This is my little http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3646/3497005588_62d2d685be_b.jpg
and also http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3393/3496976242_ff588c6bdf_b.jpg
with this one as well http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3354/3497005656_32d6f70f41_b.jpg
my little tank http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3414/3497005628_547b318436_b.jpg
this is strange http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3330/3496976270_b0e44198e9_b.jpg
This is my MkA Whippet designed by Sir William (Bill) Tritton and using the same bus engines of the day, this light armoured vehicle had a bone shattering speed of just under light speed (sorry wrong dio) under 9mph, some 200 were originally made, the captured ones carrying the German flag, and in 1922 the Whippet becomes Japan's first tank which they must have loved as it lasted until 1930 weighing in at about 14 tons, not the sort of thing you'd want to bum start on a cold morning. All comments either good or bad please, look forward to your reply.
Just one more to add http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3563/3496990940_0c3f9612b0_b.jpg
Oh and this one to add http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3639/3497005672_8728b668ef.jpg

I'm beginning to enjoy building these little dioramas, this being my first now complete with grass and even a wooden (plastic) fence, the pine block its sitting on, my wife said paint it or do something with it, I said, the eye should train on the diorama not the wooden block its sitting on, http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3602/3505619698_628cd7b43a_b.jpg still, I'd like to know what you think, so good or bad comments please on this finished dio.

Hopefully noone responded because they had to click on your links.
You didn't mention it but it looks to be 1/35 scale. For being your first it's a lot nicer then my first attempt.
Nice layout to begain with. The tree is different what did you use for leaves?
Most of the problems I see will be corrected as you try out different methods. The biggest problem is scale, the dirt/sand is out of proportion but I noticed you have some that does look like it should be there. The fence is a little to uniform, and there are some sink holes you should be aware of. I'm sure someone more knowledgeable then I will add something concerning the armoured vehicle.
Over all it is an excellent first attempt, you tried to tackle numerous different materials and methods and it looks very promising.
Congrats,
Bob


By the way if it's 1/48, my hats off to you, I simply cannot do anything smaller then 1/35

hey bob i think its the 1/72 emhar kit?
i think you need to use tidire bits of wood Alec,
i would sand that smooth and paint it black

build is good, although i see a gap in pic # 2 that deserves some filler, plus ther is a seam on the chaps arm,

1/72 then my hats really off to you.
I just realized the fence was completed in the final photo, painted brown and ruffed up a bit. I can't tell about the sink holes.
And I can also understand the scale dirt/sand problem.
Nice job,
Bob

Hello and many thanks with posting my pix on this site, this is my 1-72 Emhar MkA Whippet diorama, the pine wooden block its sitting on is 115mm x 75mm x 18mm, the tree (oh boy big mistake) I actually brought from Hong Kong its made from wire and flock and I got 100 of them (very cheep) the gap where the little bloke is standing, well, I tried to be clever and have this as plate defect where the rivite popped off, sadly it simply looks like a gap, so back to the drawing board for that, I've never used grass before, and when on ebay I brought that for 1p plus £2.99 postage, I thought I'd give it a go, and love it, and at the moment I am adopting this into my 2 foot square dio, and finally the fence, I wanted to make my own, but then decided to buy/paint and gel into position, for some time I have wondered over the problem of things a 100 years ago looking old, now yes they would, but 100 years ago in 1909 this would have been new with a fresh coat of paint.

Excellent work Alec! Looking good, don't see too much WW I items, so thanks for mixing it up for us! Great job.

Cheers -
Tim

History has never been my strong point however I enjoy it nvertheless, and the same can be said of my model building dioramas, I feel I am having one of those love/hate relationships where I love building but hate the idea that I know I'll be distracted onto another project before I've even finished the first dio, I am building a quite large WW1 seg diorama which basically will be in 10 pieces, then I built the whippet while waiting for paint to dry and trees to arrive, now I have everything I require to finish my large dio, once again I find myself building yet another small dio, this time a whippet with German markings over a typical mud and blood field, and just when I thought I could control this hobby I am also in the planning stages of a WW1 air strip - be honest - is this a case of the tail wagging the dog ?

Very nice work. I'm starting to take notice to those WWI metal beasts. I took a lot of grief for using one of those trees too in my 1/48 dio - it's from e-bay, right?


Cheers

California Greg that's a very nice dio you've done, on the subject of trees, I brought well over 100 from Hong Kong (ebay) now you could blow a lot of cash on real scale trees, I have seen, although can't remember where, but have seen scale trees for sale, now money wise which is the difference between a hobby and pro building, if its a hobby then my 1-72 little whippet with its tree is darn good, and the chances are I've paid for all my trees well over 100 of them against if I brought 1 profesional tree it would probably cost me a right kidney if not a right arm and leg, you'll see more of these trees on my 'during the war' thread where I am building that 2 foot square dio, and for the money, I'm quite happy with them, which also brings me to the subject of resin Vs plastic 1-35 figures, resin wins hands down every time, but plastic does put up a good fight, so I guess there's 2 schools of thought, those that will spend anything on getting diorama looking just right (and perhaps selling on) and people like me that honestly enjoy the build.

i try and make my hobby something more than a hobby,
for the scale the tree is fine, althought it could be a little darker

a cheaper option i have seen are the hornby pre made wire armatures at 4 for £4 i saw those, and althougth they are boxy, i figured as im crap at makeing trees from wire( too many bad attempts) they would make a great base for a bush in 35 even if they are supposed to be H0. and the hornby trees tat already ahve the leaves on them are riduculous at £15-20
and dont worry everyone gets distracted, but its good because when you get back to the other project you have fresh eyes.

on the topic of ww1, what got me into ww1 was a game i had, ww1 flight sim called red baron from 1998, there i learnt basic ww1 aricraft recognition and to this day my fave ww1 allied plane is the Se5a. i do have a interest, its just that mud scares me on a dio, and lack of 48/35 ww1 armor, and i find the Emhar kits a bit of a handful.
i have seen some of the 48th ww1 armor in resin, but its pretty damn expensive!

Funny that, because for the first time in ohhhhhhhh can't really remember its that long ago when I actually stopped looking at trees, the colour, shape, the oddly green (shades of) and my poor old memory has now been jogged, there are bright and light green trees, and a whole mess of shades of green on one tree, I guess its what the eye is best pleased with, and obviously what you can get away with, on the back of the whippet where the bloke is standing, there's a crack in the 2 plates, its suppose to be there, its where the rivits have come away, I thought as I was building and painting it looked fine, then someone pointed out the defect, I thought its not suppose to be a defect but a brake between the two steel plates, and this goes back to what pleases the eye, if I had thought more about it, then I would have made a couple of very thin straps and glued those around the defect, I didn't do that, so its back to plan 'B'

no need for sarcasm, sorry i spoke.

James - please don't think I was being sardonic in any way shape or form, I was writing openly as if writing to everyone, you just happen to be the person that pointed out the hole that could use some glue, and never ever be sorry for speaking your mind, I can only offer you my deepest apology as you're not at fault, it the very poor way I have explained myself, I could have gone and said what my intentions were about the 2 plates, but no everyone's a mind reader - they're not, obviously not. All my fault, oddly enough I find people pointing out things that I might have missed as never being a problem, quite often I'll write please leave comments good or bad. James, I'll leave this here and hope you won't think too badly of me, and please continue to leave comments and I'll do my utmost best to think before I write something down. Look forward to hearing from you.

sorry i guess i just took it the wrong way
no need to apologise, have yourself a beer