Fixed position - North Africa mini-Dio

I found theese three pics of captured and immobile british tanks, that the germans used as fixed defences.

Unfortunatly no M3 Stuart/Honey, but all the other great tanks are represented:

Valentine:

Matilda mk II

and a Crusader mk II:

I would sure like to do a dio based on the last one, on the same theme as sofasurfer.

/Tony aka bultenibo

Sofa surfer, I just LOVE the dio  and your techique. So simple theme, yet so spot on. From a lot of pics I've seen taken in North Africa, it seems the both sides used to bury their tanks and use them as fixed defenses. Kind of strange that one usually tends to think of the war in the desert as a purely mobile war, at least I do.

 /Tony aka bultenibo

background photo is a desert in the middle east.

Is the B-ground in the last photo mars?

great use of a cannibalized vehicle.i think it stands to reason that any vehicle/weapons system,disabled or not could find itself dug into a position such as this.you know how it is,use everything and anything to destroy or delay the advace of your enemy.great dio.remember the fate of so many elefants in italy after they broke down,fixed emplacements overlooking key terrain.

I love the way you set up the pictures so it looks like the honey is up an a hill looking over a valley! I can just imagine the way it would have looked back in WWII. Great Job!
-Xavier

Its a nice little dio, and the figure looks great. Besides what others have already said, I think that the mine warning sign should face toward the tank, because the sign is warning that mines are ahead, but why would there be mines behind the tank? Otherwise, I think its a very creative idea and like your use of backdrops when you take pictures of your dioramas.

Very nicely done. The tank and figure looks awesome as well as the pictures. My only criticism would be that a Honey is a light tank designed for mobility and recon. Therefore it has lighter armor than say a Mk.II Matilda. It would therefore lose its main assets, speed and mobility, and would not be greatly effective because it has a small gun. But hey, if you had fun, that's all that matters.

David

Love the way you took the photos.  I can't see all of your tank, but from what ever I can see, it looks great.  Figure looks realistic and the weathering on the tank came out good. 

By the way, it looks like 4 sides of the tank are covered by dirt mound.  Is this tank supposed to be just a permanant gun placement?