Well i have never been brave enough to post pictures any of my models before, but i have bitten the bullet as they say and posted some pics of my second dio.
It is an out of the box Tamiya exept for an alluminium barrel. It is supposed to depict a Tiger being repaired in Tunisia. Anyway i am sure you will all let me know what you think :-)

Pete,
I like the look of it- I say, Good job, sir!!

Pete, Well done. I like the texture of the ground work. You may want to glue or wire the track down over the drive sprocket (ref bottom picture) it is sorta "floating."
Great job!!

Shaun

Pete:

I'm impressed by your diorama. I hope my second, set in North Africa, turns out as well. Could you give us some details on how you made your groundwork?

Looks nice!
I second the request of groundwork technique- what did you use?

Peter

Nice work sir, I lke the tank and the figures are posed nicely.Ground work is very good,con grats. :-)

Nicely done, simple, straightforward storyline, no wasted or distracting information. The viewer knows right away what's happening. Ditto on the tracks, otherwise, it looks like areally fine build up. Good job.

I particularly like the weathered, bent skirts... looks such much more realistic than a neat and tidy job!

Also excellent "sag" on the tracks... which method did you use (or was this an individual link set?).

Only critique (and it is very minor) is the air identification flag. It looks like a crisp, starched and ironed table cloth... maybe just the camera angle. I would expect to see more wrinkles and folds.

Nice work - top shelf stuff!

Hey, that is pretty good! I am curious, what kit was this?

The flag, hey maybe the commander was a perfectionst! And he was obsessive compulsive, and it always had to be starched and ironed, for the Reich's image! #:-)

~Chip

Thanks for all the comments they are appreciated.
The track is now glued down in place over the drive sprocket. They are the rubber band type tracks not individual links, i don't have the patience for them yet, just glued down to give sag in places.
Good point about the flag, its a paper one printed out and stuck to foil. Everytime i tried to bend and ruffle it it would come away from the foil but i am working on a replacement, probably use thinner foil.
The kit is a Tamiya Tiger 1 early production.

The groundwork was made using info i picked up from Armorama. A thin uneven layer of sculptamould with some PVA in was spread over the base. Chinchilla sand was spread over this and spillsorb (used for absorbing oil on garage floors) added to give the larger rocks. The whole base was then sprayed in Desert yellow followed by a light misting of buff all the rocks were painted in different shades of grey with lots of drybrushing. The small pieces of foliage are just bits of seamoss that fall off the larger pieces.

Hope this answered your questions now i am off to fix the flag

GREAT JOB - CONGRATS PETE
ROBERTO