1/30 foam building (1 Viewer)
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Louis Badolato
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Alex, did you scratch build that? If so, you are amazing!! That building rocks!!
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That's amazing Alexdakar.
When I last saw your building 'in the pink' I got keen and drove off to check some local stores that sell foam but got confused over the different colors and thicknesses etc. I couldn't see any pink foam but noticed some black foam about the same thickness that seemed ok. But I didn't buy it before getting some more info from you and others. Well, you can imagine the looks I'd get if I asked the hardware store guy if the black foam was ok for making toy buildings.
Can you please tell me the exact thickness of the foam you use and what density rating it has - if there is such a thing.
When I last saw your building 'in the pink' I got keen and drove off to check some local stores that sell foam but got confused over the different colors and thicknesses etc. I couldn't see any pink foam but noticed some black foam about the same thickness that seemed ok. But I didn't buy it before getting some more info from you and others. Well, you can imagine the looks I'd get if I asked the hardware store guy if the black foam was ok for making toy buildings.
Can you please tell me the exact thickness of the foam you use and what density rating it has - if there is such a thing.
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WOW!! Great job and its also nice to see a WWII building that isn,t destroyed because that gets old after awile and most of the destroyed buildings that i see never look quite right or complete most of the time. Its very refreshing to see a whole building. After seeing most WWII dioramas you,d think that there was not a single building left standing after the war.
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Alex,
Excellent workmanship. I could see this expanded into a four-sided interior square of some public building complex in Austria or perhaps Germany. I am sure it would take a considerable amount of space but I remember the movie about the Austrian horses that had scenes where the Patton's armour came to the rescue before the Russians could get them showing such a square. I think it is they are the Lizipan Stalions (yeah I know, I can't spell worth a tinkers ****). The scene did not have tanks in it, but one could imagine them arriving to occupy the city sometime in the spring of 1945.
Perhaps you might think about smaller versions to create a street scene. Michael
Excellent workmanship. I could see this expanded into a four-sided interior square of some public building complex in Austria or perhaps Germany. I am sure it would take a considerable amount of space but I remember the movie about the Austrian horses that had scenes where the Patton's armour came to the rescue before the Russians could get them showing such a square. I think it is they are the Lizipan Stalions (yeah I know, I can't spell worth a tinkers ****). The scene did not have tanks in it, but one could imagine them arriving to occupy the city sometime in the spring of 1945.
Perhaps you might think about smaller versions to create a street scene. Michael
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Alexdakar said:
Looks good. What is a foam building? Is it a kit?
fishead19690
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I should let alex explain his work for himself but, the foam is wall insulation foam like you would use to insulate a basement concrete wall with. It comes in blue and pink in the usa and can be purchased in big sheets at home depot or other hardware type stores and comes in different thicknes from 1/2in to I think to 2in. you can use it to make landscapes buildings ect. ect.. They have a special foam cutter that can be used for cutting it and you can also use a rasp, file, wire brush and other things to get textures that look like rocks dirt hills ect. Its not that hard to work with to do land scape and rocks but I still havn,t tried to do any buildings. lots of fun to work with but it makes a mess and is very static prone and will stick to you when rasping it to make landscapes. Also watch out what kind of paints you put on it becuase some spray paints will melt the stuff, use acrilic paints. You can prime your work with gesso which is the stuff they use to pre prime a canvas before they begin to paint I know some guys use black gesso on there work. you can buy it in any craft or art store. I,m no expert on this stuff but this is what i,ve found out about this stuff so far. If you know any one who works construction they may be able to get you all the foam you need for free. every now and then i,ll end up on a job site that has this stuff as insulation in the basement and the stuff is every where. It makes for great bum warmer in the winter on a cold job siteMorbshock said:
If you do get any I,d suggest the 1/2in it can be glued together if you need it thicker. 5min.epoxy or elmers glue work but again watch what you put on this stuff for glue also because certain chemicals melt the stuff.
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Here are a couple of photos of what I did with my limited foam skills. The trees are just branches off a tree i found in the woods the grass and bushes are twiggs that i stuck in the foam and some kind of moss from a craft store, rail road grass and dirt i glued on and the tall grass pieces are from a wicker type of grass broom I got at a craft store. I just cut off the ends and stuck it in the foam. The rocks I made by filing the foam and for the dirt part I just used a wire brush to get a texture.
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