Istvan

Great build so far, like the 7TP as well.

Anthony

Thanks Jesper!

So here is some more picture, as the bridghead is also painted, and I have put all dryfitted figures in place to check the balance.









Cheers,

Istvan

I just wanted to put an update. The vegetation is now getting shape, but there is a lot of treatment needed even on this side.



With two kids, I'm not a time-millionaire, and the UEFA Euro 2012 Championship also slows the progress

Huh. Almost a year has passed since I have started the work on the dio (and I did not count the resurrection of the 7TP tank) but it seems now I have finished it

Was a really great experience, as I have tried a lot of new techniques, like artifical water, new figure painting method, wrking with wood etc...

Yes, you are absolutely right! The figures do not really match the scene, as some of it is really belong to the latter years of the war, but I liked the energy they added, so it do not really bothers me...

So here comes the pictures:

Where's the recovery vehicle, when you need it?

Actually they have tried, but the tow cable was torn, and the German advance was too quick...

Great job! Very nice diorama! I love composition and figure placing! Looks very good! Maybe the tank is little too clean.

Ah. Now that I examine it a little more closely, I can see the tow cable. The bridge really is fantastic! I think the eye is drawn more to it and the masterful figures crossing it.

Thanks guys Just a little addon: two documentary photo and a scene still shot from the "Attack of the Nazi Zombies" movie.

Very very nice!! Great job on the water,plants and foliage,bridge,vehicle,figs,everything is cool. Really love the ammo belt wrapped around the MG.
J

I'm not understanding the wires on the bridge. Normally, such fastening would be done with heavy bolts and nuts. I saw the photo of the bridge, but could not see the corresponding area. Also, you mention rivets. I believe they are only used to join metal to metal. Nice weathering on the planks, with the simulated nail holes.

Hi Charles,

You mean the cramps, on the legs of the bridge when you wrote wiring? I have used a reference picture where Polish soldiers was building a wooden bridge, and they have used this kind of solution. But maybe you right, as that bridge was a temporary installation. Unfortunately this was the only photo I have found about attaching the legs to the bridge upper part, and I have liked the look of it.


Regarding the rivets, you are right, my English is not the best, I was thinking on big carpenter nails fixing the wooden X-es on the legs.

The advances looks good.

Congratulations, Omar

I think the cramps are ok! This is not a big bridge, and I have seen such a solution in polish countryside more than once. Not only on temporal bridges.