Telephone poles as found in the Ardennes, circa 1944-45
09-17-2010, 09:57 PM
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Telephone poles as found in the Ardennes, circa 1944-45
Next up in my occasional series of cheap and cheerful battlefield props: 
Real simple one for you:
Get a bag of 4 "Smorstix" Marshmallow roasting sticks next time you are in your local grocery store (in my case Kroger, price $1.99). Failing that 1/4" wooden dowel rod will work - its rather skinny when you scale it back up but it looks ok and costs ~$1 per pole, so just hang in there with me
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Cut them off at 46cm (18") long (roughly 22ft @ 1/16 scale is 40cm, I've added another couple of inches for pushing into the ground), and cut the first tie at 22mm long. Drill and pin the first tie - I'm using paper clips as a source of wire for this - as shown, secure it all with a dab of superglue. Drill and pin the tops together, dab superglue as necessary. Cut the 2nd tie to suit, and drill and pin, superglue blah blah.
You should now have something like this:
Now lightly sand off any excess glue, as this will show up in the next operation otherwise...
Apply a couple of coats (1 day apart) of dark wood stain. Bend some panel pins to form the wire connections - but don't use the ones I used, because they are crap and break when you bend them. Drill holes for them, rather than hammering them in, to avoid splitting your handy work.
You now have this (well, minus the 21st Centuary 1/18 Panther anyway...):
Happy Tanking!
Mart
Real simple one for you:
Get a bag of 4 "Smorstix" Marshmallow roasting sticks next time you are in your local grocery store (in my case Kroger, price $1.99). Failing that 1/4" wooden dowel rod will work - its rather skinny when you scale it back up but it looks ok and costs ~$1 per pole, so just hang in there with me
? Cut them off at 46cm (18") long (roughly 22ft @ 1/16 scale is 40cm, I've added another couple of inches for pushing into the ground), and cut the first tie at 22mm long. Drill and pin the first tie - I'm using paper clips as a source of wire for this - as shown, secure it all with a dab of superglue. Drill and pin the tops together, dab superglue as necessary. Cut the 2nd tie to suit, and drill and pin, superglue blah blah.
You should now have something like this:
Now lightly sand off any excess glue, as this will show up in the next operation otherwise...
Apply a couple of coats (1 day apart) of dark wood stain. Bend some panel pins to form the wire connections - but don't use the ones I used, because they are crap and break when you bend them. Drill holes for them, rather than hammering them in, to avoid splitting your handy work.
You now have this (well, minus the 21st Centuary 1/18 Panther anyway...):
Happy Tanking!
Mart
09-17-2010, 10:13 PM
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RE: Telephone poles as found in the Ardennes, circa 1944-45
Oh now that is great!!!
It is the little details like that, that makes it! I would have never thought about telephone poles, but you know what? A detail like that shows the builder knows his stuff.
A fine fine post!!
Don
It is the little details like that, that makes it! I would have never thought about telephone poles, but you know what? A detail like that shows the builder knows his stuff.
A fine fine post!!
Don
09-18-2010, 11:13 AM
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RE: Telephone poles as found in the Ardennes, circa 1944-45
thanks i go making some to
nice build
you solved my problem my tankcommander could not telefpone out of his befehlspanther you got the solution, now he can kick the allies out of the ardennes
nice build
you solved my problem my tankcommander could not telefpone out of his befehlspanther you got the solution, now he can kick the allies out of the ardennes
09-18-2010, 06:17 PM
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RE: Telephone poles as found in the Ardennes, circa 1944-45
For those of you who are not Battle of the Bulge history geeks 
, here's what we are aiming for:
(Taken from page 112 of the the official US Army account of the battle of the Bulge - http://www.history.army.mil/books/ww...8_Cont.htm#toc)
, here's what we are aiming for:(Taken from page 112 of the the official US Army account of the battle of the Bulge - http://www.history.army.mil/books/ww...8_Cont.htm#toc)
09-18-2010, 06:39 PM
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I ate them during construction, sorry...
Disclaimer:
No Marshmallows are supplied with this product... [
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Disclaimer:
No Marshmallows are supplied with this product... [
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09-19-2010, 02:32 PM
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RE: Telephone poles as found in the Ardennes, circa 1944-45
have you seen the top of the telepfonepoles are peak at the top, mine were already constructed but i make a few good ones
09-19-2010, 04:22 PM
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RE: Telephone poles as found in the Ardennes, circa 1944-45
Ah yes, well observed!
Too late for the first 4 of mine too []
Oh well, the 2nd batch will be better
Too late for the first 4 of mine too [
]Oh well, the 2nd batch will be better
