Finally finished something! Maybe the builder's block will fade away now. Anyway here are a couple photos:




Thinking of calling it "Chernobyl Aftermath" as the inspiration was photos of the many types of Soviet vehicles abandoned due to radiation. Comments welcome.
Cheers,
Charles

Charles -

I really like it. Super job with the sapplings growing up through the deck of the bed.

Dave

Nice scene, i like it.

Cheers
Claude

I really like that. Simple and well done.
Thanks for sharing your work.

Shaun

well creading, thought i'd drop my 1 cents worth. great. i love the fade out on the paint job. as an abandoned truck, i think you hit the nail squre on the head. thanks for sharing and keep up the great work.

That looks fabulous Charles...it really captures the eeriness of those photos from Chernobyl...

Small dio? yeah but for a well born dio, size doesn't matter at all.
Once more you summed a full scale ambiance in few places, i really love the green groundwork/red truck with the brown of the leaves, that's a very equilibrated composition. As always a sense of the killer detail like the way the leaves regroup at the right places + that hole on the floor of the truck, ace job indeed!
JB

Nice job Charles I like it alot - I'd like to get a few more photos and put together a Model On Display feature on Modelgeek - what do you say?

Thanks everybody for the kind comments.
This was an interesting subject away from armor and it seemed to have sparked some sort of creativity in my thinking of dioramas and subject matter.

Scott: I'll see what I can do about ModelGeek

Cheers,
Charles

Charles beautiful build. I love the sapling growing through the truck bed.
All build aspects - wonderful !!!
Glenn

Love it Charles. Great composition mate.
My biggest concern is the name you wish to use. I think it is a little too convaluted?
Something like "The fallout" or similar, just hinting at Chernobyl without mentioning it?
Good stuff
Brad

Really nice work,enjoyed looking at this one.

Steve

Nice work Charles great little dio.

I LOVE IT!!

(And yeah, the caps were intentional).

Very nice work. I also love the trees growing up through the bed.

Very nice, and an original topic. Your right, it is nice to get away from all the tanks every now and then ....even though it is an armor forum.
One thing though. Seeing as how the sign is tipped over, I'm guessing this is set a while after the actual disaster, and thus this truck would have most likely been there for a while too.
Having said that, I think it looks a bit too new. Perhaps some paint chipping and rust would do well.
Maybe I'm just nit picking here, but something to consider if you decide to do a dio like this again.

Thanks again for the comments everyone. (Glen, Bradley, Steve R., Robert, Barry, Steve H. and Boris)

Bradley,
I'm working on a new name for this dio. I agree with you the "working title" as originally posted was tentative.

Boris,
You are correct, the scene takes place well after the disaster (thus the sapling growing through the truck bed) The photos don't show a lot of the rusted areas well, such as the wheels. I thought about chipping on the paint but in the end felt that a truck simply sitting in a field for several years would fade rather than be chipped especially without the influence of humans pounding on it and vandalizing etc.

Again, thanks to all who replied to this post for taking the time.
Cheers,
Charles