Hi,
I have not built a model for while, but I have been lurking around here for a couple of months. I have bought a tamiya SAS jeep. I am thinking about building a Dio.

Not sure on a couple of things. 1 should I just have it on its own or in a combat scene ? Is this too dificult to achieve for a newbie.?
Or I could get another and have 2 rushing into the desert ?

I basicly looking for some ideas as to what to do with it to get me started. Also any links that you guys would think would be useful for a newbie -

Thanks
Jon

Excellent choice for a newbie!

Coming to Armorama for help is the best start! Welcome!
A simple, yet possibly magnificent dio you could do with a 1/35 jeep is...
here we go,
...take a simple wood 8"X10" picture frame and set aside all but the frame itself. Cut a piece of 1/8 inch (or so) basswood plywood the same size as the glass (so it fits inside the frame).
Once you've cut your plywood to size, put it in the frame and, with a pencil, mark the inside edge of the frame all the way around on the plywood.
Now, if I've explained this correctly, you can take the plywood out of the frame and you will have a line going all of the way around the plywood about 1/4 of an inch from the edge. This is where you have to stop sceniking.
Inside this "box" is room for a road, some signs, a foxhole or the like. and when finished, will sit on most shelves.
Hope this helped more than confused. If it confused, PM me and I'll try to explain further.

Totally welcome to armorama, ask and ye shall receive!

Cuhail

Hi and Welcome. I like the two jeeps running through the desert together - maybe to show movement have them makeing a turn, throwing sand, or maybe catchin a slight bit o air as they come to the top of a rise?

Good luck!

Your post brought back memory.

The late, great Jim Jones (not the Kool-Aid guy) who taught me to stretch sprue, had a dio like this at the first contest I enterred. Two SAS jeeps cresting a dune into a DAK base camp, catching air, mg's blasting. Gerry is scampering for cover, water drums have been hit and are spilling their contents.

Ah, yes, back to your question. As a returnee/newcomer to the hobby, it might be better to get your feet wet with a simple base before tryinig to modify figures into combat poses, depict strong motion, flying sand, etc. Remember, iy yhe jeep is catching air, the suspension has been decompressed and should show a difference onthose wheels. Even a hard turn would reduce pressur on one corner.

Do you mean a Jeep? or the SAS Pink Panther Land Rover.

If you got a Land rover then this site has a few good pics of SAS Pinkies in the desert (Afghanistan)

SAS Pinkies

Or if you are talking about the Worl War 2 Jeeps like the Willy's then look here for a lot of info on where they operated and what they carried etc.

SAS Willy's


ANd here are some useful picks of the SAS Jeeps:

SAS Willy's pic's





P.S. i would recommend the two "Jeep's" in a small convoy configuration, and (if you can get one) a LRDG Chevrolet truck:

http://anzacsteel.hobbyvista.com/othervehicles/lrdgchevyph_1.htm



Hope all this helps.


Commandosolo

Welcome to the Big A! A jeep is a good choice cause it was used for just about anything, anywhere. The "in action" mode is an interesting idea, but like someone said, it might be a tad much if you're just getting back into building. You could try having it parked with crew relaxing, either in or out of the vehicle. Either way, it's your project so do whatever you're comfortable with, and don't be bashful about asking questions. Keep us posted.

Art

Its the Jeep not the pinky.

Thanks for all your help...
I hope to get the materials - paint putty etc I need in the next couple of days

Will keep you all updated as to how it goes.

Thanks for your help

Hi
Tamiyas SAS Jeep is a personal favourit - it was the first model in 1/35 I build back in 1984...
Enough of the trip down memory lane.

A desert dio is always a good one, and it is more easy to build because you won't have to worry about trees, plants and the like. You "only" need some handful of sand and rocks for the surroundings. Use some signs, some empty jerry-cans and oildrums, and that should be enough to make a good little dio.

I hope this has been useful. Good luck with it.

Simon

good start, a desert dio is not the hardest way to start.

not over do the diorama and remember deserts compare out of 70 % of stones depends on where you are.


feelpanzer

Jon:

Welcome to Armorama, the Big A. And good luck with your diorama idea. I like your idea of starting w/ the SAS Tamiya Jeep. And I would suggest that you start with a fairly basic approach, such as just doing one vehicle and some figures — someone else already suggested that, a simple approach for the first one. Even a very basic dio introduces aspects of modeling that we don't have to deal with when we're just building a model. The painting of 1:35th scale figures (figs, in future) can be a duanting "delimma" as well. But, like any other hobby, a person can learn. And that is where the women and men on the Big A come in. They are very helpful and eager to be of assistance. I mentioned fig painting; so I would recommend that you check out the figure page as well as the diorama page. The information you will get from the various posts of comments and photos on the figure forum will be very helpful. It has helped my 1:35th fig painting a gread deal already — having juar found the Big A in the first part of April. Good luck and keep up posted,