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                        M151A2 Finished Dio

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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        M151A2 Finished Dio
                        Posted by lizardqing on Tuesday, September 9, 2003 10:30 PM
                        Here is the little guy's new home. This is the first time I have tried to come up with a detailed dio. Everything is scratch built, except the rocks. The base is done with Sculpey clay pressed it out and put in all the contours,tread marks, footprints and foxhole then baked it. The palm tree was done with the same stuff as were all the sand bags and bed roll in the back of the GP. The roof of the fox hole is balsa wood. I really enjoyed this little project and am ready to move on to bigger things, my eyes could use one for sure. Thanks for the palm tree tips,hope it looks right. Hope you enjoy the pics and if you see anything that could be done better let me know, except the glue under the clay saw it in the pics and took care of it.









                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, September 9, 2003 10:52 PM
                        Nice job ont the weathering Chris. Is this the model you were referring to in the armor forum needing help with pastels?Neat little scene. Hope to see more.

                        "It is well that war is so terrible, lest we grow too fond of it."-R.E.Lee

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

                         Eric 

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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Tuesday, September 9, 2003 11:03 PM
                        Thanks, yea this is the one that I was haveing the pastel problem with, but with some help I think I got it right.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:11 AM
                        Great job, Chris. All of the time and effort sure paid off. I really like the mud effects on the base. Very realistic.

                        demono69
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                        djmodels1999
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:39 AM
                        Great finish! I like it a lot. Sculpey is a really cool product! Keep up the good work, Chris.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 2:15 PM
                        Looks real nice Chris.
                        Is the wood base pre-fab or did you make it?
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 2:46 PM
                        Yes the wood base is pre fab I just finished it, can't say that I am any good with wood working really. Thanks for all the compliments. Can't say there is much time in it though , I started the base on Sun afternoon and finished Tues night. I worked and fought fire in that time to, it just all came together right.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        Dwight Ta-ala
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Philippines
                        Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 6:17 PM
                        That jeep is much at home in your dio chris. 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 11, 2003 2:11 PM
                        Great job! I love the scene you've created. The foxhole is a nice touch,well done!
                        Regards, Darren. C.A.G. FAA/USNFAW GB
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Thursday, September 11, 2003 8:16 PM
                        I actually had originally planned to have a mortar crater with the palm tree blown over next to it, but somehow it got turned into a foxhole. Not real sure how I got deverted but I think it looks better this way.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        renarts
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: Sunny Florida
                        Posted by renarts on Thursday, September 11, 2003 11:40 PM
                        Looks good. Nice job on the whole project.

                        Mike
                        Mike "Imagination is the dye that colors our lives" Marcus Aurellius A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 14, 2003 4:05 PM
                        looks good overall. you can put a little elmers glue (any white glue) and sprinkle some real sand on there to give the mud more texture so it isnt milkshake smooth :)

                        thanks for sharing,
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Sunday, September 14, 2003 4:26 PM
                        Thats sounds great muzzleflash, I was trying to figure something out to get some texture on the mud but did'nt want to mess it up in the process. Thanks for the idea.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 18, 2003 10:05 PM
                        hey cris, just stoped in to check out your dio, really neat. i like it alot, did you spend any time in the service? i was in the 101st for 3 years so the sceen kind of brings back memories of being in the field for 30 days and all you had was the jeep and the fox hole, really neat.
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                        Tiking
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Sweden
                        Posted by Tiking on Friday, September 19, 2003 5:24 AM
                        Nice!Nice!

                        Charles King ----------------------- You may think you know...but you don't

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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Friday, September 19, 2003 11:59 AM
                        Thanks for the compliments all.
                        Dave- I can't say that I ever did any time in the military. I have always enjoyed reading about the military and supporting them any way I could though. The recruiters tried thier stuff on me at the wrong time I guess and now wished I had though.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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