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finished dio normandy
Posted by maffen on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 8:53 AM
just letting all the fellas over here to take a look at my entry for the normandy groupbuild (it's posted in the groupbuild section also) any comments are appreciated Tongue [:P] http://gallery87040.fotopic.net/c248945.html up to the next one Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]
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  • From: West Grove, PA
Posted by wildwilliam on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 9:01 AM
looks great!
love the way the elements come together to create the whole story.
nice work.

can you do a few more pics of the Hetzer (?) on the street?
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  • From: Long Island
Posted by Moses on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 9:15 AM
Really nice maffen!! Soild layout and the Lang looks top notch. Give us some more pics of the Lang!!!

Cheers

Mo
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 9:56 AM
Great Maffen I do like the hot tub idea the whole thing tells a good story keep it up,has it been said that some mor shots af the armour would be great to seeBig Smile [:D]
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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 10:11 AM
Yah, I too want more of the Jagdpanzer. How did you do the muffler?

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

 Eric 

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 10:28 AM
Great 'catch' of a moment in time. Beautiful work. more pics of the Armor please.....
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  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 10:36 AM
Wow, beautiful work indeed. Give us some details in terms of kits used, construction, etc.
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Posted by gringe88 on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 10:44 AM
awesome man!! love the way u set the house up too, very authentic looking. the figures look like, well I da'no, animate. they look placed where they are for a specific reason, not just placed around to take up space.

P.S.- where did you get da figures, furniture and the viny chocolate sign in back??
====================================== -Matt
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Posted by mjohnson on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 11:57 AM
What a pity to ruin a nice relaxing bath.

Nice work.
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  • From: bc,canada
Posted by gdarwin on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 12:27 PM
Big Smile [:D] great work,you did a top nonch job on the dio Bow [bow]Bow [bow]Bow [bow]

gdarwin[roy]
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Posted by maffen on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 1:19 PM
thanks for the comments fellas Wink [;)] as for the questions, here goes :
the figs. : - from 1991 verlinden :two in a tub
- us. army airborn(operation varsity 1945) from dragon
- the german panzercrew came from the sparebox (i think tamiya )
- farmer is mainly scratchbuild on the body of a us.marine(s) from italeri

street: - spread readymade wallfiller (in a tube) over the base and when dry carved the cobblestones in it.
pavement : - cut pieces of wood in 0.8cm square glued them to the base and coated them with a watery mixture of plaster to give it texture, then a good sand and filled the spaces with whitegleu and fine sand.
lamppost : - the base is from the road sign set from tamiya and the 2 lamps are scratchbuild from plasticcard (0.5mm) and the bulb from the head of a needle(the ones that come with a shirt when you buy a new one Big Smile [:D])
as fot the furniture it's all scratchbuild from wood (with the help of my fatherinlaw for giving tips for the stove and layout of the building)there's only one sutch house remaining(they going to demolish it also) not so far where i live Disapprove [V]

wallsign is from http://www.jdhodges.com/posters/categories/
roof is made from real 0.75 mm leadsheet cut in 1cm strips and bend them in a sort of a mold( send some pic. later with the jagdpanzer)
the jagdpanzer IV is from revell not to bad build but need some detailing)
and from tamiya : german motocucle b.m.w r/75 with extra detail

as for the figs. they have all(exept 2) been repositioned of arms-hands and heads. oh almost forgot : the walls from the house is from plasterboard stiped of it's cardboard (hotwater)

going to send later some more picture by request from the jagdpanzer and roofmakingdingies

Big Smile [:D]

LUC.
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  • From: Montreal
Posted by buff on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 1:27 PM
Great piece of work, and thanks for the construction details.

On the bench: 1/32 Spit IXc

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 1:56 PM
Great work
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Posted by maffen on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 2:27 PM
just forgot about the muffler Big Smile [:D] nothing special really : just real rust mixed with dullcoat (i always use matt household varnish for this) and when dry applyed orange,brown and black pastelpouder that's all Wink [;)]
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  • From: sunny imperial beach
Posted by yw18mc on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 6:10 PM
Great subject Maffen! Your layout is nicely balanced, not over crowded, and beautifully detailed. Thanks for sharing with us. semper fi, mike
mike
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  • From: USA, GA
Posted by erush on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 7:49 PM
Excellent work Maffen! All the elements really come together to tell the story!

Eric
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  • From: USA
Posted by mark956 on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 7:56 PM
Very nice Maffen. Thanks for sharing.
Mark956
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  • From: Philippines
Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 8:18 PM
What a superb dio, maffen. The composition, the figures, the tank destroyer and the house really came together well.

Great job!

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Posted by fightnjoe on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 8:45 PM
maffen incredible. it is great work.

joe

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  • From: Texas
Posted by wbill76 on Tuesday, August 3, 2004 9:32 PM
Very nice job, can't add anything to the comments already made!
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 1:07 AM
Wow, that's really cool. Very original idea! I like it!
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 4, 2004 1:08 AM
Fantastic Maffen, and wonderfully off kilter, as well!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 5, 2004 11:44 AM
Hey Maffen,

Great job, wish I had the patience.........Hey how did you do the Schurzen and is that gauze draped across the Hetzer.....
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  • From: Ozarks of Arkansas
Posted by diggeraone on Thursday, August 5, 2004 11:54 AM
Maffen,that is a great looking piece of art there,like the way you set it up.Digger
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  • From: England
Posted by Albion on Thursday, August 5, 2004 1:59 PM
Great diorama Maffen! Makes me want to build one! I love the narrative you've built, and the humour. Smile [:)]

Darren
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 5, 2004 3:15 PM
Maffen that is Kick ARSE! When I get a chance I'll look closer at it... but at first glance its absolutly awsome...

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