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My son 3rd Diorama
madspaniard
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Posted: Thursday, July 31, 2008 - 11:58 PM UTC
Thank you for your comments, guys. The cobblestones are from Plusmodel.

Thank you again.

Vasco
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Posted: Friday, August 01, 2008 - 02:40 AM UTC
I am 14 and It is good to see other kids modelling too. Good job for your third dio. Keep at it and ask alot of questions . Again good job!

thxs,
John
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Posted: Friday, August 01, 2008 - 02:52 AM UTC
Hi Vacso, very well done indeed.

AL
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Posted: Friday, August 01, 2008 - 03:12 AM UTC
Vasco, nice work your doing, your skills will improve as you gain experience. I would ask you for your opinion on the Tristar figures. How do you compare them to other brands like Tamiya, Mini Art, DML and others?
Joe
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Posted: Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 09:16 AM UTC
Nicely done, came out very well! Keep at it, you're detined for great work!

Cheers -
Tim
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Posted: Saturday, August 02, 2008 - 01:18 PM UTC

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I love the "Oh Sh*t!" looks on the faces.



They've just seen the 4 rocket armed Typhoons coming at them
jccraemer
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Posted: Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 02:50 AM UTC
In an age of video games it's nice to see the younger generation work. wow nothing i ever did when i was 11 looked like that I use to buildum and blow them up
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Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 07:26 AM UTC
i just wish i was producing dios like this when i was 11 ,, as everyone else has said stay with it and keep building ,, your skills will develope with every kit ,, and never stop learning ,,,, im 36 and have been modeling since i was 9 ,, im still learning ,, most of all , always try to enjoy what your doing ,,, i know some tasks can get to us all,, like painting road wheels and assembling single tracks to make a set ,,,just stick with it and enjoy !!!
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Posted: Wednesday, September 24, 2008 - 07:44 AM UTC
Great ! this is brilliant and concidering how young he is!

he's a credit to you!
madspaniard
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Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008 - 08:07 AM UTC
Thank you for your nice coments guys. I will still working on it.

Bye
Vasco
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Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008 - 08:10 AM UTC
Way to go VASCO!!!!!!!!!!, Nice work kid.

Pedro set him up with his own account on Kitmaker. So we can help him even more!

Nice job buddy. Nice job.
chicane
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Posted: Friday, September 26, 2008 - 11:23 PM UTC
great work vasco
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2009 - 12:00 PM UTC
That Jagdpanther is so much better than anythin I've made so far, nice work! I've got to admit though that the eyes on the figures are hilarious. They look like they've just seen aliens or something.

Keep up the good work
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2009 - 12:30 PM UTC
Hi Vasco, excellent work! You rally look like you have the idea and principles down very well. Just practice, practice, practice at improving on the skills you already have. It is also good to see young people get involved in modeling and you will enjoy it for life. Keep up the good work! Jim Rosado
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2009 - 08:21 PM UTC
Really good work, I like the fence and plants, the fact that the diorama base is D.I.Y is a very good start into this hobby for an old person such as myself, but with an 11 year old, wow do you have a great future ahead of you. The eyes are very hard to paint even with a very small brush, I normally paint white, pick a colour for the centre (blue/green/brown) allow to dry completely, then very carefully backfill the skin colour arounf the eye not forgetting the brow, have a go, and like I said, very good work.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3436/3316007492_bc454d2a94.jpg
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Posted: Friday, February 27, 2009 - 09:25 PM UTC
Pretty darn amazing. You're off to a blazing start Vasco, I have no doubt you will become a premier modeler. Keep up the great work!
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Posted: Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 07:47 AM UTC
Well done, Vasco!!!!

Your Jagdpanther dio is far better than any model I made when I was eleven!

A couple comments:

It looks like you may have painted the whites of the crewmen's eyes after their skin color. You could go back and touch up with skin color around the eyes to make the white areas more like your eyes really are. There would actually be very little white showing, since the crewmen are outside in sunlight. Look at your eyes in a mirror or your dad's while you are outside, or even some family photos that are closeups of faces.

As has already been stated by others, the color of the rust on your treads is too bright. Also, the rust would be rubbed off and metal colored where the treads would be running against the cobblestone bricks. Try to get your dad to take you to a construction site with bulldozers and other metal tread equipment to see how they have rusted and have dirt built up on them.

I'm sure your making your dad very proud of you! Keep up the good modelling!!
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Posted: Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 03:54 PM UTC
nice job vasco, i can remember when my first figures all had the 'thousand yard stare' but keep at it soon you'll have it cracked onwards and upwards. Ant
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Posted: Saturday, February 28, 2009 - 07:35 PM UTC
Well Vasco,
I'll add my 2 cents worth here........
For a 3rd diorama this is very well done. I echo what the others have said about the tracks, eyes etc.
I would suggest that you look around outside your house and study the terrain, bushes, grasses, trees and like with the idea of replicating in small scale. There is much clutter, over and under growth and small details that make dioramas look lifelike. You will learn this in time as you've already got a head start on most fellows your age.
I recall when I was 11 my models were all partially melted due to the copious amount of tube glue I thought was needed to stick the things together.
I also must have thought fingerprints in glue was a type of camouflage as I recall many instances of these on my finished models also
Keep building dioramas and try to add things and better the results each time.
You will be an award winning dioramist in no time at all.
Cheers,
Charles
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