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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 10:28 AM UTC
Recently I came across a series of KV-2 images I just had to try and model. I'd never built an upside-down tank before this seemed like a perfect time to try it.

These are the images I came across:





And here is my take on the scene:













The tank is the Trumpeter KV-2, detailed with Aber photo etch and fenders, and master club tracks. The figures are from Stalingrad and Alpine miniatures, a couple of which received hornet heads.
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 10:50 AM UTC


Wow!!

This is brilliant Jason!! Your painting is superb!

Impressive!!! Big congratulations Sir!!

Cheers

Romain

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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 12:28 PM UTC
Never seen anything like it, real cool.
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 01:02 PM UTC
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 01:04 PM UTC
That is sooo!!! cool Jason.
Just a great idea.Nice work on it all.
Love the figures,they all have the "what the F--- "look to them.Excuse the language.
Hats off to you for it.

Tom
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 01:06 PM UTC
The only thing I don't like about this diorama is the name. It should be "where the @#!$ did you learn to drive?"
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 01:08 PM UTC
Great interpretation of a historical photo! The dio looks wonderful, and those figures work perfectly. Where did you get them (or did you sculpt them)?
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 01:19 PM UTC
Crazy cool!!! This makes me smile!!!

--mke
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 01:54 PM UTC
A very unique and extremely well executed scene Jason. Very neat scene. Your figures are nicely done, and add a sence of action to an otherwise static build. Cool dio.

Dave
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 02:41 PM UTC
Great attention to detail and very well executed...I love it. The figures are perfect.
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 02:50 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Great interpretation of a historical photo! The dio looks wonderful, and those figures work perfectly. Where did you get them (or did you sculpt them)?


Thanks!

The two figures being yelled at are unmodified stalingrad miniatures figures.

The yelling commander is a Tank miniatures figure with his arm and head replaced by a hornet head in a Tank miniatures helmet.

The two confused standing figures are alpine miniatures, one of whom has his arm replaced.

The guy climbing out of the tank escape hatch is actually a stalingrad german figure from their Waffen-SS panzer crew set, with a replacement head and his torso resculpted to change it from german overalls to early war russian (redo of the collar and the pockets).
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 02:52 PM UTC

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Never seen anything like it, real cool.


Thanks! That's exactly what I was going for!
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 03:04 PM UTC
And the figure poking out of the bottom of the hull does it

Very impressive




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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 04:08 PM UTC
Really superb dio! But shouldn't there be a hill there?

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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 04:20 PM UTC
You performed a fantastic execution of representing the photo with your model. The figures look great and really add depth and life to the diorama. The diorama's message is pretty neat.

It's nice how everything came together in terms of kitbashing the figures and the overall scene.
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 04:28 PM UTC
This is great hahaha. You took some of the more somber/serious figures and turned it into a humorous scene, well done. Love it.

-Conor
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 05:06 PM UTC
Nicely done. That was a brilliant idea and very nice execution. You should be proud.
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 05:39 PM UTC
What a fantastic way to feature the real star of tracked vehicles - the suspension and tracks themselves! We modelers go to great lengths to get them just right and then they are tucked away below, grinding in the dirt while the upper hull, turret, stowage and crew get the spotlight! Bravo! !
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 07:01 PM UTC

Quoted Text

You performed a fantastic execution of representing the photo with your model. The figures look great and really add depth and life to the diorama. The diorama's message is pretty neat.

It's nice how everything came together in terms of kitbashing the figures and the overall scene.


Thanks! I truly believe adding at least one well-painted figure adds a lot to any model. I honest can't recall the last model I built that didn't have at least one.
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 07:02 PM UTC

Quoted Text

What a fantastic way to feature the real star of tracked vehicles - the suspension and tracks themselves! We modelers go to great lengths to get them just right and then they are tucked away below, grinding in the dirt while the upper hull, turret, stowage and crew get the spotlight! Bravo! !


Some times you just have to flip the status quo on its head.
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 08:50 PM UTC
Looks excellent. One thing I'd mention though is that the underside of tanks is generally pretty mucky and shows a definite streaking fore and aft caused by the belly scraping along the earth periodically. There isn't therefore much paint evident although this example may be fairly recently built and issued.

Anyway, I like the diorama a lot.
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 10:34 PM UTC
Inventive, inspiring and impressive!
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Posted: Monday, November 03, 2014 - 10:54 PM UTC
Cant belive this hasn't been done before.....Exellent on all levels, love the work on the Driver figure!
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Posted: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 11:49 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Looks excellent. One thing I'd mention though is that the underside of tanks is generally pretty mucky and shows a definite streaking fore and aft caused by the belly scraping along the earth periodically. There isn't therefore much paint evident although this example may be fairly recently built and issued.

Anyway, I like the diorama a lot.


Thanks!

Entertainingly, a little after I finished this diorama a friend at the local AMPS meet showed me a book with images of this exact KV-2 after the germans found it and it has a picture of the underside. While it is remarkably clean, no mud buildup, it did have a bit more streaking towards the back end of the bottom. I've been tempted to try adding that, but since everything is already fixed to the base, its a big risk to add it now.
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Posted: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 - 11:53 AM UTC
too funny! Love the pose of the figures. Well done all the way around!
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