too), so don't stress about them. The roofs look great, so I'm looking forward to how you build up colours on the walls, etc. Did you check out the How To videos on the Mini-Art website? Good luck with the next steps in this interesting project.
19 April 2023, 12:58
Ruben GoethalsHi Bruce, thanks! No I did not, and probably should have 😅 This project has been a serious process of (self)realisation.
I look some stuff up... try stuff out... fail, I mean 'learn how not to' and soldier on.. I have a clear view of how I want it to end (not perfect, not masterclass, but "real"...) and I do this during the moments I find the time and inspiration. I really don't like the painting part of the hobby, but I'm at a point where I need to if I want to continue building haha. but at least I'm getting somewhere..
I took out most of the small "nuppsies" as suggested by my father and Christoph, and started working on filling gaps with Tamiya putty (love the product), so my diorama base is getting form
19 April 2023, 13:08
AlexanderVery inspiring concept and background.
Great work on the dio so far! 👍 Looking forward to future progress. 🙂
15 August 2023, 12:49
Album info
This is a project I'm working on, because my father is an avid modeller.
With this (timeless) project, I'm trying to spend more time with him, sharing a hobby and connecting together again.
While this will probably be a never-ending work, I do want to log my process, since I do like to model (but hate to paint).
The idea that was formed based on my profession as a ER-nurse: a farm that is being re-used as a "Feldlazarett". Because not all warriors fight with their weapons. I want to show that some of us do what we can with the limits we are bound to, crossing all other differences. An ambulance is being used as a "first aid post" while the rest of the resources are coming in. But so are the victims of an seemingly endless war...
Thank you all for the support and hints, they are greatly appreciated!
