Here are some more update pictures. I have finished the figures and have started to place them in the dio. The little girl will have a bundle of flowers in her outstretched hand. The recovery crewman that has his hand up to the side of the tank will be writing cataloging numbers on the side of the tank, from what I have read this was common to do before towing the tank to the impound area for salvage.
The crewman who is on the tank itself has just noticed the little girl approuching. Another crewman is dragging the cable from the spools and another (not pictured) is near the cab of the DW, holding a Thompson SMG. It was not uncommon for recovery crews to be shot at so it was common to have at least one of the crew armed and on guard during the recovery of a vehicle that is near the fighting.
The tank has been adorned with several bunches of flowers and at least two bottles of wine. There will be more adorning the tank when the dio is completed. This however gives you an idea as to what the finished product will look like. I will post more and I near completion.

I've got only one word for you're work......." "....

Damn I haven't got any words for your work at all. Absolutely fantastic stuff you showed us!!

Give us more..Give us more !! and pleas tell us more about how you created the muddy part of the dio !!

That, my friend, is the cat's meow!!!

Keep up the beautiful work, and do show us more!

It's not fair......Why can't I make models that good!

Great Job!!!!!!! :-) :-)

Mark

Hi,
...oh I love that flowers! How did you do it?

this i like.
Arthur :-) :-) :-) :-)

wow what a great dio, i hope to have my dio on here soon when i get it done

Stunning... As for the shell blasts, did you just punch through it with a piece of heated metal?

Excellent work :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

Matt

No. I drilled into the plastic with an exacto knife blade and then swiped a bit of Plastruct glue on the edges to soften them a bit.

Keep us updated. This is my daily soap... waiting for the next installment. Looking forward to seeing the final result.

Dana,
Beautifully done!! I am really eager to see the finised piece.

Sincerely,
Jim

I´ve said it before, I´m saying it now: WOW.
What colours did you use for the figures? I think it´s the best skin work I´ve seen!
Respect!

Toni

Toni,
I agree about the skin-tones. All in all it's just a really well balanced effort.

Dana,
I can't remember did you say you are building this for a client? Or is this for yourself? I would love to get an article of course but I think you really might be in book territory with this one..... "Hello? ...yes Verlinden calling."



Jim

Simply amazing!!! This is truely a feast for the eyes!!!

WOW! Great theme, composition, an coloring. I am still building models that look like they just emerged from the stone age when campared to your work. Great workmanship.
DJ

Yes you are fast, gosh would take me the rest of the year to paint the figures . Again well done now if we can talk you into building say a famo in same kind of situation. this would be very nice also I think. Good job their Dana. Gets 5 stars. I especially like the Vino if I was them I would be tasting it.

Knowing the devious creativity of Army engineers they probably built a still, and therefore will not partake of the inferior vino on display.

DGeraths,
your skill is rivaled only by your creativity

in which case would come in handy if they run into a fuel shortage

Thud!!!!!!!!!!(me passing out in amazement!)
How,How, HOW do you do figs like that?????????

That is absolutely amazing, DG :-) Love to get my figures to turn out like that.... #:-)