Its been brought to my notice that the blog needs to get back to Model Making.....Okay, okay....On this trip, I came across a town in East Germany that had very old buildings and running on cobble stones. Its BURG.
You see here the cobble stones? The Medieval times steeples of an old church, survived the war, had some bullet holes in its walls still. Probably from the battles fought with the Ruskies.
Typical road round about and a road sign of stone in times past, her Panthers, Tigers met T28s and T34s. That is why some buildings are new, built during the soviet days.
Another old Medieval church, Gothic architecture for the diorama buffs. Make sure you see the green moss, from times of flooding and also different stone and brick tones.
This is what it would have looked like when new, bright orange in colour, so some dioramas should have new buildings too to make them more authentic.
Some pre-war old shop houses. This is typical of Germany. Especially those who wants action in the years 44 end to 45.
Old cobble stone roads. These are very different from the disorganised ones you will find in France or Italy. These were organised in a pattern. Germans are different from the rest of Europe. They pride themselves in hardwork and quality.
Here you can see the old meeting the new/ Cobble stones have various tones and the pavement sides are not as high as we all thought them to be, these are not Singapore pavements which punish old people, here, cars drive and knock down old people if desired! Hahaha! Maybe, in Germany, not so many CHEW CHENG Foreign Talent drivers! Kill someone then run away, how convenient.
Pre War buildings. See the slope and how they built their foundations? I saw a documentary once on a sherman sliding down the slope and knocking into soldiers and tanks in snow on cobble stone streets like these.
Typical Pre war fountain for drinking water. These you can get and paint those by Verlinden or Italarei. Note the slope and how the construction of the foundation is done to level out the slope! Details ....details bros....this year, I boycott the Tamiya competition because of crap judging. So, concentrate on own collection and magazine articles and promoting the hobby amongst the young and training my son to be one of the top model makers if he can be one. Basically, a kick ass modeller!
Rail and tram tracks, typical for WWII scenics. Make sure you see how they organise it.