How to build a Large Normandy Dio in 1/72 scale. Finnished!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Its worthy of a centerfold Bodge...Best of luck with the manuscript.

no problem. you are an artist man!!!!!

            Jim

Oh Boze,

The finest diorama I've seen,ever. My ultralarge respect for your work. It gives me much inspirations.

Best Regards

Dirk

Bodge wrote:

Cheers Hammer and there,s me thinking you didnt like me

Pretty hard for me to take a disliking to anyone until they've earned it, Bodge... Even then, it usually doesn't last long...  You and I had a misunderstanding, that's all... You barked at me, I barked back, that was the end of it as far as I'm concerned, sir... Life's too short..

Bodge

I have been following your progress and all I can say is INCREDIBLE!  I have a bit of trouble working with 1/35 scale figures and would have one hell of a time with that tiny scale you are working on. Some of those pictures can fool you since they look like the real thing. Your buildings are incredible! You must have this project featured in the modeling magazine.

Bodge wrote:

I took your coment completly wronge , and yes life,s too short.Happy new year to you.

Aaah, peace and love prevails.

...Guy 

Bodge,

This thing is simply amazing.  I anxiously await all of your updates.  Like a few other people have said, this is not my preferred scale, but what you have been able to do here... it transcends scale, man...

Thanks you lot for your kind remarks, i do apreciate them.

Guy  you do make me laugh  Here is my latest Addition, a 251 , i still need to add some stowage and interio details to this but its looking ok i think so far.

Bodge

You have probably mentioned it somewhere, but could you tell me the dimensions of this thing?  It looks pretty impressive...

Awesome Stuff Andy, that 251 looks fantastic. You need to put some wash stuff by the 2 guys though. I keep getting the urge to sing 'Young Man, theres no need to feel down, i say Young man'

...Guy

Luftwoller wrote:

Awesome Stuff Andy, that 251 looks fantastic. You need to put some wash stuff by the 2 guys though. I keep getting the urge to sing 'Young Man, theres no need to feel down, i say Young man' ...Guy

lol thats funny i was thinking "im too sexy for my shirt, so sexy it hurts"

Looking good bodge the weathering on the 251 is fantastic, hard to believe it 1/72.   

I just stumbled on this link since I am not a dio-guy, but Andy I must say that I am just speechless. Your Dio is just breath taking. I bow in Awe to you.

Joe

That looks awesome, Andy!

The whole dio is just about perfect, honestly. I can't see a thing to critique!

  OK Andy, come clean after you've been reading old 1950's Model Railroad magazines with articles on how to make buildings from cereal boxes and such right ???? you've done a fantastic job with what you have on hand, in this buy ready built accessories and such times these made at home items have been forgotten, I wish the modeling magazines of today with all there fancy photographs would have more articles on how to, which is becoming a lost art especially with new and young modelers coming on the scene, thanks for this great much needed article.   Karl

 OOPS...sorry fast fingers

Well, I am, but he wouldn't know that necessarily.

Okay, I'm going back to watching this dio take shape now.

My latest update to the dio, Panther and rso,s.

WOW, Andy--that is fantastic! The vehicles look great!

I can't give you any critique on the dio or groundwork, but I'm courious as to your thinking on the Panther? Could you actually open up a Panther engine like that without a field crane? I hope so--that engine looks great!

One more thing--I don't believe that you could have the anti-airvraft MG in the cupola--I'm pretty sure that the same one used in the hull MG was the commander's option to mount as an AA gun?

Great little RSO with the Pak and the tractor--where'd you find them? Who makes them?

All you needis a little 1/72fraulein out back of the house to provide a little extra "story line" to this magnificent scene!

the doog wrote:

WOW, Andy--that is fantastic! The vehicles look great! I can't give you any critique on the dio or groundwork, but I'm courious as to your thinking on the Panther? Could you actually open up a Panther engine like that without a field crane? I hope so--that engine looks great! One more thing--I don't believe that you could have the anti-airvraft MG in the cupola--I'm pretty sure that the same one used in the hull MG was the commander's option to mount as an AA gun? Great little RSO with the Pak and the tractor--where'd you find them? Who makes them? All you needis a little 1/72fraulein out back of the house to provide a little extra "story line" to this magnificent scene!