Frank Jansoone shares with us a number of pictures of his German 88mm Diorama.

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Beautifully done! Al

Well done!

Besides the excellent construction and painting, I particularly like the very nice and tight composition.

In all aspects - superb! The lighting, did you shoot "Cäsar" outside?

@ Al & SdAufKla: Thank you for the kind words, gentlemen. Much appreciated.

@ JPTRR: Thank you for the compliment! I took the pictures indoors with a overhead light and a fill in light to soften the shadows. The background is just a print out from a picture I found on the internet.



Frank

Absolutely beautiful, this is my favorite subject in all of modeling. I currently have 2 37's and one flak 36, one of which I'm working into a 1943 winter dio. I try to read up as much as I can on the gun but can't seem to find stories and historic scenarios such as the amazing one described in this post. Any ideas on where I could search for 88 gun emplacements pics and unit histories? Fantastic build sir, I have plans to place one of my Flak 37s in the Bocage and would love to find stories and photos to guide me. Cheers!

I visited the blog and was very impressed. It was like visiting a workbench of exactly what I want to work on. Questions: what did you use for your tall grass in this diorama? It's excellent. Also, the Caen Caldron diorama looks incredible. I love reading up on the 12th SS. What figures did you use for Otto Funk, Klaus Schuh and Willy Boigk? ( The 3 panzergrenadiers)

Stunning realism. Brilliant.

Awesomeness!

@Nathan Weter: Here is some info about FlaKs and their emplacements

http://www.missing-lynx.com/library/german/flak_dmourtizsen.html

http://www.missing-lynx.com/library/german/flak2_dmourtizsen.html

@ Frank: I agree about the nice composition of this piece. The emplacement gives it a dimension that's difficult to produce in artillery dioramas. This is a fantastic piece!

Nathan,

First of all I want to than you for your enthusiastic reply, very much appreciated.

Nathan wrote:


The actual "Cäsar" story I found on the is forum:

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=50&t=142762

I'm sorry the actual story is in German but it's a little long to translate. One of the advantages of being Belgian is that we have to learn how to speak Flemish, French and German !
To get (German) veteran accounts I think you're most likely to find them on those kind of forums.

I got my inspiration for the gun emplacement reading the book :

"German Field Fortifications" (I've send you a PM.)

Suggested reading about the 12 ss:

"The 12th SS" vol 1 & 2 by Hubert Meyer -- Stackpole Books
"Grenadiers" by Kurt Meyer -- Stackpole Books

If you're interested in how it was to fight the 12 SS in Normandy as a Canadian check out:

"Conduct Unbecoming" by Howard Margolian





I'm thrilled that you like my blog and I should really finish the "Caen Cauldron" diorama because it's gathering dust on the shelf !
The three Panzergrenadiers are S&T Miniatures, a little hard to find, maybe try here:
http://www.rjproducts.com/Catalogs/S_and_T_Products/S_and_T_Products.html

The tall grass is from the Heki Decovlies range

Thanks again for your kind words,

@ Gary And David

Thank you very much for the appreciation, I'm glad you like it !

@ Roy,

Thanks for helping out with the reference and thank you for appreciating my work ! It means a lot.

Thank you very much gentlemen. You guys have really helped me out. Cheers and Happy Holidays from Missouri!