Monte Cassino. (1 Viewer)

[Warrior]

"Thanks
I did it from the scratch. It is made of plasterboard and Epoxy Mortar.

Harrie"

Superb work, terrific scratch build. You do great work
Harrie...........

 

[Wraith]

Excellent work Harrie, you're modelling skills are first class. I look forward to seeing this progress. Please keep us posted.

Simon

 

[theBaron]

As strange as it may sound, I found at the local Petsmart large Roman stone pillars in different size assortments for my Italian Dios.The size is fantastic and they are usually on sale for at least 30% off, if not more.For Example

Another good place to get Greek/Roman columns is Michael's. They carry Wilton cake decorating supplies, including white styrene columns, used for making multi-tiered cakes. They come four to a pack, in a couple of different sizes, and I think the most expensive pack is no more than $8. You'd have to distress them, to make them look worn, and the capitals are the plain style-is that the Ionic?-but you can glue and paint them with any modeling glues and paints, you can cut them. I even sliced them lengthwise for a little Brandenburg Gate that I built for my Schneider figures.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Normandy1944]

He is ready to paint

Harrie

 

[Kiwi]

Nice one Harrie! I especially like the statue. Some years ago I visited the Monastry at Monte Cassino as my great uncle had fought there for the NZ army, and I was struck by the following:
1) The size of the 'hill' is enormous and I don't wonder at why the allies lost so many taking it. It really is a mountain.
2) The view is an extemely commanding 270deg and I no longer wonder why the allies didn't just simply bypass it on the way up Italy.
3) The number of different nationalities and the number and size of the various war cemetaries, especially at the top near the monastry itself - one of the biggest was the Polish cemetary.
4) The Monastry - its huge! If you want to build a great diorama, you can't go past a wide open couyrtyard lined on both sides by holy statues such as yours. Some of the statues survived the bombing and are still standing where they did before the war, but they are very heavily pock-marked by schrapnel and gunfire. FYI they also stand about twice the height of our K&C - plinth included. The stone of the Monastry itself is whitish-sandstone and very pale.

You are off to a good start and I wish you well with your dio.

Cheers

Kiwi

 

[Normandy1944]

Harrie

 

[Wraith]

Brilliant Harrie!

Great build and paintwork. Just the rest of Cassino to do now....

Simon

 

[Louis Badolato]

AWESOME!!!!!

 

[fmethorst]

Looking good Harrie!

 

[Alexdakar]

That looks sooo cool!

 

[amhuff1]

looks great

 

[hoogri]

harry it looks great
what do I have a great collection group


richard .

 

[Rob]

Excellent work Harrie,looks very good indeed.

Rob

 

[Jagdpanther]

Neat where did you get the building?

 

[JPB]

Nice

JPB

 

[Normandy1944]

Neat where did you get the building?

Thanks everybody
I did it from the scratch. It is made of plasterboard and Epoxy Mortar.

Harrie

 

[nmrocks]

Thanks everybody
I did it from the scratch. It is made of plasterboard and Epoxy Mortar.

Harrie

Really superior job Harrie, of course the key feature of Monte Cassino is the rubble, do you plan to add that as well?
Ray

 

[debrito]

Excellent work, good job.

 

[Normandy1944]

Really superior job Harrie, of course the key feature of Monte Cassino is the rubble, do you plan to add that as well?
Ray

Tanks Ray

yes I use a lot of rubble

And I'm working on another building of Custom Dioramics

Harrie

 

[Normandy1944]

I would love to see Fallschirmjägers with a Pak 40

I can use that one
for my Monte Cassino Dio!

Harrie