Hold Until Relieved. Hold Until Relieved.

So the next task was to build the bunker. It came on 2 A4 sheets. First step was to put the walls together and to be honest it was a little bit fiddly. The last (and first) MDF kit I worked on had a nice click together system and held everything in place nicely. This was a little more loose. Though in retrospect I think I should have just held the pieces together a bit longer before trying to put the elastic bands round and cause everything to come apart!

The base was added next which came in 3 pieces – which is nice – think it adds a nice bit of solidaty to the piece. Then I failed to read the instuctions correctly and assmebled the stairs while I was waiting for the glue to dry on the main bunker! If I was doing it properly I would have attached the stair sides to the main building first and then added the steps. Might have made the build a little bit easier but really it wasn’t that bad!

Finally gave the whole thing a prime. I’ve been very worried about painting MDF before (this is my first attempt). I’ve read all sorts of advice from washing it with watered down PVA to just spraying it to going straight in with house paints. It’s a minefield – and any more advice on what to do with MDF is welcome in the comments!

I didn’t really want this project to my first experiment with MDF put since @oriskany (cheers mate) shortened my deadline by 6 months by pointing out that June would mark the 75th anniversary of Pegasus Bridge and that would be a pretty good deadline to meet – I thought to hell with it. So I first tested my spray can on a waste bit of sprue and it seemed to go ok. So then I gave the bunker a prime of AP Skelenton Bone. After the first spray I decided to give it a 2nd coat – some of it seemed to soak in a little bit and just going on instinct I thought it needed the 2nd coat. Again advice welome. Remebering a tip I picked up from either the Terrain Tutor or Lukes APS on the YouTubes (maybe both!) – I rememberd to also prime the bottom so moisture cant soak in from there! Fairly happy with the results so far. To be honest – I’d be happy putting a wash on it and throwing it on the table!

While I was at it I went ahead and primed up the AT emplacement and the sandbags in AP Uniform Grey and Skelenton Bon respectively.

Next up … the Brits! 🙂