hi all! at last ive finished my first ever try in a war diorama it is a scene in one of the streets in east prussia during the first days of the german advance. i used a panther 2 tank by shanghai dragon and dragon figures yes, panther 2, i know that this tank was never used in combat , but what the hek, im just trying to have some fun here... listening to advices of fellow modellers here and as one of them suggested, i entitled it....
"The cat that never scratched" hehehe.

http://photos.yahoo.com/bc/crismags2002/lst?.dir=/prussian+advance&.view=t

Man, I am so impressed with your speed as wellas the fine result, great stuff!

And I'm going to be seeing this baby "in the flesh" tomorrow at the IPMS-Philippines exhibit! Woohoo! Great job, p're! I'll be grilling you for tips!

Nice looking job crismag,another Mig is born. That Panther 2 looked like it used Tiger tracks? At least to these eyes but heck only on 4 cup of coffee

Ps I found a set of Russian signs that I bought about 12 years ago in colorado. from the DCS comapny I have used a few but could scan and send. Not in russian but eastern front

Good job, I like the level of detail you put in. I am impressed that this is your first war dio.

Keep up the good work - and as you seem to do - keep it fun.

thank you all guys for your kind comments. the track links came with the dragon kit, its the link that you attach 1 by 1 consisting of 3 parts, which by the way gave me a whole lot of headache anyway, im pretty glad with the result and im itching to make my next one now. By the way, i entered this dio in the IPMS philippines here. i submitted it last night at the venue...wish me luck :-)

i just look great for the first one and it looks big. since when are you warking at it?

Awesome job, crismag!
For some reason I missed this before. This is a great piece of work, especially to be your first war dio. You have a good touch with the colour palette, a thing that could be seen in your rally scenes before! To my eye the overall greyness and the figures blending in the street scene is just beautiful. Composition works well, you have handled all the action and put it in a nice package!
Did you scratchbuild the building ruins? Touch-up of the concrete is VERY realistic!

More of this, please!

:-)

Toni

thanks guys for you kind comments yes i think the photos at yahoo are so small... yes Jim, ill be submitting the high quality photos here to be posted, and maybe an article? about the walls, it is scratched built, and the ruin walls are modified to have texture, even my cobblestone road and sidewalks are scratchbuilt anyway, most of the elements i used for the scenery is either scratch built of modified. maybe ill be explaining the details when i submit an article about the dio. again thanks all! WAIT! i entered this dio in the IPMS Philippines contest....wish me luck

Outstanding!

It's hard to believe this is your first combat dio. I love how you've handled the "clutter" -- many dios just don't have enough.

Again, hats off for a great dio!

hey guys just submitted large resolution images here for the gallery so you could see the details of the dio clearly coz the images at yahoo photos are really too small.

cheers!

Hi Cris! Did you get photos of the event? The models were placed inside glass cases so flash photography was out of the question.

Correct me if I'm wrong: did you use the Panther's inside road wheels for the destroyed tank? My girlfriend was speechless when she saw your diorama, especially when I told her you did that in less than a month

Good job, can't wait to see your next one.

i was not able to take photos of the event yet, maybe this sunday yes i used all the spare parts of my panther for my destroyed tank the burnt out tank chasis is made out of a thick sheet of alumunum foil maybe we could meet this sunday, dont you think?

I'm sorry we couldn't be there last saturday .
We have to go to Harrison early this Sunday before the other modellers start pulling out their models I didn't know that there are a lot of talents here. Some of the entries are at par with what we usually see on the 'Net. I was blown away by the dio of an F-14A refuelling from a KA-6.
I already have a tentative list of projects for next year's contest I've coerced my gf to join with her collection of 1/144 planes.