New update!

Done with the  sculpting of the gruond floor. Used ordinary white carpenter putty for this part. Didn't bother much with the details, since the next step is to add sand and soil in different ratios for the texture.

I also found the camera's whitebalance function, so these pics are a bit better than the last ones, which was a bit yellowish.

/Tony

Skipped a couple of steps on the groundwork. But here's the almost finnished results. The only thing that's left to do on the base is to add some farm details. The painting of the tank and the figure is probably going to take a while.

Hello bultenibo! Beautiful work so far, I like it a lot! The house looks exactly like I would expect it to, now I'm curious about the people. Good luck with your work, hae a nice day

Paweł

Great work here!  What made you decide on 1/72 scale?  Was it just because you had these two kits in the same scale, or do you often work in 1/72?

Also, what did you use for the straw roof?  Real straw?

--Spike

Tony: Nice work there, the cabin and the base both look great!

This looks brilliant! You've given me a couple ideas on what I can do to mine to make then better! I'm looking forward to seeing more!

Looking really good so far! I love the weathering you did to the house.

Hi guys!

Thanks a bunch for the nice comments! :)

Pawel: I've chosen two figures for the diorama. A commander and a gunner from the tank crew. I had a couple of figures from Preiser that I think would fit in nicely.

Redding: The reason I chose this scale was the I wanted a small project that I could finnish in just a couple of weeks. I also wanted to do something challeging, so that I maybe could improve my groundwork skills. And for that reason I thought that working with a smaller scale than 1/35 would fit that purpose. Back in 2005, when I first took up the hobby again after a some 20 years absence, I also chose to work in the 1/72 scale for a while after switching to the 1/35.

The thatched roof was ade out of  some ordinary 2 inches long hobby grass that was glued onto the roof with white glue.

Maddog: Nice that you got some inspiration! Looking forward to see what you have going on your workbench! :)

BTW I found some pics of the 1/72 dioramas that I made back in 2005-2006.

/Tony

At last the tank is finnished! Only the two figs remains. Can't  take THAT long to paint them!

Great work Tony, love the foliage!

And the other dios look sharp too, love the Grant and the Sherman.

Fine work there!

Mike

Thank you Gamera and Mike!

I really like building these kind small dios, since they doesn't take as much time to do as an ordinary 1/35 dio. They also come in handy when it comes to practicing some skills.

The first fig is done, and tonight I'll paint the second fig, so there should be a finnished dio here tomorrow.

Done!

Very cool! Nice work! I should try a 1/72nd scale dio, I'm constantly starting 1/35th ones and burning out before I get them half done.

That looks great!  Very nice job all around, especially on those little figures.

Mike

Incredible builds, like the added details, they really make a big difference.

-Steven

Thanks Buckeye and Steve! :)

Gamera: That's my problem too! I'm beginning to think that I've got a too short attention span for building dioramas in the 1/35 scale. I'm still hesitating to get started on an pretty ambitious dio project that I've been collecting stuff for for a couple of yeras now. :(