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Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 11:05 AM UTC
Hello everyone!

I hope you remember this one...

It's the Italeri 1/72 scale ISU 152 with figures from Milicast and Presier.

Well, it's finished now and it will be featured in the October issue of Military Modelcraft International.

I must thank all of you who gave me valuable input during the build

I hope you like it!

Cheers

Sven-Åke




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Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 11:07 AM UTC
Sven this is fantastic! It's such a characterful scene, and quite astonishing considering that its in braille scale! Congratulations on a fine piece!
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Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 11:42 AM UTC
Congrats on the feature in MMI - Definitely well deserved. It is a beautiful little diorama!
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Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 02:41 PM UTC
Sven-Åke,

As usual, very nice!

Especially considering you originally meant to build just the ISU 152. Quite the little vignette. I believe I will be getting a future issue of MMI!

Keep them coming!
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Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 03:00 PM UTC
This one made me laugh, I love how the Soviets are totally oblivious that the outhouse is occupied. Nice work!
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Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 03:18 PM UTC
Sven-Åke

Lovely work there.

Always refreshing to see what your fertile imagination comes up with next!
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Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 05:29 PM UTC
Heh.. heh.. I never would have expected the guy in the outhouse! Very nice, imaginative work as usual.. and a funny little story.

Hisham
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Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 07:07 PM UTC

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Sven this is fantastic! It's such a characterful scene, and quite astonishing considering that its in braille scale! Congratulations on a fine piece!


Thank You Very Much Jon!!!

It's sometimes quite hard to create scenes the way I want
in this scale since theres not always a figure with the
correct pose or accessories that will fit in so it often
requires a lot of figure converting and scratchbuilding to replicate the scene I have in my head.

Glad you like my efforts

Cheers

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 07:19 PM UTC

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Congrats on the feature in MMI - Definitely well deserved. It is a beautiful little diorama!


Thanks Kirk!!!

I feel that there's too few small scale builds in the magazines today
but Military Modelcraft International really shows interest in the subject
and as far as I know they are the only magazine who regulaly feature a small
scale build in every issue so it is indeed an honour to be a part of this

Cheers and thanks for your comment!!!

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 07:43 PM UTC

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Sven-Åke,

As usual, very nice!

Especially considering you originally meant to build just the ISU 152. Quite the little vignette. I believe I will be getting a future issue of MMI!

Keep them coming!


Thanks Jeff!!!

Well that's the power of the forums for you right there

With the help of others I could filter my thoughts and be
steered in the right direction and that made me end up with
this little diorama.

So glad you like it!!!

Cheers

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 09:20 PM UTC

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This one made me laugh, I love how the Soviets are totally oblivious that the outhouse is occupied. Nice work!


Thanks Jeremy!!!

That was my intention, to make people smile when they see it!

Glad you like it!!!

Cheers

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 09:24 PM UTC

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Sven-Åke

Lovely work there.

Always refreshing to see what your fertile imagination comes up with next!


Thanks Michael!!!

I think being slightly different really pays off when doing
dioramas. Interaction between figures and humor are the two
most important elements when I create a diorama...

Cheers!!!

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 09:27 PM UTC

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Heh.. heh.. I never would have expected the guy in the outhouse! Very nice, imaginative work as usual.. and a funny little story.

Hisham


Thanks Hisham my friend!!!

Yeah, you didn't see this one coming did you he he he

So glad you find it entertaining.

Thanks for your support!!!

Sven-Åke
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Posted: Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 10:21 PM UTC
Nice job.
A magnificent work on a 1/72 scale model.
congratulations....
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Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 01:24 AM UTC
Hi Sven-Åke,

The more I see of this little gem the more I admire your skill, the newspaper is a neat addition (we all have done the crossword whilst on the 'throne'). Superb stuff, you deserve every plaudit you get for this one.

All the best,

Paul
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Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 04:03 AM UTC

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Nice job.
A magnificent work on a 1/72 scale model.
congratulations....


Thanks!!!

I'm really glad that you like it!

Cheers

Sven-Åke

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Posted: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 - 10:25 AM UTC

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Hi Sven-Åke,

The more I see of this little gem the more I admire your skill, the newspaper is a neat addition (we all have done the crossword whilst on the 'throne'). Superb stuff, you deserve every plaudit you get for this one.

All the best,

Paul


Thanks a million Paul!!!

I am glad you like it and I'm equally glad that I managed
to finish it before our little trip.

The newspaper was a pretty good idea which was given to
me by a fellow modeller on another forum and it really
adds a lot to the whole scene. My first intentions were
to try and print the newspaper but I couldn't find any
good enough paper that was thin enough that would also
print well so I used tissue papper (correct term?) and
painted the "/news". Not terribly pleased with it but it
works well from a normal viewingdistance...

Thanks again for all the support!!!

Cheers!!!

Sven-Åke
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