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Greetings from the Eastern Front

a diorama feature by George Schachinger
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Bibliography
W.J. Spielberger: Sturmgeschütze, Bd 13, Motorbuchverlag, Stuttgart 1991
F. Kurowski: Sturmgeschütze vor! (assault guns to the front!), Winnipeg 1999
F. Kurowski/ G. Tornau: Sturmartillerie-Fels in der Brandung, Maximilian-Verl., Herford 1965
F. Thomas/ G. Wegmann: Die Ritterkreuzträger der dt. Wehrmacht, Teil 1 Sturmartillerie, (Knigths cross winners of the german army, Part 1: Assault artillery)
Dieselben: Sturmartillerie im Bild, 1940-1945; Biblio-Verl., Osnabr. 1986
B. Culver: Panzer colors, Teil 1-3, Squadron Signal Publications
B. Culver/ D. Greer/ H. Scheibert: Sturmgeschütz 40, Podzun Pallas Verlag, Friedberg
A. Schlicht/ j.R. Angolia: Die deutsche Wehrmacht- Uniformierung und Ausrüstung 1933-1945, Band 1 Heer, (German Wehrmacht uniform and equipment 1933-1945, vol. 1: Army); Motor-Buch Verlag 1992
A. Vesely/ F. Korán: Wireless for the Wehrmacht, in detail; Wings & Wheels Publications, Prag 1999
F. Koch: Funkgeräte in gepanzerten Fahrzeugen der Wehrmacht; (Radio sets in German Wehrmacht armoured vehicles), Waffen-Arsenal, Podzun-Pallas Verl., 1999

Internet
www.rlm.at more models from George Schachinger
www.geocities.com/fi1877/ps531039.html (ausgezeichnete Seite über deutsche StuG in finnischen Diensten, viele Innenaufnahmen in Farbe!)
www.kithobbyist.com/AFVInteriors/stug3/stug1.html (Innenausstattung)
www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/9371/stug3/stug3.htm (Reinaction)
www.byrden.com/panzers/Colours/index.shtml (Panzerinnenfarben)
www.siemers.com/wwii/Germany/Sturmgeschutz.htm (Datensammlung)
www.panzernet.com/newrarities/filtros/filtros.htm Information about the "filtertechnique" in Spanish by Miguel Jiménez


George Schachinger, Vienna, 11th of June 2001

About the Author

About Viking
FROM: WIEN, AUSTRIA

Starting with aircraft models in 1:72 scale, I soon switched to armour and figures. But only since 1998 I´m seriously concerned with the topic of diorama-, tank-, vehicle-, and figure construction. Running my homepage: "Wikingers Panzermodellbau" also tak...


Comments

Tin_Can
That is great work. Very, very nice and richly detailed. Love those well used road wheels.
APR 08, 2002 - 07:29 PM
ArmouredSprue
What a masterpiece you did! I specially loved the battle damages and the painting techniques. Keep up the excellent work (and don't mind to take about half an year to complete such beautiful pieces! ) Cheers!
APR 08, 2002 - 07:45 PM
Kencelot
Simply outstanding work...marvelousness! :-)
APR 08, 2002 - 07:52 PM
mj
Modeling at its best. George, you have me torn between giving up the hobby (since I will never be able to produce such beautiful pieces) or kidnapping you to my basement, where I will make you show me exactly how to reproduce the wonderful techniques you used. You really should be proud of what you accomplished. And, thank you for the terrific article. I know it's good when I find myself saying "Shit, why didn't I think of that" over and over as I read how you did it. I hope we see more of your work on display here. Mike
APR 08, 2002 - 08:28 PM
YodaMan
Wow!!! Great work there! The painting, the figures, the tank interior. The little details like the damaged road wheels. It's the little details that make a great model better. I can relate to the builder when he says Heh, I've been reasonably upset when a model I was building just wasn't turning into what I wanted! YodaMan
APR 08, 2002 - 08:29 PM
YodaMan
Well, I'm sure everyone thinks that about their skills. The trick is to just keep trying! This is precisely the reason Armorama exists! And if George dosen't want to give us a how-to at first, I'm sure someone will bug him until he does! YodaMan
APR 08, 2002 - 08:32 PM
mj
Thanks Yoda, for the vote of confidence. I know practice makes perfect, but man, people here produce some really high-grade stuff. What I meant by the second part, about watching George do his thing, is about how people learn, I guess. In grade school, given a project to make paper Thanksgiving items, others would make lovely Pilgrims, turkeys, etc., and I was the guy in the back with one thumb glued to his eyelid, and the other up his "blo-hole". I just have a little trouble visualizing instructions off a written page. But, if I see something done once, I can usually duplicate the effort quite nicely. For instance, I read a number of articles on painting and weathering aircraft. I played around with a few techniques, but wasn't real happy with the results. Then I found some Video Workshop tapes by Charles Davenport, who covered the topic. Just seeing how others did it, improved my work considerably. It was the same material, just basic painting/weathering techniques, but seeing it done made all the difference for me. I do appreciate the written tips and techniques, don't get me wrong. They get me thinking and trying new things. But sometimes I think how nice it would be to actually watch a master at work. Mike
APR 08, 2002 - 10:40 PM
YodaMan
Yeah I know what you mean. Sure it's easy to tell people how to do stuff, but it's a lot easier to learn if someone's there with you. YodaMan
APR 08, 2002 - 10:47 PM
cfbush2000
Outstanding work! Museum quality stuff. Look on page 10 of the article and you will find a link to more of Georges work. It's worth a look. Good stuff George. :-)
APR 09, 2002 - 12:02 AM
Viking
Hello friends! Thank you for your positive reaction to my dio! As "mj" stated: I played around with a few techniques, but wasn't real happy with the results. it was also on me to "play". Sometimes I try two month to finish the colors of a vehicle in the desired way and on the way to the result it sometimes looks as if I´d better throw it into the waste basket... So my painting sometimes also consists of "recovering" bad stages of paintwork. One must knock his way trough this problems to get to a somewhat acceptable result. The problem is: how to tell others about the growing of the paintwork? My next item will be an Afrika dio about the L.R.D.G. (next year?) In the meantime visit: Wikinger´s Panzermodellbau or: Die Luftwaffe im Modell (German "Luftwaffe" in models)
APR 09, 2002 - 05:51 PM
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