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                        Trying my hand at snow and ice.

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 10, 2004 9:04 AM
                        Very good looking and the subject I think is very well thought out Well doneThumbs Up [tup]Thumbs Up [tup]
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                        zokissima
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Friday, September 10, 2004 8:20 AM
                        Very nice dio. The results, on the ice perticularly, look very convincing.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, September 10, 2004 8:08 AM
                        Thanks guys.
                        It's a III from RevellAG. The snow is baking soda set in Bindex. I have since tried to seal it with Future to give it a little sheen but don't like the results. I lost a lot of detail on the ice and the AB blew the drifts a bit. No problem, I'll just add some more snow once the layer dries.
                        The Future did have one good effect on the ice; you can put lines in it that make very convincing 3D cracks. They would be good on the underside of the plexi.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 9, 2004 10:49 PM
                        the best stuff I've found for simulating snow is Epsom salts (magnesium sulphate) a powder available from the pharmacy/drugstore/chemists/call it what you will.
                        Spread some Elmers glue & sprinkle the salts on top. it'll take a while to dry, but has a great 'sparkle' finish to it that looks very like snow/ice.
                        Word of warning; this stuff is used to erm...make you go.. is a polite way of saying it, so always wash your hands after use, it's very effective!
                        Pete
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 9, 2004 10:30 PM
                        I think its awesome Jeff. One hell of a moment caught in time. Bleak, cold, windy and not where you would want to be. You did it all.
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                        Strathcona
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                          September 2004
                        • From: Evil Empire ,Wainwright, AB, Canada
                        Posted by Strathcona on Thursday, September 9, 2004 8:59 PM
                        Nice Diorama , you have captured the " feel" , of the cold Russian winter! Speaking of snow , we had our first snow fall in Fort Saskatchewan , Alberta, last night!
                        Frank.
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                        kwags
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                          June 2004
                        • From: In Bengal Country
                        Posted by kwags on Thursday, September 9, 2004 8:46 PM
                        Hey, nice job! Sorry, I can't give you some input. An Army At Dawn was a good read. Does anyone know when he's coming out with the next book. I do realize that the Iraq War side tracked him.
                        "I love the smell of paint fumes in the morning, it smells like I fell asleep at the workbench, again!"
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                        tigerman
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                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Thursday, September 9, 2004 6:48 PM
                        Awesome. Is that a III or a IV?

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

                         Eric 

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 9, 2004 12:56 PM
                        Looks great, ausf. What did you use for the snow?

                        Oh, and it's always great to see Comical Ali. He's actually not on administrative leave. Tongue [:P] He's in some Arab country, but he wasn't considered to be at all a threat, so we are just ignoring him.

                        It's kind of like when Lector calls Claric Starling at the end of The Silence of the Lambs -- he tells her that he's not coming after her, as the world is a far more interesting place with her in it. Laugh [(-D]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 9, 2004 12:55 PM
                        The idea is that the panzer became stuck in the fall heading east. Four months later and frozen over the ice is providing passage for the T-34 west. A change in the seasons, direction and war.
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                        gringe88
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                          July 2004
                        • From: ...Ask the other guy, he's got me zeroed-in...
                        Posted by gringe88 on Thursday, September 9, 2004 12:47 PM
                        lets sweet ausf. how is the t-34 not breaking thro while the panzer IV has??
                        ====================================== -Matt
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                        subfixer
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                          March 2004
                        • From: Spartanburg, SC
                        Posted by subfixer on Thursday, September 9, 2004 11:52 AM
                        You mean this dio is not finished? It looks good to me ausf. Sometimes simplicity says a lot. By all means, add to it if you want, but I like it as it is.

                        I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Trying my hand at snow and ice.
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 9, 2004 10:41 AM
                        I'm putting this dio together, trying to get the look of snow on a frozen lake orstream bed. The inspiration is from the prologue of Rick Atkinson's 'An Army at Dawn'. He puts the Russian Campaign in a simple perspective: First four months, Germans captured 3 million Russian soldiers and were within 65 miles of Moscow. Four months later, 1.5 millions Germans were dead, wounded, captured or incapacitated by frostbite.
                        Here the focus is on the second four months.
                        1/72 on plexiglas. still working on the snow and have to detail the builds a bit.

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