"watch it,those MP`s aren`t GI`s"

sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

"watch it,those MP`s aren`t GI`s"

Posted by sasd on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:31 PM

The whole idea of vehicles operating in snowy conditions is intreguing so taking an idea from that lovely little movie effort called the "Battle of the Bulge"
I used a badly needed supply truck to portray the infiltration of American GI
disguised Germans operating behind enemy lines .

enjoy

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 3:37 PM

Wonderful!
I really like the snow on the truck!

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drucifer67

Member since
January 2005

Posted by drucifer67 on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:03 PM

Great-looking snow!

I've just started a modern armor dio, but for my next bit (thinking waaay ahead here) I'd love to do Tamiya's Ardennes King Tiger in snow...*daydreams*

Anyhow, nice stuff, looks good!

____________________________________________________________ http://drucifersmodels.50webs.com/index.html --------------- "...and on the eighth day, God created polystyrene, and saw that it was good."

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:22 PM

Thanks guys,Ya know I`ve been asked many times "how can you build something and then cover up all that work you`ve done"? The original intention was to have heavy frost and snow on the vehicle reguardless of how good the build turns out. I recently did the same to a CMP c60x 6x6 shop truck with all of the ribbing and bolt work in the body,I then covered it over with camo netting,man did I hear about that one!

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 4:32 PM

Great snow job, thanks for the pics....

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Thehannaman2

Member since
August 2004
From: Buffalo NY

Posted by Thehannaman2 on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 6:44 PM

That looks amazing!

Justen

"The distance between genius and insanity is measured only by success."

Member IPMS Niagara Frontier. "The BuffCon Boys."

IPMSUSA Member 45680

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vonryan

Member since
December 2004
From: ohio

Posted by vonryan on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7:02 PM

OUTSTANDING!!!!! i'm in ah!!! keep it up Eight Ball [8]

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lizardqing

Member since
July 2003
From: Dahlonega, Georgia

Posted by lizardqing on Wednesday, January 19, 2005 7:36 PM

Great job all around.

Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 20, 2005 3:16 AM

Great build. This subject has always interested me. Didnt the history channel do a program on that way back when? I always wanted to do a dio. of the teams tricking the GI's but I could not come up with a really good way to show that the German's were German's just in GI uniform. Anyways it looks great.

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zokissima

Member since
July 2003
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Posted by zokissima on Thursday, January 20, 2005 5:55 AM

INteresting subject, and a very well executed dio. WHat did you use for the snow?

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:49 AM

Superb work as always, Sasd!

~Brian

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Kelly_Zak

Member since
April 2003
From: CANADA

Posted by Kelly_Zak on Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:08 AM

Lots of fun building those chains for the tires, eh Russ? LOL Great job, I like the tree, gives the impression that the wind is just howling out!

"There you go with those negative waves again!"

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shroomy

Member since
October 2004
From: kent uk

Posted by shroomy on Thursday, January 20, 2005 11:04 AM

i am just in awe
great work

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KINGTHAD

Member since
May 2004
From: Dallas

Posted by KINGTHAD on Thursday, January 20, 2005 12:00 PM

Sasd, Im cold just looking at it, nice work

Thad

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Thursday, January 20, 2005 2:40 PM

Many thanks gang,here`s a rundown on bits and pieces that made up the dio.
The truck was the Italeri tanker CCKW,wanted a hardcab for this one,the back deck was taken from the old Monogram Eager Beaver kit with scratched tailgate. There are two
scratched trees(limbs are from Micheals craft store)made with different size dowling.
There are also two figures taken from the Sherman 105 by Tamiya.Alot of chain was used to chain up the tires allround,signs and fence were scratched and the barbed wire is cut from a piece of meshing.
The snow is simply white sand ballast sprinkled on dry and then hit with white glue/water mix. It wasn`t white enough for me so a liberal drybrushing with white acrylic paint everywhere was done after it had dried rock hard with the glue/water. I was a happy camper!

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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tigerman

Member since
March 2003
From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA

Posted by tigerman on Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:35 PM

You and Kelly just rock. I feel cold just looking at it. Just well done as always. I like it alot.

Eric

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rjkplasticmod

Member since
February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Friday, January 21, 2005 10:12 AM

Excellent work. Very realistic. Thanks for sharing.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Saturday, January 22, 2005 8:39 AM

Appreciate all your comments folks,I shall have pics of two new dios soon. Thanks.

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 11:53 AM

That is awesome. I love the snow and the tree!

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 23, 2005 4:55 AM

I love it ! A little dio but very " realistic" ! A very good work !
Congrats Sasd !

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 23, 2005 3:36 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Skarpotchi

I always wanted to do a dio. of the teams tricking the GI's but I could not come up with a really good way to show that the German's were German's just in GI uniform.

Just a suggestion but what about hiding some dead GI's behind a hedge with no jackets on and maybe one of the imposters trying to hide his german tunic under a GI's smock.
If you do them as MP's and put a Bulge title it might just give the viewer a few clues.

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Sunday, January 23, 2005 11:56 PM

Topgun, your suggestion would further explain the idea of the dio but upon my second
go round in the hobby I took a little code of ethics thing with myself and I agreed that I would not portray any death in any of my dioramas,just concentrate on the vehicles in various situations. Many thanks anyway.

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"

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TigerII

Member since
June 2004
From: East Stroudsburg, PA

Posted by TigerII on Friday, February 4, 2005 1:03 AM

Now this one reminds me of the movies "Battleground" and of course "Battle of the Bulge" nicely done.

TigerII

Achtung Panzer! Colonel General Heinz Guderian

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 4, 2005 11:29 PM

What did you use to make the snow? Also what techniques did you use to apply it?

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beav

Member since
May 2003
From: Ft. Sill, OK

Posted by beav on Sunday, February 6, 2005 6:38 PM

No, I believe that the germans(as this was a big part of their plan) had all of their equipment before hand(they did win a few battles too, and they did keep stuff)
Besides, they weren't totally barbarians-just willing to break rules punishable by death...

"First to Fire!"

Steven

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sasd

Member since
November 2004
From: Canada

Posted by sasd on Monday, February 7, 2005 12:49 AM

Thanks Beav,that`s the way I understood it to be.
Driftwood,the snow is one of those coloured craft sands used for making candles in a jar,comes from Micheals craft store. I just spooned it on dry then hit it with water/whiteglue mix using an eyedropper. It wasn`t white enough for me so a heavy white drybrushing was needed. Further shadowing was done with pastels.

"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"