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gerrysmodels
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Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 01:11 AM UTC
A 1/35 diorama of a German prime mover and 88mm gun moving to the front.

















































pdelsoglio
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Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 02:31 AM UTC
Hi there!

A really, really nice diorama.
The weathering on the vehicle and the 88 gun, as well as the groundwork, is top notch!!!
Thanks for sharing!

Cheers.
ivanhoe6
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Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 03:17 AM UTC
Pretty nice dio ! Thanks for sharing it with us. A quick question, where did you get the helmet decals ?
Thanks again !
Tom
lespauljames
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Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 08:47 AM UTC
nice work, lots of figures, i would have shaded them as opposed to dry brushing them though, would have added a little more life to them.
your vegetation looks good, what did you use?
All_You_Can_Kit
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Jakarta Raya, Indonesia
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Posted: Friday, March 15, 2013 - 02:57 PM UTC
Hello Gerry! How quick build you are performed and and it's so kind to have a look on this finished diorama after the rest of your previous build which contains a group of rested German troops Let allow me to write down a few comments:

1. Chipping paint on the vehicles.
Overall chipping paint, especially on the body of the Flak and haftrack's interior, are very lovely, but IMO, on a minor spots are too large and too regularly placed, especially on the Flak's barrel as clearly viewed on picture #7. Simply make them scattered and not have to be regularly placed in order to make them naturally look.

2. Camouflage paint on the vehicles.
Applause for the nice camouflage paint! No other suitable words to admire on how you keep your consistent touch when applying the soft edge camouflage onto the SdKfz and also the Flak!

3. Vehicle's track and trackprints.
You do the right path on building the track, somewhat falls onto the wheels to illustrate the weight of it. Don't forget to add the track print after the halftrack position and also the AA gun.

4. Detail of figures and accessories.
Outstanding decision of wood brown application onto the ration boxes, ammo crates, and rifles' handle. You may add a rifle sling onto each of the rifle held by some troops, also for the others mounted. Also agree with James, a shading application will make them more lifelike. I already prove it when shading a few figures to be placed in my current diorama. Also love the decal on the helmets, rank insignia you choose to illustrate the Luftwaffe's troops, and SdKfz's windscreen details.

5. Vegetations.
Really like the cute red flower bunches among the bushes!

Once again, outstanding job overall! Also nice and better photographing technique and please don't let me miss your another newly posted project


Kind regards from Indonesia


Garry
gerrysmodels
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Posted: Monday, March 18, 2013 - 01:32 PM UTC

Tom

The helmet decals are Tamiya.

Thanks for looking and the positive coments. Much appreciated.

Cheers
Gerry
gerrysmodels
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Posted: Monday, March 18, 2013 - 01:36 PM UTC
James

Appreciate what you are saying re the figures. The vegitation is mostly woodland scenics products with static grass and grass tufts.

Thanks for looking.

Cheers
Gerry
gerrysmodels
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Posted: Monday, March 18, 2013 - 01:40 PM UTC
Garry

Thanks for looking and the helpfull advice.

It is always better to get the point of view of someone else as it can only make your efforts better.

The photos must have been a fluke as I am still pretty awful at photography.

Cheers
Gerry
gerrysmodels
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Posted: Monday, March 18, 2013 - 01:41 PM UTC
Pablo

Thanks for looking and the positive comments. Much appreciated.

Cheers

Gerry
All_You_Can_Kit
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Posted: Monday, March 18, 2013 - 01:43 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Garry

Thanks for looking and the helpfull advice.

It is always better to get the point of view of someone else as it can only make your efforts better.

The photos must have been a fluke as I am still pretty awful at photography.

Cheers
Gerry



You're welcome buddy


Cheers

Garry
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