How to build a Large Normandy Dio in 1/72 scale. Finnished!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow that looks great!!!, so what are you using for ground & the bridge?, is it Mud (plaster) and your mixing PVA? What is PVA? Looking really good.

Wow, this has really got my juices flowing. I've been bitten by the small scale bug and been doing a bit of browsing for small scale buildings and other stuff. I can't wait to see more.

Mark

WOW, Bodge--HARD CORE, man!!!!

This looks honestly stunning so far!

Just one question--where do ya keep something this big??!

Cheers Doog, ive made this the width to fit on a standard worktop and im making it in sections so that it can be stored and moved easier. tTonight ive rendered a couple of the buildings the same way i would do a full size house . Ive done it with filler& mixed in some pva glue to help it addhere to the model. I wanted a finnish that was a little uneaven and slightly chipped .I wasnt completly happy with plain brickwork buildings as it didnt portray the look i was after.

 These building cost about A pound to make ,bargain.

These will recieve some weathering when dry.

You made what?? with what???!!!

This is incredible, the whole scene. The shot taken with the trees in the background could fool you, if you weren't aware of what you were looking at. And those buildings look remarkable.

I'm lovin' this one, Bodge.

Steve

This is amazing...I've always wanted to do a large sectional diorama but could never figure out what I wanted to portray..This my friend is stunning..your building work is amazing...you are truly an artist...will be looking forward to more pix.

Mark

Thanks Mark and here,s my latest update. Poured second layer of resin to river fixed two buildings down and added weeds round edges and layed some more grass and undergrowth down.

Just havin a mess about with a couple of additions to get a taster of things to come.

Are you sure you haven't just taken a photo outside. Fantastic scenery and buildings, I'm lost for words, I wanna be like Bodge!!!!

Mark

HEY, ive got a fan

Seriously ,cheers Mark.

Bodge, I'm just speechless....honestly....it looks like you've just created a "world" in there!

YOU ARE "The CreatOR"!! (you have to say it like "Cre--AY--TOOOOOOR"!!) LOL!

Seriously--mind blowing, man. Just mind blowing!

These are great pictures..looking at this and other dioramas, some people are real strong on the scenery side and weak on the model..others are strong modelers...with weak scenery...It's like how I play golf...great drives but can't putt to save my life!!  Very hard to do both well...you however are doing it!!  I'm anxious to see how it all ties together...great job

Mark 

 Always a pleasure Doog,did u enjoy your fix?

Seriously i allways apreciate the comments especially good ones

Mr Bodge...you are a fantastic diorama-sisist! Excellent work and a pleasure to watch you work your magic in this WIP format.

 Regards Dan

You keep saying that this is gonna take some time but, I swear, didn't you just start this like 2 days ago??!! You are blasting through what would take me weeks to pull off.

Just incredible work.

Steve

Well done Bodger. Nice work.

I agree 100%...It is a lot more fun when you make everything yourself.

Thanks friends 4 your encouragement . Here,s the latest. Ive added grass slope bordered by a hedgrow with a cornfield done out of an old paintbrush. I have added more weeds and grasses around buildings and added a gate and a wall to the side of the house. Also atree and a couple more bramble bushes. Oh well on with the work!

All the area allready landscaped has got to be super detailed with the likes of farm cart and equipement and barrels ,telephone poles and cables,wastepipes out of the buildings and electric  supply to the main buildings, signeposts and the like. All this before i even start on the figures and WW2 equipment. Still im happy with how its going.

Bloody hell, Andy. Thats just amazing. What did you oppo say when you said 'Im skiving off today to model' Was he pleased LOL. Ill tell SATAN (Big E) to have a look. He'll be as blown away as I am, im sure.

...Guy

Cheers Guy, And the work goes on ,Today i have laid in the rest of the road in plaster with a ditch to one side and a drop down to a marshy field on the other .I got the grass seed out and sowed the field on the right hand side,(man that grass grows quick  it needs cutting already.) I then added tufts of grass in marsh and grass bank, these i done by pulling off little clumps of a grass matt and sticking them in individually with pva glue and theres a lot of them. ive had to blend the two different fields together with the clumps getting more sparce as they go up the bank. The rest of the field was made out of hanging basket liner as before. I have also made some hedge row out of rubber horse hair and scenic foliage  glued on with spray adhesive. there is more needed on this side yet with the addition of trees and long grass/weeds etc.But its comming on nicely.Hopefully i can get the airbrush out tommorow and green up the field just a bit like i did to the riverbank as to tie in all the greenery together ,but keeping this proccess  light as to not over do it. im trying to get this as realistic as possible.

WOW man thats Fantastic!!!! it looks soooooo real!

One thing though maybe you should consider some old rusted out farm equiptment (if you can find any/scrach any) betwean that brick wall and the house I think that would look pretty cool.

  Bodge WOW! That is really some great work.  With the detail the 1/72 scale kits have these days this is gonna be a stunner for sure .

  Thanks panzerguy. Latest update ,sprayed grass areas, ripples to water with pva which will dry clear and more weeds etc.

Bodge wrote:

Cheers Manny, i wondered when you were goin to comment? have you been away?

Andy, this is just sick, man!

Honestly, it looks like a real "world"!

You gotta be pleased, man!

YOU ARE THE CRE-A-TOR!!

Hi Andy,

I know that I said I would keep quite for a while but just got to say.........Superb!!

No swearing, none confrontatoinal just admiration. I will keep looking in for the next installment of "the world according to Bodge".

Everyone Look, Its THE ARMOR SATAN!! Begone, again foul spot. Ooh call the moderators, He may swear!!! He may , you know!!

...Guy

Big E wrote:

Hi Andy, I know that I said I would keep quite for a while but just got to say.........Superb!! No swearing, none confrontatoinal just admiration. I will keep looking in for the next installment of "the world according to Bodge".

back, Big E!!!

Hey Manny it sounds like your havin fun,sometimes you just cant seem to get somethings the way you want to. I had a figure like that a while back , i just couldnt get the head right no matter what i did. I ended up taking the head of and throwing the blasted thing in the bin saying good riddens as i did. NO IM NOT SAYING DO THAT TO YOURS. God Forbid HANG IN THERE and it will come im sure.Thats one hell of a dio with loads of action to catch the eye

Karl , im glad you like the way its commming along. thanks for lookin in again Its remarks like that that spurs us along.

Ian, nice to hear from u bud, and . Cant wait to see your latest build if i go to the club on Wendsday.

Guy, Dont be sarky you stirrer LOL

Latest update is i made the railings on the bridge and weathered them, i also made some wrought iron sheets out of coffee cup holders  cut to size ,painted with migs dark wash then highlighted with mig light rust ,going back and forth with this. I finnished right side bank and i made a couple of trees.

Let me guess. You didnt go to work again today. LOL. Absolutely awesome job Andy. I showed this to Geri's boy, and even he was stunned by your work, and that takes some effort, ill tell ya.

...Guy

This evening ive added a lot more undergrowth to the riverbank to break up the straight line and ive painted first grey coat to the road which will be weathered and toned down when its dry.

This is amazing work, Bodge. I'm blown away at how realistic you've managed to make this. It looks like a place where I want to go spent a couple of weeks, walking up and down that road, smoking Gitanes and acting all Frenchish. I'm normally not a fan of the Woodland Scenics tree material, but you have really brought out it's potential.

I continue to follow this thread with envy, and with delight.

Steve

   Bodge what can I say? I'm loving this work of you'rs   Pretty soon we'll be seeing are first snow over here in New England and when I start to get the winter blahs I'll just have to look at you'r wonderful work to keep me going till spring

OMG!!!!!!!!! Bodge you need to patent that Super Duper Special Shrinking Machine you used. Totally bloody brilliant, looks so real and lifelike can't wait to see it all put together.

Mark

If an alien were to come down and zap me to 1/35 scale..my first choice of places to live would be in your diorama...the fishing looks good there but not sure if my lure could penetrate the "water"

Mark

Cheers guys your too kind , oh yer Mark if you were 35 scale  youd be a giant cos this is 72 scale. Updated and redone the tree and removed the other one and tweaked the groundwork on the bank and added first wash to road awaiting highlighting. Next its gonna be the superdetailing ,eg: power cables and pilons and roadsigns and rural equipment. Im a lot happier with the tree now,

I was wondering why my butt couldn't fit through the doors...

LOL

Mark

Once again many thanks guys for your input i do absorb your comments

Latest update is ive finnished the road ,put telegraph poles up and power cables  and one of Doogs bunnies has apeared out from a bush or maybe hes got a home under the rusty iron sheet (another lair of rust bunnies). I have bought Trumpeters new famo for this dio and i have bought a 251 with pack, a stug,priesser figures and i may add a couple of either panthers or tigers too.

Latest update i have added some farm equipment and a couple of geese.

Flipping Blimmin mate, thats looking better and better and you havent even got any heavy metal in there yet. Awesome.

...Guy

This is the best, most realistic 1/72 scene I've ever seen, Andy!

Could you share a little about your methods though? Like how did you attach the groundwork in layers? Hair spray?

ANd how'd you get that color/texture on the road--that looks just tremendous. I'd love to know how you managed to get that depth...?

I am overwhelmed by how realistic this scene looks. You are a true artist, Bodge.

Steve

Thanks Steve for your praise and for looking in again,im enjoying this one and it makes for a pleasant change from doing kits. here,s a black n white copy

Holy cow! I usualy don't post at dios subjects since I build just airplanes, but from time in time I get a look to this section and when I saw your dio... man it dropped my jaw down.

This is one of the most awesome works I've ever seen! Congrats!

PD: do you work making hollywood maquettes or something???

To quote R. Lee Ermey, "OUT-STANDING!"  Your work is really fantastic, Andy, I think your SBS is the eqivalent for dio builders of Chuck's Helldiver build in the Aircraft thread.  You deserve a feature article in the magazine.

Can't wait to see more progress pics!

Regards,

Brad

Bodge -  Truly an Inspiration in 1/72 scale The outdoor pics look like something from a Travel Brochure. I want to live there also.

I notice you are using a blue backdrop, the corner really does distract from this fine dio. A trick used by Model Railroaders to give that "continuous run" is to round the corner so it "Flows" . I have friends wha have remodeled their "Train rooms" with the corners concaved so when they paint the backdrop it looks like it never ends. Dont take me wrong , I am not being critical of your work as I could never come close to such fine groundwork. 

No need to nominate you. Basically all you have to do is keep all this text you've been posting, condense it into a document and then send it to them via E-mail; along with all the pics you've taken attached to it. You may need a zip prograsm to condense it, but hey, it would be totally worth it!  I'd buy that issue; this article showing this Diorama in progress would be worth the purchase price alone!!

I say Go for it!!

HEY MATT  AND THE FSM TEAM   ARE YOU FOLLOWING THIS 

IT IS A MUST  FOR THE MAG. TO PRINT

now Bodge  a little about the models you are using.  brand , reason if any you chose the brand etc.....

Durr thanks for your querey . Up untill now no brand has been used  its all handmade apart from the farm accesories from model railway shop.Here are some models ive been working on for possible inclution on the Dio, Famo, and 2 RSOs and a field gun from SHQ models which are all lead and heavy for size. then i have made and basecoated Dragon models Mid Tiger1, Panther G and Jagdpanther with zim

Very nice stuff, Andy. Those kits are superbly detailed. Are you going to portray captured vehicles? As they look a lot like 'Reds' to me...boom boom.

...Guy

Fire it up, Bodge. Been waiting for you to come back tp this one.

Steve

As I stated in my thread, you have inspired me to take a shot at this scale.

 And count me in as to waiting for this dio to continue, I've not seen a museum dio come anywhere close to yours.

Karma

Thanks for the comments, i take them ,absorb them and use them for fuel

Seriously guys, thanks.Andy.

Nice to see you back Bodge.

I've been bitten by the 1/72 bug also, I want to do a dio using the Nashorn I've just done for the 1000 Wheel GB. Could I ask what figures your planning to use? I've been looking at some Prieser and Millicast, Netmerchants have some Mig and VLS sets that look interesting, my knowledge of 1/72 is very limited

It was nice to see some proper snow for a change, been a while lol!!!!

Mark

Don't know how I missed this thread the first time around, but the work is outstanding! The ground work, especially the trees are just fantastic. Can't wait for to see you continue this dio.

Many thanks Waikong.

Latest addition is ive started some figures,Man those prieser ones are time consuming and small. They need construction like the 1/35 Dragon figures. The equipment is tiny. I spent about 3 hours just painting one set ready for construction.I  converted an artillery man to reprecent a panzer crewman getting ready for a wash and shave holding a towel. iIm going to have a bench in front of the two men with washing utilitys on it, i also want to scratch build thier top clothing.

Very cool. I am still blown away by that scenery, Bodge, and the figs are bringing it to an even higher level.

Steve

Yo Skinny boy. Those figs are looking great mate. Much better than my 1/35 figs. Looking forward to seeing this thing in the flesh, so to speak.

...Guy

Bloody hell.........those figures are so small!! 

Looking really fantastic though.

Mark

Bodge: You should send this to Model Railroader Magazine!!!...those guys could learn a thing or two from us "armor types"...

This is another beautiful piece of work Bodge!  I know it's time consuming, but if you could share more info we could all use it!  Turn this build into a fullblown tutoria...and send it to FSM!!!!...They would love to have it and you'll make a few bucks for the effort.

I've got a great dio' idea in the works, this build will certainly be helpful to refer back to...I'll make sure to note my files!

Its worthy of a centerfold Bodge...Best of luck with the manuscript.

no problem. you are an artist man!!!!!

            Jim

Oh Boze,

The finest diorama I've seen,ever. My ultralarge respect for your work. It gives me much inspirations.

Best Regards

Dirk

Bodge wrote:

Cheers Hammer and there,s me thinking you didnt like me

Pretty hard for me to take a disliking to anyone until they've earned it, Bodge... Even then, it usually doesn't last long...  You and I had a misunderstanding, that's all... You barked at me, I barked back, that was the end of it as far as I'm concerned, sir... Life's too short..

Bodge

I have been following your progress and all I can say is INCREDIBLE!  I have a bit of trouble working with 1/35 scale figures and would have one hell of a time with that tiny scale you are working on. Some of those pictures can fool you since they look like the real thing. Your buildings are incredible! You must have this project featured in the modeling magazine.

Bodge wrote:

I took your coment completly wronge , and yes life,s too short.Happy new year to you.

Aaah, peace and love prevails.

...Guy 

Bodge,

This thing is simply amazing.  I anxiously await all of your updates.  Like a few other people have said, this is not my preferred scale, but what you have been able to do here... it transcends scale, man...

Thanks you lot for your kind remarks, i do apreciate them.

Guy  you do make me laugh  Here is my latest Addition, a 251 , i still need to add some stowage and interio details to this but its looking ok i think so far.

Bodge

You have probably mentioned it somewhere, but could you tell me the dimensions of this thing?  It looks pretty impressive...

Awesome Stuff Andy, that 251 looks fantastic. You need to put some wash stuff by the 2 guys though. I keep getting the urge to sing 'Young Man, theres no need to feel down, i say Young man'

...Guy

Luftwoller wrote:

Awesome Stuff Andy, that 251 looks fantastic. You need to put some wash stuff by the 2 guys though. I keep getting the urge to sing 'Young Man, theres no need to feel down, i say Young man' ...Guy

lol thats funny i was thinking "im too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts"

Looking good bodge the weathering on the 251 is fantastic, hard to believe it 1/72.   

I just stumbled on this link since I am not a dio-guy, but Andy I must say that I am just speechless. Your Dio is just breath taking. I bow in Awe to you.

Joe

That looks awesome, Andy!

The whole dio is just about perfect, honestly. I can't see a thing to critique!

  OK Andy, come clean after you've been reading old 1950's Model Railroad magazines with articles on how to make buildings from cereal boxes and such right ???? you've done a fantastic job with what you have on hand, in this buy ready built accessories and such times these made at home items have been forgotten, I wish the modeling magazines of today with all there fancy photographs would have more articles on how to, which is becoming a lost art especially with new and young modelers coming on the scene, thanks for this great much needed article.   Karl

 OOPS...sorry fast fingers

Well, I am, but he wouldn't know that necessarily.

Okay, I'm going back to watching this dio take shape now.

My latest update to the dio, Panther and rso,s.

WOW, Andy--that is fantastic! The vehicles look great!

I can't give you any critique on the dio or groundwork, but I'm courious as to your thinking on the Panther? Could you actually open up a Panther engine like that without a field crane? I hope so--that engine looks great!

One more thing--I don't believe that you could have the anti-airvraft MG in the cupola--I'm pretty sure that the same one used in the hull MG was the commander's option to mount as an AA gun?

Great little RSO with the Pak and the tractor--where'd you find them? Who makes them?

All you needis a little 1/72fraulein out back of the house to provide a little extra "story line" to this magnificent scene!

the doog wrote:

WOW, Andy--that is fantastic! The vehicles look great! I can't give you any critique on the dio or groundwork, but I'm courious as to your thinking on the Panther? Could you actually open up a Panther engine like that without a field crane? I hope so--that engine looks great! One more thing--I don't believe that you could have the anti-airvraft MG in the cupola--I'm pretty sure that the same one used in the hull MG was the commander's option to mount as an AA gun? Great little RSO with the Pak and the tractor--where'd you find them? Who makes them? All you needis a little 1/72fraulein out back of the house to provide a little extra "story line" to this magnificent scene!

Latest updade is ive done a Tiger 11 with Porche turret and finnished some more figures and had a shuffle about a bit. The story so far is the unit has recently moved into the area and the Tiger2 has started to cross the bridge but it is showing signs of the weight as it has opened up a large crack. Question is will it fit on the bridge and will it take the weight without total collapse. I have finnished some more figs including a panzer crew with officer and two members of the panther crew which are loading some camo onto it that they are breaking off the bushes. Still more to do yet but at least a story line is starting to emerge. Hope you like.

cool, I like it a lot!

       Jim

You da man, Andy!!!  Just AWSOME.....!

But dare I ask.. the thing on the Panther... Is that really a cat, or a mini-cow??

Still EXCELLENT... BEAUTIFUL.... BREATHTAKING....

-Lasse

Lufttiger wrote:

I just love your scene, and great idea of the Tiger cracking the bridge too. One of the best ground work jobs i've ever seen, and the fact its brail scale my hats off to you. I could never paint figures that good in that scale. Excellent JoB!

Bodge, some serious dio work going on here...I have looked at everything and don't have anything to offer as far as constructive criticism...just git 'er done, man !!!  Everything from the zimm to the markings to the figs are simply incredible for 72nd scale...

I love the story-line of the KT cracking the stone bridge---what a neat idea...5 stars all the way... 

PS: where's the chicks?

Oh man, Andy--this is GRRRREAT!!

LOL! How cool, how coool!!!

The figures look excellent! Much better than mine!!

That KT looks tremendous as well! 

Could you take a BIG photo of the whole scene? It's hard to get a sense of it from the close ups?

Cheers you guys,  here is some areal views and ive done some more figures, gees these guys are small and if i keep doin these then the 35 figs should get a lot easier.

I remember the Kettenkraftrad from one of the early WIP shots you gave

I love the diorama.. Really beautiful scenery!!!!!!!!

OHHHHH MAAAN!!!

WOW, Andy--when you see the whole thing like that, I swear, it looks like a low-level reconaissance photo!

THAT LOOKS FRICKIN' TERRIFIC!!!

I have to say that this is one of my favorite posts that I've seen here! I can't give you enough praise! I LOVE IT!!

Thanks very much Karl, much of my modeling skills i put down to the forum and i love the community spirit, everyone is helpfull and friendly which is more than i can say for some clubs i have been part of in the past. Cheers again and im watchin your armour panzer post with envy.

Cheers to all the other talented guys that have taken the time to post,it spurs me on. Andy.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A stunning piece of work Bodge, and to think it is in 1/72 is the icing on the cake, amazing. Love the bridge idea and the figures are mind blowing.

Mark

MMC thanks very much and im glad u like it your praise is too much.

Manny that is a valid point but this can be viewed at any angle

  Bodge this really is some beautiful work. I think my favorite part, even though it's pretty hard to decide, is the guys putting the cammo on the Panther.

   One suggestion. Have you thought about placing something along the bank of the stream? Maybe a couple of guys filling canteens or even a piece of, dare I say, a downed allied plane?

  You might want to make some room on your wall for the awards I'm sure this will be bringing home

Apart from some minor details eg some equipment and some crew for the RSO,s and some fuel cans and the like the basic scene is done . Here are some shots i took outside today and im well happy with it. But dont forget this is part 1 of a three part layout but i think i might have a break from this for a while  .  I am however going to finnish the article for the mag on this part. Im gonna get on with some 35 scale stuff next over in the armour section and one thing that needs finnishing is my Famo, anyway i hope you like these shots as much as i do, Cheers ,, Andy.PS can u spot the rabbit? and the washing line in two shots?

Bodge,

I think I've commented on this before, but I've just been looking a all of the new pictures.

I can only reinforce what others have already said, this is a supeb piece of workmanship, and looks huge fun to build! The detail is so lifelike I find myself looking deeper and deeper into the images just to take in all of the realism.

I am a fan of this post, huge thank you for sharing! 

WOW the finished build is AMAZING! and you said this is only one of three parts?!?! be sure to post wip threads of the other ones whene you build them!

Andy, that is awesome mate. The scene needs no introduction which just makes the dio even better. You know exactly whats happening and going on.

Oh yeah and i saw the bunny under the tree LoL. As for the washing line do you mean your blue one in the background?

...Guy

This is one of the finest 72nd scale dios I have ever seen...very Normandy-like feel to it...great landscaping...

One question: it looks like you turned the KT around from its previous position? It makes a little less sense for the crew to have stopped after crossing most of the bridge to examine the crack in its current location, as they would probably most likely want to clear the bridge completely, les it fall...However, to me I have always thought that the way the KT is now facing was the "natural front" of the dio as I remarked in an earlier post...

5 stars !!!

Speechless! 

SPEECHLESS!!!

Yes, as Hans said, WRITE THIS THING UP!  And include some more pics.

She,s all writen up and filed ready to go.Just messin about with some old effects on the last photo,s i think they look quite good.

Mansteins revenge wrote:

This is one of the finest 72nd scale dios I have ever seen...very Normandy-like feel to it...great landscaping... One question: it looks like you turned the KT around from its previous position? It makes a little less sense for the crew to have stopped after crossing most of the bridge to examine the crack in its current location, as they would probably most likely want to clear the bridge completely, les it fall...However, to me I have always thought that the way the KT is now facing was the "natural front" of the dio as I remarked in an earlier post... 5 stars !!!

OK, Manny's post did make me think of one question....

As your story-line seems to suggest, the KT crosses the bridge, it cracks, they stop to check out the damage for the remaining vehicles in the column....  Is that accurate?

My only question would be, considering how loud and rumbling it must be in that KT, how would they even know that had caused damage to the bridge?  To me, it would make more sense that it was the Kubel guys who were checking out the damage as the KT continued on the way...

Now, having said that, I think it is completely cool to take 'artistic license' and since it looks so darn good, you don't really have to justify it...

Bodge wrote:

Valid points all round, and as none of these vehicles or figures are permanantly fixed down they can be moved quite easily.  My thoughts were the crew knew that the bridge might suffer some damage because of its relativly small size and the crew new thier machine was exstremely heavy . Or maybe the bridge allready had a crack and there thoughts were we got away with it this time but how much more will it take or has it got any worse.  Just some  thoughts.  Andy.

I'll be honest, I feel kinda like an a$$ for even mentioning that.  I only thought about it after reading Manny's comment and then realizing you had turned the tank around.  The thing is, as I went back and looked at your pictures (which are SUPERB, by the way) I realized that if I was looking at your dio in a show, I probably would never even think to wonder 'how they knew' to check the bridge.  The layout and poses of the figures just seems so 'natural' that is doesn't matter 'how' they knew.  They just 'knew' and that is good enough.

Once again, Andy, kudos to you.  That is an amazing piece of work.  I have often thought of 1/72 scale as being the scale that I used to build just so I could blow them up with firecrackers.  I thought I had 'grown up' when I started working in 1/35.  Your work has really demonstrated the amazing work that can be done in a smaller scale. 

Got this one published now, a 9 page article in Military modelling magazine, I was well chuffed.

Congrats Andy..this is one of my favorites of all time...OUTSTANDING work!!!!!!

Congrats! Looking forward to it when my issues arrives in the mail.

WOW!

Good show on the article. I still remember this WIP from my former "forum life". Glad to see it will get its due in the mag.

Steve

WOW!

Congrats Andy. Definately well deserved.

Andy, as I stated in the other website I hate you (j/k).  I am still awed every time i see this dio.  I can't get over the detail on the figures at such a small scale.  You my friend inspire people to create dios.  Not only are you a great modeler your a great photographer, as your shots have shown.  I still can't do what you do in 35 let alone in braille scale.

I am still trying to get my wife to move to England and move next door so i can come over and just sit and watch you build.  Cheers mate great Freaking great  job!!!

Hawk

aka Sean Hawker

Andy...how did I miss this. Really great work and in braile scale too. I'm in a rush now but will take the time to view the whole post from beginning to end with enjoyment. Really love it foliage and all.

Congrates also for getting it published.

Cheers,

Richard

Hi Andy, just got back from the hospital and had time to view the whole post...phew!!! awesome. You've captured the groundwork so well. The composition is excellent and I'm not just talking about the figures and vehicle distribution...it's the trees, shrubs, bridge and roadway that's spot on.

You are also very generous with the use of foliage which absolutely captures the lush greenery of the European country side. Many modelers fail to do this and you end up seeing lots of bald patches or a half hearted attempt at foliage.

Also noticed the same base material that you and I use...polysterene, polyfillar, PVA or white glue, fibres and sprinkled woodland scenic leaves...and that's real cool.

I'm still taking in the whole scene and it gives me impetuous to continue with R & R as I seem to be waning lately.

Looking forward to your article.

Cheers,

Richard

Thanks a lot guys glad you like it as much as i do. Starting part two soon.

Just great.......!

Here is a more complete how to of the diorama in this months magazine.

Wow! A masterpiece! and such a small scale too. You are the bomb :)

I try to stay away from such a small scale because my eyes aren't as good as they used to be when I was younger.

Very impressive. Look forward to seeing the rest of the diorama.

Best Regards and stay well.

Nick