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1/32 A6-E Intruder FULL DIORAMA SHOTS ADDED

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    January 2019
Posted by orca on Tuesday, June 18, 2019 11:27 AM

I served on the Carl Vinson CVN-70 VA-52 As a AQ (Avionics Fire Control tech), Westpac 84, The last cruise where the acft were painted both the new gray and the old seagull gray and white. Hated to see the new paint jobs, Ugly as hell! That bird was such a huge RADAR cross section that it could never hide in the sky,no matter what you painted it with. The replacement, A12 was even a bigger more expensive joke! Should have gone with the A6F, The NAVY knew better! (sarcasim). I love this rendition, Im building the same type of scenerio only will have two A6s one ugly one pretty! I hope my skills with the figures are as good as this. Awesome job! Chains on the Plane Captains a little big, I only opened the emergency generator once, hardly ever saw it open. Again, great job! ORCA, FTN,(just kidding guys)!

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Posted by damouav on Monday, June 26, 2017 5:13 AM

Words don't/can't really describe what you have produced.

Simply put it's Brilliant!!!

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Posted by Wirraway on Monday, June 26, 2017 3:56 AM
Lovely work. I'll echo what someone else said that it is the best I have seen on the forums this year.

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Posted by 1943Mike on Sunday, June 25, 2017 10:45 PM

Mike, a real work of art!

I quit Photobucket because of lots of minor annoyances .. now my monitor won't show your full diorama - just part of it, so I checked the image out in PB and it's full there ... strange.

In any case your diorama is fabulous.

Mike

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Posted by CapnMac82 on Sunday, June 25, 2017 9:38 PM

While echoing the above comments, have to nitpick just a bit.

It costs a dime or two (the common expresion is "million bucs a minute") to trun an enirer GTG into the wind at 30kts (every ship but one burning bunker fuel at prodigious rates).

So, if, say, six a/c are wanted for a strike package, those birds are shuffled on deck aft of the catapaults they are meant to use.  The armamnets for the package are elevatored up and hung off the birds.  If one of the a/c "downs" they will launch the other birds in the pacakage, but at some point they strip the down bird and get another bird up in its place.
This creats a great deal of drama and action.

So, there should be redshirts safing the weapons.  There ought to be whiteshirts (saftey & final inspectors) on (elbow deep in) each of the opened compartments.  There should be a green shirt nexts to each of those showing a fist, with fingers indicating minutes remaining, visible to the head yellow.

The head yellow ought to be shadowed by another yellow with a clipboard, and a green with a headset relaying profanity from the Air Boss & his deputy.

The PCs ('turdshirts" in the vernacular) should have chocks on the wheels and should be really have the birdy chained down in place.

Those figures are beatufilly sculpted.  However, they are in the loose tops.  Those were worn with OG 107 OD trousers.  By the time the Navy was issuing Woodlands BDU trousers, the tops were tight-fitting jersey tops of nomex.  One other subtle detail--before woodlands, the hearing protection muffs were painted to match the specialty; after nomex was issued, all muffs were a sort of radome tan (this was to show that they were wearing the upgraded SPF 28 muffs).

Still an outstanding  mdel, though.

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Posted by Jim Barton on Thursday, June 22, 2017 4:41 PM

Beautiful diorama!

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Posted by Bossman on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 8:02 PM

Thanks for showing the "big pics" Cham.

Even better !

Chris

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Posted by leemitcheltree on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 5:02 PM

THAT thing....is AMAZING.  Just lovely...sharp and super tidy.  A beautifull job.  But the deck is too clean!  Everything else..the figures, the vehicle, the aircraft....absolutely astounding.
Dang!  You must be WAAAY happy with that!!!!

Dude...that's fantastic!  Thanks for sharing the pics!  That diorama is just beautiful.  So impressive.  You're a master.  HA!!  I'm very, very impressed.

Cheers, LeeTree
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Posted by Wilbur Wright on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 4:53 PM

Beautiful work and also kudos for the discipline in building this to this level of quality.  The figures are first rate. 

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Posted by iampiper13 on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 1:55 PM

All I can say is what has already been said WOW!!!

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Posted by fox on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 12:27 PM

O - U - T - S - T - A - N - D - I - N - G!!!  Toast Toast Toast

I agree with GH. Your Dio is truly worthy of a feature article in FSM.

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Posted by scottrc on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 11:36 AM

Your composition of the figures and balance of color is fantastic.  

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Posted by chameleon 2009 on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 9:28 AM
overall shots have been added Mike
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Posted by chameleon 2009 on Wednesday, June 21, 2017 9:28 AM

overall shots have been added

Mike

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Posted by Theuns on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 11:46 PM

best build I have seen all year, very nice!

Theuns

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Posted by Chemteacher on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 10:35 PM
Wow! That is awesome!

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Posted by Bossman on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 9:36 PM

Cham - It's all the many little things all over every surface of that diorama that impress me.  Fine detail everywhere.  I could list stuff - but I'd rather just go back and look at it again.  I too would like to see the "big picture" shot (or shots).

Very nice work.

Chris

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Posted by modelcrazy on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 5:21 PM

That is by far one of the best models I've ever seen!!!!!! I don't have any words.

Steve

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Posted by 7474 on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 4:58 PM
This is so awesome. Thanks for sharing
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Posted by KnightTemplar5150 on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 3:16 PM

Very nice build, Chameleon. Great finish, good details, and the scene is wonderful in its composition. It's quite believable. That being said, was copying and pasting a Wikipedia article really necessary? Your level of craftsmanship seems to indicate that you're far too creative and detail oriented for plagiarism. Let your work speak for itself. What it has to say is far more interesting than what Wikipedia has to offer. Fantastic build - really a job well done!

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Posted by goldhammer on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 2:53 PM

All I can say is that this one is worthy of a spread/story in FSM magazine.  Absolutely over the top in realism.

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Posted by chameleon 2009 on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 2:38 PM
I will sort out some overall shots showing the whole display, please remind me if i haven't done it Mike
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Posted by chameleon 2009 on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 2:35 PM

Aggieman

Bow Down

Wow, that is fantastic!  Your attention to detail is clear.  The Intruder looks great but what really does it is your work on the figures.  That is some of the best work in that arena that I have ever seen.  Shadows where they should be in the clothing, stuff like that.  The detailing on the Intruder is top notch.  And your photography skills are great as well.  Any chance that you have a photo of the entire display?

 

[quote user="Aggieman"]

Bow Down

Wow, that is fantastic!  Your attention to detail is clear.  The Intruder looks great but what really does it is your work on the figures.  That is some of the best work in that arena that I have ever seen.  Shadows where they should be in the clothing, stuff like that.  The detailing on the Intruder is top notch.  And your photography skills are great as well.  Any chance that you have a photo of the entire display?

 

[/quoteI will sort somthing out for you in the next few days, if I dont please remind me

Mike

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  • From: New Braunfels , Texas
Posted by Tanker - Builder on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 11:09 AM

Oi ! Chameleon .

    My daughter used to be Aircraft Commander on one of those ! She loved that bird , I think , more than her hubby . Now , a question . Do you have an overall shot showing the whole dio in it's complete gorgeousness ?  T.B.

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Posted by Compressorman on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 10:28 AM

Wow, those figures are outstanding!

Chris

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Posted by Jay Jay on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 9:56 AM

WOW ,you Sir are a true artist. Your attention to every tiny detail is amazing, even the chains the guys are carrying look real.

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by templar1099 on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 9:55 AM

All the above,doubled.

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Posted by BrandonK on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 9:44 AM

That is a stunning and spectacular dio. Very well done and spot on with the weathering.

BK

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Posted by Toshi on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 8:29 AM

That is one of the most exciting and realistic scenes I've ever scene in a diorama!  Absolutely a fantastic job!

Toshi

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