Interesting dio idea

Build it, Will!

It does look like a good idea. I'm not very good with dioramas so I wouldn't build it. Do you know what happened to the side armor? I can't tell if it was blown off or taken off.

I don't know about the dio idea Lbro but the T34 is right up alley. The AFV kit with interior would be a great candidate for that wreck.

Rob

That works too Rob.

Perhaps a new build after the JT?

jetmodeler wrote:

Do you know what happened to the side armor? I can't tell if it was blown off or taken off.

Just venturing a S.W.A.G. (Scientific Wild-Azz Guess) that it was blown off, the result of a demolition charge set off by the either the crew (maybe) or engineers (more likely) in order to deny its use to the Germans.

Interesting idea!  The photo below is one of my favorites.  Wondering if somebody has done this... it would be another interesting diomara! 

for the photo above this.

 I actually have a t-34 that i did a really shody job on. The tracks make it so thats it look like its been hit from a rockt or it has run-over  a mine.

i think that would be a really good build. ill come up with somethin close.

deafpanzer wrote:

Interesting idea!  The photo below is one of my favorites.  Wondering if somebody has done this... it would be another interesting diomara!

Shep Paine did a T-34-covered machinegun nest in his 2nd edition How to Build Dioramas in 1/15th scale... I'll see if I can find a pic.. The MG 34 team is using the T-34 for overhead cover.

Spep Paine's The Hornet's Nest

Sorry about the quality.  I don't have a scanner so it's a picture of a picture...

The MG34 is under the tank on the opposite side, but there isn't a good photo of it in place in the book..

thats fine.   its enough to get some more brain storming ideas goin through the noggin.

 i wonder what he used for the flag?

if u ever find anymore pictures post them please!!!

The flag was made from epoxy putty... According to the book, Step 1: Sculpt folds into a block of modeling clay.

Step 2: Mix and flatten blob of epoxy putty.  Sandwich between two sheets of waxed paper that's been dusted with talcum powder and roll thin with a dowel.  Let the putty stand until it just starts to stiffen, peel from waxed paper and then cut to shape with scissors. Cut tears and holes wth X-acto knife and press into folds on clay mold.

Step 3: When putty has set, remove from mold and paint & decal...

alright, i probably wouldnt put a swastika on it. but a tarp of some sort would look good with it.

 oh yeah. is that dio using a foam base or like that woodland scenics plaster cloth?

Well, the flag is there as an ID-flag so they won't get strafed by their own planes, or shot at by their own artillery/anti-tank sections...

The base is wood with styrofoam that's been contoured and then covered in celluclay and gutter gravel...

oh i see.

 ok well ive got my base down and its turning out really nicely.