1/72 M*A*S*H Diorama - FineScale Modeler - Essential magazine for scale model builders, model kit reviews, how-to scale modeling, and scale modeling products

MontrealMatt

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February 2015

Posted by MontrealMatt on Sunday, March 1, 2015 8:23 AM

Hey thanks. Hawkeye used to be a French stretcher-bearer in a trenchcoat, but I carved off his webbing and gear to make it resemble a robe. I also cut off his head and replaced it with a helmet-less head from another figure. I really wanted to incorporate some other characters from the show, but could not for the life of me find suitable female figures in 1/72, or any Lebanese men in fur coats for that matter ;)

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kenposan

Member since
November 2012
From: Central Ohio

Posted by kenposan on Sunday, February 22, 2015 7:43 PM

Hawkeye! love it.

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Buckeye

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February 2007
From: Brunswick, Ohio

Posted by Buckeye on Wednesday, February 11, 2015 11:21 AM

Nice!

Mike

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MontrealMatt

Member since
February 2015

Posted by MontrealMatt on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 5:56 PM

Thanks guys! I'm thinking of maybe doing a 'Tour of Duty' diorama next.

I used Crayola air-dry clay for the dirt. I spread it on thin then textured it by pressing coarse sandpaper and bits of wood onto it, and made some tracks and prints with the jeep and figures. The next morning I awoke to find the clay badly cracked, so I filled in the cracks with normal modelling putty then re-textured it, and painted it with Tamiya paints when it was dry.

Cheers,

Matt.

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SprueOne

Member since
January 2006
From: California

Posted by SprueOne on Sunday, February 8, 2015 11:09 AM

Very nicely done. Good idea building inside one of those cases for the dust cover.

What did you make the 'dirt' ground cover?

Anyone with a good car don't need to be justified - Hazel Motes

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Putsie

Member since
August 2013

Posted by Putsie on Sunday, February 8, 2015 10:02 AM

Very nice job.

Dioramas can be fun....requires a bit more imagination........

Hey FYI...netflix had all of the MASH episodes

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M. Brindos

Member since
January 2015
From: Tumwater, WA.

Posted by M. Brindos on Saturday, February 7, 2015 10:13 PM

That's.... wow. Nicely done.

- Mike Brindos "Lost Boy"

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RX7850

Member since
December 2012

Posted by RX7850 on Saturday, February 7, 2015 9:54 PM

Nice job.

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Raualduke

Member since
February 2011
From: St louis

Posted by Raualduke on Saturday, February 7, 2015 2:26 AM

Very cool. Love it

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MontrealMatt

Member since
February 2015

1/72 M*A*S*H Diorama

Posted by MontrealMatt on Thursday, February 5, 2015 9:37 PM

Hi all,

I just got done with my M*A*S*H diorama, have a look! I wasn't going for accurate details (I'm sure there are plenty of gaffes), I was trying to have some fun and capture a bit of the spirit from the show. About halfway through I cursed my decision to do it in 1/72nd, but it all worked out in the end...barely! The base/case is an AMT case for 1/24 cars, the Bell 47 is Italeri, the Jeep came from an Airfix LTV 4 Buffalo + Willys Jeep set, the bunker is a mish-mash of Airfix Forward Command Post and Italeri Battlefield Buildings, and the figures are from a variety of sets (with some of them Frankensteined), including Airfix Luftwaffe Personnel, Esci US Infantry, Esci Commonwealth Troops, Esci British Commandos, and Esci French WWII Troops.

Cheers,

Matt.