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City Fighting Dio

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  • From: Lower Alabama
Posted by saltydog on Saturday, March 26, 2005 11:43 AM
Sweet dio friend!! very nice job!! later.
Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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  • From: in the tank factory in my basement
Posted by biffa on Friday, March 25, 2005 1:15 PM
beautiful work kelly i love the blown building and rubble, something i havent got to try yet but seeing this is inspirational everthing just looks so right and that fig set is the same i used for my bridge dio , they are great looking figs and you used them perfecly, good stuff.
Ron g.
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  • From: Fort Worth, TX
Posted by flippersdad on Thursday, March 24, 2005 4:40 PM
Whistling [:-^] Wow! That is some mighty fine work. Very inspiring. Thanks ffor sharing.
Cheers,
Eric
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  • From: Canada
Posted by sasd on Thursday, March 24, 2005 8:52 AM
Your new one is done!? Hallayleuyah!! Now you can start another one! LOL!
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:33 AM
WOW! That is a great job on your second dio. Tiger33
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  • From: CANADA
Posted by Kelly_Zak on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:20 AM
Thanks Manray for the comments!
And people, fyi, I'm putting the final touches on my latest, put the figures down last night, and just have to dust them up a little, add a coat of paint around the base, and she's done! Hope to get pics posted soon.
"There you go with those negative waves again!"
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 5:43 PM
Wow thats really great work!!!! That gives me some really great ideas on how to model some of my buildings for my next dio for Stalingrad. Super work on all the rubble.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 10, 2005 1:42 PM
looks great keep up the good work
Charlie Zak (panzerman 44)
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 10, 2005 1:12 PM
nice work kelly,you are right the marder is a fantastic kit.great work overall.Approve [^]
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 10, 2005 11:37 AM
I think that your diorama is awesome! It is really amazing. I love the details of the crumbling building.
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  • From: Lower Alabama
Posted by saltydog on Sunday, January 30, 2005 6:34 PM
that is one sweet lookin' dio friend!! nice job indeed!! Thumbs Up [tup]
Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, January 30, 2005 8:37 AM
Great build...I am in awe of the detail. Really enjoy the pics.

With respect to question regarding the rifle that appears to be a M-1 carbine, it actually is a German semi-automatic combat rifle called the K-43 (Karabiner 43). (It maybe the G-43 (Gewehr), hard to determine from the pic. The K-43 in appearance is a shorter version of the G-43 and resembles the M1). The Germans figured out early on that they needed a combat rifle with a higher rate of fire than the old stalwart K98 Mauser. There was an earlier variant the G41 (produced by Mauser and Walther).

Once again, great build...

Cheers

Jay
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 29, 2005 3:36 PM
Styrene asks:
QUOTE: Why is the German soldier throwing a grenade carrying an American M1 Carbine?


It looks like a Mauser Gewehr 43. Similar profiles, but the G43 was a larger rifle, chambered for the 8mm Mauser cartridge. Unofficially called the "German Garand".
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  • From: sunny imperial beach
Posted by yw18mc on Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:57 PM
Beautiful work Kelly. The figures are well done, and very convincing. As for the rubble! That is one heck of a job, and results are stunning. The Marder, and building ruins bring it all together nicely. Superb work. Thanks for sharing. Semper Fi, mike
mike
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Posted by rrmmodeler on Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:45 AM
Most impressive. I like it. Thanks for sharing.
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  • From: CANADA
Posted by Kelly_Zak on Thursday, January 27, 2005 9:15 AM
Ha ha Chris, too funny!
Yes, the other side of my hobby is doing cars, that's how it all started out, and then one day I bought a tank, and well...something strange happened....LOL
"There you go with those negative waves again!"
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:58 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Kelly_Zak


My friends know me all to well, I say that I'm working on another dio, and they're all like "oh here we go, more rubble!" in a jokingly manner...;)


I have no idea what your talking aboutClown [:o)]
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  • From: Canada
Posted by sasd on Thursday, January 27, 2005 8:36 AM
You really have to see this one in person,pics don`t do it justice,and Kelly is a car builder too,yikes!Cool [8D]Cool [8D]
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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Posted by mjohnson on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:24 PM
Lots of action. Great job, thanks for sharing.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, January 22, 2005 12:00 PM
That looks awesome. So much happening. Awesome job!
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  • From: CANADA
Posted by Kelly_Zak on Friday, January 21, 2005 12:54 PM
David, I love those bowing emoticons.....totally funny! Yah, all hand made. I started out by taking a piece of the clay, and making a flat square roughly 2mm thick, and cuts strips, then sectioned them into the brick shape, tossed em on wax paper to dry. I just kept doing this, I swear, I must've made around 1,000 or so. To dye them I made a quicky frame out of some wood, stapled some window screen to the bottom, and placed the bricks inside. Then I took the house stain, thinned it out to the consistency of water. I then took a paint roller pan, and placced the box frame above, and poured the stain on the bricks. The pan catches the stain, and I dunked the box in the stain again. Drain well haha
Dumped the bricks on wax paper to dry. Done.
Also, the shell casings for the MG'er were made out of stretched sprue and painted gold. That was another experiment in patience...LOL
"There you go with those negative waves again!"
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  • From: Waukesha, WI
Posted by David Voss on Friday, January 21, 2005 12:33 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by Kelly_Zak
Oh, all of the bricks in the rubble are all made by hand out of self hardening clay, and dyed in Navajo Red House Stain....Lots of work, and I don't think I'll be doing that again! LOL


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Wow! I don't know why I waited so long to click on this thread. That is simply amazing. And the bricks are all hand made? Wow!

This is one I think I'll be coming back to check out again and again.
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Posted by Kelly_Zak on Friday, January 21, 2005 10:03 AM
I don't think it's an American gun, it's the same one the guy who's holding the panzerfaust is carrying, and they were the ones that came with the kit...but if they're wrong, I'll go with the "liberated" theory....LOL
The building is Verlinden, a friend gave it to me, he wasn't going to use it, don't know where he got it from.
I've learned patience with my work, whenever I finish a dio, my mother always wants to see what I've put out, and she critiques it..so I've learned to put footie-prints and track marks in the ground now Ha ha
My friends know me all to well, I say that I'm working on another dio, and they're all like "oh here we go, more rubble!" in a jokingly manner...;)
My first dio included Tamiya's old Panther A and Tamiya's tank crew at rest set. It's not a bad little scene, but I didn't know about colors, I painted the tank in black, white and grey cammo....all wrong! I think I still have the pics somewhere.....
"There you go with those negative waves again!"
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Posted by drucifer67 on Friday, January 21, 2005 8:58 AM

Maybe the M1 carbine was "liberated" from its original owner after a skirmish the day before :)

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  • From: The flat lands of the Southeast
Posted by styrene on Friday, January 21, 2005 8:44 AM
Great looking diorama! Just one question: Why is the German soldier throwing a grenade carrying an American M1 Carbine?

Gip Winecoff

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  • From: ohio
Posted by vonryan on Friday, January 21, 2005 8:16 AM
Very nice Zak can you tell me where you got the building? i've been looking for that one for years. i think its from verl. but no luck. and again very nice.Eight Ball [8]
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, January 21, 2005 1:04 AM
Wow second build...I remember my second build, no comment. Lets see where to start, I have to agree you have the rubble down great. There is a good flow to the scene, and the armor is very well done. Great job. And tell the photo man great pics.
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  • From: australia
Posted by gander_demon on Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:33 PM
Luv your work Kel, I'd be pretty stoked if that was my second effort at a dio. I really like the building and rubble and the intensity of the action. Kudos.
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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:31 PM
I concur with Geoff, just outstanding work, and it is so detailed too. You have amazing patience in your builds. BTW, fine looking Marder.

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 Eric 

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