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Sergej I
Watching! Love the water bottle and even more smokes!

Christian
Thank you! The water bottle is from a Black Dog kit. I'm going to build one or two Ammo can's an add a M16 and a M60 as well. There will be two M134's for the doorgunner positions and two rocket pods as well.

Sergej I
Would prefer an M60 at the door, but minigun is also legit 👍 🙂
Great stuff, thanks for sharing, looking forward for more.

Christian
🙏 thank you so much Sergej!

Neil
Shaping up very nicely indeed. Will follow build 👍

Christian
Thank you Neil, I really appreciate that 💪

Dariusz Swiderski
Love the details! Already looking like an awesome build.

Christian
Thank you Dariusz, but there is absolute no progress since January 🥵
We're too busy by completing our new home.
But I can't wait to get back to modeling 🤩

Mr D
Hi Christian, looking good, bit more room for detail with a helicopter,
I just purchased the Zvezda mi-8 in 1:72.
I want to do a Chernobyl diorama in the winter, with Mi-8 dropping sand and boron on the damaged reactor.. they sell little 3d printed Chernobyl power stations on eBay.
Do you prepare the surface before gluing on PE ? Or just S-glue direct to plastic.?
Thanks for uploading... nice project 😀👍👍

Cristian A
Taking a seat. 😊

Christian
@Mr D Thank you man! I'm only degreasing the PE with brake assembly cleaner before gluing. The initial idea was to do a Vietnam Era diorama, with HH-53, AH-1 and UH-1. But that idea requires time to do modelling, so at the moment, sadly, there is no room for that. Maybe later that year.

@Cristian A, you're welcome Mate ✌️

CaptGPF
Taking a seat for the build!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Nathan Dempsey
👀 Following

Christian
Nathan, you're welcome ✌️

Erik Torp
What Nathan said!

Christian
Thank you guys for your interest!

David Liney
Following

James C
👀 👍

Treehugger
Looks like fun in 1:48. I considered creating an iterior for a Blackhawk 1:72 kit, but though it was all too small.

Christian
I really enjoy the process of dry fitting and reshaping. Can't imagine doing this in 1:72 🙈
I'm going to add a few rivets from HGW models too. So there is a long way to go….

Gareth Burge
Got in the stash...following with interest

Christian
Thank you Gareth!

Neil
Following 👍

CaptGPF
Ditto

Guy Rump
Following 👍

Nicolas
Following

AndreasK
Cockpit detailing finished and primed/RLM66
Started riveting with the new tool I bought at EME in Lingen

AndreasK
Ok, riveting is time-consuming but also relaxing. I gave the wing a wash to check the result. Looking good so far. I just hope that it will be still visible after paint job

DerMattes
Looks really good!

Tony Tonov
Very nice, taking a seat 👍

Alec K
Impressive cockpit, following 👍

CaptGPF
Obscene level of detailing at such a scale - Definitely following!

Skyhiker
Looks good so far. The wires are a nice touch.

Łukasz Gliński
Wow, what a cockpit!

J35J
Great progress!👍🏻

AndreasK
Made some progress on the small E381 fighter to be carried by the 234.

AndreasK
Finished the E381. Just some light panel line wash, no chipping or fading, as this was more or less a one-time flyer...

AndreasK
Today I began the painting process for the 234. Sprayed RLM66 on the canopy and also used this for preshading of the upperside. Preshading of the underside was done with Intermediate Blue. I tried these colours instead of the usual black to obtain less contrast to the base coats and make it blend better. Hopefully...

Alec K
Very nice progress 👍

Finn
Following

AndreasK
3 hours of masking the splinter camo. I hope I did not forget anything 😱

AndreasK
With the engine outlets and canopy frames done, painting comes to an end. Especially the latter was very tedious in terms of masking. But I am satisfied with the result 😃

AndreasK
Decals are on. Next step panel line wash to bring out all the rivets I made.

Alexander Grivonev
Geiles Ding, will den auch bauen👍 Great cockpit detailing!

AndreasK
I finished this model 🥳

Alec K
Very well done, congrats 👍

Skyhiker
Looks good. Nice one for your collection.

Łukasz Gliński
The finish is as excellent as the cockpit 👍

J35J
Looking great! 👍🏻

Nicolas
Congrats, the Arado looks great. 👍

CaptGPF
That camo work is wicked! Love it!

Jan Peters
Beautiful work! 👏🏻👏🏻

Guy Rump
Lovely job! 👍

Rui S
Beautiful Dio, well done 👍

V G
Thanks a lot Rui S! Much appreciated!

Guy Rump
Lovely dio, great job! 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Guy Rump
Great dio, congrats! 👍

Ignacio von Braun
A tope con el katiuska, muy bueno! Que tal esta de encajes?

Guy Rump
Interesting camouflage scheme, nice build. 👍

Jan Peters
Cool subject, great work so far, will be following this 👀

Cuajete
Me 2!... I also have a similar project in mind, which I hope to be able to carry out one day.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

William Joel
Tim - question - Did you cut out all the ballast ports or simply paint them black?
I too have 3 subs to build and I've seen the ballast ports cut out and others were simply painted black and then weathered.

Ben M
👀

Robert Podkoński
Watching too.

Cuajete
Wow... Me 3!

Shar Dipree
Watching

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Spanjaard
looking really interesting 🙂

M4A1
Thanks! Hope the result will meet your expectations. 🙂 Not the first D-Day project, but just my attempt to built a part of the Atlantikwall in Normandy during D-Day.

Rui S
This is going to be huge. I'm the first boat😉

M4A1
Added some pics of the construction of diorama base and the construction of the PAK gun.

M4A1
The roof parts of the bunker are dry fit.

M4A1
Added some pics of a couple of G.I.'s painted in the base color and the PAK gun which is constructed. Currently assembling some ranger figures and steel obstacles for on the beach. Try to minimize the amount of pics because I love to take lots of pics when working on a project. Also included a pic of the nameplate.

M4A1
Obviously the tyres on the PAK are not fitted the way they are supposed to be fitted. This is done for test purposes.

coporado
Great idea and nice Start, following!

Tini Hendriks
Very nice!

M4A1
The beach, dunes, trench and the German bunker are getting more and more to how I want them to be.

Rewop
Looks great.

coporado
Great progress

M4A1
I've painted the PAK in the dark yellow base color with the airbrush. First I painted it with grey primer, than with black paint and then dark yellow. I tried to do some preshading but that didn't really turned out as I hoped it would. Nevertheless I'm happy with how the PAK looks. I've also painted the details and now I'm doing chips. Washes and drybrushes will be done at the last step.

Simon Nagorsnik
a lot of work to do but look impressive 👍

M4A1
The first piece of barbed wire is finished. Hand made. Painted with Tamiya metallic grey. Still my favorite paint for steel, metal or iron.

Bruce Huxtable
The home-made barbed wire is very impressive. How many more metres to do...? It's coming together for sure 👍

Pepe
Muy buena pinta

M4A1
Thanks for the nice comments. I don't know how many metres of barbed wire I have to add, but it's quite alot. 😁

M4A1
And a little update. Worked on creating sand bags, placed the PAK gun in the bunker and closed the roof.
I've put sand and tufts of grass on the roof of the bunker. Also placed the first parts of barbed wire.

Rui S
Nice progress. Keep it coming 👍

M4A1
A few items of this project have been finished. I finished the German mortar crew and placed them in the dunes. I also added more barbed wire. The barbed wire obstacle is getting somewhere. Also finished painting the dead German that will be placed in the door of the bunker.

David Taylor
Just wow.

M4A1
Thanks David! The first American G.I. is finished. I'm quite happy with how he turned out.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
What a huge project. Awesome work so far! 👍
I think your figure painting skills are top notch.

M4A1
Thank you! Another German soldier is finished. This one might not be as good as the previous German and American G.I. but it's good enough for me. The only thing is that the strap on his rifle is a bit width.

Guy Rump
Looking great! 👍

M4A1
Thanks Guy! The 2nd American G.I. of the 29th ID is finished. I'm happy with the result.

M4A1
The 3rd American G.I. is finished. That makes this one the 9th completed figure of this project. As with the other figures I'm also happy with this one. Let's start working on the 10th. 🙂

Rui S
Impressive figure painting 👍

M4A1
Added some sand bags at the back of the pillbox and added the dead German in the door of pillbox. Also used a white drybrush to add depth and to make the damage to the concrete more visible. On the roof of the pillbox I put some camouflage netting.

M4A1
Added more self made camouflage netting on the roof of the pillbox.

Spanjaard
Nice!

coporado
Great progress here!

M4A1
Thanks guys!

M4A1
Thanks Karl! Add pics of another finished German. Will get it's place soon in the trench.

Rui S
Again, impressive figure painting 👍

M4A1
Thanks Rui! Nice to read. 🙂

M4A1
Sure I can share how I made the sandbags. No problem. I got it from a Dutch tutorial. Will translate it and send it to you.

I've placed the commanding German in the trench. Added a pic of that.

Spanjaard
add the link to the tutorial here, aub 😉

David Taylor
Figures look superb.

M4A1
Thanks for all the positive feedback. Started building seven years ago and never thought I would got this far. Many thanks goes out to a building buddy here in the Netherlands who taught me alot about figure painting.

Guy Rump
Your building buddy taught you well, the figures are excellent! 👍

Pietro De Angelis
Wow, amazing project, figures and dio,
can't wait to see it finished!

Mathias Decommere
This is a magnificent diorama! I love already every inch of it!

M4A1
Thank you Mathias and Pietro. Can't wait myself to see this project finished. By that time I've made more than enough barbed wire. 🙂

Munkyslut
What a fantastic dio!!! I'm more & more impressed every time I look👌

Marcin Snakowski
Good job. It looks very promising!
Using an airbrush, I would add some sandy color to the vegetation. It is now too distinct from the soil. In a similar way and with an oil wash, I would slightly differentiate the sand with darker shades here and there.

M4A1
Thanks guys! When I'll resume working on this project I'll take your suggestions in consideration.

M4A1
The first row of barbed wire runs from left to right in front of the bunker. Took alot of time to get there. I'm gonna add 2 more rows of barbed wire left of the bunker and in front of the trench right to the bunker. Also added the German mg gunner. Gonna add a opened ammo box and a belt of ammo running to the mg.

Doubtingmango
Love these huge projects!

M4A1
Huge it is. 🙂 Currently working on one more big project and after that I'm quite sure I'm done with huge projects. 🙂 Because of the amount of work that goes with it I kind of loose my motivation after a while. Fact remains that if a project like this gets completed you really have something.

M4A1
More barbed wire added. We're getting somewhere. 🙂

M4A1
Last figures are done. Finally, after four years. 🙂 Now I have to finish the base. The end of this project is starting to get in sight.

Mathias Decommere
Patience is key

M4A1
Absolutely. Fact is I shouldn't be working on so many projects at the same time. 🙂

Munkyslut
This is just getting better & better everytime you go near it…….. is your name Midas? Seriously impressed every time I check in👌👌

M4A1
Thank you very much for your compliment! Very nice to read. 🙂

M4A1
The barbed wire is still making good progress. Now working on the area in front of the trench.

Mr James
All that beautiful painting and weathering on the PAK and only the barrel to be seen 😉 Your figure painting on the uniforms is splendid. What a project 🙂

Holger Hubbes
Absolutely awesome

M4A1
Thank you guys! Yes James, in a way it's a pity that only the barrel of the PAK is visible, but I knew that when I started this project. I'm glad that producing and adding the barbed wire is reaching it's end. That took me way more time than I imagined.

CaptGPF
I agree with Mr James - your figures are always top notch! Curious to see how this turns out.

M4A1
Thank you!

M4A1
The final details have been done. Added bits of concrete blown off the bunker by shell fire and sand that got blown away by other shell fire. Next set of photos are from the end result. Coming soon.