"The Berlin Crusher"

Beautiful.  Well done.

very nice build loved the pics

Ron

Interesting diorama.  One thing stands out - by the time the JS-2 was introduced in 1944, the German equipment would have been in dark yellow,  Not much was left in dark gray by this period of the war.

Cool dio. I love the JS-2. It was the first Dragon kit I built and was very pleased with it. 

I probably concur about the grey. I suppose some could have been around in the home front at that time.

There are lots of great details in the groundwork and it looks like you put in a lot of hard work getting the composition in place too. I don't know anything about tanks and guns so I will simply add a few small observations about the stuff I know for next time:

wrought iron does not bend, it snaps under stress, so the fence near the prone figure would not bend, but be broken. (the same applies to manhole covers, lamp-posts and other cast street furniture)

I would not expect that such large pieces of brick and mortar would stay intact after a fall.  I am guessing that there would be smaller chunks and many individual bricks as the mortar is the weak point when stress is applied.

Its a good looking diorama. Keep posting your WIPs.

Hello!

A very nice idea, I like your dio a lot. My doubt is the colour of the armored car - is Dunkelgrau the correct colour for this time period? Thanks for sharing, have a nice day

Paweł

vespa boy

wrought iron does not bend, it snaps under stress, so the fence near the prone figure would not bend, but be broken. (the same applies to manhole covers, lamp-posts and other cast street furniture)

Anyways, overall I really like your little dio... 

WOW!  Beautiful diomara.   It has been a while since we saw a great work here. 

Heyya Lufttiger!   How are ya Buddy? Well I hope

Nice build here---great to see you're still at it----

I liked it from this angle the best

Really? hmmm cuz if i look on the net for wrought iron bent, there sure is alot of pics available, and from
all types of causes. Check out this one http://www.flickr.com/photos/maitri/147420172/

And as for the sdkfz 222, it was my intention to show it this way, as they were produced until '44 and
pretty much obsoltete, this one was left for city defense, thus grey not desert yellow.

So it is what it is, most dioramas never depict an actual scene anyway, but i say that mine is possible?

Thank you so much guys for your feedback, i really apriciate it.

I apologize. I did mean cast iron as the material that snaps under stress. My mistake.

On the WIP pics---what is the white material you used to build up the groundwork?

Hey NP Vespa boy, i just wanted to make sure i didn't screw up, cuz i usually do on every dio i build.
But what heck its alot of fun building them.

The white stuff for the ground work is 45min plaster mud thats used for drywall. I tend to use this with
foam nowadays.

Really a great diorama with my only observations being that the little armored car would indeed most likely have been in Dark Yellow.

And the other thing--I can't help but think that if there's that much unbroken snow on the ground, that there would surely be some on the vehicles?! I mean, especially if that Sdkfz was knocked out and sitting there...?

Doog, I think you need to scroll down in the WIP's---the snow you see is unpainted plaster...

Manstein's revenge

Doog, I think you need to scroll down in the WIP's---the snow you see is unpainted plaster...

Ergo, my comment. 

Actually, I think it is supposed to be mud...

Manstein is right, there's no snow here at all, just dirt and rubble. Can you see the last pics?
The first ones are just WIP, i use white plaster as the base of my ground work than paint it to the final
color. I used to use celuclay but got tired of battling the shrinkage.
Although i'll admit i did use celuclay in the current issue of FSM "Easy how to model water"

Manstein's revenge

Actually, I think it is supposed to be mud...

In that case, ignore my boneheadedness!

the doog

Manstein's revenge:

Actually, I think it is supposed to be mud...

 

Man, now THAT'S scary---I DID see the whole WIP, and the result, and for some reason, my mind just fixated on that white base in the first pic. Seriously, man--I've got to go get some Expresso at the hotel bar. I'm just fried!

In that case, ignore my boneheadedness!

I saw what Doog did, and didn't, and I'm WELL whacked out on caffeine. Thanks for clearing that.

Great work! I like the way that it came out!

       I have only one comment...can you teach me to do that?............................one day.

LOL Wow what a job!!!!



T(h)anks

Chazzer(Scott)