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                        Tiny diorama in 1/285 (PICS)

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                        bultenibo
                        • Member since
                          September 2005
                        • From: Uppsala, Sweden
                        Tiny diorama in 1/285 (PICS)
                        Posted by bultenibo on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 3:45 PM

                        It doesn't get smaller than this. It nearly drove me crazy painting the dio. I'll never do it again, but it's kind of cute. It's set in the early days of july 1941.

                        First some "fake photo" pics:

                        Then some ordinary ones:

                        /Tony aka bultenibo

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                        m1garand
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                          November 2005
                        • From: Somewhere over the rainbow
                        Posted by m1garand on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 3:57 PM
                        That is so cute~
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                        IanIsBored2000
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                          August 2006
                        • From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont
                        Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 7:41 PM
                        Just for a reference...could you post a quick shot with something next to it?  Maybe a penny?  or just with your hand in the picture so all nationalities can tell how large/small it is?  Looks incredible though for the tiny size!
                        "Scanlon: work your knobby hands on the table in front of you, constructing a make-beleive bomb to blow up a make-beleive world."
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                        Wirraway
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                          January 2006
                        • From: Pineapple Country, Queensland, Australia
                        Posted by Wirraway on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 9:16 PM

                        Now lets see some super-detailing on those hull interiors.................

                        Good job !

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                        Daywalker
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                          September 2003
                        • From: South Central Wisconsin
                        Posted by Daywalker on Tuesday, July 10, 2007 10:48 PM

                         IanIsBored2000 wrote:
                        Just for a reference...could you post a quick shot with something next to it?  Maybe a penny?  or just with your hand in the picture so all nationalities can tell how large/small it is?  Looks incredible though for the tiny size!

                        Sign - Ditto [#ditto]

                        Frank 

                         

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                        bultenibo
                        • Member since
                          September 2005
                        • From: Uppsala, Sweden
                        Posted by bultenibo on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:19 AM

                        Here's the only pic with a reference I had - my thumb! 

                        The diorama base is a small photo frame, and I think that the inner measures is 5 x 3 cm (2 x 1.2 inches).

                        Wirraway: As soon as I get hold of a good microscope, I'll begin with the super detailing of the inner hull. Wink [;)]

                         /Tony aka bultenibo

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                        IanIsBored2000
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                          August 2006
                        • From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont
                        Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:42 AM
                        Shock [:O]Shock [:O]  That's incredible!!!! I knw 1/285 was small, but that picture is sotiny it almost looks photoshopped (fake)  In that picture you have as much detail as some 1/35 dioramas, and each tank is the size of your fingerprint!1  Thumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup] for some great work!
                        "Scanlon: work your knobby hands on the table in front of you, constructing a make-beleive bomb to blow up a make-beleive world."
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:58 PM

                        Cool.

                        How many bristles were there on the brush(es)? Smile [:)]

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                        berserker
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                          June 2007
                        • From: houston texas
                        Posted by berserker on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 4:19 PM
                        ian you may be exagerating but the tanks are smaller than his fingerprints like the size of a pencil tip or something
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                        IanIsBored2000
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                          August 2006
                        • From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont
                        Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:36 PM

                         berserker wrote:
                        ian you may be exagerating but the tanks are smaller than his fingerprints like the size of a pencil tip or something

                         

                        whoops, you're right, I meant fingernail (smallest one).  Even more incredible.  That entire tank wouldn't even come up to the waist on my 1/35 figures, and I have trouble painting them with a steady hand!

                        "Scanlon: work your knobby hands on the table in front of you, constructing a make-beleive bomb to blow up a make-beleive world."
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                        gtother
                        • Member since
                          February 2006
                        • From: Hutchinson, KS
                        Posted by gtother on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:47 PM
                        Wow that is incredible!  Ever since Jeff's mini tiger in that one issue tiny models have fascinated me (my 1/72 planes are about as small as i usually go). But I believe you have an incorrect weld seam for this version, so sorry Wink [;)].  My guess for the brush is two chains of atoms crafted in the very same nanotechnology lab as those tanks.
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                        IanIsBored2000
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                          August 2006
                        • From: The Green "Mountains", Vermont
                        Posted by IanIsBored2000 on Wednesday, July 11, 2007 9:58 PM

                         gtother wrote:
                        But I believe you have an incorrect weld seam for this version, so sorry Wink [;)].  .

                         He's right.  And I also noticed that one of the bolts on the lower left of the front of the turret on the first tank seems to have the wrong type of threads.  Whistling [:-^]Big Smile [:D]

                        "Scanlon: work your knobby hands on the table in front of you, constructing a make-beleive bomb to blow up a make-beleive world."
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                        T-rex
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                          February 2007
                        • From: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
                        Posted by T-rex on Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:43 AM
                        Man! that must have been hard makig those tiny tank, espesaly the flag, and I though that 1/72 was the smallest!

                        Working on: Trumpeter SU-152 (1/35) Trumpeter E-10 (1/35) Heller Somua (1/35)

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                        southern dragon
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                        Posted by southern dragon on Thursday, July 12, 2007 2:09 PM
                        d@#n!! somebodys got some mad skills!!! niiiice
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                        Luftwoller
                        • Member since
                          February 2007
                        • From: Bournemouth UK
                        Posted by Luftwoller on Friday, July 13, 2007 2:26 PM

                        Were they Indy track links?..... Man that work is awesome though. Top Fella.

                        ...Guy

                        ..'Your an embarrassment to the human genus, makes me ashamed to call myself Homo'.
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                        the doog
                        • Member since
                          January 2007
                        Posted by the doog on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 10:59 AM

                        SWWEEEEEEEET!

                        I've been kicking around the idea for doing something like this with a bunch of lil' Tigers I bought years ago. I had my doubts that it was a viable project, but you've proven that it is! Thanks for the inspiration! 

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 17, 2007 8:53 PM

                        It is very possible I have too much time on my hands...

                         

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                        frc
                        • Member since
                          January 2007
                        Posted by frc on Thursday, July 19, 2007 8:44 PM
                        You could make a whole battlefield in this size, like the tank battle of Patton vs Rommel in the desert, and it would be awesome!!! Do it!   Do It, I say!!!  And then sell it to the tankers museum!
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