Kelly's Heroes GB: "Business is Business" Diorama

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Thu Jan 01, 2015 7:14 pm

Kelly's Heroes GB: "Business is Business" Entry

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This is my entry in Kelly's Heroes GB. I'll be building a dio portraying the last scenes of the movie; American soldiers will be loading gold crates on top of a German truck in front of the Bank. Oddball will be close by with his new adquired Tiger I.

I'm going to start building the German Truck

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Mon Jan 26, 2015 6:31 pm

Kelly's Heroes GB: German Cargo Truck "Business is Business" Update 1

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As you can see the tools are included in this truck. However, I won't be using them.

They don't appear in the truck, so I will respect that. There are some other differences but I don't mind. Probably back in 1970 they were using trucks from the Yugoslavian army that they had at hand.

Nevertheless, I'll scratch build a similar canvas frame

I started building the chasis

I sanded the wheels to give them a used look

Obvioulsly, I didn't sand the spare wheel

I attacked the cabin...

Injection pin marks! Again!!

Putty Time

I'll be leaving that hatch in the open position

The cabin is done. I'll glue the roof after painting the interior

Almost there...

A box!!!

Done. Ready for the painting phase

Thanks for watching!! See you on the next update

FishBowlMan · Post by **FishBowlMan** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 5:12 pm

Great start, Felis.

You can't beat a cat in a box!

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 8:35 pm

FishBowlMan wrote:Great start, Felis.

You can't beat a cat in a box!

Thank you mate! That's right, nothing like a good old box

rodrant · Post by **rodrant** » Tue Jan 27, 2015 9:31 pm

Nice subject !
one of my childhood films that I remember ...fantastic the scene where the Shermans come out of the tunnel with the music , always remember that !

Nice build , and will follow this one closely .

Your cat is really funny , seems he liked the Box ...very nice !

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 2:18 pm

rodrant wrote:Nice subject !
one of my childhood films that I remember ...fantastic the scene where the Shermans come out of the tunnel with the music , always remember that !

Nice build , and will follow this one closely .

Your cat is really funny , seems he liked the Box ...very nice !

Thank you very much mate!

There's been some progress...

Kelly's Heroes GB - German Truck - "Business is Business" - Update 2

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I used iron wire to scratch-build the canvas frame

I recreated wooden planks with simple plastic

I airbrushed everything with black primer

Then I painted the cabin interior

I also added a dark oil wash

...and locked the cabin

I airbrushed the cargo with brown hues

I sealed the colours with matt varnish and then I sprayed the cargo with hairspray

I airbrushed the whole truck with German grey. There is a slight colour modulation

Then, I chipped the surface with an old brush and water.

I went on painting wheels

...and that's the result

Finally, I painted details

That's it. Now the truck is ready for weathering

Thanks for watching! See you soon

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 7:43 pm

Kelly's Heroes GB: "Business is Business" Update 3 & Opel Blitz Reveal

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I drew basic positions on a styrophoam base

These sticks are going to be the columns

The dio started getting bigger on its own volition

I cut doors and windows on white cardboard

I used cork for some elements

I started adding white clay on the pillars

White clay shrinks when dry, so I tried to avoid its pull with some home-made counter-weight

These styrophoam blocks helped against the same drying tension

It looks crude but it's just the skeleton of the building

It's going to need filing, further white clay additions and more filing...

So... let's file... It's going to be a long way

Let's finish the German truck: That's how it looks after adding decals and a Chicken Tit® dot filter

I went on with an oil dark wash

Windows got damaged due to my inexperience. Masking tape doesn't protect from turpentine (I learnt it the hard way) Don't panic though... I learnt a trick from Panzerman Bill

Wax polish solves everything!

I went on bleaching surfaces with light gray acrylics

I varied wood tones on the exposed surfaces

I had a happy accident: I sprayed matt varnish and it caused a chemical reaction with the wax polish. I removed varnish before it dried on the
wipers area and got a wiping effect for free

I enphasized metal edges once more

...and added some rust (this time there's no point in overdoing it)

I added some subtle grime streaks

I also added rust pigments on the exhaust

And finally I added dust which was later carefully scrubbed away with an old brush

License plates corners were "graphited"

...and "grimed"

And finally, I added some oil stains The truck is ready...

Opel Blitz Reveal

Time to work with the bank façade....

Thanks for watching

Hawkins6685 · Post by **Hawkins6685** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:12 pm

Absolutely fantastic build mate. I love kelly heroes. It's up there with my all time favourite war films. Looking forward to seeing rest of build.

P.s number plates wrong sorry sorry I know a bit rivet counterish but us some thing that would bug me I think.

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:25 pm

Hawkins6685 wrote:Absolutely fantastic build mate. I love kelly heroes. It's up there with my all time favourite war films. Looking forward to seeing rest of build.

P.s number plates wrong sorry sorry I know a bit rivet counterish but us some thing that would bug me I think.

LOL

No worries!! There are many things which are not correct in this truck; the one in the movie was not an Opel at all; windshield was divided, the canvas vertical frame was flat and there wasn't a cargo sign on top of the cabin!! But... It looks a littke bit like the one in the movie, and that's enough for me. Otherwise, I would spend too much time with those endeless details and I would neglect the rest of the dio: decisions, decisions, decisions... Life's short! and... time's gold!!! LOL

Cheers mate!

Hawkins6685 · Post by **Hawkins6685** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:38 pm

I was only jesting mate. It looks awesome can't wait to see what you do with the building and the figures.

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:49 pm

Hawkins6685 wrote:I was only jesting mate. It looks awesome can't wait to see what you do with the building and the figures.

Cheers mate!

LordFarnswaller · Post by **LordFarnswaller** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:56 pm

Looking awesome mate

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 10:47 pm

Thanks Paul!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:32 pm

Cooooooooooolllllll! Love the build idea

Great looking truck, awesome construction and weathering

This is going to be a sweet diorama

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Sat Apr 25, 2015 11:20 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote:Cooooooooooolllllll! Love the build idea
Great looking truck, awesome construction and weathering
This is going to be a sweet diorama

Thanks mate

I hope so! it's a difficult project

privatepete · Post by **privatepete** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 11:22 am

Hi can you please tell me if it is a graphite crayon you used and which one ? looks like a Pitt monochrome,and which one ie 3B,6B,9B,and so on thank you Pete

PS great build so far can't wait to see the end result.

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Tue Apr 28, 2015 3:11 pm

Thanks Pete

It's a PITT Graphite Pure 2900 HB FABER-CASTELL
Cheers!

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 3:08 pm

Kelly's Heroes GB "Business is Business" Update 4

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Arch-Challenge

We left it with my file collection

Sandpaper is useful too

Layer after layer... Mind your mojo!

and layer...

....after layer... Where's my mojo?!

Column details

These two blocks became templates

I dipped them inside plaster

and the resulting mould helped me with the main arch

That's it. I'll go on with the balcony and its columns...

Thanks for watching!

rcfanuk · Post by **rcfanuk** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 3:48 pm

Looking very nice

Steve

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 11:32 am

rcfanuk wrote:Looking very nice

Steve

Thank you Steve!

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Tue Jul 07, 2015 7:31 pm

Kelly's Heroes GB "Business is Business" Update 5

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A balcony & the seed of destruction

I emptied the styrofoam and added white clay stairs

I started giving shape to these columns

Upper column parts were left aside to dry

I retouched column bases defining shapes

These seams are going to help me with the balcony destruction

I filed the column bases

The dio kept growing...

...They have a will of their own...

I covered the cartboard with white clay

I also cut the railing using white cartboard

I used tiny cocktail sticks

I also modified the ground surface to include the truck "in" the dio

More filing.... :O

I also used cork for additional structures

..and covered everything with white clay

I carried out a final general filing....

Now the rest of the façade is waiting...

Thanks for watching!!

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:18 pm

Kelly's Heroes GB: "Business is Business" Update 6

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I added another structure to the balcony. I used cork

I had never used rubber paper before. So, I gave it a try...

Meticulous work is needed

Additional tiles were added

Ok. Let's work with the balcony...

I used cork to create thicker volumes

I created window arches with rubber paper

Loved this part! I had a lot of fun laying these tiles

I'm adding a thinned layer of white clay

I'm doing the same with the wall stone tiles

I applied a couple of layers. Once it dries it gets a whitish tone

Balcony details were modelled with white clay.

Now, don't froget to call the carpenter...

Thank for watching!

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 5:36 pm

Wow, that is awesome!!!

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:15 pm

Twokidsnosleep wrote:Wow, that is awesome!!!

Thank you mate

Oper8or · Post by **Oper8or** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 2:09 am

That is some amazing work! WOW.

Omi · Post by **Omi** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 11:25 am

Great skills sir

wappynutter · Post by **wappynutter** » Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:58 pm

Just gonna drop a handful of claps and bows here now Felis.....
You have mastered the art of Dio building in clay and cork for sure bud...
Well done so far..... I keep taking a look on YouTube at the marvellous work you are doing..

Well done again Sir...
Continued success...

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 5:19 pm

Thank you Andy!!!!!

rwsmith14 · Post by **rwsmith14** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 3:58 am

AMAZING !!!!

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 4:05 pm

rwsmith14 wrote:AMAZING !!!!

Thanks mate!

I'm still at it working with wood. Right now I'm filing, filing and filing

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 4:54 pm

Outrageously beautiful work Felis!
One of the most elaborate constructions for a dio I've ever seen.
Incredible work.

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 9:10 pm

Coen wrote:Outrageously beautiful work Felis!
One of the most elaborate constructions for a dio I've ever seen.
Incredible work.

Thank you Michael

You are too kind!
I'm still at it, nine months now...

It's startting to look more like an elephant's pregnancy

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 9:15 pm

Kelly's Heroes "Bank Scene" Carpentry

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Last week I teased a bit on Youtube; Right now I'm working with wooden frames for doors and windows...
Update 7 coming soon

Coen · Post by **Coen** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 9:33 pm

hansolo · Post by **hansolo** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 10:06 pm

Amazing work on that Bank!
It keeps getting better and better.

cheers

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 10:40 pm

Thank you guys! I'll try to speed it up

Post by **Twokidsnosleep** » Sat Sep 19, 2015 10:41 pm

Cool construction
I think you need to come and build my house

ForbesHutton · Post by **ForbesHutton** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 2:03 am

Twokidsnosleep wrote:Cool construction
I think you need to come and build my house

Get all the modellers together. Watch the building inspector's face when he sees all the stubs are styrene, you keep refer to your "two panzer garage" and you proudly point out "we used real dirt in the yard...".

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:24 am

ForbesHutton wrote:
Twokidsnosleep wrote:Cool construction
I think you need to come and build my house
Get all the modellers together. Watch the building inspector's face when he sees all the stubs are styrene, you keep refer to your "two panzer garage" and you proudly point out "we used real dirt in the yard...".

Lol

The inspector's face would pale even more if he saw the modeller's most trusted measuring tool

... the eyometer

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Fri Sep 25, 2015 7:01 pm

Kelly's Heroes GB "Business is Business" Update 7

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Carpentry

We left it here... Snowed landscape

Liam Gloan and Zampie gave me some clues for this carpentry phase

Instead of veneer I used brochette sticks for these boards.

They were already cut and I just had to worry about keeping an even surface

I used blue tag to correct uneven surfaces and white glue to fix everything

It went on...

...and on...

Done!

I sanded the floor a little bit

It looks better now

As Liam Gloan advised I added a stain coat

That's the result

Looks like a dancing room... I'll have to turn it into a bank office

Ok.. So I weathered it carefully with an abrassive sponge

Looking good....

I started working with the ground floor

That was easier

I repeated the same process...

More oak varnish...

and sanding

Done!

I started working with window frames

Some holes will be filled with more white clay

I used brochette sticks on angular frames and veneer on window arches

Looks fine

More veneer for that door frame

I had a lot of work covering seams with white clay

Edges need polish.. I'll let them dry and work on them later

More filing!

You know... Quite time consuming

Done!

I covered imperfections with white clay and painted it with woody colours.

Very important: Cover veneer with a varnish coat before staining it

Otherwise you'll get irregular stains

Base boards.. Almost there!

I used white glue again

Ugly seams and holes were covered with little pieces of veneer

More varnish....

A stain coat and we are ready to go

Why We Build

See you on the next update!

Novorus · Post by **Novorus** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 7:39 am

This has been a major project and is looking really good, enjoying it and can't wait to see more

felisbarcinonensis · Post by **felisbarcinonensis** » Sat Oct 31, 2015 9:29 am

Novorus wrote:This has been a major project and is looking really good, enjoying it and can't wait to see more

Thank you mate! Feedback is really appreciated

Right now I'm finishing my entry the Stug Life GB: http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 29&t=14762
I'll go on with Kelly's next week. Cheers!

Mylightweight · Post by **Mylightweight** » Wed Dec 02, 2015 2:25 pm

I love Kelly's Heroes and am loving this build, that's some awesome white clay work, well done

Warspite · Post by **Warspite** » Tue Dec 29, 2015 5:34 am

Your work is magnificent. I cannot wait to see your next posting. I just managed to purchase the Jaguar Models Kelly's Heros figure set. I would like to make something similar, the initial meeting between the Tiger commander and Kelly's gang. Would also like to do Oddball in the Tiger at the end of the movie.