Hide and Seek

PMP wrote:

Man i like this dio a lot pretty good and dont worry about the base size it doesnt look too compact at all. Those rusians look very hesitant on what to do, which is what all of us would too. If I were you i wouldnt put any more snow on the Cannon, because if it was my Cannon in World war 2 i would keep it pretty clean.

   No more snow is required.  And it is not packed at all.  I'm pretty sure they wanted to hide form the enemy like this and that often meaned that they were taking less space as possible.  I think you did an excellent job Dwight.

One comment tough .... I know it is hard to take pictures of a snowy environment but the pictures are maybe a little bit to bright. 

the dio is great,but I agree with a little more snow in the gun and trailer

Congratulations

Pedro

Dwight,

Outstanding work as always. I vote for the "no more snow" on the gun itself since you are showing it in action with the crew and there wouldn't be any accumulation except maybe a little on the cruciform legs from the "dust up" of firing. I would however suggest that you either add snow to the bogie trucks or mark the snow showing their passing once the gun had been unhitched and deployed. Since the accumulated snow is fairly heavy, I'd assume that either the bogies were snowed on or were pushed through the snow to their present position after it had fallen.  I don't think the scene is overcrowded at all as is.

I wish i had your ability Dwight, As always it looks great!!

Can you do a how to article on you how you made the base? It would be very helpful

David

Man, those German gunners a screwed!  Not a one of them has a weapon in his hands - those Ruskies can hose the whole crew down, take out the gun .  Might be eligible for an Order of the Soviet Union award (or whatever it is called...)

 Really nice work, Dwight.  I agree with the votes for no snow on the gun, but some snow on the bogies.  Hope you post some more pics of your dio when (if) you decide to change anything.  I'd love to see more...

 Very nice Dwight. I always enjoy looking at your work.

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Wow, fantastic work Dwight. I have to say that IMO this is your best dio work to date.

I have one suggestion, I would dirty up the snow a little bit, and pack it down in the immediate area around the gun base, to show the weight of the gun, and the movement and actions it would have taken to deploy the piece of equipment.

What did you use for the snow...?

Love it, I'm actually working a Flak 36 dio at the moment, only on the opposite front.  Gives me some inspiration.  One question, well more like two, was the gun just brought there? and has it fired at all? if it has fired, then i think some empty brass shells could help add just a little more to it.  Other than that great model!