The troops serving as the gun crew on the Dora are all wearing light weight summer uniforms while the ones on the front diorama are all in winter uniforms, am I the only one that noticed the disparity in the clothing?

Hey Kym,

Great work, this has to be one of the biggest dioramas ever and the time and effort that you have put in demands respect.
However, i'm a bit unsure about the timing of the scene. You seem to have a bizzare mix of AFV's and equipment that seem to cover the entire 6 years of the war. eg. you have a Pz 1 in dunklegrau (typicaly seen in '39-'40) with guys walking past carrying MP44's and panzerfausts ('44-'45). I see you say the scene is intended to be between summer and winter because of the variance in clothing, but what year exactly!?

Great work all the same - one impressive dio.

James

Thanks James,
The year represented is supposed to be 1942 and I was fairly certain after a lot of internet searches that I had the approprate AFV's for that time period and theater, but as for the small arms .... that looks like a different matter. I had no idea that the Panzerfausts were a late war weapon and am ignorant to the differences between the MP range of guns. I will have to go through my weapons box and do a bit of re-issuing of ordnance.

Bob,
As I've said before, the season is between summer and winter and I'm sure the German war machine didn't just change from warm weather to winter clothing overnight. It would have had to have been gradual, especially concidering the distance from Crimean penninsular to supply depots.
Also, trying to find 60+ figures in various usable poses of the same time period wasn't that easy as well.

Hi Kym,
I think you are correct, the AFV's you have are all ok for 42 (As far as I know) , however, the order to change camouflage base colour to dunklegelb wasn't given till 1943 and so one of your feild guns is incorrect for the period, however, having done such a good job on it I wouldn't worry about it.
The panzerfausts and MP44's really should go though, replace the MP44's with MP40's (the clue to the year is in the name!) and panzerfausts with Kar 98's, remember to change the appropriate weapon pouches too! You may also need to keep a look out to make sure you don't have any gewehr 43 self loading rifle's either (pics HERE ). Sorry to be critical. the work you've done so far is excellent and you have enough on your plate without people like me picking historical inaccuracies in your work!
I find it helps to know though even if you ignore it!

Keep up the great work,

James

Wow Great Job:
What did you use for the balast it looks amazing!!
LJ

hats off to you Kym after seeing the whole thing put together,I am hugely impressed...If thats Trumpeters BR 52 then you get a double very,very cool

My main question is how are you going to transport it to any shows? Hope you got a van with a nice big area in the back! I can imagine the weight of moving it, too.

Kym, that's fantastic. One quick question, though... where did you find the rails? I might use rails in a dio I'm going to build. (Got an old Dragon kit with a flatdeck car and an MG team. I'll definitely use the MG team, but not sure about the railcar.)

Mister, that's one nice job of tying everything together with all those different models. (Tipping hat towards you)

Sweet mother of God!
Haven't seen this untill now.
I must applaud your ambition - its a fantastic job. You have no doubt put hours and hours into this one. Its truely incredible.

Good luck with it, and someone should do an article on it...

Cheers

Lewis,
Trumpeter sell the rails seperately packaged. Can't remember the kit # though.



Luis,
Ballast is just crushed bluestone (we call it 'cracker dust') that I seived down to a size that I thought was appropiate. I then brushed slightly thined white carpenters glue over the areas and covered with the rock. Later, when the glue was dry, I gently brushed the loose rock off. Make sure that the final rock to be used is dust free.

Thanks for all your comments

Thanks, Kym! That's got my wheels turning upstairs again!
Lewis

Lewis, Trumpeter track kit is number 213 (or 00213). Each set provides a run of 36". I bought two sets for my railyard dio, they are identical to what is found in their BR52 loco kit (and I would presume the rest of their rail car kits). Incidentally, the rails in the Trumpeter and Dragon kits are slightly different widths, but can still be used together with a small amount of work (IMO).

Help?? I can't see the pics. What happen to them. I reloaded the pages and double checked for them.
If they have been lost, Please re-post them. Or am I having a bad night and they are there and I just can't see them.

Later 42rocker

Tim,
You are looking at a post from 2007-2008. He probally deleted the photos from what ever hosting he was using. You could Pming him to see if he could post them again. Hope it helps.
Tom