I am calling this "General Inspection .... where are the damn props?" The scene depicts a group of US infantrymen accompanied by a nameless general who come across this abandoned aircraft somewhere in (probably) northern Germany in the closing days of the war. The scene is not based on anything more than my imagination.
I acquired Tamiya's US Army Infantry At Rest set which cleverly includes a 1/48 jeep and added it to the scene, along with the kettenkraftraud that comes with the 262 kit.
My strength does not lie in painting figures, especially the faces. Some of these guys look like zombies from Dawn of the Dead rather than people. I also kept thinking that in the days since I first painted them, they were out there in my garage doing a Night at the Museum thing, but I digress.
The base is a simple piece of plywood bordered by angle wood I picked up at Home Depot and finished with some wood stain I had left over from an unrelated project. The ground cover is what I picked up from the model railroad section at Hobby Lobby. It was my first time working with this stuff, but it went down pretty well once I figured out that I had to let the scenic glue actually dry over a few days.
The build is a multi-year build in that I actually completed the 262 last November or so for the Messerschmitt Me 262 group build, then finished the diorama just a few minutes ago.
