WW II dio GB

Ok, here's where it stands now. I'm really not too happy at all by the appearance of the earth. Too much paint, and I painted it too lightly IMHO. Anyways, things left to do:

Couple more small trees to be added

Loose leaves to be added and a bit more work on the shrubs on the road

Try to do something with this damn groundwork. Any suggestions?

Heavy plastel process still left to go onto the building to tone it all down a bit. It's just jumping out way too much right now.

All comments and suggestions welcome.

WOW zokissima! that looks awesome!!! the weathering is outstanding!!! great job!

i actually feel like working on my build today but sadly i need to work on the anniversary of Stalin's death.....

-DJ

Ok, as promised, the vehicles are done...

It all depends on your mixture. I make my groundwork out of actual dirt, mixed into mud with water and white glue. The less white glue, and more water I use, the more cracking I'll see.

Vehicles are finished, and I'll get some pics up soon.

Ok its taken me some time to get started, but here's my progress so far. Scratched base and everything. Insulation foam used. Groundwork is finely sifted potting soil. Bridge (kinda out of he picture here) is made from balsa and coffee stirring sticks. Academy M-18 and Tamiya cckw. THe ruined house is an italeri item, with a plaster foundation and scratched rubble. You can't see the water bed very well, but it will be filled using Woodland scenics realistic water. FIgures are part of the Tamiya dragon wagon crew, some Italeri Truck crew, and two Verlinden figure sets.

i agree, the layout looks awesome! as does the sherman and everything, the pics are really blurry though, (its ok my camera work is really bad too when it comes to models) great dio though! i wish mine would be that far built!

Progress- went to my local barber shop to do some "research" and a haircut (cuz im making one of the shops on the bottom floor of the building into a barber shop) found out exactly how a barber shop seat looks along with other things i could put into a barber shop... so i built a chair (when you really look at it, you see its a really complicated chair) finnished another chair, along with a newspaper stand, and some other furniture...so thats done...looks really cool, kinda feel bad now that i have to put rubble on top of it (cuz its right under a big hole in the building where a bomb hit)

thats all for now (and probably for awhile because of skool startin tommorrow) -DJ

tango- well you couold always say that a pillow factory blew up in the area of this action.....

not much progress here, but none the less, its progress.....i built the stowage bins (for good now) using balsa, i will put putty on it so it doesnt look like wood but metal, and then i could finnally get out of the interior!! now that i found alittle more refrence on the interior, (and becuz i couldnt find any kits for the  hanomag interior)  i was planning on doing the putty today, but i felt lazy, so i just watched black hawk down and drew portraits of larry and shemp (from the three stooges( yea i know random))

-merry x-mas everyone, hope santas good to you! (i still believe)- DJ

tango- well you couold always say that a pillow factory blew up in the area of this action.....

not much progress here, but none the less, its progress.....i built the stowage bins (for good now) using balsa, i will put putty on it so it doesnt look like wood but metal, and then i could finnally get out of the interior!! now that i found alittle more refrence on the interior, (and becuz i couldnt find any kits for the  hanomag interior)  i was planning on doing the putty today, but i felt lazy, so i just watched black hawk down and drew portraits of larry and shemp (from the three stooges( yea i know random))

-merry x-mas everyone, hope santas good to you! (i still believe)- DJ

Looking good tango. Only ting I want to say is about the trees. They still have their leaves on and they dont look like pine trees. I suggest either replacing them with some pine trees or some twigs from the yard to simulate leafless trees.

If you do decide to keep these trees, be sure to cover up the seam mark where the tree connects to the stump.

tango- looks really cool so far! are you gonna put some figures in it? keep up the good work

well, i have time off from school, so im starting some work on my 251, i really dont feel like doing much, so im just divin in and out of it right now...hopefully some progress will come out of this.

-DJ

im just inchin along.....doin small things on my 251..none really on my base....i cant decide how much to destroy the building...to mkae it fairly intact or battered..

been kinda busy l8ly on HW and such

-DJ

Wow everyone's dios look great. Reb I love that stug!

I'm finally finished with my small dio. It's the Italeri medjeep with some scratched stuff, the italeri command center, with DML and Tamiya figs. The snow is baking soda(hey it's cheap) and everything was painted with tamiya paint. This is my first complete dio and also my first group build. Any comments are welcomed good or bad!    Heres the pics:

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This last one didn't come out to well but I thought it was cool

ok, here are some pics.

This is a basic layout of the dio. The red box and wooden thing are representations of the 2 buildings I will have. One will be made from scratch. Sorry for the lack of detail in the pics. On the left side are piles of rubble and there is now a shell hole in the upper right.

Some progress on the StuG, Stowage is all done. Its not glued in place yet, I want to paint them off the tank. She is going to get some primer on tomorrow as well as some red oxide paint. The over all paint scheme will be dark yellow with a a good deal of weathering. Remember she's one of the few tanks in Berlin.

Here is my empty jerrycan. Its not 100% accurate but its about 85% there. There is a small tube thing that should be in the hole. I made the can open and empty to show the conditions of fuel supply in Berlin's final days, desprate.

comments welcome!

WOW!! that looks soo cool!! the flesh and the uniforms are OUTSTANDING!!! very nice work on the tank too!

-DJ

WOW!!! i got SOOOO far in my dio these past two days!! after a month or so of neglect i finnaly got to work and...i cut the windows in all the stores in the bottom floor of the facade, put panes in hlaf of them, put tiles on the floor of the barber shop in there, fixed up some things in the 251, cut the corner facade, and all the windows on it, built the ENTIRE sidewalk, painted it, cut the stones in it, and weathered it, and put more damage on the facade...

THATS A LOT!!!! WOW!!

-DJ

if your going as fast as a snail and a turtle then i think im going backwards...

i think its been a month since i even touched my dio, except to only move it out of the way...counter productive-DJ.

QUOTE: Originally posted by hernando Actually, Russia is in Europe ( Urals are in Russia, right?)

QUOTE: Originally posted by Abdiel Hey reb, that stug's looking great and as mentioned, the scratch-built sandbags really came out nice...well done! What kind of fabric or material did you use to get the 'woven' pattern into them? I was planning on using some porch screening material on mine, but whatever you used came out really well. I'm also using a propoganda poster along with a painted graffiti slogan declaring, "victory or slavery," on my park wall (gotta get my german speaking neighbors to translate that for me.) I got that little detail out of the Cornelius Ryan book I just finished. I finished building the BMW R75 I'm using and primered it this past weekend. I brought it out to show a couple of friends and they freaked out over the detail. I did go a bit crazy and besides the PE kit I added to the model, I also threw in the brake, clutch and electrical cables coming off the handlebars. Also, all my figures are now sanded, primered and ready to be painted...gotta get some pics and post up! Hernando, shtepsela wants to play...you're gonna have to tell him he's on the wrong continent Cheers! Eric

QUOTE: Originally posted by Abdiel QUOTE: Originally posted by rebelreenactor When I did my BMW R75 I took a whack at doing the brake and other cables, Lets just say I had a frustrating time. For some reaseon It didnt go easily for me. I still got paint that thing...... I can understand the 'frustration'...after finishing with the cables I considered the fact that I may have missed my calling as a surgeon

QUOTE: Originally posted by rebelreenactor When I did my BMW R75 I took a whack at doing the brake and other cables, Lets just say I had a frustrating time. For some reaseon It didnt go easily for me. I still got paint that thing......

QUOTE: Originally posted by blackcat okey if you are in WWII Japanese aircraft do like an aircraft carrier w/ a bunch of japanese aircraft (or me) Blackcat

QUOTE: Originally posted by rebelreenactor abdiel, Do you mean a picture of the stug getting knocked out? I dont have a pic but i can look on the net for one.

QUOTE: Originally posted by rebelreenactor QUOTE: Originally posted by hernando Mine is gonna take a lot longer than i thought. The tracks are 208 individual pieces!! have fun! lol Jeff, your figs look excellent for just a second attempt. Just a couple of notes, you painted the boots and the gear brown, but the real things are black. And on the guys who has the darker gray pants, it looks like there is some plastic showing just above his boots. A fine tipped brush will fix that right up. Overall, nice work! I have no progress, I will be starting on my build sept 1st. I will be doing the scene from BOB where they knock out the stug.

QUOTE: Originally posted by hernando Mine is gonna take a lot longer than i thought. The tracks are 208 individual pieces!!

QUOTE: Originally posted by DOUBLE D the entire interior is just crap. i needed to do sooo much scratchtbuilding