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Help from the locals
waterboy
Joined: July 03, 2003
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 - 05:40 AM UTC
Finally finished my Sherman dio. I'm calling it help from the locals. A sherman tank crew stops and get some local intell from a couple of French partisans. Sherman is an old Tamiya, house is miniart. Figures are DML and Mk35.
Let me know what you think
Let me know what you think
ltb073
Joined: March 08, 2010
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 - 05:50 AM UTC
Hi Don,
nice looking dio is the base part of the mini-art set as well or did you make it? If its a mini-art base did you attache it to a piece of wood? Im making some mini-art kits and the bases seam very flexible. I like the way you did the different color cobble stones on the street. Good job all around.
nice looking dio is the base part of the mini-art set as well or did you make it? If its a mini-art base did you attache it to a piece of wood? Im making some mini-art kits and the bases seam very flexible. I like the way you did the different color cobble stones on the street. Good job all around.
waterboy
Joined: July 03, 2003
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 - 05:56 AM UTC
Thanks Sal, the cobblestones are an old resin piece that I cut to fit the base.
Don
Don
Bluestab
Joined: December 03, 2009
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 - 06:10 AM UTC
Looks nice. The Tamiya M4a3 was one of my favorite kits back in the 90s. Nice blend of the different kits. I'd be interested on your thoughts of the Miniart Free French figures.
sfctur1
Joined: December 12, 2007
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 - 07:46 AM UTC
Looks good, good combinations of different companys kits and figures.
Tom
Tom
johncpo
Joined: September 03, 2007
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 - 07:52 AM UTC
Don,
Excellent diorama and good photos with lots of details.
Keep up the great work.
The best,
johncpo
Excellent diorama and good photos with lots of details.
Keep up the great work.
The best,
johncpo
waterboy
Joined: July 03, 2003
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 - 01:23 PM UTC
Bluestab, the French resistance figures are from MK35. They are resin and have a lot of detail..
Don
Don
Bluestab
Joined: December 03, 2009
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 - 03:21 PM UTC
Thanks Don. I had thought they were from the French Resistance set which is actually made by Masterbox (oops).
bill1
Joined: August 14, 2005
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 - 07:58 PM UTC
Yo Don,
Nice little diorama. Good story and a fine build.
Very good paint job on the street. Maybe the wall of the house could have some more contrast with pigments.
Good job!
Greetz Nico
Nice little diorama. Good story and a fine build.
Very good paint job on the street. Maybe the wall of the house could have some more contrast with pigments.
Good job!
Greetz Nico
Dangeroo
#023
Joined: March 13, 2009
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Posted: Monday, July 19, 2010 - 07:58 PM UTC
Don, mighty fine work you got there. What's your method for rubble? And the stowage on the Shermie, is it a resin casting or home made?
One small item: The road sign says Marseill. I suppose you mean the city? That would be spelled Marseille (French almost always has at least one letter that you can't hear, usually an e...
).
Cheers!
Stefan
One small item: The road sign says Marseill. I suppose you mean the city? That would be spelled Marseille (French almost always has at least one letter that you can't hear, usually an e...
).Cheers!
Stefan
waterboy
Joined: July 03, 2003
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Posted: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 - 05:38 AM UTC
Thanks for the kind words gents. Stephan, the rubble is crushed plaster and assorted bits of plastic covered with a diluted white glue mixture. The tarps and sandbags are resin aftermarket stuff.
Don
Don
parrot
Joined: March 01, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 07:48 AM UTC
Looks great Don.
One question for you and Sal.I bought my first Miniart building today and at first glance there's a lot of surplus plastic and nothing on the instructions saying it should be cut away.I'm sure it has to be,but better to ask people with experience with them.One saying I try to live by is "It's better to ask a stupid question than make a stupid mistake"
Thanks.
Tom
One question for you and Sal.I bought my first Miniart building today and at first glance there's a lot of surplus plastic and nothing on the instructions saying it should be cut away.I'm sure it has to be,but better to ask people with experience with them.One saying I try to live by is "It's better to ask a stupid question than make a stupid mistake"
Thanks.
Tom
waterboy
Joined: July 03, 2003
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Posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 03:50 PM UTC
Tom, the easiest way to get rid of the plastic is to take a scribe and score around the edges a few times. Then just snap off the excess plastic. Remember it better to leave a littl plastic and sand it down than to cut to close and have a gap.
Don
Don
gremlinz
Joined: February 07, 2009
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Posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 04:33 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Looks great Don.
One question for you and Sal.I bought my first Miniart building today and at first glance there's a lot of surplus plastic and nothing on the instructions saying it should be cut away.I'm sure it has to be,but better to ask people with experience with them.One saying I try to live by is "It's better to ask a stupid question than make a stupid mistake"
Thanks.
Tom
On their website Miniart have some very good guides to building and painting their buildings.
Assembly
Painting
parrot
Joined: March 01, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 03:57 AM UTC
Thanks alot guys,
And thanks for the web site.I'll need it because on further examination,I don't even know what I have.
The contents in the box are for a completly different building than the one I bought.
And thanks for the web site.I'll need it because on further examination,I don't even know what I have.
The contents in the box are for a completly different building than the one I bought.
parrot
Joined: March 01, 2002
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Posted: Saturday, July 24, 2010 - 10:58 AM UTC
Hi Dean,Thanks for for the links.There's no sound.I find their buillding to be a lot of work and don't fit very well.They are a lot cheaper,but someone like Diorama Plus with ceramic is much quicker and easier to assembleSorry to get off your dio Don.I still think it's a great piece.Tom 
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