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"Awaiting Orders!"- 1/35 Three Panther ausf A (2 Tamiya & 1 Italeri)

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  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Thursday, March 18, 2021 11:29 AM

Coming along really well. Looking forward to seeing the groundwork in place with the tanks and figures. 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    June 2004
  • From: East Stroudsburg, PA
Posted by TigerII on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 8:08 PM

Well I finished the foliage. Most of it is obscured by the tanks after I placed them and then I added the figures where they belong.

 

Achtung Panzer! Colonel General Heinz Guderian
  • Member since
    June 2004
  • From: East Stroudsburg, PA
Posted by TigerII on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 8:23 PM

Now with background photography. It's the morning of June 6, 1944 and the Panzer Lehr Division has been receiving reports of airborne drops and are also receiving sporadic reports of battle at the Normandy beaches. But Field Marshall von Rundstedt and the Panzer reserves are "Awaiting Orders" from Berlin before moving up. The rest is history. All comments and critiques are greatly appreciated.

 

Achtung Panzer! Colonel General Heinz Guderian
  • Member since
    December 2020
Posted by TheDemiGod on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 5:09 PM

Just go tthe chance to get caught up on this diorama. Well done!

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 9:27 PM

Fantastic job there!!! Heart

Everything, the models, the figures, the groundwork, and the photography came together perfectly!!! 

 

I want to strafe them!!!! 

 

Only issue I'd have, and it is nitpicky I'll be honest. In the last two photos the tanks don't seem to be worked down into the ground as much as I'd expect a 43 ton tank to be. Maybe you could build the groundwork up around the tracks a little more? 

As I said I'm nitpicking though- that's an amazing dio!!! 

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

  • Member since
    September 2005
  • From: Groton, CT
Posted by warshipguy on Thursday, March 25, 2021 1:42 PM

Great job on the tanks and the dio!  I have always had difficulties with figures but you have done well!  My compliments!

Bill

  • Member since
    June 2004
  • From: East Stroudsburg, PA
Posted by TigerII on Thursday, March 25, 2021 5:17 PM

Hey G, you are absolutely right. I did press the tanks into the drying sculptamold to give the tanks the sense of weight as can be seen in a previous post, but once I added the ground foliage it got into the track prints and made it harder for me to press the models into it. I'll probably build it up and add more foliage to give it the look of a 43 ton tank. Thanks for the comment.

Achtung Panzer! Colonel General Heinz Guderian
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