Small RAF Display (1 Viewer)

[whdamon]

A couple photos from a 1 day dispaly our club set up at the Bradley Air Museum recently, titled "Churchill visits a forward RAF field"

Next photo also shows an old Verlinden resin bust of Churchill that I painted in artist oils over an acrylic undercoat. Kind of adds to the eyecandy of the display. Also note the old Marx metal flag I took from the spares box and repainted as a RAF flag. I get a lot of milage from some of these old Marx accessories by repainting and using as fill in or background pieces to add some interest to the scene.

I use felt sprinkled over with railroad lanscaping mixes of various earth colors for the groundwork. Makes the set up and tear down and cleanup very fast and easy

Enjoy
Walt DAmon

 

[wayne556517]

Very good mate small but effective.

 

[TomB]

A couple photos from a 1 day dispaly our club set up at the Bradley Air Museum recently, titled "Churchill visits a forward RAF field"

Next photo also shows an old Verlinden resin bust of Churchill that I painted in artist oils over an acrylic undercoat. Kind of adds to the eyecandy of the display. Also note the old Marx metal flag I took from the spares box and repainted as a RAF flag. I get a lot of milage from some of these old Marx accessories by repainting and using as fill in or background pieces to add some interest to the scene.

I use felt sprinkled over with railroad lanscaping mixes of various earth colors for the groundwork. Makes the set up and tear down and cleanup very fast and easy

Enjoy
Walt DAmon

Very well presented display....you have a very good variety of RAF personnel .....the Churchill bust is impressive...cheers TomB

 

[TomB]

Very well presented display....you have a very good variety of RAF personnel .....the Churchill bust is impressive...cheers TomB

Forgot to add...do you have any photo's of the museum aircraft ?...TomB

 

[Mitch]

Very nice display of RAF items and a great use of the Churchill figure. The Bust is also nicely done. I like these bust and have a few from a variety of manufacturers to do
Mitch

 

[Guy]

Very nice and clever set up . Love the use of stuff from different mnfrs in one and the same dio
guy:smile2:

 

[WesternOutlaw]

Very nice dio. This is my favorite shot:

Great Winston figure and with the tent and truck - makes for an excellent scene.

 

[whdamon]

Thanks all for your kind words about the display, especially the smaller details. One detail I always try to add is a dog or two. I always seem to get comments about the dogs more times than not when people stop to look and have something to ask or say about the pieces. I would encourage K&C to continue to add dogs to their future releases. They may be a small item in a set physically but a big item in adding interest to our displays and collections. How do the rest of you feel about the adding of animals to the sets in the future??

 

[Cyber Field Marshall]

Excellent diorama, those RAF sets look super posed together. One of the best series K&C makes. Still lots of pieces to be made such as a firetruck, maybe some nurses, AA guns etc. Like the flag! ^&cool

 

[Poppo]

Very nice scene!

 

[mr colt 45]

Very nice little dio. I am from Connecticut and have been to the Bradley Air Museum. It is a great place to visit. It would be nice if someone would submite some photos. "Mr Cot 45"

 

[glossman]

Hi Walt,

An outstanding display with a good impact. It is certainly a very effective illustration of a Battle of Britain theme without the inclusion of aircraft and nissen hut.

Thanks, Raymond.

 

[whdamon]

http://http://www.neam.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1151

Try this link to see photos of the aircraft collection at the New England Air Museum. (Also known unofficially as the Bradley air museum

Hoping my first attempt at a link works. If not goggle New England air museum and look under "what's here" then collections
Walt Damon.

 

[TomB]

http://http://www.neam.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1151

Try this link to see photos of the aircraft collection at the New England Air Museum. (Also known unofficially as the Bradley air museum

Hoping my first attempt at a link works. If not goggle New England air museum and look under "what's here" then collections
Walt Damon.

The link works fine..thanks...awsume aircraft collection.....the Skywarrior and the Granville Bros very unstable aircraft, would be pretty unique to most Air Museums...thanks for the link...I will now return to the link and have a real good look at the aircraft...TomB

 

[whdamon]

SOme replies to this old post when it was published made note of the Winston Churchill bust I had painted and added to the display. Find below some better photos of the old boy and one of few that is owed so much. both painted by me in Artist oils over an acrylic under coat............posed with some K&C RAF figures which I have a real passion for, and am looking for more releases to add to my collection.

Walt Damon

 

[zblang]

Beautiful job! I envy the talent of so many members here!