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                        The most amazing diorama I have ever seen

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                        Swanny
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Sandusky Ohio, USA
                        The most amazing diorama I have ever seen
                        Posted by Swanny on Saturday, December 6, 2003 11:32 AM
                        This is just freaking amazing - you must look at this.
                        http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/message?forumid=272176&messageid=1070610354
                        Swanny's Models
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                        Butz
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Niagara Falls NY
                        Posted by Butz on Saturday, December 6, 2003 12:25 PM
                        Hey Swanny,
                        That is just amazing..!!!!! Talk about the time and effort to do such a piece of art.
                        I tip my hat off to him.
                        Flaps up, Mike

                        If you would listen to everybody about the inaccuracies, most of the kits on your shelf would not have been built Too Close For Guns, Switching To Finger

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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Saturday, December 6, 2003 12:26 PM
                        D'oh!
                        I don't get anything, Swanny.
                        And I must see it!!!
                        ~Brian
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                        shrikes
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Manila, Philippines
                        Posted by shrikes on Saturday, December 6, 2003 12:31 PM
                        That's just unbelieveable... right down to the seaweed and the bloodspatter.
                        Blackadder: This plan's as cunning as a fox that used to be Professor of cunning at Oxford University but has now moved on and is working with the U.N at the high commission of cunning planning
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                        djmodels1999
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Saturday, December 6, 2003 12:43 PM
                        Wow! (what else to say!?)
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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Saturday, December 6, 2003 12:59 PM
                        Finally got it to work.

                        Wow! That is fantastic! A very powerful work, indeed.

                        Now I know why it didn't work; a ton of huge pictures!
                        My old computer can barely handle opening FSM!
                        ~Brian
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 6, 2003 1:47 PM
                        that is insanely amazing, write down to the little fishies....Whistling [:-^]Wow!! [wow]
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Saturday, December 6, 2003 2:32 PM
                        Absolutly incredible. Gives a real sense of being there.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        David Voss
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Waukesha, WI
                        Posted by David Voss on Saturday, December 6, 2003 3:41 PM
                        Incredible!

                        Swanny, thanks for posting the link so everyone had an opportunity to check it out. That is an amazing diorama.
                        David Voss Senior Web Developer Kalmbach Publishing Co. Join me on the FSM Map
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 6, 2003 4:04 PM
                        This is great. I'm so impressed. I've never seen a dio like this before. I thought it was the scene from Saving Private Ryan when they hit Normandy that was made into a diorama.Bow [bow]
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                        mark956
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by mark956 on Saturday, December 6, 2003 4:21 PM
                        Very nice. Thanks for posting the link Swanny.
                        mark956
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                        RAF120
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Exit 7a NJ Turnpike
                        Posted by RAF120 on Saturday, December 6, 2003 4:46 PM
                        I'm speechless.

                        All in 8 months, I have a hard time finishing 1 model in 8 months.
                        Trevor Where am I going and why am I in this handbasket?
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 6, 2003 5:12 PM
                        Aaaaamaaaaazing... I had ambitions like that when I first started out, especially after I saw Saving Private Ryan, and Enemy at the gates, but I am going to have to wait a few 10 years till im out of the house and have a place to put something like that in my own house... cause I dont want to store it in an appartmant till I buy my own house. lol I wouldnt be able to get it through the door to move it to my new house.
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                        Woody
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Third rock from the sun.
                        Posted by Woody on Saturday, December 6, 2003 5:30 PM
                        Wow, that diorama makes a powerful impression! Terrible, beautiful, and amazing all at the same time! Well done.

                        " I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way." --John Paul Jones
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 6, 2003 7:36 PM
                        Wow! I wish I could do that.Banged Head [banghead]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, December 6, 2003 9:03 PM
                        best dio i've ever seen, its great, actually i'm just going to ask who has a normandy dio and i got my answer before i got to ask it
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                        MartianGundamModeler
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Tennessee
                        Posted by MartianGundamModeler on Saturday, December 6, 2003 10:38 PM
                        [:0] if it got anymore realistic i'd hear gun shots! Does anyone know the scale? I'm surprised there is no landing craft or least not in the pics. i wish he had taken a smaller pic of the whole thing. Absolutely amazing!
                        "Some men look at things the way they are and ask ' Why?'. I dream of things that never were and ask "Why not?".--Robert Kennedy taken from George Bernard Shaw's "Back To Methuselah" (Thanks to TomZ2) http://martiangundammodels.50megs.com/index.html
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                        South Aussie
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: South Australia
                        Posted by South Aussie on Sunday, December 7, 2003 12:31 AM
                        Thanks for the link Swanny

                        What a great diorama

                        The only place of seen similar are some of the dioramas on display in the Australia War Memorial in Canberra.
                        Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 7, 2003 7:30 AM
                        that's a very well portrayed dio of some hard times for the US, very well done.
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                        allan
                        • Member since
                          June 2003
                        • From: Cavite, Philippines
                        Posted by allan on Sunday, December 7, 2003 8:37 AM
                        Swanny,

                        Youre right. Its amazing. And sobering.

                        No bucks, no Buck Rogers

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                        Buddho
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Newport News VA
                        Posted by Buddho on Sunday, December 7, 2003 12:03 PM
                        That is so incredible...You feel the emotional impact of what is happening....wow!

                        Regards, Dan

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                        Dwight Ta-ala
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Sunday, December 7, 2003 6:07 PM
                        Awesome and just perfect.

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                        David Voss
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Waukesha, WI
                        Posted by David Voss on Sunday, December 7, 2003 6:07 PM
                        That one where he has the soldier portrayed getting shot and the rifle in front of him as it had just fallen out of his hands is amazing.
                        David Voss Senior Web Developer Kalmbach Publishing Co. Join me on the FSM Map
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, December 7, 2003 7:06 PM
                        Such detail! I can't believe that it only took 8 months to complete. The realism is just great too!


                        Demankat
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                        Keyworth
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: NE Georgia
                        Posted by Keyworth on Sunday, December 7, 2003 8:11 PM
                        Saw this one on another forum as well. The work is simply amazing. Each section tells it's own story, and the sum of all these stories is the story of D-Day at Omaha Beach. Outstanding work!
                        "There's no problem that can't be solved with a suitable application of high explosives"
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 8, 2003 9:53 AM
                        A little grim but so was Omaha beach. The dead fish and plastic bags for the rifles are amazing little touches! Well done!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, December 8, 2003 11:28 AM
                        jakers, that does create a mood, doesn't it ?
                        thanx 4 giving us a look-see, swanny !
                        frostySmile [:)]
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                        TANGO 1
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: A secret workshop somewhere in England
                        Posted by TANGO 1 on Monday, December 8, 2003 3:28 PM
                        Incredible...............an amazingly thought provoking work of art. Everyone in my house stopped what they were doing when they saw this.
                        Regards, Darren. C.A.G. FAA/USNFAW GB
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                        M1abramsRules
                        • Member since
                          June 2003
                        Posted by M1abramsRules on Monday, December 8, 2003 3:57 PM
                        man, that is an awesome work of art. everything fits together like 'snap' that
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                        wildwilliam
                        • Member since
                          December 2009
                        • From: West Grove, PA
                        Posted by wildwilliam on Monday, December 8, 2003 3:57 PM
                        if you go down to the very bottom, there is a thread by the modeler that contains a few pics w/ more of an overview.
                        and a comment on landing craft.

                        here is the link:
                        http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/message?forumid=272176&messageid=1070878561

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