LRDP Dio finished!

TANGO 1

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

LRDP Dio finished!

Posted by TANGO 1 on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 4:37 PM

Hi Everyone Smile [:)]

here is my British Long Range Desert Patrol dio. I used the Tamiya Chevy and a mix of Hornet/Verlinden figures. I've had great fun with this one and like to think that perhaps I have improved a little. Well, I'll let you be the judge of that. Here are some pics-feel free to say what you think good or bad.

Darren.

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

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 6, 2006 5:05 PM

FANTASTIC!, GREAT work, I love this dio!

Will

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m1garand

Member since
November 2005
From: Somewhere over the rainbow

Posted by m1garand on Thursday, September 7, 2006 7:20 AM

I'm speechless. Great work.

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TANGO 1

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

Posted by TANGO 1 on Thursday, September 7, 2006 7:48 AM

Thank you very much for your kind words fellas, its much appreciated. Thanks for looking at my dio.

Darren.

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

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 7, 2006 10:36 AM

I really like the dowhhill attitude of the vehicle. Usually all you see is flat terrain or maybe something positioned uphill. Nice work!

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TANGO 1

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

Posted by TANGO 1 on Thursday, September 7, 2006 5:24 PM

Thanks! Glad you like it.

Darren.

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

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 7, 2006 6:17 PM

First up, I hate to critesize, especially because I wouldn't dare to show anything I done on a forum.

Second, I do like the dio very much. Good built and fine set-up, but....and here it comes... a heavy loaded truck on that type of terrain, wouldn't one expect the tyres to be dug in a little bit?

Just my My 2 cents [2c]

Cheers,

Luc

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 8, 2006 4:03 AM

Excellent Darren,very nice work indeed.

The 3rd picture even look's like you've got a desert sunset theme going on.

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SteveM

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

Posted by SteveM on Friday, September 8, 2006 5:45 AM

Fantastic work. Nice detail work on the vehicle, and the figures are well painted. Facial hair is hard to pull off. Great job.

Steve

Steve M.

On the workbench: ginormous Kharkov dio

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TANGO 1

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

Posted by TANGO 1 on Friday, September 8, 2006 6:26 AM

Thank you for your kind words guys, I really appreaciate it. I did'nt consider the weight of the vehicle on the sand, it might look better if I could add a small amount of sand around the wheels. I'll see what I can do about that.

Thanks again for your comments,

Darren.

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

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m60a3

Member since
April 2005
From: I am at play in the fields of the Lord. (Texas)

Posted by m60a3 on Sunday, September 10, 2006 10:19 AM

Darren,

That dio. came out extremely well. Bravo to you! I looked forward to the completion of this one. I really like it. You should be very pleased.

-60

"I lay like a small idea in a vacant mind" - Wm. Least Heat Moon "I am at the center of the earth." - Black Elk My FSM friends are the best.

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TANGO 1

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

Posted by TANGO 1 on Sunday, September 10, 2006 10:43 AM

Many thanks -60, I have wanted one of these on my shelf for a long time, I like the way it turned out. Thanks for stopping by and having a look.

Darren.

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

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richgb

Member since
November 2005
From: Southport, North West UK

Posted by richgb on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:27 AM

Excellent, especially the angle of the truck. very realistic. as someone else posted, normally dios are flat but this is really 3D and brings it all to life. Great work.

Rich

...this is it folks...over the top!

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TANGO 1

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

Posted by TANGO 1 on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 3:33 AM

Many thanks Rich, glad you like it.

Darren.

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

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Brews

Member since
May 2006
From: Nanaimo, BC, Canada

Posted by Brews on Tuesday, September 12, 2006 5:16 AM

Nice to see a good Kiwi crew in there! What's Josef Stalin doing there, though? <G> Great work with the figures, and don't get hung up about the tyres, the desert was rocky, as well as sandy. I doubt that they'd have stopped at the top of a sand dune, since they learnt that to get over them, they hit them at full speed.