Winter Diorama, my first build post.

Nice job!

i like it!

Thanks, fellas for all the kind feedback.

Love the first shot, at a first glance looks real. Overall nice Diorama. Hope to be up to same class once I master my airbrush.

Cool dio Fred.

I apologize for the picture quality.

Nice work !!! Thanks for posting it.                 Bob

Very cool Fred. I too would like some extra photos, especially of the Hummel, as I too have the same kit.

I like the dirty, slushy snow coming off the tires and tracks.

abandoned equipment from the failed invasion of long island no doubt.please more pics.

looks pretty good,your whitewash looks great,as well as your figures.

I didn't know that the Wehrmacht operated in suburban America !!!

Nidan,

Great work!  You tried the hairspray tech!?  I can't wait to try that on some armor myself.  Great subject you did too!

Eagle90

Hi Eric, thanks for the kind words.

This kit is a new DML offering #6321. I have never built their earlier Hummel kits, but I have heard that there were some "horror stories" about them, especially on the engine louvres, and the upper hull.

All in all it was a very nice build, if you are used to MKIV chassis a lot of the work is repetitive. The hull fits nicely, and there are some really finely detailed items in the back, like ammo lockers, with individual shells and propellent charge cases. The 15cm gun goes together nicely, and is also very detailed with some nice PE "extras". The "Magic Tracks" can be fiddly, but I have begun to use a new glue made especially for scrap booking which holds the plastic links together and still allows you to bend them around the bogies hours later when you can permanently glue them in spots.

I also used this kit asmy first attempt at the "hairspray" painting technique, to simulate worn off whitewash on a dark yellow vehicle.

I'm glad you liked it.

Regards

Fred

Thanks again Bish, you've been a great help!!!

Whoa, at first glance I thought that was an actual photo of a scene you wanted to reproduce. Had to do a double take!! Nice work! How did the Hummel build up for you?

I know what you mean about photo's. I have only recently tried working on mine. These might help.

cs.finescale.com/.../139858.aspx

doogsmodels.com/.../5-tips-to-improving-your-model-photography

Hi Bish, thanks.

Modeling isnt hard enough, be we also have to master the art of closeup photography. I have some other shots of older builds, but I am still learning how to photograph better.

The shot above I took with an iPad, beleive it or not. I have a nice Canon Digital SLR, but Im still learning how to use it for closeups.

Cheers

Fred

Ok, ignore my post in your question asking about posting pics.

Thats a nice looking scene, do you have any more pics.