new dio idea(for me)

I don't think that the vehicles would be that close together in a situation like that, maybe have the stryker parked at a diagnol with its gun trained and then just have 3 Marines behind the car and maybe 4 more dismounting and shorten the diorama so all you have is the gate-forward.

Just my opinion,

David

I like what you are saying ww2modeler,I was planning on the vehicles being alittle bit farther apart but i don't think they make a1/48 humvee.THis makes for a 1/35 scale.But what do you think about the burnt out car on the side of the road? I was really thinking about a small conflict wuth locals but because the size i would have to build it in would eliminate this possibility.

Maybe have it where the car went through the wall, the Stryker has its gun trained on the opening while a Marine is looking around the broken wall while another is preparing to kick in the door. Sort of like suggesting there are enemy's in there, maybe also, have the car not burnt but just mangled in the front with the doors OPEN and maybe the trunk to and put an RPG or AK-47 in it, such as the insurgents were getting chased, the tire got hit by the stryker, it skidded, went through the wall, the insurgents bailed out but didn't get all the weopons.

Sounds a little bit confusing, getting late and not exactly thinking the best possible........

David

 

I really like were your going with this.i was originally thinking about having a truck convoy being attacked but i don't know of a 1/35 scale semi.But i would really like to have an acurrate view of a normal day patrol inside iraq.Good ,bad or indifferent.

Read the book: The Last True Sotry I'll Ever Tell, its by a National Guard Infantryman in Iraq, some good stories in there.

Another dio suggestion, although it would be completely different, have a blackhawk with a rope on the ground hovering while some Rangerws slide down from it, suspend the helo by running a strong wire up through the rope, or use it as the rope. And have it be on top of a roof while some Iraqi isurgents take cover under an overhang on ground level, so a 2 story diorama, with insurgents on ground level and Rangers on the roof iwth a Blachawk overhead, or maybe a Minibird.......

Just another suggestion,

David

ww2modeler wrote:

Maybe have it where the car went through the wall, the Stryker has its gun trained on the opening while a Marine is looking around the broken wall while another is preparing to kick in the door. Sort of like suggesting there are enemy's in there, maybe also, have the car not burnt but just mangled in the front with the doors OPEN and maybe the trunk to and put an RPG or AK-47 in it, such as the insurgents were getting chased, the tire got hit by the stryker, it skidded, went through the wall, the insurgents bailed out but didn't get all the weopons. Sounds a little bit confusing, getting late and not exactly thinking the best possible........ David

I like this...it has what your sketch doesn't: a story...

 I just had another idea.Maybe i could have the gate smashed with soldiers surounding the gate on the outside ,and the stryker at the gate with the gun pointed in towards the compound firing it's gun.I think ican take some small fishing line and have run through the the stryker out the turret and in to the compound.At intervals bright orange or red painted on the line and have the line run on aloop so it looks like chaser rounds.What do you think?

The best way to know if its all going well toghter is doing a positon plane, in sherper pain "How to do diorama' you place the vehicule figures and a copy of the scene (in this case you wall) in position, now of course don't complete any of the models, but this gives you a good idea of what it mit look like at the end. If you don't like it then you can always change it, get it.

prowannab wrote:

I just had another idea.Maybe i could have the gate smashed with soldiers surounding the gate on the outside ,and the stryker at the gate with the gun pointed in towards the compound firing it's gun.I think ican take some small fishing line and have run through the the stryker out the turret and in to the compound.At intervals bright orange or red painted on the line and have the line run on aloop so it looks like chaser rounds.What do you think?

I think you would be able to see the line.

David

ww2modeler wrote:

Stryker has its gun trained on the opening while a Marine is looking

Sounds cool, really.

Tiny point, thought, Marines use the LAV-25, not the Stryker, and the two are not interchangeable (a sore point of logistical contention).

But, that also lets you choose one of the LAV variants, like a mortar carrier, or TOWlauncher or the like, too.

CapnMac82 wrote:

ww2modeler wrote: Stryker has its gun trained on the opening while a Marine is looking Sounds cool, really. Tiny point, thought, Marines use the LAV-25, not the Stryker, and the two are not interchangeable (a sore point of logistical contention). But, that also lets you choose one of the LAV variants, like a mortar carrier, or TOWlauncher or the like, too.

Then maybe have some Marines "borrowing" a Stryker and getting caught, then you would have your diorama, a couple of Marines stealing the Army Stryker, might get fun.

David

Well i appreciate everyone's idea,but if not the marines then the army.If i use a 2-3 lb line it should be hidden enough to allow th alusion that chaser rounds are being fired.The hard part is going to be rotating the barrel in and out to replicate the firing action.I laid in bed all night last night trying to figure this out,but i want to keep that to myself if it turns out to be a massive failure.Anywho what do yall think about the firing into the compound idea.