"Fall of Saddam" statue diorama

Wilbur Wright

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February 2006
From: Boston

Posted by Wilbur Wright on Monday, September 11, 2006 3:40 PM

Just AWESOME.............

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viper_mp

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December 2005
From: DSM, Iowa

Posted by viper_mp on Sunday, September 10, 2006 8:08 PM

SteveM wrote:
Great dio, great figure painting. How long did it take you to get all those dudes (and chicks) painted? Steve

The soldiers took a long time. But the Iraqis were really easy.

Rob Folden

Secretary / Webmaster- IPMS Plastic Surgeons Member at Large-IPMS Hawkeye Modelers

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SprueOne

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January 2006
From: California

Posted by SprueOne on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 9:31 PM

" [viper_mp] Sprue- No, I forgot. Bout the best I can get is this shot. [7-20-06_c.JPG] "

Alright, man!

too bad you didn't get any inprog shots, it looks like a scratch bits party in there.

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SteveM

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June 2006
From: AusTx, Live Music Capitol of the World

Posted by SteveM on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 5:22 PM

Great dio, great figure painting. How long did it take you to get all those dudes (and chicks) painted?

Steve

Steve M.

On the workbench: ginormous Kharkov dio

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 5:07 PM

Very nice!!

Will

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viper_mp

Member since
December 2005
From: DSM, Iowa

Posted by viper_mp on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 4:35 PM

Sprue- No, I forgot. Bout the best I can get is this shot.

Rob Folden

Secretary / Webmaster- IPMS Plastic Surgeons Member at Large-IPMS Hawkeye Modelers

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SprueOne

Member since
January 2006
From: California

Posted by SprueOne on Sunday, September 3, 2006 11:22 AM

The added camera news crew was a nice touch also.

" "viper_mp - I also forgot to mention, the M88 has a scratchbuilt interior. " "

I can see a little something through the doors on the side. Did you remeber to take pictures before it was all glued down? I'd like to see the interior details.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, September 2, 2006 8:14 AM

nice! like it alot

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Jim Barton

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February 2003

Posted by Jim Barton on Saturday, August 26, 2006 10:40 PM

I remember watching that on TV back in 2003 and I told my roommate I had at the time, "I'll betcha there's a million modelers watching this and getting ideas for a diorama!"

"Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"

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Yann Solo

Member since
March 2006
From: Drummondville, Quebec, Canada

Posted by Yann Solo on Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:21 AM

Dubau wrote:

Maybe you shoud sent it to Saddam HA HA HA

Looks GOOD

Bud

I would send it to Bush!!!!!!

Very nice dio. Great job.

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mywar73

Member since
June 2006
From: 7,100 islands

Posted by mywar73 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 7:36 AM

wow!! beautiful, this scene is controversial..maybe you replaced it with iraq national flag instead,i like the civilian figures,very nice bro Smile [:)]

great build!!

Its all modelling.

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Dubau

Member since
March 2006
From: Boyertown, PA, USA

Posted by Dubau on Monday, August 14, 2006 12:47 PM

Maybe you shoud sent it to Saddam HA HA HA

Looks GOOD Thumbs Up [tup]

Bud

" You've experienced a set back, and without set backs and learning how to fix them you'll never make the leap from kit builder to modeler "

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TANGO 1

Member since
December 2002
From: A secret workshop somewhere in England

Posted by TANGO 1 on Monday, August 14, 2006 12:29 PM

Very impressive, I remember this event and I think you have captured it well, nice job!

Regards, Darren. C.A.G. FAA/USNFAW GB

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viper_mp

Member since
December 2005
From: DSM, Iowa

Posted by viper_mp on Sunday, August 13, 2006 4:15 PM

HeavyArty wrote:
Looks pretty good. I would add some gear and weathering to the M88A1. Soldiers look a little clean and shiny too. Overall a good effort. Are all teh civilians from Verlinden/Warriors Arabic civilian figures? Good job.

Yeah, they are all verlinden civilians. I modified some of them to look different. As for the M88, it has been weathered. I studied the video and several photos, because the whole event was staged, the M88 was washed down prior to the event. So it was fairly clean. And they removed all soldiers gear from it as well. As for the soldiers, some are a little shiny for some reason. they have received flat clear though. But they are far from clean. When you get close, everyone, including civilians, are dirty. Mostly a mix of sand/mud and grime.

I also forgot to mention, the M88 has a scratchbuilt interior.

Rob Folden

Secretary / Webmaster- IPMS Plastic Surgeons Member at Large-IPMS Hawkeye Modelers

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m1garand

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November 2005
From: Somewhere over the rainbow

Posted by m1garand on Sunday, August 13, 2006 11:46 AM

Incredible!

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HeavyArty

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December 2002
From: Valrico, FL

Posted by HeavyArty on Sunday, August 13, 2006 11:32 AM

Looks pretty good. I would add some gear and weathering to the M88A1. Soldiers look a little clean and shiny too. Overall a good effort. Are all teh civilians from Verlinden/Warriors Arabic civilian figures? Good job.

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viper_mp

Member since
December 2005
From: DSM, Iowa

"Fall of Saddam" statue diorama

Posted by viper_mp on Sunday, August 13, 2006 11:22 AM

I know its been discussed, and with the M88A1 [and M88A2 if you can get it] available, as well as Verlinden's release of the Saddam statue and several Iraqi sets, it was only a matter of time. When I got my M88A1 from AFV Club, I already knew what was goign to happen. A statue and 31 figures later, I give you the Fall of Saddam.