Many pics. This dio also shows my first attempts to model figures. Not the best but I am learning. Enjoy:
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'Fallen Armor/Depot' JunkYard Dio
ti
Joined: May 08, 2002
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Posted: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 10:44 AM UTC
I thought I'd put together a small dio that somewhat depicts vehicles fallen to IED's or heavy attacks which left them totally destroyed and unusable. I had seen quite a few pics of badly damaged vehicles, beyond repairs, just put into a heap or collected together and placed into a 'Junkyard' type for damaged vehicles. So this is my loose representation of such yards during the Iraqi War...
Many pics. This dio also shows my first attempts to model figures. Not the best but I am learning. Enjoy:
Many pics. This dio also shows my first attempts to model figures. Not the best but I am learning. Enjoy:
captnenglish
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Posted: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 11:00 AM UTC
Overall I really like this.
35th-scale
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Posted: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 08:40 PM UTC
Looks great. Very big with something in every part of the dio. Figures came out well also.
Well done!
Well done!
ti
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Posted: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 - 09:18 PM UTC
Thanks guys.
Shanelangston
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 02:45 AM UTC
Great stuff Charles !
ti
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 02:55 AM UTC
Thanks Shane
BLACKWATER
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 03:13 AM UTC
Great work, if we can replace the child soldiers, it will be more interesting. A "playground."
Cheers
Blackwater
Cheers
Blackwater
ti
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 05:38 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Great work, if we can replace the child soldiers, it will be more interesting. A "playground."
Cheers
Blackwater
This was my first attempt at building and painting figures. So I apologies for the way they look. I assume you mean they look childish?
Also, these were the only ones I had on hand. put italicized text here 
Bodeen
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 06:05 AM UTC
Very nice dio Charles.You have all of the details down to the orange cones. I think the figures look just fine. You should be proud of this one.
Jeff
chefchris
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 06:13 AM UTC
Charles,
I think he means if you replaced the soldiers WITH children.....
I like it!
CHris
I think he means if you replaced the soldiers WITH children.....
I like it!
CHris
mauserman
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 06:27 AM UTC
I think it looks great Charles. I don't really understand what Blackwater was trying to get over in his post, but the figs looks fine to me. Would it be possible to see a photo of the entire dio?
18Bravo
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 06:31 AM UTC
Great dio, man. I have actually seen an area like this at FOB Sykes when we drove there on our weekly mail run. A few points though:
1. Like some of our esteemed members, a site like this is usually buried deep within the FOB, not out on the perimeter.
2. Because of that, the personnel around the site are more than likely not all kitted up like that.
Otherwise I love it.
One other thing-you might consider drilling down further into the tops of the traffic cones to give them a more hollow look.
1. Like some of our esteemed members, a site like this is usually buried deep within the FOB, not out on the perimeter.
2. Because of that, the personnel around the site are more than likely not all kitted up like that.
Otherwise I love it.
One other thing-you might consider drilling down further into the tops of the traffic cones to give them a more hollow look.
ti
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 10:43 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Great dio, man. I have actually seen an area like this at FOB Sykes when we drove there on our weekly mail run. A few points though:
1. Like some of our esteemed members, a site like this is usually buried deep within the FOB, not out on the perimeter.
2. Because of that, the personnel around the site are more than likely not all kitted up like that.
Otherwise I love it.
One other thing-you might consider drilling down further into the tops of the traffic cones to give them a more hollow look.
Thanks for the constructive criticism. About the figures being the way they are; They just arrived on site to dispose of some things. I probably should have made it clearer in the scene, but I could not decide how to do it. On top of that I had limited space to arrange them.
grimmo
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 12:00 PM UTC
Charles, awesome work! I think it takes a brave man to hack up a new kit to make a wrecked vehicle! Overall very good work!
ti
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 12:34 PM UTC
It sure does Matt but I take the pleasure in knowing it's for a good cause. 
Spuds
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 01:58 PM UTC
Extremely well done! A great idea. The scene also makes one think about who might have been in those destroyed vehicles. Very appropriate, considering the significance of tomorrow's date.
sfctur1
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 05:57 PM UTC
Charles,
Great looking diorama, the figures look good. Question where did you get PLS Racks from? Also the generator in the back of the 5 ton?
Tom
Great looking diorama, the figures look good. Question where did you get PLS Racks from? Also the generator in the back of the 5 ton?
Tom
ti
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 07:07 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Charles,
Great looking diorama, the figures look good. Question where did you get PLS Racks from? Also the generator in the back of the 5 ton?
Tom
Hi Tom. Both the generator were scratch built. The PLS racks were part of a scratch built M1075 I built. The generator was part of scratch built mobile generator trailer.
Spiderfrommars
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 07:57 PM UTC
Awesome indeed
How long did it take you?
How long did it take you?
ti
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 08:34 PM UTC
The diorama itself took about a week to do. But the models took a little longer. Say a total of 2 months.
Kuno-Von-Dodenburg
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 08:56 PM UTC
That's excellent work Charles. On some of the photos, the casual observer noit knowing it's a scale dio could easily be forgiven for mistaking it for the real thing.
- Steve
- Steve
ti
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 10:26 PM UTC
Ha Ha...Thanks Steve.
Plasticbattle
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Posted: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 10:35 PM UTC
Looks great Charles ... and a great way to use up all those extras we seem to collect. Good to see you back modelling again!
ti
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 12:27 AM UTC
Thanks Frank. Glad to be back.
sfctur1
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 04:11 AM UTC
Charles,
Thank you. Do you have any scale diagrams of either of those two?
Tom
Thank you. Do you have any scale diagrams of either of those two?
Tom
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