looks good Charles

its nice to see you posting again, and the diorama is as excellent as usual

cheers

Keith

Scott and Keith,
Thanks so much for the comments.....

The penetration marks were made by poking a very hot pointed tool through the plastic. After the piece was painted I twirled a soft graphite pencil in the hole.


C.

Hi Charles , l.o.l. , I didn't mean the rubble explaination as a " cover " , I actually meant it as an explaination for the many , many pics. of totally destroyed towns late in the war with cleaned up of bebris streets I've seen. It's always been amazing to me when I see these pics that even though a war is going on the populace of the town clears up the mess inbetween the engagements. Life goes on - and when these Bastar*s leave we'll still be living here !!! History repeats itself - I've seen these post engagement pics in WWI and WWI ref stuff.
Actually what I mwant was the fact that you could have distressed the walls of the Miniart building with more soot and dust type pf thing.
As far as the build goes - beautiful !!!
Always had a soft spot for the hull down and Panther " pillbox " builds, always an eye pleaser.
Glenn

Great stuff,Charles! Really like the action in this one.All that's missing is the haze of smoke and crack of small arms fire! As with the others, I thought the Panther fit a little toooooo neatly into the street hole. Yes, the German People are very much the Neat and Orderly driven but in this case,the expediency of the moment may have allowed some slop fit to be allowed! The untidyness of it all will convey more desperation?
Cheers!

Glenn,
Oops! misunderstood! Either way,all side did attempt to clean up the rubble as soon as possible until the very end.

Rick,
Thanks for the comments. I do intend to add more 'debris' 'dust' etc. but I think I'll let it sit for a couple weeks and then get a fresh perspective on it. It will be easier to see what is necessary with fresh eyes.
Cheers,
Charles

Very nice composition & I agree with the other positive comments you've recieved. I love how the figures work together. One small comment: some of the figures are wearing pre-1943 uniform. After Stalingrad the Red Army adopted new uniform jackets with shoulder boards for all ranks and different collars. I guess it is possible that a few old uniforms would still be in use in 1945 but it sure would be rare. I often see dios set in th epre-1943 period with the opposite problem though !

Very, very nice work.

Hi Danny,
Thanks for the comments. I got enthralled with the figure poses and failed to even think about the uniforms nor see the box said "Soviet Soldiers 1941-42" right on it.! Rookie mistake LOL
Well, I guess I'll have to do another one on this theme and learn from the first
Cheers,
Charles

Your usual high standard Charles, great balance -especially with such a height of building, quite logical scheme of colours throughout the scene, a great feeling of speed and a very "open" way of considering the scene which allows the eye to "breath" and the imagination to work out what's in front and behind the scene, quite good indeed

good work the man falling over is great !

JB,
Thanks for your observations and comments.

Willow,
Thank you. The falling guy is from MasterBox figure set MB3523, built pretty much OOB.

Cheers,
Charles

This dio is great, though i agree that the cobblestones are very neat for this particular scene.

the soldiers you've used are awesome!

any tips for weathering? (I started a dio 4-5 weeks ago, but that certain something is missing........)#

Thanks!

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Napoleon Bonaparte

.............................Magnificent. I've never seen a tank buried and lowered a simple piece of artillery in paving a city. ...........¡ Magnificent. !..... Very good diorama. Congratulations. !....

Jorge & Jack,

Thanks for the kind comments.

Cheers,
Charles

excellent really good job, i love the dug in panther that is brilliant. good action poses as well with the figures one tiny question wheres the wound on the soldier who has been hit ?

Thanks for the comment Simon.
In response to your question, the "hit" would be in the upper portion of the torso. The actual entry point would be just the size of a bullet and in 1:35 scale wouldn't be that noticable.... say it is in a fold of the uniform
The scene depicts this just a second or so after, thus no huge,bloody markings on the front of the uniform.

Cheers,
Charles

thats cool just wonder what had happened whether he had been shot or something else great job

nice work charles
thanks for sharing

Excellent work, Charles. A well detailed diorama with a great layout.

Thanks for sharing

Koen & Jesper,

Thanks for your kind comments.
Cheers,
Charles

thanks for the thanks!!!!

don't suppose you have the weathering tips?

(will upload pics of dio ASAP)

Currently working on:

Airfix 1:48 Messerschmitt Bf 109 F for a small airfield dio
Part 3 of D-Day dio (no pictures yet!)
Weathering Bocage dio