I see inspiration for dioramas from many sources. These can be movies, wartime photographs, etc. At the same time a little artistic license would be used with the composition of the scene to may add some added interest to the scene. Historic accuracy is one thing that I try to maintain.
For example, I am working on a diorama concerning the Bogart film "Sahara". At first I was going to copy a scene from the movie, but now I have decided to alter my thoughts to a "what if" scene of Lullabelle stopped and the crew doing a little maintainence on her at a time prior to the straffing by the German fighter.
Other thoughts were inspired by the kits themselves, Dragons two sets of Gebirgsjagers gave me a thought. First of all, I thought to combine the two kits and maybe a piece of armor as well. More careful examining the kits, I have decided that at least two dioramas will be made. The first will be a small pack train (3 animals) of the Gebirgsjagers during the Balkan campaign marching up the incline. I might scratch build certain parts of the 7.5cm Gebirgskanone as part of the load to add some interest. The rest of the pack train would be implied as following up the trail. In the second would be an assault scenario, still thinking on it, but scattered British equipment may play a part in it.
The big thing is to use your imagination and don't be too rigid on how the scene develops. Changes to the design is part of the project.
Brumbler, in "Band of Brothers" during the Market Garden campaign with the attack on Van Gough's home town there was a tank that resemebled a Comet among the Shermans.
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