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(PICS) "Snapshot from Aachen 1944" (1/32)

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  • Member since
    September 2005
  • From: Uppsala, Sweden
(PICS) "Snapshot from Aachen 1944" (1/32)
Posted by bultenibo on Saturday, May 13, 2006 10:20 AM

Here's my latest dio. It's in the not so common 1/32 scale. I got a three Monogram kits from the 70's cheap on E-bay, and thought that I would give it a try to work with the brand and scale that made Sherpad Paine famous (no other comparison between us whatsoever;).

The figures are Airfix Multipose in the same scale. I think that theese kits are very underrated. Since every kit contains a vide range of legs, limbs, torsos and heads, you can almost compose every imaginable pose from it. It's quite useful. Even though the quality of the plasic isn't as good as it were in the original kits from the 70's and 80's (these are the re-issue from Airfix two years ago), I can really recommend it!

I imagine that the scene is from the city of Aachen on the German western front in the fall of 1944, where some pretty heavy fighting was going on long before the Battle of the Bulge.  

As soon as I'm  finished with the other two dios - featuring the Monograms M3 Grant and the Stumpanzer IV - I'll post some more pics. If anybody knows of any diorama site dedicated to dioramas in this scale, please let me know.

/Tony aka bultenibo

 

  • Member since
    April 2005
  • From: I am at play in the fields of the Lord. (Texas)
Posted by m60a3 on Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:22 PM
Your shooters sergeant stripes are upside down. But wow, this is a very good diorama.

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  • Member since
    November 2005
  • From: Somewhere over the rainbow
Posted by m1garand on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 12:05 AM

nicely done.  When Can I build something like this?  I'm still practicing and hopefully will finish 3 projects that I've started. 

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    May 2003
  • From: TX
Posted by centerdeck on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 1:17 AM
Awesome job!  I figure I am about 15 years away from results like that.  I saw the Sgt. stripes and thought...well, maybe it's a Seabee Chief Petty Officer.  Then I realized..Nope, no beer.
  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Reno, NV
Posted by espins1 on Wednesday, May 17, 2006 9:46 AM
Looks great!  I especially like how you captured the "action" so to speak.  Thumbs Up [tup] Thumbs Up [tup]

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  • Member since
    September 2005
  • From: Uppsala, Sweden
Posted by bultenibo on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 6:38 AM

The stripes! How stupid of me to not follow the instruction sheet when I applied the decals, especially since I'm not too familiar with the american system of rank badges. Thanks guys for the info, I'm going to demote the sergant righy away with my brush!

/Tony aka bultenibo 

  • Member since
    November 2004
  • From: Canada
Posted by sasd on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 8:31 AM
Stunning work Tony,gotta love that tree,did you make it or is it storebot? Very nicely done.
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  • Member since
    July 2003
  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 8:52 AM

Amazing work. Really great to see these old kits and figures still being used, to such a high standard.

LOL, I too was wondering about that tree. Looks like catskin seeds....

  • Member since
    March 2006
  • From: Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
Posted by Yann Solo on Wednesday, May 24, 2006 9:00 AM
Incredible results!  I particularly like the water and the grass.  What material have you used for the grass?
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  • Member since
    September 2005
  • From: Uppsala, Sweden
Posted by bultenibo on Thursday, June 1, 2006 9:09 AM

Hi everybody!

The grass was made from materials from a firm called "Diomaterials", (product number DO 001 + DO 002).  I bought it from this hobby shop:

http://www.milminwh.com/dioramaterials.htm

The tree trunk was made out of some twigs that I found in the garden and glued together. The crown of the tree was made out of ordinary steel wool attached to the twigs. The foliage is from the firm "Hudson & Allen" - "Forrset litter" (HS 9403):

http://www.milminwh.com/hudson_&_allen.htm

I can really recommend both materials!

 

/Tony aka bultenibo

 

 

 

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