Red Beach 1 (2 Viewers)

[Horus]

Steve

 

[Guy]

great diorama Steve, do you have a picture of the entire diorama ??
guy

 

[Horus]

great diorama Steve, do you have a picture of the entire diorama ??
guy

Thanks !
Sorry Guy what you see is, what there is as yet. Awaiting reinforcements as Andy releases them !

Steve

 

[King & Country]

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Steve

Congrats Steve,
That's one helluva scene!!! I can almost hear the machine guns opening up and the bullets flying...Very, very well done.
You 'do' our figures proud!
Thankyou,
Andy.

 

[Larry Allen]

As in the "Rising Sun" in the morning (Yes, pun intended) or the changing of the tides, you produce one incredible display after another.

I like the way you kept the USMC hugging the Amtracks and seeking out shell craters ... {sm3}

You can feel the anxiety and fear of those poor guys struggling to be ANYWHERE other than where they are. :redface2:

ONCE again ..really well done.

--- LaRRy

 

[Sentaapua]

Fantastic display Steve! You can feel the intensity of the fighting and the tension, as well as the despair! :salute::

 

[mestell]

Steve, I have always enjoyed viewing the many dioramas and photos that you post everyday on this forum . . . . I particularly like this one very much and is perhaps my favorite so far of all you have done . . .
:smile2: Mike

 

[wwiibuff]

Awesome scene

 

[29 Let's Go]

Outstanding !

Steve

 

[Normandy1944]

Fantastic! Well done Mate




Harrie

 

[TomNT]

Awesome scene Steve, well done mate.

Tom

 

[Horus]

Congrats Steve,
That's one helluva scene!!! I can almost hear the machine guns opening up and the bullets flying...Very, very well done.
You 'do' our figures proud!
Thankyou,
Andy.

Thanks very much Andy and look forward to doing many more scenes with your the USMC ! It's one Helluva series ! :salute::
Steve

As in the "Rising Sun" in the morning (Yes, pun intended) or the changing of the tides, you produce one incredible display after another.

I like the way you kept the USMC hugging the Amtracks and seeking out shell craters ... {sm3}

You can feel the anxiety and fear of those poor guys struggling to be ANYWHERE other than where they are. :redface2:

ONCE again ..really well done.

--- LaRRy

Cheers Larry, I'm starting to have problems with my hat size now with all your comments !{sm4}
Steve

Fantastic display Steve! You can feel the intensity of the fighting and the tension, as well as the despair! :salute::

Thank you for the kind words !
Steve

Steve, I have always enjoyed viewing the many dioramas and photos that you post everyday on this forum . . . . I particularly like this one very much and is perhaps my favorite so far of all you have done . . .
:smile2: Mike

Thanks for the words and encouragement mate !
Steve

Awesome scene

Thank you
Steve

Outstanding !

Steve

Cheers !
Steve

Fantastic! Well done Mate����������




Harrie������

Thanks Harrie but still lagging behind the detail of your Tarawa scene !
Steve

Awesome scene Steve, well done mate.

Tom

Cheers Tom, again not up to your standard but inching my way towards it !
Steve

 

[uksubs]

Really nice , the Lvt4 really make the diorama for me

 

[Larry Allen]

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Steve

Morning Steve, I have been meaning to ask you about the sand in your realistic dioramas.
It looks perfect for the scale and the conditions of a Pacific Island beach scene.

Guildford looks to be about 60-70 miles (or 96-112 KM) from the ocean, or the Channel.

So my question is, ... is that ocean sand, gravel pit sand, child's play box sand or something of your own creation?
The impurities and debris looks so natural with the K&C USMC figures.

Many Thanks
--- LaRRy

 

[Horus]

Morning Steve, I have been meaning to ask you about the sand in your realistic dioramas.
It looks perfect for the scale and the conditions of a Pacific Island beach scene.

Guildford looks to be about 60-70 miles (or 96-112 KM) from the ocean, or the Channel.

So my question is, ... is that ocean sand, gravel pit sand, child's play box sand or something of your own creation?
The impurities and debris looks so natural with the K&C USMC figures.

Many Thanks
--- LaRRy

Hi Larry, thanks, Guildford is about 40 miles from coast, though that's mostly pebbles and the sand I have was just a bag from a B&Q (Home Depot) a few years back I think it was.
Now I remember the sand in Carmel looked like it was nearly White, which would look great, but I guess California is a little far for a day trip from Maine !
I've heard of people using really fine sawdust and dyeing it with paint and then drying it out. But that sounds like a lot of faffying about. Maybe someone else will come up with a solution to this one Larry !

Steve

 

[Mike97]

{bravo}}{bravo}} simply awesome work!

 

[Larry Allen]

Hi Larry, thanks, Guildford is about 40 miles from coast, though that's mostly pebbles and the sand I have was just a bag from a B&Q (Home Depot) a few years back I think it was.
Now I remember the sand in Carmel looked like it was nearly White, which would look great, but I guess California is a little far for a day trip from Maine !
I've heard of people using really fine sawdust and dyeing it with paint and then drying it out. But that sounds like a lot of faffying about. Maybe someone else will come up with a solution to this one Larry !

Steve

Thanks Steve,
I have a "TON" of different sources of sand at my choosing, but they makes me a bit nervous to use.

** I live right on the ocean so the beach sand is obviously available. It comes in many various textures depending on the beach or cove I go to. However, my fear is ... will the sea salt damage the paint or the metal of the figures.

** The same with the road salt. With the harsh winters here, the road crews use tons and tons of sand to cover the roads after and ice or snow storm. Right now, there must be enough in front of my house to fill a Olympic swimming pool. However, same issue. They mix salt with the sand.

** Child's play box sand is safe, but it looks to pure. (I suppose :rolleyes2: I could buy that and dirty it up)

** I know you can buy "Hobby sand" but the cost for a large diorama might be an issue. I have a "Pacific Island" diorama under way but it is about 7 feet long and 24 - 30 inches wide (at the moment)

Any suggestions from the Desert Diorama folks?

--- LaRRy

 

[Horus]

Thanks Steve,
I have a "TON" of different sources of sand at my choosing, but they makes me a bit nervous to use.

** I live right on the ocean so the beach sand is obviously available. It comes in many various textures depending on the beach or cove I go to. However, my fear is ... will the sea salt damage the paint or the metal of the figures.

** The same with the road salt. With the harsh winters here, the road crews use tons and tons of sand to cover the roads after and ice or snow storm. Right now, there must be enough in front of my house to fill a Olympic swimming pool. However, same issue. They mix salt with the sand.

** Child's play box sand is safe, but it looks to pure. (I suppose :rolleyes2: I could buy that and dirty it up)

** I know you can buy "Hobby sand" but the cost for a large diorama might be an issue. I have a "Pacific Island" diorama under way but it is about 7 feet long and 24 - 30 inches wide (at the moment)

Any suggestions from the Desert Diorama folks?

--- LaRRy

Depending on how much you are willing to pay on ground cover you could consider some of the model railway type scatter material or JG Miniatures do this :
http://www.jgminiatures.com/collections/scenic/S46F-plastic-sand

Steve

 

[Warrior]

** I live right on the ocean so the beach sand is obviously available. It comes in many various textures depending on the beach or cove I go to. However, my fear is ... will the sea salt damage the paint or the metal of the figures.

Will the sea salt damage the paint or the metal of the figures?

How is going to damage the metal if the figure is painted?

Are you going to bury the entire figure in the sand or just cover the base?

Depends where you get the sand from; if you scoop up a bucket of sand when you are up to your knees in sea water, then that sand would have a lot of sea salt in it.

If you go to the FAR end of the beach (you know, the OPPOSITE end of where the ocean is) and dig down say a foot or two, the sand you scoop up will have a low concentration of sea salt in it.

You could always wash your sand too there Larry, try running it through your dishwasher a couple of dozen times, that should do the trick.

Honestly, I wouldn't lie awake at night worrying that the paint on your figures is getting eaten away by sea salt.

IF that were to happen, but the time it does, you'll be sitting at a table dressed in white shooting the **** with my Dad......................:wink2:

 

[mikemiller1955]

I have used sand in permanent dioramas...
but I pilfer it in a round of golf from the bunkers...
never had a problem with it...