tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468757974079920304.post7981829600889275655..comments2024-03-25T14:31:26.370-04:00Comments on Anton's Wargame Blog: To the Blue Foam Beyond Part IIa revetments & duckboardsAnton Ryzbakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07844552779982758219noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468757974079920304.post-63273048776124738962012-03-02T15:28:40.607-05:002012-03-02T15:28:40.607-05:00Alfrik,
BTW you have a great site, I am add...Alfrik, <br /><br /> BTW you have a great site, I am adding you to my list.Anton Ryzbakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844552779982758219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468757974079920304.post-28752812612897286612012-03-02T15:26:11.145-05:002012-03-02T15:26:11.145-05:00Alfrik,
That looks great, and is FAR cheaper tha...Alfrik, <br /><br />That looks great, and is FAR cheaper than balsa/basswood. I have bought popsicle sticks from the arts and crafts store but it never occurred to me to use wooden stirring sticks (in my defense, in this neck of the woods everybody uses the plastic ones - which have their own modelling applications). I will have to stop by the local coffee supply house to see if they stock them.Anton Ryzbakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844552779982758219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468757974079920304.post-59643551522682706872012-03-02T09:23:20.936-05:002012-03-02T09:23:20.936-05:00Restraunt supply stores sell boxes of wooden coffe...Restraunt supply stores sell boxes of wooden coffee stir sticks that are terrific for 28mm scale or large planking for 1/72nd scale, very cheap also. I get mine from a chain of stores called Smare & Final. Here's a link to my blog with a building made from those stir sticks :<br /><br />http://armoredink.blogspot.com/2009/02/trees-made-easy.htmlAlfrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06442592658588328724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468757974079920304.post-14198088390480548502012-02-29T07:08:46.070-05:002012-02-29T07:08:46.070-05:00Rodger,
With more time and money so would I,...Rodger, <br /><br /> With more time and money so would I, the big thing holding me back is that I built a six-inch-long section using balsa; it took nearly three hours of work (admittedly it was a prototype so if I decided to go that route things would speed up), there is more than sixteen feet of trench on the boards, the time commitment would run into midsummer. I also did some "back-of-a-postcard" calculations on the balsa and it comes to, roughly, 170 sticks of 36"x1/8"x1/16" for the revetments and duckboards and another nine sticks of 36"x1/16"x1/16" for posts etc. At local retail prices that is about sixty dollars US. I am trying to do this project on the cheap as it is a very limited-use bit of terrain. So far I am into it for about US$15.00 for glue & paint etc. <br /><br /> I really would prefer to go all out modelling this but I just don't have it in me. "Good-Enough" is going to have to be the path that I follow.Anton Ryzbakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844552779982758219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468757974079920304.post-62422348430301992502012-02-29T03:47:47.796-05:002012-02-29T03:47:47.796-05:00Looks pretty good in the photos. Me, I would proba...Looks pretty good in the photos. Me, I would probably do it the hard way with balsa.I am really enjoying watching the progress of this project.Rodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447816347472085277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8468757974079920304.post-69651076665401191272012-02-28T18:30:10.638-05:002012-02-28T18:30:10.638-05:00That's really looking great. Can't wait to...That's really looking great. Can't wait to see the finished product.TrunkMonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17405767557776817739noreply@blogger.com