Hi Robert
Sorry, have missed this thread for a while. it's really come on well and all I can really say is please keep it coming its brilliant. Although, you could try putting a small amount of filler in the gaps between the parts of the figures, dont know how noticeable they are though in real life, might be a bit late now you've started painting anyway, I dont want to detract from all the praise as this really is an awesome looking dio, way better than the stuff I've produced!! Nick

Thanx Nick, glad You like it, I will try to fix those gaps , somehow I miss them. i guess thats beginners mistake, after all, i am beginner.

Cheers
Robert

keep sending, good work.
Pedro

Hope I dont molest someone with my posts; but heres some more progress with figures...

Cheers
Robert

Thinking to remove germans with r75 from this dio. There's two setup's I'm planning but not sure wich one is better. 1: vehicle on the bridge and one sas member climbing down the slope to reach container with supplies and 2nd: vehicle under the bridge , two sas on the bridge , one trying to gather parachute and hide it.. Any advice ????

cheers
Robert

Personally, I like the jeep under the bridge with the guys trying to recover the parachute.

Are you planning on weathering the figures more?

Bill.

HI Bill , thanks for Your post, and yes figures will be weathered more, they are to clean right now. What do You think about parachute, is it convincing enough ?

Cheers
Robert

Hi Robert
I prefer the jeep under the bridge. However, my only thing is that there will be quite a large amount of empty space in this one on top of the bridge. What about having the r75 (?) abandoned on the bridge with a flat tyre or something. Just a suggestion, not sure if it would work or not. HTH. Nick

nice diorama i like wath you dit with it the plants are verry nice verry detailled

Hey there Robert,
I think the parachute looks quite good. One possible problem is that the material used for real parachutes was more of a silky, nylon kind of material (at least they were in the 1980's not sure about the 1940's.) It would appear smoother, what you have now has a kind of canvas look to it.
Having said that...I wouldn't worry about it! I think what you have now looks fine, I was only trying to point out what a "rivet counter" type might point out.
And Nick does make a good point, if the jeep is under the bridge is does leave a good bit of "dead" space on the road. (I still think that is the better option)
His idea with the R75 is good. I think another option might be an old, or broken down, farmers cart half on/half off the road. Or even a fallen tree.
You're making good progress keep it up.
Bill.

While waiting for some accessories to arrive from USA I've done some work with foliage, added some grass and shrubs. I think it's better now, before it was looking to clean like somebody was taking care of river banks.

Cheers
Robert