Beyond The Sprues
Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Other => Topic started by: GTX_Admin on April 26, 2015, 04:34:47 AM
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Hi folks,
A thread for those images or ideas you have that might inspire a diorama.
To begin with, here is one I stumbled across:
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6ChiYuWKNSY/Uxk6J6VxYqI/AAAAAAABqG4/9NKsdd3y2xw/s1600/pete-11.jpg)
I have this image of a island resort with the Mitsubishi F1Ms ("Pete"s) being used as tourist planes in some bright colour schemes.
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Had this idea whilst looking at the fancies and glitters in Hobbycraft. Probably never get around to it though.
A biplane floatplane is sitting on the water next to a beach. The plane has a radically modified sci-fi engine complete with glowing green crystals, and it's prop is semi-melted. The beach is literally jewels and glitter, which extend below the water, and at the back of the beach are cartoon-like trees in impossible primary colours. A Preiser mermaid is sitting on one float of the plane, waving at the back-seater, while a Preiser fairy is sitting on the top wing, causing the pilot to drag his leather flying helmet off in amazement. There's a title card on the base that reads:
"It became apparent that the modified engine had done more than make them go faster...."
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It's all about that base, 'bout that base!
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It's all about that base, 'bout that base!
It's all about that base, 'bout that base! No Testors! :o
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unfinished dio by Mirko Bayerl ... (not as it will be finished).
(http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b321/mirkobayerl/new1_zps402638de.jpg)
"If we had to invade America, we should'a kept out'a Brooklyn" .... "who nicked the wheels ?"
beach-wrecks ...
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this would make a nice dio -- interesting museum display of an early Caproni monoplane ... anyone know where it is & the story behind the plane ? Looks like it may have been found intact in the desert ?
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One that saves you building the complete kit...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6AJBtPXkzIY/UuR625L3nlI/AAAAAAAAQeA/Sva8RtnRW3A/s1600/Supermarine+Spitfire+JG726%2560AN-L%2527+of+No+417+Squadron%252C+Royal+Canadian+Air+Force+being+cannibalized+for+parts+at+Gabes..jpg)
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this would make a nice dio -- interesting museum display of an early Caproni monoplane ... anyone know where it is & the story behind the plane ? Looks like it may have been found intact in the desert ?
That is the Caproni Ca.20, one of the first purpose built fighter aircraft. Built in 1914, only a single example was ever built. The prototype was stored in a barn on Giovanni Battista Caproni's property for 85 years, before being sold to the Museum of Flight in Seattle in 1999 which is where that was taken. It is displayed in almost its entirely original condition. Here is another photo:
(http://cdn-www.airliners.net/aviation-photos/photos/9/8/8/1468889.jpg)
Note the machine gun mounted to fire above the propellor:
(https://travelforaircraft.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/blog-caproni-ca_dot_20_mg_6063.jpg)
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I forgot to mention above that one can get a model kit of this aircraft too:
(http://i47.tinypic.com/2ibgj8y.jpg)
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Take some futuristic spacecraft or other vehicle and have it being restored in a museum when it's so old it's "quaint". I have it in mind to do this with an Angel Interceptor one day, with a little old lady dressed all in white saying "I used to fly one just like that" to her bored grandkids....
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Another random idea:
(https://www.dc3dakotahunter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/reptile-aircraft-remnants.jpg)
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^ Cool! ;D
Take some futuristic spacecraft or other vehicle and have it being restored in a museum when it's so old it's "quaint". I have it in mind to do this with an Angel Interceptor one day, with a little old lady dressed all in white saying "I used to fly one just like that" to her bored grandkids....
Neat idea! :)
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(https://scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/18155939_1178107878964258_1037966297230430588_o.jpg?oh=ec929b38c4aab6e1463a81b823309c12&oe=5993DAD2)
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It's weird to see an Abrams without the bore evacuator.
Cheers,
Logan
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This could be a poignant one:
(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2010/07/09/article-1293468-00127C6400000258-428_468x286.jpg)
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How about a tank in a field of flowers:
(https://pix.avaxnews.com/avaxnews/2d/89/0004892d_big.jpeg)
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The Honda Point incident, which supposedly inspired Lovecraft's The Shadow over Innsmouth
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/NH_66721_Honda_Point.gif)
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Thanks for posting.
Decades since seen that Honda Point picture. Had forgot location. Fits category of "career stifling event" :(
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File under "just because the Squadron commander sails into a cliff doesn't mean you have to / always pays to do your own navigation updates".
Considering recent USN incidents, looks like that learning curve needs to be scaled again.
The Revell Campbelltown kits seem to have dried up.
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Hmmm ... probably should've posted this here. http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=6780.msg143965#msg143965 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=6780.msg143965#msg143965)
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Forced perspective in a shadow box?
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/n16Ke9PVRNs/hqdefault.jpg)
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(https://sun6-16.userapi.com/c855720/v855720957/20cb32/CPMWGfw8b74.jpg)
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BRDM abandoned in Angola.
BBC photo, so URL not inserted
https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/320x320/p07tvxjl.jpg
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Classic! :smiley:
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Chicoms capture a Soviet T-62, Sino-Soviet Conflict 1969
https://twitter.com/CarlZha/status/1102011376610885633 (https://twitter.com/CarlZha/status/1102011376610885633)
Backstory https://www.warhistoryonline.com/cold-war/chinese-stole-soviet-tank-treasure-island.html (https://www.warhistoryonline.com/cold-war/chinese-stole-soviet-tank-treasure-island.html)
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Another random idea:
(https://www.dc3dakotahunter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/reptile-aircraft-remnants.jpg)
What is in your opinion the plane?
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If you were to go by the shape of the cockpit windows, the 737 is probably closest:
(https://s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/thresholdforum/arn:aws:s3:::thresholdforum/monthly_2018_09/screen01.png.44a8f72b54b68f6977a2ee80f850febd.png.2de69bc78c92803722a44d72e6874ad3.png)
I don't think it really matters though.
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(https://i.imgur.com/o8HsREb.jpg)
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Another shadow box forced perspective potential - 1/35th PBR and 1/144th B52 tail.
(https://www.impdb.org/images/thumb/d/de/ApocalypseNow_B-52.jpg/500px-ApocalypseNow_B-52.jpg)(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mnoK1FGYjXk/hqdefault.jpg)
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/wreck-jpg.365771/)
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I thought ^THAT^ image was already a diorama or photoshop, but it dates from 2015 when the Russian army went to Shumshu island, the most northern of the Kuril Islands. They were looking for the remains of Russian and Japanese soldiers from WWII. Lots of rusty old war remains (https://www.google.com/search?q=Shumshu+Island&client=firefox-b-1-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjb3_rQuProAhVQu54KHY87BRoQ_AUoAnoECBoQBA&biw=2284&bih=1147)
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Might be.
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<...> Shumshu island <...> Lots of rusty old war remains (https://www.google.com/search?q=Shumshu+Island&client=firefox-b-1-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjb3_rQuProAhVQu54KHY87BRoQ_AUoAnoECBoQBA&biw=2284&bih=1147)
The image search for Shumshu looks like one giant "random diorama ideas" gallery. :icon_surprised:
Rusty tank + whale skeleton in one dio? Would have people guessing. Could either be real world, with the two things unrelated and just by coincidence in the same area. Could be a fantasy setting with people having fought giant monsters. Recently saw a build in a modelling magazine ("Damaged", issue ??? 5? 6?) that had a small excavator in 1/32 with the skeleton of a "giant" (actually 1/6 human skeleton).
EDIT: It was issue 6 of "Damaged Magazine".
Teaser:
(https://ak-interactive.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/DAMAGED-ISSUE-06-05-600x424.jpg)
SOURCE (https://ak-interactive.com/product/damaged-magazine-issue-06/)
Can recommend "Damaged". Mostly off the beaten path as far as modelling magazines go. Lots of abandoned stuff, figures, dioramas, sci-fi and fantasy, kitbashes, civilian things, steampunk stuff.....
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(https://i.imgur.com/EFNfFW8.jpg)
I've actually got a clear plastic vacuum formed parasol from a hot rod car kit floating around....
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Could be a fantasy setting with people having fought giant monsters.
Ever hear of Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean? http://socotra.info/%D1%82-34-on-socotra.html#.XqHoVshKjIW (http://socotra.info/%D1%82-34-on-socotra.html#.XqHoVshKjIW)
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(https://i.imgur.com/EFNfFW8.jpg)
I've actually got a clear plastic vacuum formed parasol from a hot rod car kit floating around....
:smiley:
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/vx3-jpg.370887/)
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You know you're in a rough neighbourhood when they nick the tracks off your tank and put it on bricks. C:-)
Could be a fantasy setting with people having fought giant monsters.
Ever hear of Socotra, an island in the Indian Ocean? [url]http://socotra.info/%D1%82-34-on-socotra.html#.XqHoVshKjIW[/url] ([url]http://socotra.info/%D1%82-34-on-socotra.html#.XqHoVshKjIW[/url])
I have, actually. I remember a programme on TV about this island off the Horn of Africa that has this totally weird, almost alien fauna. Bleeding tress and stuff like that. They must have skipped the part about the T-34s and the monsters, though. ;D
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I have, actually. I remember a programme on TV about this island off the Horn of Africa that has this totally weird, almost alien fauna. Bleeding tress and stuff like that. They must have skipped the part about the T-34s and the monsters, though. ;D
Sure that was not Madagascar? There are a lot of strange looking flora and fauna on that island.
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Nope. Not only does Socotra have a tree that bleeds, it bleeds dragon blood (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracaena_cinnabari)
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Sure that was not Madagascar? <...>
Pretty sure, yes, because they also said the island now belonged to Yemen, while actually closer to Somalia.
The German wikipedia article on Socotra (LINK! (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sokotra)) claims the Soviets based "two squadrons of Sukhoi fighter-bombers" there in the 1980s. Source is a DER SPIEGEL article, which talks about "Suchoi-28" bombers. Su-28 is assigned to an unarmed version of the Su-25 Frogfoot fighter-bomber.
Obscure islands with strange fauna, abandoned military hardware, people fighting giant monsters..... shades of King Kong and The Land That Time Forgot, huh? 8)
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You know you're in a rough neighbourhood when they nick the tracks off your tank and put it on bricks. C:-)
;D
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You know you're in a rough neighbourhood when they nick the tracks off your tank and put it on bricks. C:-)
Hmm, sounds like parts of South-Central LA and neighboring areas.
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Obscure islands with strange fauna, abandoned military hardware, people fighting giant monsters..... shades of King Kong and The Land That Time Forgot, huh? 8)
Or places on this Earth where the onion skin of the multi-verse is worn threadbare.
[Stay tuned for more on that]
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/bf_opel-blitz-mit-stuka-jpg.377466/)
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(https://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/GTwiner129/19c2622506ba507862b233c94bc677c9_zpsqzpbs8gc.jpg)
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Another pair of Stuka ideas:
(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/tumblr_nfwenlbbec1tb3do1o1_1280-jpg.489870/)
(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/tumblr_p55ujoiqlz1tcucayo1_1280-jpg.487510/)
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This one would take some effort but would look cool if done well:
(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/k583ax4dtcs11-jpg.535927/)
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A couple that could be used to inspire a diorama:
(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/consolidated-pby-5-catalina-of-patrol-squadron-vp-51-aircraft-8-at-anchor-jpg.356544/)
(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/consolidated-pby-5-catalina-of-patrol-squadron-vp-51-jpg.356545/)
(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/consolidated-pby-5-catalina-of-patrol-squadron-vp-51-jpg.356546/)
Click on them to see bigger versions.
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A U.S. Coast Guardsman, clad in a silk kimono and twirling a parasol, looks down the sights of a Japanese Type-92 heavy machine gun, Saipan, 1944.
(https://66.media.tumblr.com/d0076a6bd07f4514a84726cfb46c941f/tumblr_oeg5yt6fsu1tjjchto1_400.jpg)
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:smiley:
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(http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-3/19-1.jpg)
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Oooo ... Airfix or Trumpeter 1/24 Mk.I fiddled to match the Mk IIc?
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/tumblr_p58mimz7cm1qgggino1_1280-jpg.584169/)
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/1598264978811-png.592625/)
(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/1598265030899-png.592626/)
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/d13f51e4248aa40e0bb9843cb6b28a68-jpg.598829/)
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Could prove an interesting one - where else would you see a M113 towing a P-3?:
(https://images.defence.gov.au//fotoweb/cache/5002/Assets/2020/S20203270/20200903raaf8182497_005.t5f90ec6f.m2400.xwI6E0zl6Pmn_-QGm.jpg)
(https://images.defence.gov.au//fotoweb/cache/5002/Assets/2020/S20203270/20200903raaf8609651_167.t5f90ec6f.m2400.xqR_pYyDUcI3w1M-x.jpg)
(https://images.defence.gov.au//fotoweb/cache/5002/Assets/2020/S20203333/20201031raaf8485160_088.t5fa0ce00.m2400.xZwhl6FSQoskFQOdv.jpg)
(https://images.defence.gov.au//fotoweb/cache/5002/Assets/2020/S20203333/20201031raaf8485160_058.t5fa0ce00.m2400.xmoBL3z9OGSHvpxhP.jpg)
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Interesting!! I wonder what they are servicing on the inboard engines that they need to remove the propellers. I agree, 'twould make an interesting diorama.
Thought for a variation: USMC M113 pulling a damaged EP-3E in some odd locale.
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([url]http://aviadejavu.ru/Images6/HI/HI-3/19-1.jpg[/url])
Great photo GTX
I never appreciated how thick the wing of the Hurricane was until I saw this pic! 😯
MAD
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/1606593425877-png.603284/)
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ErkGh_OW4AMSma9?format=jpg&name=900x900)
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Just another day at Canadair.
(https://scontent.fyzd1-3.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/141846697_3291188167651835_2628982225185588145_o.jpg?_nc_cat=103&ccb=2&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=Icr0orbSOGIAX-eXEYq&_nc_ht=scontent.fyzd1-3.fna&oh=6b03801e2badf924ecf80a52ae7de1cb&oe=60310029)
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Yikes!! I hope no-one was in the VW at the time.
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Just another day at Canadair.
Hmmm, maybe someone out there has an Italeri 1/32 F-104 they've built with wingtip rails. Now what to do with those surplus tip tanks? ;D
Airfix does a 1/32nd VW Beetle in its Quickbuild and Starter Set ranges. Not sure what year Airfix is portraying but the one at Canadair is a pre-'64 model (note Wolfsburg crest near hood latch). The Airfix model would need North American 'over-rider' bumper bars, that hood crest, and vintage 1964 Québec license plates added.
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Sperwer UAV recovery by ARV-2 in Afghanistan
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Just in case you have ~25 Corsair and ~6 Skyraider kits doing nothing important right now.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ENK88xmW4AAt7US?format=jpg&name=large)
J.J.@kadonkey
Jan 1, 2020
Heavily armed F-4U-4 Corsairs on the deck of the USS Philippine Sea. This Camera would surely be taken nearby KOREA c.1950. As many as 140 sorties a day were launched from the carrier in the early days of the Korean War. on 31 August 1950 the two carriers launched 263 sorties to prevent the North Koreans from overrunning Pusan Perimeter Flexed biceps. the other carrier was the USS Valley Forge. A giant in the Korean conflict. Also note the more heavily laden Skyraiders on the port edge of the deck.
R.L.Lawson Camera Collection.
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/mack_exbx_18ton_6x4_tank_transporter-jpg.612023/)
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Similar - just love the name on the truck:
(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/scammell_transporter-jpg.612915/)
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/fb_img_1613919435726-jpg.613442/)
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It's a Harrier, not a Mallard, mate!
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First attempt at point RAF/RN ops turns to failure...
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEiqy6-XUAEQhGl?format=jpg&name=900x900)
If you have 8 Lancaster kits in the stash.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEi--NyWsAAu21f?format=jpg&name=900x900)
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEirlv2XoAEPCB6?format=jpg&name=900x900)
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEirlv2XoAEPCB6?format=jpg&name=900x900)
Very often linked images don't show up for me. But I've just realized that, if I hit 'Quote', the image url become visible ... and I can swipe-copy-paste it.
Helpful hint? Or, am I the last person on the planet to figure this trick out? ;D
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DEiqy6-XUAEQhGl?format=jpg&name=900x900)
If you have 8 Lancaster kits in the stash.
Eight Lancasters is fine. It's the 1,000 sq ft of model railroading HO grass mats that's gonna be the killer. Could probably buy an actual airfield for that sum.
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;D
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Via Facebook.
Sunderland and Catalina flying boats of RAF Coastal Command at Castle Archdale in Northern Ireland, January 1945. Nearly all the aircraft on strength with three Coastal Command squadrons are visible here, drawn up out of the water at Castle Archdale in Northern Ireland as Logh Erne froze over in January 1945.
More than 30 aircraft can be seen, including Sunderland's of No. 201 Squadron, and No. 423 Squadron RCAF, and No. 202 Squadron's Catalinas.
(IWM Photo, CH 14837)
(https://scontent.fxds1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/158105998_10159431677659658_6355114648740754607_o.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=f5EDaMmbbZEAX9wkpvs&_nc_ht=scontent.fxds1-1.fna&oh=c84bc2bd0a9d8075b017de6d343992f4&oe=606A075E)
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That'd be a good 1/350 or 1/700 diorama ... unless you're stinkin' filthy rich & have lots of time on your hands, in which case you could attempt it in 1/48*! ;)
[*: Maybe the "other" scale, too, if you feel the need to sully yourself. ::)]
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(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eHanjL_-dKM/YEfNz3xXauI/AAAAAAAB9Mk/sa75FlmAHagphpFYYf0IzAwiPDdOKkNogCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/EwCoYQXXMAI1Cpj.jpg)
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190 Octane?
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(https://scontent.fxds1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/163624780_1384541751938505_8555338351979341299_o.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-3&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=pY9T5UR6x6kAX_xbzTC&_nc_ht=scontent.fxds1-1.fna&oh=fa8f77c8de632301ce78c857243f489f&oe=607F72B4)
Fire Fighters practice rescue procedures with a CF-101 Voodoo pilot at CFB Chatham circa 1969. (CAF photo)
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/sterlingdds235os2u1-jpg.616944/)
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Found on fab
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:smiley:
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Well that's different:
(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/1616414042760-png.616916/)
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Well that's different:
(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/1616414042760-png.616916/)
Re2000 or Re2002?
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You know when you find that picture that screams diorama. Stress testing the prototype Bailey Bridge. How to do it in 1942 ? Drive tanks onto it. Then tank on top of tank 8)
(https://www.modelblokez.org.au/bthpix/AFV/BaileyBridge/BBTest_1.JPG)
You know it just had to be done. Finally, I have all the bits, except the Mk V** Engineering tank that are available as kits in 1/35. Bronco Bailey Bridge,Bronco A10 and IMA Valentine Bridgelayer.
So I have sprung into action here is the current status, component parts as a test
(https://www.modelblokez.org.au/bthpix/AFV/BaileyBridge/BBTest_3.JPG)
Scratchwork on the Mk V** Tank. Based on the Takom Mk V female
(https://www.modelblokez.org.au/bthpix/AFV/BaileyBridge/BBTest_4.JPG)
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Dang,,, heck of a build and looking good. :smiley:
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I just find it amazing that the Mk.V** was still operational in 1942! 8)
I hope to see this in the styrene one day, Brian! :smiley:
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Nice! Also a great way to display three subjects at the same time. :smiley:
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Re2000 or Re2002?
2000
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Man, you are on fire.. all those are great.
Valiant at Scampton by the looks of it, and all in the Airfix range... but the Walrus and Elephant is just a treat
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Another:
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/e68/GTwiner/46ED88A4-5840-4BC7-BA8F-53EADB1ADFBF.jpeg)
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/large_000000-jpg.585861/)
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Very nice! Those Hurricane packing crates were kind of anticipating modern ISO container sea-cans :smiley:
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These diorama ideas are flexible by using aircraft of your choosing.
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Found on Twitter.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_tt_J9WUAAL78d?format=jpg&name=medium)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_tuA-cWEAU4WtH?format=jpg&name=medium)
Surprise!
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E_tuG3qWQAATcKj?format=jpg&name=medium)
J'aime comment tous les détails y sont: OK-1.02 (1è image) et OK-MT (2è) ont chacune leurs particularités: dérive différente, tuiles thermiques sous le nez, tuiles manquantes, trappes ouvertes, etc. Peu verront ces détails, mais c'est ce qui fait vraiment la différence.
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There is no way I could stay focused long enough to finish that! Wow!
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Laser Creation-World (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8PPpb-2kFmb5zgqL7EmAmw) on Youtube has some amazing dioramas.
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Wow!! :o
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Damn, there's some good stuff there! :icon_surprised:
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I like his paint wash methods. Fairly simple and they look effective.
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I also liked his Tinker-Toy tree-making technique. Not completely original but really nicely done :smiley:
ON THE ROAD Endtime diorama
-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaJ65qjoVNI&list=PLBcmlEeuI3Vuy-Cxz7JsKeIp05G5mT3sa&index=1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaJ65qjoVNI&list=PLBcmlEeuI3Vuy-Cxz7JsKeIp05G5mT3sa&index=1)
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I finally understand what Vallejo means by "wet on wet" painting - which is apparently not the same as what I understood as "wet on wet" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet-on-wet)
It would have saved me a lot of frustration with their paint if they'd used a different terminology. He paints Vallejo on a previously wetted (with water) surface to paint this Humvee:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik9ljcpDzPk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik9ljcpDzPk)
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The Product:
(https://scontent.fxds1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/269705718_3098010120441428_4125738960332366506_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=b9115d&_nc_ohc=3CCxSJsbH_UAX88WwZL&tn=YGWaYX0jfZQOVVWS&_nc_ht=scontent.fxds1-1.fna&oh=00_AT9KYKwR053FYx_U7nNIZyrNyuL7bpiDPjM5H6P0tyBv8A&oe=61C56C54)
The Diorama:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FHEhbvvWUAgQzHg?format=jpg&name=medium)
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Challenging! ::)
I see a broke & divorced modeller in the not too distant future. :icon_meditation:
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Carl's follow up diorama:
(https://www.heraldweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/125279/37-19.jpg.pro-cmg.jpg)
Nice to see you come to the 1/48 side man... ;)
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FISmlL7XwBAAqCy?format=jpg&name=large)
1/720 or 1/350 scale?
By the end of WWII, American industrial might and the need to fight on two fronts resulted in the U.S. Navy having a greater tonnage of combatant ships than all other navies combined. In 1947, the U.S. had 3,820,000 tons versus the world's combined 2,860,000 tons.
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Got a kit you stuffed up ?
Use it in a dio ...
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Got a kit you stuffed up ?
Use it in a dio ...
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/trailer-05-jpg.654814/)
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/trailer-13-jpg.655238/)
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These massed parking lots/graveyards in 1;1200 or smaller 3D prints would make spectacular forced-perspective bases for standard scale aircraft.
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For our Canadian tankers (Graeme?)
Something a bit different, a towable and roll able quad fuel bladder shown being towed by a Canadian Centurion Mk.5 and fueling the same Centurion. NDIL images, Circa 1960.
Note: It has it's own license plate.
(https://scontent.fxds1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/272454866_495294972026078_3624156014440300749_n.jpg?_nc_cat=104&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=uupUrQX46XkAX__NjM6&_nc_ht=scontent.fxds1-1.fna&oh=00_AT8u4DUseYDAKX7CLQAnmWCLseQcBluDc8Oa_TXZRh4awQ&oe=61F8A2D8)
(https://scontent.fxds1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/272973529_495294968692745_5920513987165316943_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=AEnefBWojjIAX-teL90&_nc_ht=scontent.fxds1-1.fna&oh=00_AT_3fRlmmHPArPd8yOfRRRnxmfnxlQMdpiyM6HtztO9XAQ&oe=61FA0BE2)
(https://scontent.fxds1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/272954536_495294982026077_5940742305779529949_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=tHhRC5fWzMEAX9FKoKo&_nc_ht=scontent.fxds1-1.fna&oh=00_AT-0i7OsenhUETh4nLEr2F6etyxJBG3KFAqGsIV54oOYBw&oe=61F9D1A4)
CFABB
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Massive improvement over the rota-trailer. :smiley:
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The weathering on that trop. Bf 109 is ridiculous! Plus the swastika decal looks silvered.
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The weathering on that trop. Bf 109 is ridiculous! Plus the swastika decal looks silvered.
;D
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Looking at that picture again, and particularly at the trailer's wheels, they look to be British. So, the question is, has the fighter been captured by the British and being taken away, or salvaged by the Luftwaffe who just happen to be using a captured British trailer . . .
cheers,
Robin.
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Looking at that picture again, and particularly at the trailer's wheels, they look to be British. So, the question is, has the fighter been captured by the British and being taken away, or salvaged by the Luftwaffe who just happen to be using a captured British trailer . . .
cheers,
Robin.
Doing some reverse image search, seems to be "6th squadron of the Jagdgeschwader 27 air regiment, piloted by Lieutenant Gerhard Mix. Western Desert, Egypt, August 14, 1942. Shot down by Spitfires of 92 Squadron near El Alamein, claimed by Sqn Ldr Wedgwood".
At least that's the story.
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Sounds good to me . . . :smiley:
cheers,
Robin.
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And yes, it was captured.
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Considering the recent post-apocalyptic topics, this would make a good base.
The Apotheosis of War is a mid 19th century painting by Russian war artist Vasily Vereshchagin. Following his completion of the painting, Vereshchagin dedicated his work "to all great conquerors, past, present and to come".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apotheosis_of_War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Apotheosis_of_War)
Size: 2.1x1.3x1.4cm.
https://www.amazon.com/PRETYZOOM-Decorations-Realistic-Halloween-Accessories/dp/B07WPD5JZ2/ref=asc_df_B07WPD5JZ2/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459541085953&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7616954700416483605&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007306&hvtargid=pla-943861523448&psc=1 (https://www.amazon.com/PRETYZOOM-Decorations-Realistic-Halloween-Accessories/dp/B07WPD5JZ2/ref=asc_df_B07WPD5JZ2/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459541085953&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7616954700416483605&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9007306&hvtargid=pla-943861523448&psc=1)
Seems big - maybe more to 1/35th
https://www.etsy.com/listing/1007656590/100x-basing-skulls-for-tabletop-gaming?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_d-toys_and_games-toys-miniature_toys-role_playing_miniatures&utm_custom1=_k_Cj0KCQiA6NOPBhCPARIsAHAy2zASuEUegP6z7goiBL0TtLqb50TJSl3fCIOQ18DfOq4O6U61brgI9rkaAiveEALw_wcB_k_&utm_content=go_12560180294_126270834464_506995646597_pla-317092176223_c__1007656590_501902049&utm_custom2=12560180294&gclid=Cj0KCQiA6NOPBhCPARIsAHAy2zASuEUegP6z7goiBL0TtLqb50TJSl3fCIOQ18DfOq4O6U61brgI9rkaAiveEALw_wcB (https://www.etsy.com/listing/1007656590/100x-basing-skulls-for-tabletop-gaming?gpla=1&gao=1&&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_d-toys_and_games-toys-miniature_toys-role_playing_miniatures&utm_custom1=_k_Cj0KCQiA6NOPBhCPARIsAHAy2zASuEUegP6z7goiBL0TtLqb50TJSl3fCIOQ18DfOq4O6U61brgI9rkaAiveEALw_wcB_k_&utm_content=go_12560180294_126270834464_506995646597_pla-317092176223_c__1007656590_501902049&utm_custom2=12560180294&gclid=Cj0KCQiA6NOPBhCPARIsAHAy2zASuEUegP6z7goiBL0TtLqb50TJSl3fCIOQ18DfOq4O6U61brgI9rkaAiveEALw_wcB)
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Some serious brow ridges on those etsy skulls. Somebody has a Neanderthal grandparent... or they're slavs:
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7e/5c/f0/7e5cf050834382d9d36a179b9d1fdb7d.png)
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Some serious indentations on those etsy skulls. Somebody has a Neanderthal grandparent... or they're slavs:
How do you think they died?
Choices, choices.
(http://web4.hobbylinc.com/gr/mna/mna35603.jpg)
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Some serious brow ridges on those etsy skulls. Somebody has a Neanderthal grandparent... or they're slavs:
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/7e/5c/f0/7e5cf050834382d9d36a179b9d1fdb7d.png)
Um, I'm mostly Slav & my father was Slav ... I kinda take offence to that (unintentional?) inference, especially as you can find similar brow ridge types across almost all ethnic groups. ::)
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Nuffin wrong with Neanderthal DNA, its the reason those of European decent survive pandemics better than the only true humans, the sub-Saharan Africans, we are interbred mongrels. In fact it has been determined that all medicines and treatments should actually be tailored for Kalahari Bushmen as they are the closest living remnant of the original homosapien and as such any treatments that work for them will work for everyone else. Sort of flips the white supremacist's view on racial purity.
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Not upset by the knowledge that I have Homo Neanderthalensis genes in the slightest.
Nor do I accept that the heavy brow ridge & highly sloped forehead actually indicate low intelligence (it absolutely has no bearing, whatsoever).
What does ... niggle ... is that it was claims like this that Hitler & the Nazis used to claim that Slavs (Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Yugoslavs, Ukrainians, Russians) were sub-human, ignoring the fact that the incidence of heavy brow ridges & highly sloped foreheads is actually relatively rare, occurs almost equally in all Euro/Scandinavian "ethnic" groups & has, as said above, zero indication of the actual intelligence of the person with these features.
What rankles is that American scientists used this type of phrenological myth as part of their anti-Soviet propaganda for a while post-WW2 & it seems to have stuck as an instinctive, thoughtless cliche in the minds of otherwise really nice people.
:icon_surprised:
Phew! OK, rant over.
:-[
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Um, I'm mostly Slav & my father was Slav ... I kinda take offence to that (unintentional?) inference, especially as you can find similar brow ridge types across almost all ethnic groups. ::)
Sorry Guy - This guy has brow ridges because he has acromegaly, among other issues.
Nothing wrong about Neanderthals, either. According to two DNA tests, I have more 'thal ancestry than most people. And no brow ridges.
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Sort of flips the white supremacist's view on racial purity.
:smiley: ;D
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One of my clubbies presented his plan last night to complete this dio in 1/700 scale, with a close as dammit 1/700 Destroyer and a Flyhawk 1/700 Sunderland
(https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/045296/screen/4103368.JPG)
the story behind the image
"BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT BUT WAS UNABLE TO TAKE OFF IMMEDIATELY. THE SURVIVORS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE SHIP WHEN IT ARRIVED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAKEN IN TOW UNTIL SEAS ABATED. THE HULL OF THE SUNDERLAND WAS HOLED ON THE SUBSEQUENT TAKE OFF AND THE CAPTAIN, 400841 PILOT OFFICER G.V. SINGLETON, DECIDED TO LAND ON ANGLE AIRFIELD RATHER THAN ALIGHT ON WATER AT HIS HOME BASE. THE LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH LITTLE FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT."
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Looking at that picture again, and particularly at the trailer's wheels, they look to be British. So, the question is, has the fighter been captured by the British and being taken away, or salvaged by the Luftwaffe who just happen to be using a captured British trailer . . .
I think you are right, Robin. That recovery trailer looks like the two-wheeled Tasker 33-footer (kind of a little brother to the 'Queen Mary'. I believe that there is only one kit of that trailer - in 1/35 by Wespe Models, which comes with a Commer Q2 15 cwt tractor. But reviews of that Romanian kit are rather dire!
The aircraft is another limiting factor. Pend Oreille did a resin Messerschmit in 1/35th 20+ years ago. But that was a Bf 109G-6. AFAIK, there's no 1/35 kit of an 'F model Messerschmitt. So, this diorama trailer would probably be a scratch job in another scale.
For the tractor, options would be Commer, Albion, or (maybe?) Bedford. Flightpath UK does a Commer airfield lorry (FHP72213). But the Albion AM463 refueller might be a better starting point (Airfix 1/48 or Matador 1/72).
Anyone really good with cutting jigs and Plastruct angles? ;D
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One of my clubbies presented his plan last night to complete this dio in 1/700 scale, with a close as dammit 1/700 Destroyer and a Flyhawk 1/700 Sunderland
(https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/045296/screen/4103368.JPG)
the story behind the image
"BAY OF BISCAY. 1943-05-29. SUNDERLAND T9114-E OF NO 461 SQUADRON RAAF, UNDER TOW BY THE FRENCH DESTROYER 'LA COMBATTANTE'. THE AIRCRAFT HAD LANDED TO PICK UP SIXTEEN SURVIVORS FROM TWO OTHER AIRCRAFT BUT WAS UNABLE TO TAKE OFF IMMEDIATELY. THE SURVIVORS WERE TRANSFERRED TO THE SHIP WHEN IT ARRIVED AND THE AIRCRAFT TAKEN IN TOW UNTIL SEAS ABATED. THE HULL OF THE SUNDERLAND WAS HOLED ON THE SUBSEQUENT TAKE OFF AND THE CAPTAIN, 400841 PILOT OFFICER G.V. SINGLETON, DECIDED TO LAND ON ANGLE AIRFIELD RATHER THAN ALIGHT ON WATER AT HIS HOME BASE. THE LANDING WAS ACCOMPLISHED WITH LITTLE FURTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT."
Well, La Combattante was a British Hunt-class destroyer & IBG Models makes 6 vessels of the class in 1/700 (3 Polish, 3 British; only one available at the moment, though):
https://www.bnamodelworld.com/index.php?route=product/search&search=hunt&fc=5&fa2=Scale%20Model%20Kit (https://www.bnamodelworld.com/index.php?route=product/search&search=hunt&fc=5&fa2=Scale%20Model%20Kit)
(https://www.bnamodelworld.com/image/cache2/1000x1000/catalog/ibg/IBG70005.jpg?v=1)
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Freshly coloured. Unknown source.
De Havilland Sea Hornet F20 of 801 Squadron on HMS Implacable 1946-50.
(https://scontent.fxds1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/274029543_10220450187785088_6281726519275117952_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=5cd70e&_nc_ohc=aYnNyLHJtNcAX8lSSyL&_nc_ht=scontent.fxds1-1.fna&oh=00_AT9ecs5LgJZukIkFIPnBwZapMLtzwCM0hct0n1Mn2VPi1w&oe=621416C2)
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You want a nightmare?
A Dutch civilian lifts his two children away from danger near a British Sherman tank during the fighting in Hertogenbosch, 27 October 1944.
(https://preview.redd.it/8obbrd5u9fh81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=3f0b05be17b7ae34f61603b2584def6603fed57c)
Reminds me of this scene from CHILDREN OF MEN.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjFHqohaHYU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjFHqohaHYU)
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/1645827321521-png.659402/)
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(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/14/8a/10/148a10aad1c3848b23b769f1147442de--butterworth-neptune.jpg)
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(https://media-exp1.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E22AQGLHVwWY_b80g/feedshare-shrink_800/0/1648400334345?e=1651104000&v=beta&t=ks1VpkxAH__KFLvdLVDUY8S8V-H817xpInw8ycRzEIg)
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/1648524058442-png.662964/)
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See better photos here: http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=8063.new#new (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=8063.new#new)
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/1645827321521-png.659402/)
That would be a great deployment!
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(https://scontent.fbne5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/270286889_4493833770746380_7362205262786881719_n.jpg?_nc_cat=111&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=2BHaXEp_aHUAX9Lcd1U&_nc_ht=scontent.fbne5-1.fna&oh=00_AT-ol69i4YYn4dSBpGNlx04q7xF812U6D1YbAuIO2Pua3Q&oe=62D6AF5B)
This C-47 (serial number 42-100862) was one of nineteen Skytrains shot down by the Flak of the Führer Begleit Brigade west of Bastogne on 27 December 1944. The aircraft in the picture was from the 94th Troop Carrier Squadron, 439th Troop Carrier Group, and was baptized ‘Aint Missbehavin’ by the crew. Photo taken on 30 December 1944.
The pilot, Captain Ernie Turner of the C-47 cargo transport crash landed safely after having dropped supplies to elements of the 101st Airborne Division which had successfully repulsed all attempts to capture the besieged city of Bastogne, Belgium.
Captain Ernie Turner, with Lieutenant Keistutis J. ‘Casey’ Narbutas as co-pilot, Staff Sergeant Richard G. Whitehurst as radio operator, and Staff Sergeant John E. Douglas as the crew commander escaped unharmed from the emergency landing at Savy northwest of Bastogne, behind the American lines.
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(https://scontent.fbne6-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/61940041_2108581862604928_7626854537411690496_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=Ha6nr3rmjj4AX8wQJ-C&_nc_ht=scontent.fbne6-1.fna&oh=00_AT_KARoTA1Xj27HZN0RgZ1sWIz2RAesQfsUkzedWAsbrVw&oe=62F9FE57)
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Via Facebook.
(https://scontent.fxds1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/294719982_1721945091531501_3433640283487019043_n.jpg?_nc_cat=105&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=8631f5&_nc_ohc=9b-u5unX8VgAX-qMrR0&_nc_ht=scontent.fxds1-1.fna&oh=00_AT-kzuthSqN5_-OVa_QdJqS0j-dPXGfdXOGZif5sF-w8Cw&oe=62DB6B4D)
CFBV
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Via Facebook.
That'd make a great diorama! I'm wondering about location. Anyone know the make of the 4x4 with trailer?
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Via Facebook.
That'd make a great diorama! I'm wondering about location. Anyone know the make of the 4x4 with trailer?
Don't know the make but it looks like it could be made with a cut down Canadian Chevrolet truck cab & chassis.
(https://www.bnamodelworld.com/image/cache2/1000x1000_contain/catalog/ibg/IBG72013.webp?v=19)(https://www.bnamodelworld.com/image/cache2/1000x1000_contain/catalog/ibg/IBG72014.webp?v=19)
Wouldn't be surprised if it either was made that way or was made by Chevrolet Canada.
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Via Facebook.
That'd make a great diorama! I'm wondering about location. Anyone know the make of the 4x4 with trailer?
The poster said Marville France. The 4x4 is a Unimog. Maybe a model 406 or 411?
Unimog page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unimog (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unimog)
Lots of Freighter fotos here: https://www.silverhawkauthor.com/post/canadian-warplanes-5-bristol-170-freighter (https://www.silverhawkauthor.com/post/canadian-warplanes-5-bristol-170-freighter)
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Yep, the Unimog 411 would be the beast:
(https://www.classiccarpassion.com/media/FileUploads/17172/99a741d9-aaa2-4d49-a1b3-59c00a33544d/672223.jpg?height=700&upscale=false)
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Thanks folks! Just one of the many reasons that I love this forum :-*
Yep, the Unimog 411 would be the beast:
Nice one Guy! A perfect match. My first thought had been Unimog but, obviously, I didn't dig deep enough. (I had also wondered about the Steyr-Puch Haflinger ... but scale and details/shapes were off.)
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Via Twitter.
raw URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYRK5cxXgAEqYAJ?format=jpg&name=large
Note: I did not count the number of 55 gallon drums in the photo.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYRK5cxXgAEqYAJ?format=jpg&name=large)
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Via Twitter.
... Note: I did not count the number of 55 gallon drums in the photo.
248 (just kidding) ;D
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Via Twitter.
... Note: I did not count the number of 55 gallon drums in the photo.
248 (just kidding) ;D
Actually, it's closer to 650 per revetment; so, about 1300 for both. ;)
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So now, instead of rivets, it's down to drum counting...
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Via Twitter.
... Note: I did not count the number of 55 gallon drums in the photo.
248 (just kidding) ;D
Actually, it's closer to 650 per revetment; so, about 1300 for both. ;)
Cue dynamic movie trailer voice: "After toiling for seven days and nights it was at this moment that he realized the value of the HESCO instant barriers..."
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Cue dynamic movie trailer voice: "After toiling for seven days and nights it was at this moment that he realized the value of the HESCO instant barriers..."
;D ;D
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Thinking of you Frank and awesome collection of figures.
Via Twitter.
Raw URL: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYxaR9tWQAUNs-S?format=jpg&name=large
Text: Tractor troops captured russian MT-LB.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FYxaR9tWQAUNs-S?format=jpg&name=large)
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Found this on my hard drive, Messerschmitt P 1001 V1 abandoned at the Messerschmitt Oberammergau complex in Southern Germany, 1945.
MAD
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That's either a very good model or a photoshop.
There was only one prototype (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_P.1101) and this picture from Wikipedia shows it in pretty good shape. It was in fairly good condition - but not flyable - when it arrived at Bell.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Post_War_P.1101_V1_airframe_.jpg/800px-Post_War_P.1101_V1_airframe_.jpg)
More pictures here (https://www.nevingtonwarmuseum.com/me-1101.html)
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I think you'll find that the first photo is how & where it was originally located, Frank, or where it was moved to before the recovery boffins got to it (after the GI's had relieved it of various souvenirs?):
(http://www.usarmygermany.com/Units/Military%20Intelligence/7854%20MI%20Det%20Bremen%202.jpg)
(https://www.nevingtonwarmuseum.com/uploads/9/1/7/5/9175276/9872269_orig.jpeg)
(https://www.nevingtonwarmuseum.com/uploads/9/1/7/5/9175276/8863007_orig.jpeg)
You'll notice that it never seems to be in exactly the same position in any of the photo's.
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Thanks Guy. No wonder it was deemed "unflyable" when it got to the US.
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(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ff1ghS4XgAE_2uB?format=jpg&name=large)
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found this to be an interesting way to display navy aircraft.
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/german-transport-planes-0004-jpg.703085/)
CFBV
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/german-transport-planes-0004-jpg.703085/)
CFBV
Clearly an aircraft outstanding in its field.
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Is the Gigant delivering or picking up ? ;D
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(https://i.imgur.com/RhEfsLC.png)
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There's a kit available too
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Imperial Japanese Army soldiers make banzai cheers on the seized BT tanks of Soviet-Mongolia forces during the battle of Khalkhin Gol in July 13, 1939 near Hulun Buir, Inner Mongolia, China. The battle of Khalkhin Gol was the border conflict between Mongoria and Manchukuo, backed by the Soviet Union and the Imperial Japan respectively, between May 11 to September 16, 1939.
(https://i.imgur.com/iOYq3Nt.jpg)
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A memory from years ago, dredged up today due to something else.
I live in a trash-picking ripe area and one day, one of those hexagonal end table tops followed me home - both the wooden frame and the faux (cast?) marble top. The size was probably 12" per side or 20+" across.
My thought was that for wargamers, these would be swanky representing a single square from the game board in a much larger scale (so someone playing SQUAD LEADER could use microarmor and larger models).
When separated, either the wood frame or the 'marble' could also be an artistic diorama base.
Both items went away years ago, but I figured I'd share the potential for you motivated folks.
(https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/yH4AAOSw-8tjyVqz/s-l400.jpg)
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(https://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20220723&t=2&i=1604567366&w=780&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=2022-07-23T183614Z_19444_MRPRC21HV9AVWBV_RTRMADP_0_UKRAINE-CRISIS-TANK-GARDEN)
The late spring flowers blooming are a nice contrast.
See also -> https://news.zerkalo.io/world/18559.html
This dude looks like one of Frank's animations.
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRbF_P65q8KUsvFIy9XpZ7UIP-rvJDL82j9TrPbjWHVRjWythXymgIUt_dTYzh-3cDcayU&usqp=CAU)(https://img.zerkalo.io/reuters/06/e/ukraina_voi_na_ogorod_20220722_03.jpg)
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Bir Hakim Redux
57mm S-60 in the direct fire mode
(https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1elfuI.img?w=534&h=300&m=6)
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukrainian-defenders-successfully-repel-russian-attacks-near-bakhmut-and-avdiivka-having-20-clashes-in-one-day/ar-AA1el8HR?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=4462d34ce1eb432f93be0059b6e1d79e&ei=9 (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/ukrainian-defenders-successfully-repel-russian-attacks-near-bakhmut-and-avdiivka-having-20-clashes-in-one-day/ar-AA1el8HR?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=4462d34ce1eb432f93be0059b6e1d79e&ei=9)
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(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/e68/GTwiner/1692655855779.png)
CFBV
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(https://s3.reutersmedia.net/resources/r/?m=02&d=20220723&t=2&i=1604567366&w=780&fh=&fw=&ll=&pl=&sq=&r=2022-07-23T183614Z_19444_MRPRC21HV9AVWBV_RTRMADP_0_UKRAINE-CRISIS-TANK-GARDEN)
The late spring flowers blooming are a nice contrast.
See also -> https://news.zerkalo.io/world/18559.html
This dude looks like one of Frank's animations.
(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRbF_P65q8KUsvFIy9XpZ7UIP-rvJDL82j9TrPbjWHVRjWythXymgIUt_dTYzh-3cDcayU&usqp=CAU)(https://img.zerkalo.io/reuters/06/e/ukraina_voi_na_ogorod_20220722_03.jpg)
I’m surprised that no one tries to gather these destroyed vehicles for scrap purposes. That’s pretty good steel. I the Ukrainians use the broken ones for parts but these are only good for junk now.
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I’m surprised that no one tries to gather these destroyed vehicles for scrap purposes. That’s pretty good steel. I the Ukrainians use the broken ones for parts but these are only good for junk now.
Ukraine is still at war, heavy recovery assets are still at a premium.
Remember, the French didn't start tidying up until late 1945 at the earilest.
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/b-17-gas-station-jpg.738618/)
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This type of thing always hammers home to me just how cheap all this military hardware was after the war, when it was no longer needed.
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Frank,
lookin' at choo here
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/6d/d4/4d/6dd44d8b6f7420bc9c72c3834bcb3e2b.jpg)
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The Vickers Mk. VI was light tank... but I think it would be safer for the three guys pushing to pull instead.
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The Bomber gas station is a real 'blast from the past'! Sorry to see her in such rough shape.
A gas-up and burger-stop at The Bomber was mandatory on childhood family road trips through Oregon (Dad always preferred 99E to the I-5).
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Looks like someone tackled the Apostle Paul's shipwreck
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8e/86/80/8e86809952aeb41c97adcf506b9873e1.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Island#:~:text=The%20Acts%20of%20the%20Apostles,the%20location%20for%20this%20shipwreck.
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(https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61ZR+R+vG6L._AC_SL1001_.jpg)
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Wow! I like that. :smiley: :-*
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Variation on a theme
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/13/d2/ca/13d2ca04c7e5301abf6e97164ee2d123.jpg)
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:smiley:
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PS - work by andrea ferrario, was originally on the 1/43rd scale car site tinycars.it (which is not a /s site)
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/c7/50/3e/c7503e882854b93b7761f16f3c4b05d2.jpg)
Solves the problem of where to put it (wall hanging) but still leaves the dust issue.
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Is that a one-track tank in the upstairs garage ???
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Is that a one-track tank in the upstairs garage ???
Either that or a REALLY BIG Ski-Doo! ;D
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I'm partial to the Italian tanks from WW2, but this could fit any era.
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/58/22/4f/58224fd79f4d4e5f487d0bc5917f2871.jpg)
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:smiley:
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(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/13/61/e5/1361e5ccf0ca66d1259b304a1612a484.jpg)
For your model railroading muses
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcXpKiY2MXE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcXpKiY2MXE)
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Somewhere in Italy. The cross is made of welded track.
(https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2022_07/2129318549_memorialitaly.jpeg.61c1c0542e3fcd2e28e84323eab89c34.jpeg)(https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/uploads/monthly_2022_07/tmemorial_italy.jpg.f8cc75cc3a796833915d65a8b0f2e3b7.jpg)
Turns out it's the Polish Memorial at Monte Cassino
https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/1239/Polish-Tank-Memorial-Albaneta-Farm.htm (https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/1239/Polish-Tank-Memorial-Albaneta-Farm.htm)
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Lots of good ideas here :-
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/diorama-ideas.46550/?utm_source=weeklydigest&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=04-14-2024
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Lots of good ideas here :-
https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/threads/diorama-ideas.46550/?utm_source=weeklydigest&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=04-14-2024
Indeed
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Syria
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/b9/3d/a8/b93da872ed459473c192b4e8009ab80c.jpg)
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My dad's outfit, Nth Africa.
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(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/0c/80/6d/0c806d5fd206fa264c28e7be74bb1ada.jpg)
From notion to execution https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=11269.0
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an Italian cannon still stands on Cresta Croce, a 3,000-meter-high Adamello ridgehttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/141017-white-war-first-world-war-italy-austro-hungarian-mountains-history
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My town has three WW1 mortars & a Crimean War cannon ..... press them back into service on an APC ? ;D
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Inspiration for figure animations.
This one is perfect for those "dumpy guys" (as Frank calls them). Just absorb the contrasting expressions.
British Army sergeant escorts captured Luftwaffe pilot , 1945.
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/98/69/b7/9869b749d5c3c43c094a17346fbf769a.jpg)
Instead of a collection of Flag Grade officers, the animated energy here could easily be a Company Grade officer and some NCOs around a map on the front hood of a Kubelwagen.
Panzer General Guderian (far right) and his staff discuss demarcation lines with Russian staff officer during the conquest of Poland and the splitting of the country between Germany and the USSR.
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/60/6e/8f/606e8f21dea2896c83cf8bee7582fa48.jpg)
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What to do with those figures in aircraft kits. Can be done for any nation, any time period.
(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/e1/99/f9/e199f96942c41635b301d9048fb284c2.jpg)
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(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/c5/9b/f0/c59bf0077cf788f861764d35efa68b48.jpg)
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(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8e/31/91/8e31913bae15812f5592227772cbf78b.jpg)
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That's no so much an ideas as an actual diorama.
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That's no so much an ideas as an actual diorama.
Have you considered that it's an idea for different periods and objects, or do we just think in straight lines here?
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(https://i.pinimg.com/564x/8e/31/91/8e31913bae15812f5592227772cbf78b.jpg)
Shades of that buried Stuka being dug out of a Russian field in William Gibson's [/i]Pattern Recognition[/i] :o
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Or The last flight of Boris Lazarev (https://www.ww2wrecks.com/portfolio/february-21-1943-the-last-flight-of-boris-lazarev/) who was found perfectly preserved in the wreck of his Hurricane, that crashed in a bog in 1943
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I have a ,txt file I keep my diorama ideas on. They're by era or scenario and are usually created around kits I have or have seen and thought 'that would work perfectly with . . . '
Russian Civil War
- Deserters creating bronydrazinya.
I have a lot of early workshop elements and the thought of a cold, winter workshop where Russian ex-soldiers mix-and match armoured car elements onto an armoured rail car to flee war-torn Russia in just appealed to me.
- Horses deditching armoured car.
I was thinking the horses from the Tamiya 1/35 German Horse Drawn Field Kitchen as the kit's as cheap as chips
Second World War
- Australian Army Rhino and killed Sdkfz 222
I've always wanted to do the Rhino and I have an Sdkfz 222 with tons of PE
- M8 next to knocked out M5 destroying Japanese bunker. Japanese troops climbing onto tank and seen by supporting US marines.
I was musing on this when reading on the battles of the Australian and US Armies against Japan in norther New Guinea. It was largely a bunker war for the Japanese. The dio would be arranged in the-rule-of-threes with infantry tying the elements together. A Japanese Type 1 has knocked out an M5 Stuart with a flank shot. The accompanying M8 fires directly into the bunker. The gun and the tanks should not face directly at each other to maintain a dynamic situation so turrets should be turned etc. I wasn't sure how and more importantly where to incorporate a vertical element into it.
- Char B2 bis on rampage in Stonne.
Surely the greatest tank-on-tank fight of The Second World War. Makes Wittmann look like a poser
Twilight 2000
- Bunker Scene: "waiting for spring"
Mixed Warsaw Pact and NATO troops living in a bunker, waiting for the spring to come so they can head their separate ways home. I've always wanted to do a bunker cutaway
- T2K deditching. Laying out tow cables.
- Train crane-car lifting recon vehicles onto train
I got a 3d file for a massive hi-ab crane on an M35 for free off the net. It's rudimentary but can be added to. The idea for this just sort of grew out of that.
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Have you considered that it's an idea for different periods and objects, or do we just think in straight lines here?
Well maybe if you had written that rather than just the picture... ???
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Or The last flight of Boris Lazarev (https://www.ww2wrecks.com/portfolio/february-21-1943-the-last-flight-of-boris-lazarev/) who was found perfectly preserved in the wreck of his Hurricane, that crashed in a bog in 1943
Shades of that buried Stuka being dug out of a Russian field in William Gibson's [/i]Pattern Recognition[/i] :o
I had to look that one up
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_Recognition_%28novel%29#:~:text=Pattern%20Recognition%20is%20a%20novel%20by%20science%20fiction%20writer%20William (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_Recognition_%28novel%29#:~:text=Pattern%20Recognition%20is%20a%20novel%20by%20science%20fiction%20writer%20William)
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I have a ,txt file I keep my diorama ideas on. They're by era or scenario and are usually created around kits I have or have seen and thought 'that would work perfectly with . . . '
Twilight 2000
- Bunker Scene: "waiting for spring"
Mixed Warsaw Pact and NATO troops living in a bunker, waiting for the spring to come so they can head their separate ways home. I've always wanted to do a bunker cutaway
I feel ya on this one, TW2K would make for a good Group Build (provided the peanut gallery was provided with background).
(https://www.blackgate.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Twilight-2000-The-Free-City-of-Krakow.jpg)
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See https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=2660.msg224115#msg224115 (https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=2660.msg224115#msg224115)
(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/3f/2e/61/3f2e612cfa9b3309ee03544684dd29ac.jpg)(https://i.pinimg.com/236x/6f/52/51/6f52510ec2387e0a16d453ec7a57b466.jpg)
and for historical precedence
(https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Fig-4-Pigeon-Spy-and-his-work-in-war.jpg)
And to follow up on Buzzbomb's notion, that's an awesome camo pattern
http://www.roden.eu/IMG/737/737coloring%20type.jpg (http://www.roden.eu/IMG/737/737coloring%20type.jpg)
CHER AMI of the Lost Battalion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher_Ami (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cher_Ami)
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Love this prop-wash
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:smiley:
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Love this prop-wash
My wife’s hairdryer……..
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I just bought some 3D models for Interwar French tanks and Tamiya's French infantry, I'm going to do a diorama at some point of Sedan 1940, possibly Stonne.
The basis of the diorama idea is that in my uni propaganda class I read the Germans carefully removed all their destroyed tanks before taking images of destroyed French tanks. So the diorama is going to be an Char B1 bis and a SOMUA 25 scything through the less armoured panzers around Sedan.
I forget which one it was but a German divisional diary said the fighting at Sedan was 'comparable to when they were at Stalingrad' but the German propaganda was so effective that post-war most people think The Battle of France was a walkover.
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Somewhere in this video is a mention of a Char 1bis that knocked out quite a number of Pzkfw. IIIs & IVs (at Sedan, I think).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRvuqFOa0Lg&list=PLBAEOsdxIbLM8QJonoKmLSwY-cjYIBYNG&index=7 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRvuqFOa0Lg&list=PLBAEOsdxIbLM8QJonoKmLSwY-cjYIBYNG&index=7)
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(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e9/c4/c2/e9c4c294fd045c4396a43a7ea2881b2b.jpg)
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(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/4d/23/5c/4d235c6fb16166453724681c51b0f0e0.jpg)
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:-*
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Wow - I love "Nighthawks" and have a copy of the painting on a wall. Great idea.
It looks like it's a kit for train layouts (https://wit-and-wisdom-models.com/product/o-scale-nighthawks-kit-cafe-only/).
Found this scratchbuilt version on Reddit (https://old.reddit.com/r/dioramas/comments/t9rby2/finally_finished_this_diorama_of_my_favourit/)
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There's all sorts of interpretations available.
(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c1/e7/34/c1e734e7b40b2459dec252ffddffa4cc.jpg)
Joke explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYiZeszLosE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYiZeszLosE)
https://www.redbubble.com/i/poster/Edward-Hopper-Nighthawks-featuring-Famous-Villain-by-luigi-tarini/62208140.LVTDI?country_code=US&utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=paid_social&utm_campaign=dpa&utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=paid_social&utm_campaign=%5BP%5D_%5Bweb%5D_%5Bg.usa%5D_%5Bl.eng%5D_%5Bgen%5D_%5BoCPM%5D_%5BConversion%5D_%5Bff.+Promo+DPA%5D&utm_content=%5BC.626753173463%5D%5BAG.2680082917304%5D%5BAD.4260608708770%5D&pp=0&epik=dj0yJnU9OWJPTDVIUnNUbVo1TUZUQVJnakJKazZXd2F6T0lKaEkmcD0xJm49TVpmVXd1QVhHVHVtOGpQTHNsNW9ldyZ0PUFBQUFBR2ZTMFJZ (https://www.redbubble.com/i/poster/Edward-Hopper-Nighthawks-featuring-Famous-Villain-by-luigi-tarini/62208140.LVTDI?country_code=US&utm_source=Pinterest&utm_medium=paid_social&utm_campaign=dpa&utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=paid_social&utm_campaign=%5BP%5D_%5Bweb%5D_%5Bg.usa%5D_%5Bl.eng%5D_%5Bgen%5D_%5BoCPM%5D_%5BConversion%5D_%5Bff.+Promo+DPA%5D&utm_content=%5BC.626753173463%5D%5BAG.2680082917304%5D%5BAD.4260608708770%5D&pp=0&epik=dj0yJnU9OWJPTDVIUnNUbVo1TUZUQVJnakJKazZXd2F6T0lKaEkmcD0xJm49TVpmVXd1QVhHVHVtOGpQTHNsNW9ldyZ0PUFBQUFBR2ZTMFJZ)
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/grass-jpg.821811/)
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;D
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Japanese street scene in a box ....
https://byanavrin.com/en-au/products/kyoto-gion-anavrin?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=120212960110540004&utm_campaign=120214557968940004&utm_content=120218847547020004&cvg_source=fb&cvg_adid=120218847547020004&cvg_cid=120212960110540004&utm_id=120212960110540004&utm_term=120214557968940004&fbclid=IwY2xjawKLdOVleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQBqxpnqDMtVGJyaWQRMVVoenZBU1A1YWlQTkhSQ1QBHgnercuFpdbrlMjEu-_ySlgtND6H7ft-ErcOWGakK3Nnd32N1JdtFIUaErq4_aem_TaRgV9LFo-xwfkpn75tg6g&campaign_id=120212960110540004&ad_id=120218847547020004
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In which case, you need to see this! ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXY_kLNr3y0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXY_kLNr3y0)
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In which case, you need to see this! ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXY_kLNr3y0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXY_kLNr3y0)
But approach with extreme caution. Once you drop into the Nerdforge vortex, hours can disappear. Ooops, too late ...
-- https://www.youtube.com/@Nerdforge/videos (https://www.youtube.com/@Nerdforge/videos)
Martina and Hansi do need a 'Diorama' playlist, though. My current fav is the Viking Frozen River:
-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXbeJ96ciPc (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXbeJ96ciPc)
OT but I also love Martina's 3D-printed prosthetic pinkie! A few of our local Dremel enthusiasts should probably be aware of the open-source Danger Finger digit replacements ;)
-- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVqa7j6jG0Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVqa7j6jG0Q)
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I would suggest not watching her videos before being fully awake. She's like a large mug of Death Wish coffee and some No-Doz
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/grexlhst52wc1-jpg.830890/)
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I would suggest not watching her videos before being fully awake. She's like a large mug of Death Wish coffee and some No-Doz
;D
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Thought this was historically cool in many ways!
(Source: Legends of the Sky on Facebook)
Imagine, modellers making model of modellers making a model🤔
M.A.D
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This illustration was labelled as “The unsettling art of illustrator Walter Molino for “La Domenica del Corriere” Italian weekly magazine.”
Looks like a Douglas F4D Skyray, if I’m not mistaken?
Would make an interesting diorama.
MAD
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Is interesting-different diorama idea.
Wish I could do paintings like that.
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This illustration was labelled as “The unsettling art of illustrator Walter Molino for “La Domenica del Corriere” Italian weekly magazine.”
Looks like a Douglas F4D Skyray, if I’m not mistaken?
Would make an interesting diorama.
MAD
That could be an interesting diorama - I assume it is inspired by this incident: https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/174845
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This illustration was labelled as “The unsettling art of illustrator Walter Molino for “La Domenica del Corriere” Italian weekly magazine.”
Looks like a Douglas F4D Skyray, if I’m not mistaken?
Would make an interesting diorama.
MAD
That could be an interesting diorama - I assume it is inspired by this incident: https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/174845
Wow!
MAD
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"Only minor injuries" but a lot of full diapers!
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Actual photo:
(https://i.redd.it/l4x54pxe34gd1.png)
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(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/99/cf/d3/99cfd3b87e00e23a09e2f8c9dd2aaf7f.jpg)
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This illustration was labelled as “The unsettling art of illustrator Walter Molino for “La Domenica del Corriere” Italian weekly magazine.”
Looks like a Douglas F4D Skyray, if I’m not mistaken?
Would make an interesting diorama.
MAD
That could be an interesting diorama - I assume it is inspired by this incident: https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/174845
So, In Real Life, the train struck the aircraft and not the other way round.
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Salvaged German battleship SMS Prinzregent Luitpold arrives at Rosyth, Scotland, for scrapping, 12 May 1933
(https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/a9/f5/ff/a9f5ff0b8e3dc7dd8a9105115b1dca27.jpg)
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:smiley:
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(https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/ukraine-f-16-ground-support-vehicles-jpg.839682/)
CFBV
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I see that, I hear this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etSbOs3aUqI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etSbOs3aUqI)
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I prefer the original;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZvPSpLxCg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1ZvPSpLxCg)