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Seeing Red-T34/85 dio update
waterboy
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Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 12:08 PM UTC
Hi Guys, Heres the latest pics of the dio I'm working on for the Seeing Red Campaign.





Will keep you updated as progress continues
Mech-Maniac
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Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 12:37 PM UTC
wow, very nice, how did you get the spare tracks to look like that?
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Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 01:03 PM UTC
Hey Don,

Looking fantastic bro!

Dave
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Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 04:03 PM UTC
How did you do the street? If you mentioned in an earlier post, forgive my missing it. That street is awesome.

Patrick
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Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 04:29 PM UTC

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How did you do the street? If you mentioned in an earlier post, forgive my missing it. That street is awesome.

Patrick



No kidding! It looks like individual bricks, er, cobble stones. Don't tell us you molded each one out of milliput or something crazy like that.

'Here's the latest pics of the dio I'm working on...'
Working on? You mean it isn't done yet?
What's there left to do?
Looks great to me.
Slug
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Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 07:18 PM UTC
Thats a great dio Don. Your weathering & debris are very believable and consistance. I like the different materials you used for the street debris, it adds to the realism, nice Job. I not sure about the tank riders, would they be riding when action could be so close?(through city streets),Just a thought.
I'll bet the German's knees are knocking!

Bruce
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Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 07:41 PM UTC
Don:

I haven't seen any of your work for awhile. It's good to see this diorama. It's coming along very nicely. I like the tension in the scene.

Keep us posted!

John
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Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 08:48 PM UTC
Are you sure you're not yet finished? Cause it looks pretty much finished to me haha :-)

Great job, and if you're even going to make it better....I'm looking forward to see the results!

Martin
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Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 08:54 PM UTC
That looks great! I love the finish on the street, it looks like it's cold and damp. Just fantastic.

Vinnie
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Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 09:36 PM UTC
Thanks for the kind words of encouragement guys.

Shain: the tracks are weathered with various shades of pastels.

Patrick: the street cobbles are from an old ceramic kit from a company called Dutton. Bad news they are out of business. Good news is that most of their old molds are being released in resin by a company called Tigerdio out of New York. Heres an early shot of the road before painting and weathering.

Hwa-Rang
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Posted: Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 11:01 PM UTC
Awesome work Don. The scenery, the tank, the figure it all looks great.
Robster
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Posted: Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 04:24 AM UTC
He Water boy that looks very nice can you tell me how you made the rubble.

But there is something strange with that wall,
it looks like there are slices of bricks glued on the big stones. (just a strange kit)

Greetz Rob!
waterboy
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Posted: Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 05:00 AM UTC
Thanks again Guys.

Rob: The rubble is just that rubble. Pieces of broken kits, individual bricks, kitty litter, broken wooden sticks, Etc. Just pile them up till you like how they look and spray them with a 50/50 white glue and water mix
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Posted: Sunday, February 20, 2005 - 05:14 AM UTC
Nice dio, but the tank needs a lot more chips
And the tanks in a city looks always very dusty.

But further... looks awesome!!

Greets Hilbert

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