Some of the bits I scratch built. Most of the contents of the table and bench aren't scratched (I did do the paint tins and the mugs), likewise the engine (although improved). Spot the joke.
If it came down to putting a picture of Hitler anywhere it would have to be the loo. I couldn't bring myself to use one in the end, and substituted Charlie Chaplin.
The roofing is made from takeaway meal foil containers (sometimes you have to suffer for your art) shaped with my home-made corrugation die. That's about a weeks work for just the roof.
Being a reasonably competent carpenter, the frame of the hanger is as accurate as I believe it would have been. Even though it's only balsa, it's surprisingly strong. Spot the birds nest.
Italeri Kfz. 385 Tankwagen (Opel Blitz) – much altered.
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Rivet counters are advised to give this one a miss. You know it's only going to upset you.
I've been itching to scratch build something for quite some time now. I thoroughly enjoyed building my RAF hut last year. And as a cross section through a building shows more of it's contents, I wanted to try something similar, but on a grander scale. As I build quite a few Luftwaffe subjects I decided to build some sort of rough and ready field hanger based on a barn like structure that most competent chippies at the time would be able to cobble together relatively easily and quite quickly. After I'd already come to this decision I found something similar online which helped. rlm.at/cont/gal28_e.htm#Anfang
If some of the models look familiar, that's because this is more of a photo prop rather than a finished diorama. The models are all old builds and they will change over time. So you will be seeing this again in the future.
It's 1/48 scale and it took four months in total to build, but I was doing quite
