~Looking good so far Buddy--- though it's tuf to tell by those shots---need a zoom to see how the chipping went. What do mean "resort' to alcohol? IMO it's a far more effective choice--the right one---even if people seem to believe water and scubbing is the way to do it I pose that it is not, A damp brushing wish 70% alcohol, wait 30-40 seconds and cip away, working on small areas at a time. If your still not happy with it, you can likely go back in and do more, again and again---before you seal!

Look so far so good. Need more and clearer pictures too.

Thanks Indy and MM, i agree about the rubbing alcohal. Here's some update pics
where its at now.

Dude with the binoculars in the last pic, absolutely awesome.  That figure made me laugh so hard!  Hes looking away with a big grin on his face when the officer is practically yelling in his ear.  I bet you hes listening to music on those big earphones.

The build itself is VERY good.

Awesome work as usual my friend, that crew really works well with the tank.  I particularly like the view of the crewman through the rear hatch.

Great work Lt,

razorboy

GOT TO LOVE THAT BUILD VERY NICE!!!! sweet camo work all the way around Luft. can't wait to see the dio.

Clay

 Update on this dio, the base was completed, just like Indy does his.  I have added a swimmwagen
which will be up on the rise. Withthe mudd on it now, i need to figure out the color to paint it.

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Hey Man~~ That white wash looks terrific in the zoom shots--great job with that--it's amazing the kind of control you can get after you poke around a little bit with, huh? The first builds I read using hairspray (even from some great modelers) had you taking the model to the sink and scrubbing away!  A patient hand, a number of hours, and wetting a small area at a time seems to be a much better aproach .

NOW I see what you meant by MUD ! ~LOL~ I couldn't tell from what you left on my thread but my guess was you we're modeling mud from some substance I guess you can just as easily turn that mortar into scale mud as you can snow, or likely a a mix or on & on--very good--there's a few guys on this forum that like to build with that stuff---really a variation on using plaster (Rick Lawlers usual method BTW) Stay tuned on "Clash" to see how I'm going to go about it...

AND----keep posting frequent update pretty please

P.S. I love the map---very effective---what's the source of that?

Looks great to me! Great looking tiger and great looking figures!

I'm going to have to try the hairspray thing one of these days.

Thanks Indy & Gamera, the maps are from Verlinden, they give you alot so it should last ya
a long time. I know Rick well, he lives an hour away, i bought a bunch of Mig pigments from
him last year at the show.

I used to use Celluclay all the time, but it tuff to work with, shrinkage & drying time.
But with mortar, it dries in 40 min, with very little shrink, its my new fav for ground work.

Now im ready to paint it, thats the hardest part for me.

Looks like another great build in the making my friend, can't wait to see it together.

razorboy

Finally got arround to taking some photos of the finished project. My base is real simular to what
Indy does, only he's a bit more skillful at it then me.

Hey BuddY~!  The completed scene looks great Man! 

[Thanks for expressing the high regard you have for my work! Very kind.]

I dig it---the snowy mud is really convincing--the Tiger is superb and the figures are above average and have good interaction. The shots on the white background work for me too. If your waiting for a (but)..I'd rather not include one, though I'll say Im not thrilled with the solution of the small frame corner around the hillock--I think a better idea for that would be cut-away soil--or cover the wood with the earth mixture and just go vertical there--but hey, at least it's original--and really the Dio rocks! (send in  a picture to FSM!)

Well done Chris, Well done indeed

razorboy

Hi Indy & RB, much thanks guys for your support,  glad you liked it.
Funny i hadn't thought about the base being flushed with that mound til you
mentioned it. Now that i see that, it makes sense to do it that way. oh well, next time.
Til then here is some more shots for fun!

may be just me, but that schwimmwagon seems to clean on the top

Naw its true, i didn't spend much time on that Tamiya schwimmwagon, its such
an ugly kit, i picked it up for $3, and thought it would add a little something to my dio.
Thus i could have put more into it but was more interested in the Tiger, and base.

I wish Dragon would make a new one.

This is excellent! Thanks for posting this.

                                                                        ~ Cobra Chris

Nah-- schwimwagon looks great---really great, especially considering it's a $3 afterthought.

This shot is pure GOLD Bro

I really like the B+W! Very realistic war time style photo.

212 was the party site where my misspent youthful weekends were. Ohh the memories.. or lack there of!

Great diorama, you captured a moment in time and the figures are excellent.

Jason