Hi Guys,
Its me again, I'm posting pics of my dio (first scratchbuilt, comment series) which is almost finished. Please note that the figs although painted are still glossy (oil -- needs to dull it more) and they are not yet permanent in terms of placement. I will add a few more miscellaneous things such as newspaper, playing cards, leaflets and probably a poster (already printed but not yet cut)...Uh oh...I forgot to paint the tank ammo...













Sorry I was not able to take good pics coz it was almost 1AM in the morning during the time I finished painting and taking photos....

Comments and suggestions are very much welcome
Thanks

One thing I may see (hard to tell inthe overhead shot). The debris on the tank mantlet may be covering the gunners sights? That would lead to a very unhappy gunner.

This is really coming along very well.

Whooa nice scrap build, everything is coming along nicely,. The tank is awsome.

The pictures are great it shows a alot of detail, you got all of the main points in whole thing , close-ups, all major views to show everything is there.

I like the theme a lot . The house is impressive how long did it take you. The biggest thing I can not get through is the thicknes of the walls. I just don't understand how to figure it out. But yours looks great.

I can not wait to see the figures done that helps build a flowing theme of the dio. It looks interesting already .

That extra detail ; like the 50 gallon drums got rust on them " NICE "

Happy Modeling

Scott: I thought of that issue while placing the debris/cammo on the mantlet....I made sure that he is a happy gunner

Tom: It will probably take a week that is if I worked on the dio on a daily basis. Regarding the wall thickness, that issue cropped up before.

According to experienced builders the avg. stonewall thickness is between 40cm to 60cm (extreme case 1meter). The styrofoam I used for the wall is 0.5in or 1.27 cm. If I will scale the avg. wall thickness by 1/35 then it'll be between 1.14cm - 1.71cm. The styro thickness is 1.27cm w/c still within the range (Just lucky that I accidentaly hit upon the nearest scale thickness)

Thanks for the comments

thats shaping up very nicely warthog. great job weathering those barrels! interesting figures, im not familiar with the yellow scheme. whats the history on that?

Arvin, Its coming along great! I think you did a great job on the grass layout, everything works together fluidly. Bravo on the job so far I cant wait to see your little extra detail items in place. Those are the things I really like. Cheers Kevin

Hi Meissen: Sorry, what are you refering to?

Thanks guys for the good comments.....

well, i see that this one is going on a better ways :-)

i see u have taken my advice on few more oil/gas drums :-) nice detailing on those, i also like your positioning.


one thing though i must agree with meisen about one thing, yellow camo uniforms on the figs? would like to know some history on those too

with few more details i think you got it finished!

cheers
Mirko

Nice work man!

Hmmm...I used the tamiya xf-60 (dark yellow) as the uniform color except for one (pic of FJR at the back of the tank) I used desert yellow. Does it look too yellow...I read somewhere (forgot where) that the FJR tropical tunic varies from pale sandy color to tan. Do you think I should replace the color, just shade it darker or retain it? Any suggestions regarding the best tamiya color to use....

Thanks for pointing it out

A happy gunner is a good gunner

As far as color goes, there are a lot of variations depending on weather, wear and tear etc. The photos look a bit dark and may be a bit deceiving so you need to make the final call.

You are actually right Scott. When I compared the pics I posted against the actual figure the colors differ.

They are actually right, the colors are a bit on the yellow side and I know why...before posting the pics I adjusted the contrast (the original pics where darker) on most of the pics w/c probably affected the color.

The actual color is a bit darker due to the wash I applied w/c in my opinion is near the light tan color. I'll probably stick to the current paint job.

THanks

Aha! I knew it was for the Nationals! :-) Great build! Although, the blue fence on the top of the Jagdtiger doesn't look right to me.

Shonen: It was originally wood color, but when I looked at the dio for a long time I find the colors monotonous that is why I used blue (it was supposed to be country blue -- what does that look like?). Its not actually for the nationals....its supposed to be decor for my office w/c currently looks like the dio (full of rubbles... :-) :-) :-)

Thanks