Topic: Hemble's other Custom's - German Armoured Train WWII 1:35 P198 02/04/2024

[hemble]

Hi All,

The asteroids have been made and just need painting, I used high density foam and used a pair of pliers to rip the foam apart until I got the look on the I liked. I then covered them in watered down spakfilla.

The back board is thick foam board with added foam board glued to the back for strength and stop it warping when the paint was applied. I sprayed the foam board with Matt black and once dry I then used Matt white and a piece I fly screen and sprayed the paint thru it to give me the start patterns. The board is 88cm L x 58cm H and once it is completed I will be hanging on my wall.

Ron

[hemble]

Hi All,

The asteroids have been painted using Vallejo's Beige Brown and then I gave them a wash using Games Workshop AGRAX Earthshade. Once dry I attached them to the base using skewers and superglue.

Ron

[hemble]

Hi All,

Almost on the home stretch on this dio. I have glued the ships in place and just waiting on the decals to arrive so I can add them to the Federation ship.

I also have to add phaser blast coming from the Federation ship hitting the Klingon ship on the top right wing. The damage on the Klingon wing was done using scarp plastic card and cotton wool.

Once I get the above mentioned things done I will post my usual outdoor pics.

Ron

[Tamer]

You can read my comments on the front page and I mean it!

Off to share bud.

[hemble]

You can read my comments on the front page and I mean it!

Off to share bud.

Thanks heaps Shawn and yeah I'm hoping to take out first place again, if I do that will be three years in a row.

Ron

[Tamer]

Sure seems like a sure winner to me.

[hemble]

Sure seems like a sure winner to me.

Thanks mate.

Ron

[ghostskull18]

Very cool!

[hemble]

Very cool!

Cheers mate.

Ron

[FialaFernbrugg]

It is great to see a new Trekkie dio.
Excellent work my friend as always.

[hemble]

It is great to see a new Trekkie dio.
Excellent work my friend as always.

Thanks heaps buddy and I'm doing another ST dio at the moment and will get WIP pics up soon.

Ron

[hemble]

Hi All,

While I'm waiting for the decals to arrive for the Trek dio I showed this week I decided to make a custom Federation ship for the comp.

The ship is a 1:650 scale Enterprise from Polar Lights, I made it into alternate variation of the Kelvin class starship that was is the STAR TREK remake with Chris Pine but did it in TOS design.

The difference is I didn't add the neck section going from the saucer section to the hull. I used the decals that came with the kit and just removed a number to make it NCC-170 and removed letters to make it the U.S.S. STERN.

I sprayed it matt black and then light Grey and once the decals were applied I gave it some weathering using pastel chalks.

Ron

[Tamer]

Very nice Ron. Off to share.

[hemble]

Very nice Ron. Off to share.

Thanks heaps Shawn.

Ron

[hemble]

Hi All,

Just completed another ST dio for the comp this weekend.

Galileo 2 shuttle - is an old AMT kit which I have had for over 20 years and I misplaced all the seats so that is why I blacked the windows and have a figure in the door way.

when I first got this kit my dad recrafted the rear thrusters so they had more depth to them by using plastic card and card board. The extra greeblies at the back I did using plastic card and the step on the left nacelle is also plastic card.  I was going to paint the shuttle completely white but after seeing photo's of other people's shuttle I decided to go with the grey and white two tone colour.

Figures - are from AIRFIX multipose 1/32 scale Bristish WW2 soldiers and I had to cut and sand the webbing, pockets, uniform and garters to get the smooth TOS uniform look.  I used putty to fill in gaps and fix the area where the belt was and also used putty to give them hair.

Base - is foam board glued together for strength and the ruins and floor were done using scrap pieces of high density foam. To give the dio another worldly look I used Woodland Scenics Olive Green foliage and lightly sprayed them using Tamiya's Flat Red.

The bright green grass tufts are from Army Painter and the equipment are pieces of WW2 German canisters and radio and the cord is an old ear phone cord.

I have also attached pics of the base to show what it looked liked before it was completed.

Ron