Diorama "German Anti Aircraft"

the doog wrote:

Phaisal, that;s pretty cool, but tell me I thought that you were having problems with your display space capabilities? I thought that you said a little while ago that you were running out of room to display our models? What have you done to help improve youravailable display space? Have you purchased another building?

Thanks, Karl for your kind comments! I said I would run of display space in a year or two. Right now I still have some space left and I haven't done anything to add more space. Building another showroom is out of question because the existing showroom took all the free space at the back of my house already. What can be done is putting new display cases on top of old ones, but not much because most already have something on top of them.

jadgpanther302, thanks for your kind words. I added another AA gun in this scene to increase firing capability. Two is surely better than one, you can fire from two directions instead of one. ;-) 

Phaisal, that;s pretty cool, but tell me I thought that you were having problems with your display space capabilities? I thought that you said a little while ago that you were running out of room to display our models?

What have you done to help improve youravailable display space? Have you purchased another building?

Many thanks for your kind comments and compliments! I really appreciate them! I agree with the doog that the base could have been done better. Anyway two new dio's are coming from A.I. I'll show them tomorrow.

I have a story to tell, it's an unbelievable coincidence. You see I have four permanent modelers and one visiting modeler. Some build fast and some build slow, some build much and some built little, and starting time differ a lot. But then all four permanent modelers came to deliver their job one day each for four consecutive days!

1. Starting from "Art Instructor" who I commissioned 4 armors and 2 dio's since 6 April 2009. They took him over three weeks and he delivered them all on 30 April 2009. On that day I got a call from "Niphon" that he'll deliver his works the next day.

2. "Niphon" who I commissioned Academy's F/A-18D 1:32 and Italeri's Elco 80' Torpedo Boat 1:35 since 6 April 2008. They took him over a year to complete and he delivered them on 1 May 2009. On that day I got a call from "Joh" that he'll deliver his works the next day.

3. "Joh" who I commissioned 3 small dioramas (Rigid Landing from Master Box, German Gebirgsjager WWII and Soviet Sniper Team WWII from Zveda) and 2 standalone figure sets (Mini Art and Zvezda's Russian Tank Crew WWII) since 4 April 2009. They took him almost a month and he delivered them on 2 May 2009. I don't get any call on this day.

4. "Toom" (A.I.'s big brother) who I commissioned Dragon's USS Cushing DDG-985 1:350 w/ inbox PE rails and Tamiya's German Steyer 1500A/01 + Tamiya's Steyr 1500A PE Grille Set + VP's Steyr Radio & Command Upgrade Set - I usually don't buy aftermarket products but this kit I bought second-handed complete with the sets for less than $30) since 21 December 2008. They took him over 4 months to finish and he called me today morning (3 May 2009), saying he'll deliver his works in the afternoon. He did deliver them - both very well done.

So that's the way it happened. I think this kind of coincidence will happen only once in a life's time. The results are good for you all, because I can readily present you with four new pages (parts) in four consecutive day as well! Starting from Page 47 - Part A showing A.I.'s works on 4 May, Page 47 - Part B showing Niphon's works on 5 May, Page 47 - Part C showing Joh's works on 6 May and Page 47 - Part D showing Toom's works on 7 May (Joh & Toom each has built 4-5 pieces earlier, all unshown). Models cover all three dimensions - land, air and sea.

I think that the SwS loooks fabulous, and the crew is also very well done! The tracks especially look very good--are they aftermarket, or from the kit? The kit ones are not very good at all, so I would say that if he managed to get ths kit tracks to look this good, then he is doing a fine job!

I think that AI has done better bases than this though--this groundwork seems a bit 'rushed". The road is unusual, and the bushes could be better. If AI wanted to work onimproving his diorama settings, one place he could start would be in his vegetation work.

Wirraway wrote:

I really like the vehicles and the figures.  IMO, AI can get a bit lazy when it comes to hair colour.  Odds on, you would not normally get 5 guys in the same crew with the same hair colour.  Apart from that one small criticism, I like this one a lot.

 Blue eyes, blonde hair???

  Very nice looking, indeed!!!