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  Max Arnolds Drive Through
slodder
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North Carolina, United States
Joined: February 22, 2002
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Posted: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 - 06:20 PM UTC
Here is a new OD feature from Bravo36


This is his write up on the feature

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This idea came to me while reading ”Tigers in the Mud” (GREAT BOOK!) in front of the TV. A commercial came on, and everything clicked…
How do you feed a hungry tank crew, and get them back into the fight quickly? Why not a tank drive-through?

I had a lot of fun just planning this one. It all came together when I found the Custom Dioramics figure of a chef.
I had been thinking of building a project around an early Tiger I. No Zimmerit & clean, dry transfer, turret numbers. I really like the poses of the Warriors figures. They look natural and alive – not stiff or artificial. I added Archer uniform badges and shoulder straps – they look pretty good to me.

The doors of the castle, with a little carving, formed a nice pair of golden arches. It actually took two complete kits to get the right components. I added a lot of rubble around the building, as in too many dioramas I see, the question always arises: ‘where’s the rest of the building?’

The kits were built pretty much straight out of the box. I adjusted some of the Tiger’s road wheels to make them a little uneven on the ground.
I’m still not sure if I have mastered the paint-chip techniques. I use a sharpened tooth pick to place the paint. It seems to work pretty well… I use mostly Polly-S acrylics as I love the water clean-up. Washes are artist’s oils. A lot of dry-brushing to get the proper weathered appearance.

The street sections are latex. I’m not sure I like them. They’re hard to glue and feel insecure; but they look pretty good.

As always, a lot of odd stuff came from my unmanageably large collection of spares, left-overs and miscellaneous kit parts.

As so many of my diorama projects have lately, it rapidly became very expensive. Of course it’s all relative. When I was younger (a long time ago) I couldn’t afford the fancy after-market stuff, but I didn’t have the experience to use them, either.

The kit list includes:
The Tamaya Tiger I (Early)
The Tamaya Field Kitchen
The Tamaya Kubelwagon
Archer dry transfers
Warrior’s excellent Waffen SS Panzer Crew #1 & 2
Verlinden’s old Tiger I update kit (mainly for the fenders)
Verlinden’s Kubel stowage set
Verlinden’s Ruined Castle (two of ‘em)
Kancali latex cobble-stone street sections
…and of course, Max Arnold himself; CD’s European Baker
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Link to Item

If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
Wheezy
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Nova Scotia, Canada
Joined: December 07, 2005
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Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 04:07 AM UTC

I'm lov'in it! What an amusing little piece. Comedic dio building at its best.

Daniel
HeavyArty
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Florida, United States
Joined: May 16, 2002
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Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 04:15 AM UTC
Looks great. I love the "Golden Arches." Great job.
DUBDUBS
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Joined: September 29, 2005
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Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 04:18 AM UTC
Its really nice, I Ilike it alot, but you should have some food lying around! Maybe a tray on the tank with some food. Just my Two Cents
jlmurc
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: August 29, 2005
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Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 04:26 AM UTC
Congratulations Scott a most unusual and imaginative diorama of the lighter side of troops in battle.
A fantastic scene, great build and smashing painting.
Our hobby needs a little more comedy as we are all very serious.

Regards,

John
MiamiJHawk
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Kansas, United States
Joined: April 07, 2005
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Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 05:21 AM UTC
Great!! Super, what a very clever idea. Well executed
as well. I'm always impressed with what modelers
can come up with, the thinking process. Amazing.

bucko
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Joined: January 15, 2006
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Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 06:10 AM UTC
That was a great book , and I look forward to seeing your idea come life.
orange_3D
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British Columbia, Canada
Joined: July 28, 2005
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Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 06:34 AM UTC
great diorama!
can we see more pics of the kitchen area? or is this off limits to the public? :-)

i'm loving it
Mech-Maniac
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Joined: April 16, 2004
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Posted: Thursday, February 23, 2006 - 07:52 AM UTC
very nice, the building looks fantastic
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