Kristovich
Mongoose
Sgt. Brassones said:
Ohh! I can! "Normandy"!
Anyone can say "Pointe du Hoc"? The table really reminds me of said beach.
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Ohh! I can! "Normandy"!
Anyone can say "Pointe du Hoc"? The table really reminds me of said beach.
Kristovich
Mongoose
Well, to be honest I'm a WWII freak (not all to much knowledge though), and some people seems to have missed that the 2nd Rangers climbed the cliffs at the Pointe.
Anyhow, a few questions arises now. How did you do it? What material did you use and all that?
Anyhow, a few questions arises now. How did you do it? What material did you use and all that?
Kristovich said:
snap, been playing WW2 wargames for about 20 years and reading about since long before that
Ok here goes.
The trench network is cut out of expanded polystyrene tiles approx 20mm thick. This is then glued onto corru-flute plastic board (kind of like a corrugated plastic version of corrugated card board you see in made into boxes)
Holes are dug out of the polystyrene to make shell holes etc.
It’s then covered in glue and sand to give a texture.
The sand is then painted to the required colour, with the holes having a darker ink was to give more detailing
The trenches are lined with wood stirrers from star bucks and cut down lollypops then stained.
The main cliffs are made again from lengths of polystyrene, this time 3 inches thick and approx 14 long and 8 inches high. These are mounted on corru-flute boards you can then spray expanding foam onto what will become the cliff face and allow it to slowly slide down to make natural looking land slippage
The cliff face is then painted with textured paint to protect the expanded foam.
At no count use spray paint as this can melt the expanded foam.
Once dry then paint with black and slowly use lighter and lighter greys to pick out details. Adding some flocking here and there.
For the sea front at the bottom of the cliff I used builders sand and grit to give the effect of a shore line.
The entire table is then assembled.
The base board is chipboard with 12 8 inch long pieces of support wood, which aare bolted to the chipboard. The top (hand cut MDF board 6mm think) is then bolted on to the supporting struts.
The trench network then sits on this MDF board. When it is finished there will be magnetic card on the bottom to line up and hold the trench firmly in place.
The table packs down to 4 4x2 chipboards, 2 mdf boards and some supports (not quite flat pack but close) and easy fits into the back of the car. Takes about 40 minutes to assemble from scratch and slightly longer to dissemble
Took about 40-60 man hours to produce and still needs about another 20 to finish all the final touches
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Kristovich
Mongoose
20 years :shock: :!:
I'm not even that old!
Thatnks for the info though, might come in handy
I'm not even that old!
Thatnks for the info though, might come in handy
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