1/35 Japanese beach defense

[Piet]

WW2 Japanese beach defense section,

:hmmm Did not feel like plastic model building today ,but i had to do something...... so got the clay out,
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Coconut tree Logs made from air dry clay and use stapels to keep them together.

Everything behind the wall will be sand/coral this is just the part you see when you hit the beach.

:skipper lookig at the pics i forgot to make some battle damage

Some battle damage

 

[moon puppy]

Awesome! That looks fantastic Piet. How did you get the texture on the trunks?

 

[Sherman 18]

Fantastic!

 

[Arturius]

Awesome! That looks fantastic Piet. How did you get the texture on the trunks?

x2 :hmmm

 

[reconron]

That looks great Piet!


Gr,Ron.

 

[surfsup]

Beautifully done.....Cheers Mark

 

[Piet]

Real easy .

ldguy Al you need is clay or something like Miliput or any other kind of clay,

Rol a sausage,

Then place the back of the blade on the sausage and roll with the blade up and down (gently) and it goes by it self up the trunk .

 

[moon puppy]

That's so cool!

 

[Piet]

 

[moon puppy]

So what is your weapon of choice? What's the material you're using to fill in behind the palm trunks?

 

[Piet]

So what is your weapon of choice? What's the material you're using to fill in behind the palm trunks?

polystyrene foam board

Carved into shape and covered with air drying clay.

 

[jknaus]

Fantastic. The logs look so good and made so easy
James

 

[SA Dave]

Just absalutely awesome :coolio

 

[Swordsman]

Excellent work looks very good Piet ...

 

[Hippy Ed]

hmy: B) Very nice thar Piet!! :drinks

 

[lupanzer]

Excelent Piet...perfect!...congratulations

Luiz.

 

[Sherman 18]

THANK YOU for the SPS on the trunks!

I'm following and taking notes

 

[Iron Mike]

Somehow this got by me, fantastic work, Piet!

 

[Piet]

Somehow this got by me, fantastic work, Piet!

Thanks Mike,

Had to look thru the boxes......... and i still have it .
It cost me a $2,- pack of air drying clay to make

I just saw this a few days back

https://www.replikanttechnologies.com/es/dr-1-35-scale/120-japanese-bunker.html

 

[phantom II]

Well now that is very crafty . So simple

Cheers, Christian B)