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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 14, 2005 2:36 AM
The amount of detail on the figures is incredible. Thumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by JohnReid on Saturday, April 30, 2005 8:27 AM
A very nice diorama.Cheers! John.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, April 30, 2005 8:07 AM
The detail of the entire dio is outstanding, I like it very much. IMHO, the senario is not very authentic though. The hit and following explosion big enough to knock off that turret should have done alot more damage to the tank. That thing should be burned up pretty badly and I don't see any evedence of fire, other parts ripped apart from the explosion or the impact area from the hit the tank took. My 2 cents [2c]
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 29, 2005 9:11 PM
God probably looks out for His house and won't let dirty Nazi armor mess it up too bad, even if the ammo get shot and the turret blown off. That's my opinion. Artistic licence might explain it too.

Love the stained glass, by the way
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 2:02 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by zokissima

It's pretty nice. The detail is superb. But there are too many dios with German war machinery and ruined churches.
What does the headline mean?


The heading means GD...or an explative that uses the Lord's name in vain. Not an appropriate name for this diorama, in my opinion.
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Posted by Scorn on Tuesday, April 26, 2005 7:05 AM
I think it is beautifully rendered. The painting and stain glass ARE in a church you know! There is a certain amount of sanctified protection there!

I like the artistic veiw point of the evil that gets destroyed in the nave of the church without too much extra damage.

The only thing that I can see wrong with the Panther is there doesn't seem to be enough fire damage from ammo cook-off.
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Posted by lerxst1031 on Monday, April 25, 2005 6:51 PM
Wow, thanks for the link!
Fred
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 25, 2005 4:52 PM
Hey guys! Artistic licence. Very lovely indeed!
Dan
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Posted by ABARNE on Monday, April 25, 2005 3:11 PM
The detail and quality of craftsmanship is superb. I can go decent work when I put my mind to it, but I don't think that I could even begin to duplicate something like that.

Aside from it's technical merits though, the whole setting seems to be lacking some consistency in the level of damage.

I can understand a Panther backing up into a nook of a blown out Church, possibly to setup a potential ambush. Once there, it gets hit, and explodes with enough force to blow its turret off, which I can understand as well, (I haven't examined the photo close enough to see if there was or was not a penetrating hole that could have lit off the ammo, so I'll assume there was).

What seems inconsistent to me is the lack of damage to the church after an explosion that was able to lift off and invert a several ton turret, not to mention damage that should have been caused by the several ton turret bouncing around inside the Church after being blown off the hull. Yes the Chruch itself is mosly blown away, but the wall and painting more or less touching the right side of the tank are hardly damaged, and the stained glass window behind it is mostly intact as well. I think I would also expected some fire as well, but there is a decided lack of scorching.

Maybe the scene is a true to life setting and there exists a matching photo somewhere, but lacking that, I don't buy it.



The thing that strikes me as a perhaps a bit off, is that the church seems to be in too good of condition. Apparently
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Posted by oldhooker on Monday, April 25, 2005 8:41 AM
Stunning indeed! Thanks! Smile [:)]

Take care,
Frank

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 25, 2005 8:40 AM
Shame to see that panther destroyed, but great dio no the less.
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Posted by Armour_freek on Saturday, April 23, 2005 5:25 PM
It does look good, a few strange things though. how did the panther gete in there? and where is the damage that caused the internal explosion?

Dave
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Posted by ygmodeler4 on Friday, March 25, 2005 7:26 PM
Yeah that was in some city. A M26 Pershing was playing cat and mouse or something with the panther when the Panther drove into the front of the Cathedral hoping the Allies wouldn't shoot in case of hitting the Cathedral or something. The Pershing shot it three times though. And the result...
Sorry for the vagueness but that's all I could remember about it.

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Posted by gringe88 on Friday, March 25, 2005 6:23 PM
bazooka couldn't a done that. he'd a hav to hav hit the ammo, and at damn* close range too. no my guess is an M-26 or something, enough to punch through the armor and still have enough force to hit the ammo and cause it to explode immediately with enuff force to knock off the turret. NEway, thts my guess
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 25, 2005 2:02 PM
truly incredible...
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Posted by Thehannaman2 on Thursday, March 24, 2005 12:41 PM
i imagine the church is missing a wall or three. Maybe the crew was "hiding out" temporarily when Mr. Bazooka came a knockin'? Impressive none-the-less.

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 24, 2005 7:20 AM
That is a wonderful dio. Shame that it had to be a panther though Disapprove [V]. Tiger33
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Posted by zokissima on Thursday, March 24, 2005 6:33 AM
It's pretty nice. The detail is superb. But there are too many dios with German war machinery and ruined churches.
What does the headline mean?
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Posted by maffen on Thursday, March 24, 2005 12:12 AM
yeh seen it before, great job overall, but how get the tank there?? drove back in the church to get himself cornerd? no way
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 11:01 PM
That is a very nice piece. I wonder how the stain glass in the church was doneShock [:O]Bow [bow]Thumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 26, 2005 2:19 AM
very nice dio!
the headline of this dio is rather graphic LOL
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Posted by gringe88 on Saturday, February 26, 2005 12:01 AM
yeah, iv seen tht wut i love is the ruind church, not tht a ruind church is a good thing, but it jst looks soooo good!! especially the rubble, i love rubble not sure how the tanks supposed to hav gotten in ther tho...
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Posted by rjkplasticmod on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 12:25 PM
Great diorama. Thanks for the post.

Regards, Rick
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Incredible...
Posted by stukabomb88 on Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:29 AM
This is probably one of the best dioramas I've seen! Not for size, but for the mood, complexity, and the beautifully destroyed panther (beautifully destroyed?Confused [%-)]).

http://www.missing-lynx.com/gallery/dio/gvd.htm
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