JR Models makes some great models of buildings in several scales, including 15mm. This Stalingrad building is molded in gray resin and it has been shown on this blog in the past in unpainted condition. Now that I have painted it, I figured it was a good time to post new photos. I am using this building for my Battle of Berlin as a Luft Hansa building. Notice the poster on the wall. I got this off the Internet, reduced the size and printed it out and pasted it on the wall using white glue. It is one of the many organizations that conducted civil defense in WWII Germany.
This poster is for the NSFK, the National Socialist Flying Corps. They were a Nazi organization that promoted flying sports in the pre-war years. In WWII they conducted training for the Luftwaffe. Despite being 15mm building, it works really well with 1/72nd scale figures. Much of the Stalingrad range workes will with 1/72nd scale figures, and I will be showing more of them as I continue this project.
I used a Vallejo Model Color Saddle Brown recommended to my by Master Modeller, Erik the Manager from Pegasus Hobbies in Montclair. It was an excellent choice for these broken bricks. I dry brushed them with both a light gray and a black wash.
I used light grey for the building fronts and a dark brown for the columns. A gold decoration at the top of the pediment finishes this model.
All of this is part of my Luft Hansa project for the Battle of Berlin. This final photo for today is another view of my stairway to enter and exit aircraft. All made from scraps in the spares box. As the American and British bomber attacks were destroying German cities in WWII, life, commerce and war continued. Factories were often moved underground or dispersed; and the war went on. "You can break our bricks, but not our hearts."
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