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  • From: Canada
Bridgehead
Posted by sasd on Sunday, June 26, 2005 3:01 AM
A condensed vision of the Remmagen bridge defence using a Tamiya m16.
Everything was condensed,the track,the tower and the positioning of the m16 to get it all into the picture.





Smile [:)]
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 26, 2005 6:29 AM
Nice work you have done there. Excellent ground work. Lots of nice rubble and debris. Painting on everything looks very well done. Thanks for sharing.

Paul
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 26, 2005 6:37 AM
once again, some excellent work. you really have done a nice job with this!
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Posted by Kelly_Zak on Sunday, June 26, 2005 11:30 AM
Sweet dio Russ, you've done a great job on that old M16 kit, well done. Now explain to the audience on how you made the tower....LOL
"There you go with those negative waves again!"
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Posted by sasd on Sunday, June 26, 2005 3:56 PM
The tower was made from a plastic food container covered in cork brick work,it wasn`t high enough to match the half t and the figures so I scrounged around and found a half
of a small icecream container with the lid still on,added that to the tower as the larger base and covered it in cork bricks. The top has a ring of carved up eraser bits just to finish off the top. Electric cable,doors,power box and hinges were added after a little crittique from the boys!
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 27, 2005 12:56 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by tankergeoff

once again, some excellent work. you really have done a nice job with this!

Sign - Ditto [#ditto]
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Posted by sasd on Monday, June 27, 2005 2:23 PM
Many thanks for the comments guys,there are quite a lot of goodies added to this model
such as brass shells,coat and shoes from the Tiger1 3in1,real maps,wine bottles,ration boxes,camo netting and cigarettes. I made draped tarps,another coat,added a map holder to the passenger door of the half t (although you`d have to have x-ray vision to see it),boxes,bags,chain and more gear and weapons than I care to think about! I knew that the large stowage bins on the back of the halftrack were going to be covered with a tarp so I fashioned new bins from eraser material and sheet plastic
and saved the originals for another project. Another little item I used are a few Verlinden
US helmets with liners placed here and there. I did go all out in the detail dept. on this one,now I gotta replenish my goodies,lol! One last point of interest,thought it might be fun if one of the guys manning the guns donned a tankers helmet and jumped in the saddle.
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 27, 2005 3:08 PM
Nice Job, took some time i bet
-ERAD
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Posted by Tigertankman on Monday, June 27, 2005 4:16 PM
Very nice
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 27, 2005 8:44 PM
Another Great Job Sasd. You have lots of Dios. Would love to see your stash of Dios. Maybe on your display shelf or something. Smile [:)]
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 27, 2005 10:15 PM
hey kelly russ snuk one by us, i just told him to bring it out to the next meeting
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 1:41 AM
Youve amazed me again sasd..
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Posted by KINGTHAD on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 8:30 AM
Great looking dio Sasd

Thad
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  • From: Canada
Posted by sasd on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 8:57 AM
Thanks very much everyone,I`ll see what I can do about getting some sort of a collection shot posted,may take some time to do!
This dio took about 3wks to put together.They`re fun to do!
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 10:30 AM
Amazing as always!
~Brian
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:03 AM
Another colorful and wonderful diorama!
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 11:03 AM
Great job, again!!! The tight grouping of figures reminds me of some of Dan Capuno's dios. Keep 'em coming.

Dan (no-not Dan Capuno)
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Posted by jcheung5150 on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 8:49 PM
incredible! so much to look at, I hope one day I can build as well as that.

Jimmy Photobucket

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 4:22 PM
very nice...A LOT OF DETAIL!!! Thumbs Up [tup] Thumbs Up [tup]
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Posted by sasd on Thursday, June 30, 2005 8:09 AM
Many thanks guys, along with a well done vehicle I believe that detail helps improve the story told by a diorama or vignette. It also improves the overall eye apeal to the build.
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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Posted by CDNTanker25 on Saturday, July 2, 2005 8:25 AM
that's awsome man! Gives me a good reference for the colours of US uniforms... umm I think everyone has pretty well said what I wanted to say, but please keep 'em commin!
James on the bench: Merkava II With MCRS-20% Merkava IID 75% IDF Magach Batash
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Posted by sasd on Saturday, July 2, 2005 9:22 AM
Thanks James,glad you can get some use from this one! I will be posting three new
pieces soon,the first one is completed,a Pacific Theatre LVT Aligator.
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 1:47 AM
Son of a gun, who would have believed you made the tower out of that? Great groundwork and figs as always.

   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

 Eric 

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  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 6:58 AM
Absolutely spectacular. It's amazing that repeatedly your dios demonstrante such a strong sense of movement and life.
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Posted by vonryan on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 10:28 PM
hello again! RUSS you Dio King!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 7, 2005 11:07 AM
Hey SASD-was this inspired by Remagen perchance??
Daan
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 7, 2005 11:25 AM
Great job!
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Posted by sasd on Friday, July 8, 2005 8:08 AM
It was Trowlfazz but not the movie, from the two pics of the m16 air protection parked on
the entrance to the bridge. Thanks for all of the comments.
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 8, 2005 5:19 PM
More a great job. Tell me your secret, it 's all works are make by you or by a club ? Do you make many dios.

bye
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Posted by sasd on Saturday, July 9, 2005 2:38 AM
Hello Comando,yeah guess I could say I build a few dioramas. No they aren`t built by a club,all by myself except for the odd one here and there where a fellow modeler has put together a vehicle and I put it into a dio. No secret here,just planning and getting everything you want to use ready,and put it together.
"Battleing Bastards of Bastogne"
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