hey

here i have my dio layout of a sherman and a couple of g.i's i might add a few more if i find the right guys.it is a scene where a shere is strolling through a town next to the tank is going to be a blown out house.



1.is there anything that can be made to maybe make the dio better
2.is there any help tips about making houses here and other sites as this will be my first try at making a house.

cheers
matt

(kit is the tamiya 105mm M4A3 sherman with g.i's)

Hi Matt,
Maybe one thing I have learnt on this forum, is that the dio will look better if the main lines are not aligned with the border of the dio.
So you maybe want to have an angle between the building edges and the border of the dio, instead of a parallel line / perpendicular line.

But in the end, the most important is that you have fun and that you like your dio!

Hi,
Just this to consider. You are planning a half blown up building, but the space reserved for it is pretty big. So you have to fill the blown up part of the building (the inside) with a lot off stuff.
As a building beginner this may be a lot to try for the first time.
I would realign, as others already said, reduce the buildings size, and if you want to keep this base, ad something on the opposite side of the street.

Good luck

Hey Matt
The Tamiya kit mentioned features the GIs with mackinaw coats (long overcoats) so are you intending to have the dio snowed in, or just cold winters day?...
Not sure if the howitzer would be patrolling with hatches opened in such an urban fighting environment... Perfectly accurate to have the tank 'buttoned up' and the periscopes opened and in use...
Agreed with the others about the angles, and also the size of the destroyed building. If you factor in the rubble dispersed here it could easily cover the roadways, and I'm guessing due to the cautious nature of the advance that the area is not 'secure', and therefore any overspilling rubble on the roadways would not have yet been 'dozered clear... SO, maybe a smaller destroyed building in area, and then the rubble could be dispersed but not impede the tank... Hope this makes sense!!
Cheers
Brad

I agree with the spacing issue raised. If it's a blown up building the debris will croud out the sidewalk and road. I would widen the road a bit and definitely the sidewalk by bushing the building back . This will give you more space on the outside of the building and less space to 'fill' on the inside.

Things to consider- street lamps, telegraph poles, directional signs, downed power lines/phone lines.

Ditto on everything that has been mentioned. Along the same lines I was wondering Matt whether you could slant your building diagonally to the bottom left corner of your pic and widen the footpath to reduce having to do a large building. This will then make your Sherman which will run parallel slant as well at a 45 degree angle and face the viewer as it rounds the corner. This will give the viewer more all-round view of your models.

well this is my second try



there is goin to be a light dusting of snow around the dio and tank


matt

A vast improvement over the 1st arrangement Matt. The viewer will be looking down the barrel and that has got to be an attention grabber.

As far as I can see you might have a wee bit too much space just at the front of the tank near where your photo date and time is. Just my opinion but you may have to bring your tank forward a bit towards that empty space to balance out your dio.

The other space would be the grass garden which you might have to include some rubble with the grass. At any rate you've done well to dry fit everything before committing the groundwork as this is definitely the right way to go.

i was thinking were the house is blowen up and the fence round the out side have the fence destoryed putting rumble on the road (in fornt of the tank)


matt