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D-Day Diorama

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 23, 2004 4:32 PM
Sign - Welcome [#welcome] WOW!!! love the water
your father is a great model builder. ]
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  • From: Belgium
Posted by DanCooper on Wednesday, September 15, 2004 6:01 PM
euh....................................................euh
*boem* [that was my jaw hitting my desk]

I really don't what to say, don't think I can say anything to do this dio justice.

On the bench : Revell's 1/125 RV Calypso

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, September 12, 2004 6:32 PM
awsome!!! i love the water effects
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, September 6, 2004 5:28 PM
Welcome!!!!!

That dio is great!!! Fantastic job! The film style gallery in B&W is a great touch. I look forward to seeing more of your work.
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  • From: East Stroudsburg, PA
Posted by TigerII on Saturday, September 4, 2004 7:41 PM
A truly spectacular and beautiful D-Day diorama. Your father has captured the intensity and bravery of the American GI on that June day on the Normandy beaches. Any veteran of D-Day who were to see this dio would probably break down and cry. Awesome and congratulations on a great dio.

TigerII
Achtung Panzer! Colonel General Heinz Guderian
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    August 2003
  • From: PA
Posted by mjohnson on Friday, September 3, 2004 9:00 AM
Welcome to the forum.Sign - Welcome [#welcome]
The dio looks great. Very impressive. Thanks for the pictures.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 2, 2004 8:06 PM
Impressive to say the very least and welcome.
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    July 2003
  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, July 20, 2004 3:17 PM
Sign - Ditto [#ditto] Trully spectacular.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 20, 2004 2:14 PM
I would have to say thats an amzing dio...spectacular.
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  • From: Lower Alabama
Posted by saltydog on Tuesday, July 20, 2004 7:54 AM
very, very nice diorama friend. and welcome to the forums. later.
Chris The Origins of Murphy's Law: "In the begginning there was nothing, and it exploded."!!! _________ chris
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, July 19, 2004 1:02 AM
Likewowmanthatscool what are you doing???
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 16, 2004 3:29 AM
Like, wow, man. That's cool.
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Posted by Jim Barton on Thursday, July 15, 2004 5:27 PM
One of the best dioramas I've ever seen! Are you and/or your father planning on bringing it to the IPMS Convention in Phoenix?

"Whaddya mean 'Who's flying the plane?!' Nobody's flying the plane!"

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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Monday, July 12, 2004 1:38 AM
Very impressive dio. A tribute indeed. Welcome to the forums Marco.

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

 Eric 

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Posted by gringe88 on Friday, July 9, 2004 10:46 AM
Marco-

Bow [bow]Hey There! I joined just yesterday also. Bow [bow]Fantastic dio!Bow [bow] Your dad laid it down for the rest of us!! Bow [bow] Ok here are my questions: what scale is it? what beach? what kits? are the bunker/landing craft/rubber boats/ beach obstacles scratchbuilt? what are they made from? where did you get them from if not? what is the water made of?

It truly is an awesome dio. your pics are great too. a couple words of ctritiqueing: if you don't want things in your for or back ground to be fuzzy like they are, you might try a slower camera, like an F2 or something. They take a longer time in closing the shudders, so everythings in focus. something else. The water spouts are a bit too compact and plain. a suggestion would be to form folds and splashes on them with a putty or paper mache, then paint and go over them with the same material u used on the flat water. This will make them look more realistic. The smoke on the jeep could also be touched up by increasing the size and height of the smoke, and expanding it out as it gois higher. I've used a nylon material I got from a really torn up pillow of my mom's. just spray paint it with varying shades of black and gray, and use wire to help support it upright.

congrats on joining, and tell your dad awesome work. the ground work, figures, wehicles, buncker, everything is done really well. I hope you don't take my suggestions as rude or impolite, I just want to give some advice.
====================================== -Matt
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    April 2004
  • From: sunny imperial beach
Posted by yw18mc on Monday, June 28, 2004 12:29 AM
Marco, that is a very challenging dio your father created. there must be hundreds of hours into it. thanks for sharing. semper fi, mike oh!! welcome to the forums.
mike
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:38 PM
Thanks for sharing this with us.
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 26, 2004 8:07 PM
Great, I love it. nice details and the water looks fantastic. Not very accurate though.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 23, 2004 2:38 PM
Amazing. Welcome to the forum!
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 22, 2004 8:01 AM
Hello, Marco.
I like W W II models and dioramas.
I just want to say that it likes spectacular.
It's so realistic.
Congratulations to your Dad.

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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 21, 2004 5:21 PM
all I can say is.... WOW! 1/72nd scale no less, that is some amazing work. I can also Stammer out Welcome. =D
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  • From: USA
Posted by nimshi on Friday, June 18, 2004 1:55 PM
That is amazing. I am beginning my first diorama and was reading this forum to get some ideas and guidance and Whoa!! I am so impressed with this piece.A couple questions though. WHat scale is it? How long did it take to complete? Looks like a great subject for a future issue of FSM.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 14, 2004 1:06 PM
Awesome diorama Marco.. Your dad did an incredible Job.
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    May 2004
  • From: Portugal
Posted by madspaniard on Saturday, June 12, 2004 10:52 AM
Welcome to the forum,and you can tell your dad that he is the best.
Spectacular dio,6 Stars.

Pedro
Fw 190 A-3 Richtofen JG
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 11, 2004 12:38 PM
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!
is that 1/72 scale?
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 11, 2004 1:49 AM
Welcome aboard Smile [:)]

Your father's diorama is spectacular, he's done a beautiful job on it. The photography is excellent too.

Is it in 1/72 scale? I think I recognise some of the german figures, Revell and Airfix or Hasagawa?
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 10, 2004 5:46 PM
An absolutely awesome job!!! Congratulations to your father for such an excellent diorama. It would be extremely difficult to see better than this!

Bob
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 1:07 PM
Welcome and thanks for the pixs. Love the water spouts!!! Great job! Don't forget Father's Day-get him started on his next dio.
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    January 2004
  • From: bc,canada
Posted by gdarwin on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 1:05 PM
Bow [bow]wow im speachles so real looking.

gdarwin[roy]
airborne death from above http://photobucket.com/albums/a350/roygd/
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