Aloha people,
This is my second attempt at a diorama titled "Schnell, der Motor ist noch warm".
The bike comes from the Italeri kit and the figure is from an old Esci kit.
I scratchbuilt the fence and the brake cable. For the booby trap I was inspired by the diorama "Greta's revenge" by the great FAUST .
Please any comments?
Greetz,
The German is pointing out to his comrads to get searching.

The bike

The backside

They're in for a surprise

Just for the fun of it

Dirk, wat gemeen, zo"n boobytrap ! :-)

Uitstekend dio ! Hooguit één detailpuntje ter verbetering (maar een kniesoor die daarover valt !): de grond lijkt me iets te egaal grijs. Wat meer schakering zou mooi zijn. Misschien wat groen ?
Schitterend diootje.

Jan

Dirk

Simply Brilliant I like the Boobytrap Idea.
Boooom und Bratworst fur bei die Sauerkraut :-) :-) :-)

Indeed as jan already pointed out the road might be a bit to grey and with some small washes and drybrushes with khaki and such colors wold give the road a bit more live. Also I would add some long grass against the fence on the roadside You see that a lot as the grass don`t get mowed there.

Further then that you have a brilliant dio there congrats

Aloha BEP, interseting little story!!! So who's the unluck one tripping the wire? looks good I agree about the road some more "color" would help. Other wise realt nice work!!! STUG

Dirk,

I would add some grass and weeds on the bottom of the fence. Look at a fence in real life. On most fences you'll find grass and weeds growing at the bottom of the fence.

This would spice up the dio....it adds colour, detail and a variation in surface.... then a little extra colour on the soil (like GF proposed) and you'll have a different, even better, dio.

I like the fence very much...what sort of wood did you use and with what colours did you weather it ? It has the acual yellowish / greyish colour most fences get after some years in wind and rain.... I never could achieve that colour on my fences....

just my two cents.

Very good idea bep!!! I'm with ronny about the grass at the bottom of the fence to "spice it up" another bit...
Ciao

Nice job. I love these small vignettes they're fun and quick and can tell quite a story. I love the Zundap the weathering and detail is really good. The fence is nicely done too. I like the base also, nice touch.
Two really minor points that you can add. The figures boots are cleaner than his coat. I would even that up a smidge using some pastels.
On the fence you can add nail holes. Take a pin and push in little holes where the nails would have gone. Then use a dark wash and touch the holes to add color. You can even use streatched sprue as nail where the boards have been broken away and the nail may have been left behind.
Really minor things.

For your second diorama its quite nice. You can be happy with the way it turned out.

The more I see vignettes like this the more I like them. I'm getting a bit fed-up seeing the Uber-Dios, something like this really tells a story..... Great stuff, keep them coming...Jim

Good idea generally well executed. Along with the other comments let me add a cople. You reaaly shold have filled in the sink mark on the gun sheath. I'm not sure about this, not being a Harley student, but I think there would have bee a couple springs at the back of hte seat, but I'm not sure. The last thing, your bike's tires are deep in the sand. I don't think the soil near a fence would be that soft and if it were, you should add a trai leading to it, otherwise it looks like the MC was dropped there from the heavens.

Aloha guys,
Thanks for the comments. I really appreciate such valuable tips.
Jan,
The ground isn't grey in real life. It is painted in Flat earth. I think it turned into grey when I adjusted the pictures in Photodraw.
Danny,
I used wooden sticks to give you when you buy coffee. Actually I got them in Maastricht on the 'Lentebeurs'.
Scot,
I will try to make some holes in the fence.
Al,
You are right about the sink hole. I totally did not see it. I have a picture of the real bike and the seat is correct. The springs came on the later types.

Good to know, I'll remember that if I ever get around to building my Tamiya Harley. :-)

Hey Al,
Here's the picture:

I hardly dare to say this, but I am not really impressed by the figure. It brings down the quality of the bike! I would replace it. Sorry but somebody has to play the advocateof the devil!