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Dioramas: Buildings & Ruins
Ruined buildings and city scenes.
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preview underneath the bridge
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 02:00 AM UTC

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If you want to be bold , blond and sexy..............you can....


All that AND panties LOL #:-) #:-)

Lovin' it. This is one one huge work of art. Love the bike!
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 03:50 AM UTC
Awesome job. But what does your wife think of all this ? It must take half your living space !
Just kidding. I can hardly wait to see the bridge completed.
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 04:33 AM UTC
Hey .....that's my granddad's bike
Very, very impressive again Eric...... I'm standing here and I can just keep my pants up....
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Posted: Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 05:59 AM UTC
EXCELLENT WORK IN BRIDGE - CONGRATS
ROBERTO
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Posted: Friday, July 11, 2003 - 09:06 PM UTC
for those who wonder where the pics get ........

I made a qick site where i paced al the pictures of this project .

just surf to this link : http://members.lycos.nl/opmbbs/brupa5o.html

unfortunally the text is in Dutch but i think the the pictures speaks for them selfs .

There are people who are working on the English translation..

enjoy

Eric



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Posted: Friday, July 11, 2003 - 10:38 PM UTC
looks great cheers
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Posted: Monday, August 25, 2003 - 08:19 AM UTC
Ummmmmmmmmm.....
I cant see any pictures, and your website wont load.
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Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 - 06:41 AM UTC
only little red x's for me
demodelbouwer
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Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 09:40 PM UTC
for those who saw the little red x's...

Here you can see the ( Almost ) final setup ..

Crossing the Desna River

ans one pic to make you happy..


till later

Eric
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Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - 10:09 PM UTC
Eric

Great work, beautiful! Did You already finish the paintjob? Perhaps You could apply a bit of dust to the bottom of the figures in order to blend them to the scenery ....
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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 12:29 AM UTC
wow fantastic, i like the kettenkrad, this thing roxxx and the horses look also cool
is this a opel blitz or maultier in the background
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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 06:51 AM UTC
Eric,
Great piece of work. Is this based on a specific event? Emotionally, this feels like a retreat, rather than an advance. Maybe it's the combination of vehicles and the less than organized look of the foot soldiers. That doesn't at all detract from the skills and ambition you've shown in tackling such a huge subject and having done so extremely well.
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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 08:10 AM UTC
It appears that you and i are working on a similar project... right down to the same ICM and DML kits! i purchased 3 of the Wagon with Walking soldiers kits from ICM for a total of 6 wagons and about 40 figures. i found the figures were poorly done (lots of air holes, gaps, pin marks, etc.) and required a LOT of sanding and filling... was this the case with yours as well? I also found most heads quite useless... i replaced the majority with Hornets, Verlinden, and Warriors heads. I have my soldiers walking on a dyke in Holland with a destroyed windmill in the background that is serving as a rest station. Brilliant minds think alike, eh?
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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 08:47 AM UTC
wow nice job.......
i hope u put it in some contests.
or put it on display at the liarbary
demodelbouwer
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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 08:58 AM UTC

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Eric

Great work, beautiful! Did You already finish the paintjob? Perhaps You could apply a bit of dust to the bottom of the figures in order to blend them to the scenery ....


Ralph ,

Your right the footwork of the soldiers has to be dusted into the color of the groeund work .
I already realized that that is some thing i have to do .

cheers

Eric
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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 09:00 AM UTC

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wow fantastic, i like the kettenkrad, this thing roxxx and the horses look also cool
is this a opel blitz or maultier in the background


Madmax ,


The LKW is a Mercedes 3000L .
How i build it ?
That you can read here at Armorama !!!!!!!!

Eric
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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 09:06 AM UTC

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It appears that you and i are working on a similar project... right down to the same ICM and DML kits! i purchased 3 of the Wagon with Walking soldiers kits from ICM for a total of 6 wagons and about 40 figures. i found the figures were poorly done (lots of air holes, gaps, pin marks, etc.) and required a LOT of sanding and filling... was this the case with yours as well? I also found most heads quite useless... i replaced the majority with Hornets, Verlinden, and Warriors heads. I have my soldiers walking on a dyke in Holland with a destroyed windmill in the background that is serving as a rest station. Brilliant minds think alike, eh?


It's indeed funny that you work on a simular project ...
For the figures concern mine were also poorly casted....
I also had to do a lot of filling and scraping on the figures but the end result was satifieing in the end .
But i maintained the heads that were added in the boxes because i was not able to get new heads in such a short notice .
But as i said with a lot of patience an sculpturing i redesigned all the heads .

I hope your project will be as nice looking as mine !!!
Can't wait to see the result.

grtz
Eric
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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 09:08 AM UTC

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Eric,
Great piece of work. Is this based on a specific event? Emotionally, this feels like a retreat, rather than an advance. Maybe it's the combination of vehicles and the less than organized look of the foot soldiers. That doesn't at all detract from the skills and ambition you've shown in tackling such a huge subject and having done so extremely well.



AJLaFleche,

indeed it shows a retreat .
They all walk from the right to the left........from east to west .
and many thanks for your compliments

Eric


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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 09:11 AM UTC

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wow nice job.......
i hope u put it in some contests.
or put it on display at the liarbary


Tazz ,

The first contest will be in two weeks from sunday ( KMK in Belgium 14th of september )
The second will be in october 25th ( Twenot )
And the model will be posted here in the library together with the complete story .
( Thanks to BEP who will translate it into English )

Eric
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Posted: Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 09:13 AM UTC

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That bridge is awesome. Great job. Looks very big. How long is it?

Hasty


Hasty ,
The diogroundplate is 100cm x 50cm
So the bridge is approx 80cm and 30cm wide ...

greetz

Eric
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Posted: Friday, August 29, 2003 - 10:28 PM UTC
WOW THATS BIG #:-)
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Posted: Friday, August 29, 2003 - 10:30 PM UTC
and how exactly did you get all that detail in what im trying to say is how long has this dio taken you so far
demodelbouwer
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Posted: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 08:48 AM UTC

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and how exactly did you get all that detail in what im trying to say is how long has this dio taken you so far


JusJus ,

So far the dio took me over one year now to complete.....

For what the detail concerning ....
Just use your inmagination and take a closer look at any picture you can find about retreating troops and equipment.
And examine the nature more closely especially around bridges.......

till later

Eric
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Posted: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 10:59 AM UTC
There was a topic a long time ago, where all were describing what their ultimate dio would be if they had the time, space, money, patience, etc! This reminds of that thread! Its great to see these huge dios. I for one would love to have a centerpiece like this. All the time and effort is paying off now,---- Fantastic dio and looking forward to seeing the full and finished display! Dios like this are memorable and make the normal AFV and figures a little tame looking in comparison. Great work Eric!
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