1/35 scale buckets - make your own

There some excellent, very good quality products out there for 1/35 scale buckets to add to your military vehicle dioramas, but here's a guide on how to make your own if you have the patience!

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Help! Where's my mojo?

I was sat at my workbench yesterday looking at my latest project - two 1/35 scale Russian mountain troops scaling a rock face, and I realised I had no motivation to finish the piece!  Initially I was excited - I found the piece of rock in a friend's garden.  As soon as I saw it, I knew what I could do with it!

I wanted two soldiers one on the lower ledge, one above - grappling hooks, crampons - the works.

I made a start, buying the kit from which I would take only two soldiers...

I selected the two I wanted and made them so they would look right on the rock...

But that's pretty much as far as I've got!  It's almost as if, having brought the idea into reality, the spark has gone out.

I've lost my mojo!

I have a stack of kits on my bench, vehicles, troops and accessories - all with ideas for scenes and dioramas - but nothing excites me at the moment.  The buzz of a new build is not there.  

I suspect the after effects of my aggressive radiotherapy in December are interfering with my ability to focus and concentrate.  The consultant did say I'll be feeling tired and lethargic for up to a year afterwards - but this is more like apathy.  I sat there for about 15 minutes yesterday, and felt sad, sad because I had no desire to build, to continue, to finish what I'd started.  I felt uninspired by the piece - and I thought "That's OK.  I'll postpone this one and make a start on something else!"  But I didn't even look at the stack of new kits because in my gut I knew that's not what I wanted to do.

I just wanted to sag into the sofa and watch TV.

So.  What's going on?  Why do I feel this lack of oomph, and how do I get my mojo back?

What happened to the passion I once felt, where I said to my wife "Just popping to the shed - I'll be back in a bit!" and two hours later I'm still unable to tear myself away?

Do I wait for the wanting-to-build feeling to return naturally, or do I force myself to sit and make something?  I need help!

"How To" tutorials - weathering, rust and much more!

Hi,

Thanks for dropping by!

I've been busy since making the Humber, selling off my old made models on eBay, and designing a new website - which has it's own section for model making tutorials - Links to various You Tube videos on how to weather, add mud, rust and chipping effects.
There're also some on painting figures and making your own stowage.  I will be adding more as I find them.

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You might also like my Facebook page Colly's Shed which has more on my model making.

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Humber Mk 1 Scout Car

This one speaks for itself!

Panzer Kampfwagen AusfD

I love this one!

I think this brings together all my skills at 1/35 scale model making.  The added details - Schürzen, extra stowage, weathering, battle damage, camo uniform for the tank commander.  I;m very happy with this little piece.

WW2 French Farmyard diorama triptych.

Panther tank re-arming.

Farmyard detail...

The Panther

Communications...

88mm Anti Tank Gun mounted on a Hanomag SdKfz 251

I very much enjoyed making these three dioramas.  The original plan was to have one big scene incorporating all the items but the storage would have been a nightmare, let alone spacing between each element - so in the end I opted for three - which can be placed side by side to create a story - or left seperate as they are.

In total, there are 15 or 16 different model kits involved in this set, all combined to create an idea of a small area in France in 1940 something where the German forces set up a communications/re-arming area.