Red Beach 1 Betio WIP

Very nice so far , have a few questions though , what materials are you using for ....

1. The wood sea wall

2. the fallen palm tree

Guiltyspark

the seawall is a Verlinden product. the fallen palm tree is a wooden dowel split down a couple of times with an exacto knife covered with miltiputty and painted

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Mac

looking good Mac...Love the scorched earth!!!!

Sterno

Thanks for the comment and by the way your diorama Flamethrower up is fantastic

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Mac

In November 1943 the 2nd US Marines Division landed on a small Beto island in the Tarawa atoll in the Pacific. The island, only a few square kilometers large, was defended by  4500 Japanese soldiers.

There were many things during the Beto landing that went wrong. Because of the unexpectedly low tide the landing craft were trapped on the coral reef several hundred meters away from the landing beaches, called Red Beach 1, 2 and 3. They subsequently became proverbial sitting ducks for the Japanese artillery fire. The Marines were forced to leave their ships and "brodzic" towards the shore, suffering horrendous losses.

On the beach the situation turned from desperate to worse. Element of surprise long lost, the Marines were nailed down to the beach. The only protection from the enemy fire was offered by a low beach wall

All comments and suggestions are welcomed

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Mac

I have been away... loved your work on the diomara especially the burnt wood.  You did it very good.  The only one concern I am seeing but it all depends on the quality of picture.  Which paint did you use to paint the metal part of the weapons?  By looking at the picture, it shows lighter shade of gray... could be the camera.  Normally they are very dark... I use gunmetal paint and wash with lighter steel or alumium. 

I am surprised that nobody has posted... keep on showing us your work.

Hi Mac,

Your Betio beachhead really looks good. I like the seawall, the scattered palm leaves and the Marines going over the wall.

My only comment is that the pictures are slightly on the yellow side. I am assuming the sand is on the whiter side. Sand and coral on these islands tend to be bleached under the sun with specks of decayed dark brown palm leaves and vegetation. Perhaps photographing the dio under natural sunlight would help set the images right.

I've always wanted to do a dio like this but couldn't bring myself to do it as the seawall would have been crowded with casualties brought up by the tide and it's not easy simulating fresh casualties...the horrors of war. 

Having said that, I like the overall look of your dio. Good job.

Cheers,

Richard 

Tom

You absolutely positively must bring this to the next meeting. Real nice.

Marc

If you think it's good enough I'll bring it

Tom