Melsbroek B.58 diorama

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September 9, 2020
hangar picture with Typhoon, probably October 1944
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September 9, 2020
same hangar, view from other side
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September 9, 2020
hangar picture with Mitchell, probably November 1944
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September 9, 2020
color !
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September 13, 2020
checking the depth with the Mitchell. I shortened the hangar with one span to fit my baseplate
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September 13, 2020
Loosening the roof structure is quite easy
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September 13, 2020
first dry fit looks ok
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September 15, 2020
roof structure ready
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September 15, 2020
backwall started
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September 17, 2020
starting the fake house at the right with MAQUETT PVC FOAM sheet
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September 17, 2020
Hangar structure primed. The fake houses that the Germans painted on the hangar are actually twice as high as normal houses would be, so that the whole looks smaller than it is.
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September 21, 2020
roof and sidewalls added, baseplate started
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September 27, 2020
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September 27, 2020
front view. RAUCHEN VERBOTEN is selfmade decal
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September 27, 2020
left fake house started
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September 27, 2020
right fake house, no views available, so it is according to my imagination
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October 3, 2020
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October 3, 2020
RAUCHEN VERBOTEN !
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October 5, 2020
Fake front testing
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October 10, 2020
a picture found in a book of what could be the backside of the building
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October 10, 2020
the left side transformed in a pen drawing and printed on transparent decal paper
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October 10, 2020
same process for the right side
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October 10, 2020
6 sheets of plastic cut to represent the sliding doors. The decal is first applied to these a a pattern for the colours: white, dark green, brick and plaster
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October 10, 2020
Then the second decal is placed on the coloured door to get the drawing back. A grey painted ribbed plastic sheet is used to represent the corrugated siding
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October 10, 2020
But the fake wall needs some supporting structure on the roof
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October 12, 2020
adding fake roofs
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October 12, 2020
roof construction extended
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October 29, 2020
left side house under construction
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October 29, 2020
right side house under construction
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October 29, 2020
Left house side, no pictures available, so free imagination damaged wall
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October 29, 2020
front view, door assembly preview
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October 29, 2020
roof build-up preview
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October 29, 2020
Airfix B-25 Mitchell started
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November 23, 2020
B-25 Mitchell started, nice kit.
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October 29, 2020
interior before closing the fuselage
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November 23, 2020
behind the doors
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November 23, 2020
View from the front
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November 30, 2020
some "equipment" for inside the hangar :
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December 14, 2020
backside of the hangar is complete
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January 31, 2023
some vehicles to be placed in the diorama
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January 31, 2023
Airfix Fuel truck
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January 31, 2023
Water truck of my imagination, Airfix kit modified
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January 31, 2023
Standard Tilly with Officer and WAAF
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January 31, 2023
Tractor in the hangar
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January 31, 2023
Crew with photographer
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January 31, 2023
Potographer with crew
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February 1, 2023
Airfix kit, Eagle Cal decals
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February 1, 2023
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February 1, 2023
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February 1, 2023
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February 1, 2023
Just a small white line on the Z
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February 1, 2023
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February 6, 2023
left interior
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February 6, 2023
background inside
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February 6, 2023
right interior
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February 6, 2023
crew in front of the plane ready for a photo

Kommentit

50 9 September 2020, 14:33

Łukasz Gliński
That's a hangar I was looking for😉

9 September 2020, 20:06

Erik De Smet kirjailija
Lukasz, when you look at the pictures, you can actually see the curved roof of the hangar behind the 3 windows in the middle. The gpm hangar kit is fantastic. The airfix Mitchell is also a very nice kit.

10 September 2020, 05:32

Spanjaard
cool idea

10 September 2020, 12:50

Dominik Weitzer
this idea...wow!

11 September 2020, 05:59

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Welcome aboard Erik .Good idea

11 September 2020, 19:41

Daniel Klink
Ah cool poject.. count me in 👍

15 September 2020, 18:04

Rui S
Me too. Nice dio. Loking great 👍

17 September 2020, 21:27

Daniel Klink
Lovely start.....

17 September 2020, 21:31

Björn Svedberg
Cool project, Following! 🙂

18 September 2020, 06:23

Nikolaos Kouzinis
You started the big idea Good. Nice job

18 September 2020, 07:03

Dominik Weitzer
i really love this idea. Looks good so far!

18 September 2020, 08:23

Daniel Klink
👍👍👍

21 September 2020, 15:44

Cuajete
It seems that the GPM hangar is beginning to be a plague in Scalemates 😄.
Great idea and fantastic project. Following!

27 September 2020, 18:54

Łukasz Gliński
It's the year of the bat and hangar😉

27 September 2020, 19:34

Daniel Klink
Great implementation Erik, i will hang on 👍

27 September 2020, 19:39

Erik De Smet kirjailija
Copycat work from Thomas : LED lights added in the hangar

3 October 2020, 18:39

Henry
Wow!! Is that ever a great project!!

4 October 2020, 02:28

Erik De Smet kirjailija
Making progress on the front side

5 October 2020, 18:00

Dominik Weitzer
oh yes, Looks good! nice Progress! please make some closeups from the "Rooffront"

6 October 2020, 06:27

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Il va bien Erik

6 October 2020, 14:45

Erik De Smet kirjailija
Continuing the roof build up

12 October 2020, 18:36

Germen V
great, and then a couple of RAF 320sqn Mitchell's, looking forward for the result.

12 October 2020, 18:39

Erik De Smet kirjailija
One Mitchell will be there, going for FW227 NO-P which was lost on Jan13, 1945 and had a mixed Dutch & Belgian crew

12 October 2020, 19:16

Germen V
that's the one i've build in 1/48

13 October 2020, 03:27

Christian Lehmann
Very interesting project! 👍

13 October 2020, 05:09

Nathan Dempsey
Looking great 🙂

29 October 2020, 21:43

Erik De Smet kirjailija
Making progress

23 November 2020, 13:32

Gary Kitchen
Hi Erik. This is amazing, Just wow! I don't think I'd originally realised the whole 'fakery' aspect of the original. Are there any references you can point me to on the web for background history please? 👍

23 November 2020, 14:54

Erik De Smet kirjailija
Gary, I found the pictures on :
warbirdinformationex..ewtopic.php?p=630671
Melsbroek airfield was built by the German shortly after the occupation of Belgium, and captured by the Allies in 1944. Several squadrons operated from this airfield known as B58

23 November 2020, 19:17

Erik De Smet kirjailija
Some "equipment" for the hangar: ladders, jigs, a trolley, a tank with oil, a damaged Typhoon propeller, left behind by the previous squadrons, a lookalike compressor, a rack with spare parts for the Mitchell. All my own imagination, but inspired by the pictures.

30 November 2020, 11:09

Łukasz Gliński
Pic #36 looks very authentic 👍

30 November 2020, 12:52

Erik De Smet kirjailija
backside is complete, total width is 56 cm

14 December 2020, 13:52

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Erik it s looking very good

14 December 2020, 23:06

Erik De Smet kirjailija
After 2 years, I finally decided to complete this project. I added some pictures of the vehicles I want to use.

31 January 2023, 14:36

Łukasz Gliński
Good to see you back here 👍

31 January 2023, 16:43

Erik De Smet kirjailija
Too much unfinished projects waiting ...

31 January 2023, 18:34

Erik De Smet kirjailija
The Mitchell bomber to fill the hangar is finished for me

1 February 2023, 14:39

Spanjaard
really impressive

6 February 2023, 14:15

Łukasz Gliński
Love the pic #56 👍 That hangar interior is impressive, considering adding this to mine 😄

6 February 2023, 14:25

Erik De Smet kirjailija
Lukasz, I used a cheap led strip with 5V USB connector, and I removed 1 of 2 , otherwise the light was too bright.

6 February 2023, 17:30

Łukasz Gliński
I meant the furniture, dirty windows etc But lighting is impressive too, sth I can't learn being an electrician's son 😋

6 February 2023, 17:35

Guy Rump
Very impressive. 👍

6 February 2023, 18:09

Cuajete
Looks great, Erik 👍
Congrats!

6 February 2023, 19:03

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

7 February 2023, 19:07

Erik De Smet kirjailija
Thanks everybody for your appreciation and likes

7 February 2023, 21:13

Finn
Fantastic idea, well done!

8 February 2023, 19:31

Album info

RAF Mitchell in German camouflaged hangar late 1944 on Melsbroek airfield . The hangar was extensively camouflaged as a row of buidlings by the Germans. The hangar was used in autumn 1944 by the RAF, first for Typhoons and afterwards for B-25 Mitchells of 320 Dutch Sqn

Melsbroek B.58 airfield 1944

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1:72 North American Mitchell Mk.II (Airfix A06018)

1:72 B-25 C/Ds (Eagle Editions EagleCals EC72-25)

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