Here are some photos of Stalingrad Tractor factory work in progress (the city block will be at the end of the table adjacent the Factory) which is a pre cursor for the Factory. You can see that here –. When complete the table will fill a 8×5 foot table. All the kits are from Precision Model Designs (PMD) which can be purchased from Battlemart

I did some things different such as using different bases and adding walls, I picked up some 2×4 1/8″ particle board sheets and quarter inch MDF (Medium density fiber board) from local DIY (Do it yourself) store Home Depot. I cut the MDF boards into 5×10 and 10×10 inch sections and then etched a 2″ squared pattern into each one and sanded it to simulate cement slab squares. The particle board was used to add further walls to buildings so they would be bigger, for instances I used the resin walls on one side of the buildings or either top or bottom and then added the resin walls so some of the buildings are a combo of resin/particle board walls.

The photo above I actually etched a 1″ square pattern into the MDF floor, then added the resin walls on 2 sides and particle board walls on the other sides. The piping is actually Balloon straws which were cut to fit and then added to the bricked columns (which are from the PMD City wall set) I wrapped the pipes with a tape (dropped a drop of instant glue on to it so it would stay.) so when painted they look like they were wrapped with metal bands.

Here are other shots of the same building but with the large piping added to it which is from Home Depot also, added a brick stove, cut out a section of the cement floor and other small details. I also ran a wooden beam across the seam of the resin wall to hide the seam and to maybe add a floor later for the windows above.

Here is the building just about complete with holes cut into the walls, rubble on the floors, and added some loose bricks on the pipes to show that rubble had fell from above also. The rubble piles also had metal beams added to them for the “Factory feel”. Those are from PMDs Metal beams and barrels set and bricked rubble piles set.

Shots of the blown holes in the walls to the building.

These are the pipes coming out of the buildings. I cut up an old model railroad bridge to get the gantries for the pipes. The pipes are regular PVC pipe from Home Depot just cut to fit with a pipe cutter tool. These are on 10×10 inch etched MDF boards and mounted to line up with each other so they are modular sections. This model is 10 inches by 50 inches when complete in 5 parts.

These are the Generator building and furnace buildings from PMD (http://www.precisionmodeldesigns.com/timeless-models.html – the Modular Factory Series) which again I added extra walls to by cutting Particle board to fit that adding a texture to it so it looked like covered brick. The containers came from some old model train pieces, I used the PMF Pipes and Gantries piping to add the pipe work to it.

This is a few of the PMD Warehouse Distribution building kits (here is a picture of it as it comes (http://www.battlemart.com/store/index.php?_a=viewProd&productId=2874) I placed the on 10×10 inch boards back to back, and used a building on the front from the PMD sheds kit to extend the front part of the building.

This is the end section of the pipes boards which ends into a bricked building, I also placed the “Elbow” sections in the building (which you cant see in these pictures) which line up with the rest of the pipes. After the building wad built (which was made with the walls from the Warehouse Distribution building kit), I used wood putty and a brush to cover the seams and add like a stucco pattern by wetting the brust and dappling the applyed areas.

I tried to add a lot of detail to each board so they were unique yet part of a larger structure. Meant to get these up a long time ago but had to get it finished for a big game – More to come soon concerning painting, adding autos and so on.

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