Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Joined: January 11, 2006
KitMaker: 209 posts
Armorama: 155 posts
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 05:04 AM UTC
hey all
this one is een diorama a made years ago ...
Iam a newby here but i thought you all like to see ..





hope you all like it...
greetz
chris
"give me a T for Texas"
projects
vietnam howitzer monitor scratchbuild -Done
Rebuilding a M48
Vietnam HSSC (scratchbuild) done!!
Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Joined: August 09, 2005
KitMaker: 939 posts
Armorama: 429 posts
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 12:49 PM UTC
Hoi Chris,
This looks to be a very well detailed dio mate, however i think that you could take some better camera shots so we can see your dio more clearly!!
Also, do you have any pics of the dio during your building progress?I'd really like to know how you went about achieving the river water.
Greetz,
Shay
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England - South East, United Kingdom
Joined: October 04, 2006
KitMaker: 341 posts
Armorama: 293 posts
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 01:07 PM UTC
Great work - right up my street too... Have resolved the issues around my in-progress dio and will post in a new topic today, but yours has given me some food for thought. I have two PBRs and I want them moored up like yours; what did you use for the water? I was going out this weekend to get dome clear casting resin for the initial tests but if you have another method please share! Those figures are great too - I'm guessing they're oop now, they don't look familiar...
Keep up the good work
Richard
I see a red door and I want it painted dark olive, dry brushed in sand and add some etched brass while you're at it, please. Failing that, paint it black...
United Kingdom
Joined: December 05, 2006
KitMaker: 2,208 posts
Armorama: 2,152 posts
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 04:19 PM UTC
Whoa thats a lot of machine guns!
Great dio,
James
Massachusetts, United States
Joined: May 05, 2002
KitMaker: 8,074 posts
Armorama: 3,293 posts
Posted: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 - 07:18 PM UTC
Overall, the layout is good and shows some good building and painting skills.
You might want to revisit this. Looks like you tried to convert a .50 cal into a mini-gun. Very different beasts, Legend makes a nice resin kit (2 miniguns to a box). There also appears to be a scrathbuilt grenade launcher that looks "off". There are a number of kits that have pretty accurate reprpesentations of this weapon. You have one of those horrible old Tamiya gerry cans with only two handles. The guy in the twin .50 tub looks to have very odd skin color.
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New South Wales, Australia
Joined: June 03, 2007
KitMaker: 162 posts
Armorama: 139 posts
Posted: Thursday, June 14, 2007 - 08:41 PM UTC
dude your gay, you know why?
because you called yourself newby, GOD THAT DIORAMA IS AWSOME, never tease yourself again, that diorama is sweet.
and um, what'd you use for the sand bags? (send me a personal msg' if you get this one)
cheers
Smithy
Kobenhavn, Denmark
Joined: January 16, 2005
KitMaker: 878 posts
Armorama: 697 posts
Posted: Friday, June 15, 2007 - 12:05 AM UTC
Theres certainly a lot of things to look at here. Perhaps even too much?
Your painting is well done, and the variety in figures and equipment is great. Perhaps some more litter since it looks like a permanent firebase that has been there for some time.
Good work. Thanks for sharing
Virginia, United States
Joined: June 20, 2007
KitMaker: 510 posts
Armorama: 469 posts
Posted: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 - 08:45 PM UTC
Nice dio... reminds me of pictures my uncles took. They were Marines though.
Workbench:
251/1 Ausf.C. (AFV Club)
M16 Motor Gun Carriage (Tamiya)
M4A3 (76mm) (Dragon)
Firefly Ic Hybrid Hull (Orange Box)
Ontario, Canada
Joined: June 13, 2005
KitMaker: 361 posts
Armorama: 279 posts
Posted: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 12:23 AM UTC
Nice attention to detail, good variety of figures, I like it. We don't see enough dios from this era.
Ontario, Canada
Joined: February 09, 2004
KitMaker: 259 posts
Armorama: 217 posts
Posted: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 - 04:06 AM UTC
From the closeup shots you have, it does look quite good. It'd be nice if you could snap a pic or two from a wider angle, so that we can absorb the dio in its entirety...
Texas, United States
Joined: September 05, 2005
KitMaker: 173 posts
Armorama: 139 posts
Posted: Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 08:46 AM UTC
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Texas, United States
Joined: September 05, 2005
KitMaker: 173 posts
Armorama: 139 posts
Posted: Saturday, June 23, 2007 - 08:47 AM UTC
Houston Armor Club
Scale Military Modeler International Magazine
Joined: June 02, 2007
KitMaker: 17 posts
Armorama: 16 posts
Posted: Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 04:15 AM UTC
nice dio and Mg post