Idle Hands

I have a touch of Delhi Belly at the moment, so production has slowed in some areas. and increased in others! In my off time last night I did whip up a little piece of scenery, that has been inspired by a couple of fellow bloggers, first up Tidders of http://ww2tanksalot.blogspot.com/ who has been doing some tidy work of the old Hasegawa Checkpoint kit, and Tim from http://megablitzandmore.blogspot.com/ who commented on the handy but rarely wargame useful trailer that comes with the Airfix M3 Halftrack.

So thinking I should construct some scenery which I had not done for awhile, and use up some of the trailers, and fuel drums I decided on a simple fuel dump. First up I started with a piece of vinyl floor tile for the base. I like this material as its easy to score and cut, paint, cheap and does not warp. Next I placed the items around and glued them with PVA.

After drying I then gave the whole stand a spray of paint to seal in the goodness. A quick slap of paint on the individual items, and ready for flocking.

Basecoat of PVA and the flock is sprinkled on. I then painted up a trailer out of the stash into a what I hope is generic scheme. Generic because like all scenery I would like it to cover a few periods and countries.

After drying I added a few clumps of long grass to break up the ground.

Completed stand.

I am quite pleased with this as I have used up some stuff that has been lying around for a while now.

I think I may make a ammunition or stores dump next while I am in the mood and off the throne.

Model on!