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Posted by Kostis Ornerakis on 02 Nov 2020, 23:42

Excellent work. :-D
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Posted by Bessiere on 03 Nov 2020, 06:49

Incredible artistry and workmanship. Thanks for sharing this gorgeous work with us Wolfgang.
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Posted by PaulRPetri on 03 Nov 2020, 20:16

This project is beyond description!

Wolfgang what did you make your mealie bag walls out of? They look hand carved. So good!!!!!
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Posted by Wolfgang Meyer on 04 Nov 2020, 07:59

Thank you all!

The mealie bag barricade was modeled by Massimo Costa. But I will model most of the bags myself. I would also like to show the building of the Redubt.
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Posted by Susofrick on 04 Nov 2020, 08:00

Excellent as expected! And HUGE!
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Posted by tullo on 05 Nov 2020, 19:27

:yeah: :yeah: :yeah: :yeah: :yeah: :yeah: :yeah: :yeah: :yeah: :yeah: :-D :-D :thumbup:
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Posted by Wolfgang Meyer on 05 Nov 2020, 20:07

Thank you all.

I am currently working on the walls of the kraal. With small real stones.


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Posted by Bessiere on 05 Nov 2020, 20:11

You'll end up with stone mason's biceps after moving all that rock. :-D :yeah:
They do look nice as well as native to the Natal landscape.
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Posted by dykio on 12 Nov 2020, 19:11

:yeah: wauw this is just amazing. Brilliant work :yeah:
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Posted by Wolfgang Meyer on 26 Nov 2020, 17:17

Thank you!

I am currently building the walls of the kraal. It is a lot of work because thousands of small real stones have to be glued individually. But I think it's worth it.

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Posted by Peter on 26 Nov 2020, 20:42

That wall looks perfect Wolfgang! Success with the rest of them! ;-) :thumbup:
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Posted by sberry on 26 Nov 2020, 21:14

This is probably the most realistic wall in 1/72 that I have ever seen! You should make some casts before it is permanently fixed onto the diorama, there might be a number of interested customers ...
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Posted by Wolfgang Meyer on 30 Nov 2020, 16:33

Thank you!

Work in progress, the two Kraals from Rorke`s Drift!


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Posted by Peter on 30 Nov 2020, 17:38

Looks real nice Wolfgang! :thumbup:

It looks like heavy work! ;-)
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Posted by Wolfgang Meyer on 08 Dec 2020, 21:52

Thank you!

The two cattle kraals for Rorkes`s Drift 1879 are ready!

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Posted by PaulRPetri on 09 Dec 2020, 15:24

That is the best Rorke's Drift diorama I have ever seen!!!
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Posted by Wolfgang Meyer on 11 Dec 2020, 11:40

I thank you! I try to build historically as correctly as possible. The movie "Zulu" is very well made, but has little in common with the historical buildings and the historical scenery.
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Posted by huib on 11 Dec 2020, 14:04

Beautiful! A great monks work!
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Posted by Wolfgang Meyer on 12 Dec 2020, 16:56

Thank you!

Today I was able to glue some more smaller stones to the rock slope and insert the garden wall into the diorama:


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Posted by Peter on 12 Dec 2020, 17:24

It looks better and better! Go on Wolfgang! :thumbup:
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