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                        Norio Takemura's "Road to Beirut" diorama pix

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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Norio Takemura's "Road to Beirut" diorama pix
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 10:17 AM
                        Howdy, folks!Big Smile [:D]

                        Well, we finally have some pix of "easyeight" Norio's excellent "Road to Beirut" diorama, depicting Israel's "Galleria Peace Operation" in 1982. This dio is featured in this month's Armour Modelling. I'll let Norio tell you all about it himself, but the kits he used are:
                        Tamiya T-55A
                        Tamiya M151A2
                        Skif BTR152V1

                        Here are the pix:








                        Norio, congratulations again on the great spread in Armour Modelling! I'm proud to call you sensei!Big Smile [:D]
                        ~Brian
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                        styrene
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: The flat lands of the Southeast
                        Posted by styrene on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 10:41 AM
                        Nice looking dio! I do like the T55.
                        Gip Winecoff

                        1882: "God is dead"--F. Nietzsche

                        1900: "Nietzsche is dead"--God

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                        wipw
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                          January 2003
                        • From: Utah - USA
                        Posted by wipw on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 11:02 AM
                        Super job. Thanks for sharing Norio's work with us, Brian.

                        Have a good day.

                        Bill
                        Bill ========================================================== DML M4A2 Red Army ========================================================== ========================================================== -- There is a fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness". (Author unknown)
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                        djmodels1999
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: United Kingdom / Belgium
                        Posted by djmodels1999 on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 11:11 AM
                        Great build!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 11:13 AM
                        Spectacular!

                        I really like the attention to the small details: The hand on the shifter in the Jeep and packs and rolls that look like cloth. A+
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 11:24 AM
                        Super!

                        Ron.
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                        erush
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: USA, GA
                        Posted by erush on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 12:17 PM
                        Excellent job Norio! Great job on the figures especially. Big Smile [:D]Thumbs Up [tup] I hope you share more of your work with us in the future!!

                        Eric
                        Hi, I'm Eric and I'm a Modelholic too. I think I have PE poisioning. "Friendly fire...isn't"
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:00 PM
                        "Damn..." I wish I could build like that. =( (im to lazy to go find the frown face)
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 5:29 PM
                        Thats some amazing work. Thanks for posting that for him Brian.
                        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, December 3, 2003 5:56 PM
                        I also saw it and it is great. How I wish I could do something like that.

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 6:07 PM
                        Excellent. Thanks for giving us the link
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 6:42 PM
                        looks great, love it
                        whats the tank commander holding?
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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 7:57 PM
                        Great work Norio. Thanks for sharing Brian.

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

                         Eric 

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                        Keyworth
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: NE Georgia
                        Posted by Keyworth on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 9:23 PM
                        Very nice work, Norio. Thank you Brian for sharing this with us.
                        "There's no problem that can't be solved with a suitable application of high explosives"
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                        shermanfreak
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by shermanfreak on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 10:24 PM
                        Great looking work Norio .... you certainly do have an eye for detail.

                        Thanks for sharing !!

                        Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert
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                        mark956
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by mark956 on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 11:58 PM
                        Thanks J-hulk. Could you tell Mr. Norio that I am very impressed with his diorama.
                        mark956
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 4, 2003 1:10 AM
                        Most excellent! thanks for sharing. Thumbs Up [tup]
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 4, 2003 2:17 AM
                        In a word… “awesome” but you know what this means now, right? We are going to expect to see more pics of Norio's work.Wink [;)]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 4, 2003 6:09 AM
                        Hi, my fellow modelers here in FSM!

                        Thank you! I am so happy to know that you love my diorama. That is my first one on commecial magazine. I am over fifty years old, and I am the oldest rookie,maybe.

                        Thank you for your big help,Brian!
                        I know you are so busy these days.Let's have a dinner next Monday,O.K?

                        Captain Caveman,
                        Thank you! What the tank commander holds is "motor".

                        FSM is very cool place for me!
                        Norio,


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                        maffen
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        Posted by maffen on Thursday, December 4, 2003 6:25 AM
                        realy beautiful j-hulk Tongue [:P] how do you get them pictures so sharp? whould love to take some pic. of my stuff in that king of quality.
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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, December 4, 2003 7:04 AM
                        Maffen, as much as I'd like to take credit for these pix (and the diorama!), I can't. Norio, did you take these yourself? They are good!
                        And Monday it is for modeler's night out in Osaka!
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                        By the way Norio, did you mean "mortar?" Like "hakugekihou?" I was wondering what the tank commander was carrying, too.
                        ~Brian
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 4, 2003 7:46 AM
                        Hi J-Hulk,

                        Ooops! It's a "motar" ."Hakugekihou" in Japanese.
                        I took these pix. The pix on the mag were taken by a professional photographer. Of course, it's better than mine.

                        Norio,
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                        therriman
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: Central MI
                        Posted by therriman on Thursday, December 4, 2003 9:36 AM
                        Awsome work Norio. Very outstanding. I'm impressed and Brian was right you are a master.Bow [bow]Bow [bow]Bow [bow]Bow [bow] Thanks Brian for posting pics.Approve [^]Big Smile [:D]Approve [^]Big Smile [:D]Approve [^]Big Smile [:D]Approve [^]Big Smile [:D]

                        How did you manage to post them, tie him up untill you had them posted?????Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]

                        Brian I was looking around on your clubs website the other day. Did I see some of Norio's work there? I thought I did.
                        Tim H. "If your alone and you meet a Zero, run like hell. Your outnumbered" Capt Joe Foss, Guadalcanal 1942 Real Trucks have 18 wheels. Anything less is just a Toy! I am in shape. Hey, Round is a shape! Reality is a concept not yet proven.
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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Thursday, December 4, 2003 11:06 AM
                        Howdy, Tim!
                        See? I told ya Norio was the real deal!
                        Yup, the same pix are actually in the Naniwa Sensha-tai gallery, too.

                        Hopefully we can coax him into posting more stuff here, too!
                        ~Brian
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 4, 2003 11:51 AM
                        Norio-sama:
                        omedeto no kotta rikisaku ! ( i hope that's correct...)
                        u r truly a master, & Brian-sama is lucky 2 have such a sensei .
                        4 me, there is nothing like a diorama setting 2 help the model(s) come 2 life and set the mood...
                        i look forward 2 seeing more of ur work !
                        arigato goziemashita !
                        frosty-chanSmile [:)]

                        Brian-sama:
                        thanx for posting this 4 us 2 see !
                        how's the BMP coming ?


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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 4, 2003 12:40 PM
                        Very inspirational. I am very impressed when I see this amount of detail put into such a involved diorama.... not just a single vehicle. Keep up the GREAT work

                        God Bless
                        Kenneth
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                        animal
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by animal on Thursday, December 4, 2003 2:00 PM
                        Bravo. excelant work shown here. Thanks for sharing them
                        Animal wants trucks!!! http://community.webshots.com/user/gtadw
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, December 4, 2003 2:32 PM
                        [:0] What a nice dio!

                        depicting Israel's "Galleria Peace Operation" in 1982

                        Tongue [:P] Actually, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon was code-named "Operation Peace for Galilee." Galilee is a section of Northern Israel.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 5, 2003 7:29 AM
                        Thank you very much again for warm messages!

                        I am now working on next dio for the Shizuoka hobby show,the biggest show in Japan promoted by TAMIYA. I'd like to show it on the forum,so let me have your advice, fellow modelers!

                        I made mistake again, not a "motor" or a "motar", it's a " mortar" or a "trench mortar".
                        English is always mysterious to me.Dead [xx(]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, December 5, 2003 7:04 PM
                        Konnichi wa Brian-san and Norio-san.
                        Fantastic diorama Norio!!! Such incredible attention to detail. This is the kind of thing that inspired me to start making dioramas! Very eager to see more.
                        I will hopefully be in Japan in time to see the Shizuoka hobby show. I am looking forward to, hopfully, meeting you and Brian. It will be great to see work from both of you in the flesh!!
                        Sayonara Brian and Norio.
                        Thanks for the pix! Wade.
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