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  • From: Florida...flat, beach-ridden Florida
Posted by Abdiel on Friday, September 2, 2005 7:26 PM
No worries reb...I'm currently reading Cornelius Ryan's classic account of the Battle for Berlin and there's plenty of reference material and pics within that.

My scene is going to depict a machine gun nest position (probably somewhere near the Oder defensive line) being reinforced by panzerfaust carrying German soldiers and a motorcycle trooper. It'll include a wounded soldier and medic. Its background setting is going to include Verlinden's pockmarked, park wall ruin behind which I'm setting some artillery-downed trees.

Cheers!
Eric
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Friday, September 2, 2005 5:39 PM
it sure is! I couldnt find a pic of the dio im building sorry Eric. What seen are you building?
John
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  • From: Florida...flat, beach-ridden Florida
Posted by Abdiel on Friday, September 2, 2005 11:27 AM
WOO-HOO Big Smile [:D]

Got the Steyr model and resin accessories for my BoB Dio last night! It's SAH-WEEET, too...I'm looking forward to building it and wrecking it into a burned out and hulking shell of its former self. Actually, it's a bit larger model than I anticipated.

Ain't this fun?
Eric
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  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, August 31, 2005 11:01 AM
Good idea.
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 6:37 PM
Lets just use this one, the other will die out.
John
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  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, August 30, 2005 11:01 AM
CDNTanker25, you posted in the DIorama forum.That's what I've been saying. To hernando, dude, you're the admin, get to it man. Either close this thread or close the one in the Diorama forum, as it's confusing to which thread we're supposed to post in.
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a question
Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 29, 2005 8:07 AM
I'm making my first dio it's in 1/35 scale - "Building the Citadel" reprezenting the preparations for the Kursk battle .So , can i join ..I mean is it a problem that the scene is at the oposite side of "Ural" mountain?
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Sunday, August 28, 2005 11:40 AM
I'll see if i can find a pic.
John
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  • From: Florida...flat, beach-ridden Florida
Posted by Abdiel on Sunday, August 28, 2005 9:41 AM
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.
Yes, that's the one I mean reb...if you can find the pic, cool, but don't trouble yourself too much. I just wanted to get another reference shot of the rubble strewn streets, but there's no scarcity of those references!

Along with the various sized ballast I have and the brick debris I've smashed to use, I've also ordered 1/35 scale bricks to use for the rubble in my dio...I plan on BURYING the Steyr and the twisted bike frame will look great poking up through all that debris!
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  • From: Playing in the foothills of NY
Posted by CDNTanker25 on Saturday, August 27, 2005 10:51 PM
man what happened to my posts? lol I don't even remember what I'm building for this GB?@!? Hernando do you remember?!? anyone?!? lol eesh, you guys have started, if that's the case, I'll throw in my Panther G Late, Night Fighting...
James on the bench: Merkava II With MCRS-20% Merkava IID 75% IDF Magach Batash
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 27, 2005 6:20 PM
No big deal John
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Saturday, August 27, 2005 5:14 PM
oh, lol, woops! Blush [:I] sorry about that.

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.
John
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 27, 2005 11:02 AM
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! lolBig Smile [:D]

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.


Hey rebelreenactor,

Thanks for the heads up but I havent painted that area on any of them yet. All I painted were their shirts and pants and belts. Thanks though. Big Smile [:D]
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  • From: Florida...flat, beach-ridden Florida
Posted by Abdiel on Saturday, August 27, 2005 10:09 AM
Hey Reb, can you post a link to that picture? I'm also building a BoB dio and I'd be curious to see it...not to copy it, but just to get an idea of the surroundings.

I've just recently finished ordering the rest of the models I'll be using, both are Tamiya models...

A Steyr Command wagon:http://www.kitlink.com/Products/images/Tamiya/tam35235.JPG

and a bicycle:http://www.kitlink.com/Products/images/Tamiya/tam35240.JPG

I plan to make both models part of the twisted and burned out rubble strewn wreckage surrounding my German defenders machine gun nest.
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Saturday, August 27, 2005 1:49 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by hernando

Mine is gonna take a lot longer than i thought. The tracks are 208 individual pieces!!


have fun! lolBig Smile [:D]

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.
John
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, August 27, 2005 12:22 AM
Mine is gonna take a lot longer than i thought. The tracks are 208 individual pieces!!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, August 25, 2005 3:59 PM
Well I thought I would post some progress photos. Here they are. I used Tamiya's schwimmy kit and their Recce figures. Plan on doing a small dio with them. The figures are being painted as SS. I might make it somewhere in Normandy just after 06/06/44. We shall see. Let me know what you think please. This is only my second attempt at camo. Not sure if I like it or not yet.




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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:31 PM
Just got in my models today. A lot of flash on em, a LOT.
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 2:19 PM
thanks a lot! the kit is tamiyas, the pics are so blurry cuz my camera is a piece of (rap
got the first layer of paint on the 251, it turned out a very very light yellow so i did a wash of yellow oxide and it looks fine..(i dont use bottled paints, i buy a few and mix them)
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:29 AM
Double D the pic is blurry but it looks like your making progress

glad the SOX losing streak is over!
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Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 10:25 AM
looking very nice DOUBLE D
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 8:50 AM
Double D lookin good. What kit are you using for the 251?? I need to post some photos soon!
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, August 23, 2005 9:53 PM
well, heres some progress pics: this is the building facade im doin, im gonna make the floors later, but u can see the damage i inflicted on it, its all one piece of wood, i chipped the holes in, painted it balck, painted on bricks, then again with black, i like how it looks: and heres a close up of the damage: and heres the little progress on the interior of the sdkfz251 it took alot of scratchbuilding in the inteioir because of the kits poor detail
-Dj
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 22, 2005 3:46 PM
I also need to add some progress photos. I have three German Recce figures about half way done. I should be able to add the camo to at least two either tonight or sometime this week.
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, August 22, 2005 3:15 PM
hey ddayomaha!! ur from chicago?!?!?! me too! GO SOX!!!!
im gonna get some progress pics up tomorrow, go the driver all glued, now need to paint him and put him in.. also got one of many german figs painted
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  • From: Florida...flat, beach-ridden Florida
Posted by Abdiel on Monday, August 22, 2005 11:34 AM
Got in late last night, but had a chance to get an hour in and do some converting on my Legends motorcycle rider figure that'll be sitting on a BMW R75 in my dio. The figure originally is looking down and pointing with his right hand to a map, but I've got him now looking to his right and holding his unslung Mauser as if ready to join in the fighting.

Sanding down the sleeve and adding a button strap at the wrist to match the kit parts was challenging and fun. I like swapping around all these parts and pieces to get the look I need...sure beats the contstraints of building kits straight outta the box!

Everyone else having fun?
Eric
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  • From: Florida...flat, beach-ridden Florida
Posted by Abdiel on Friday, August 19, 2005 3:05 PM
Double D, I'm good to go...thanks, buddy!
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 19, 2005 2:43 PM
abdiel- right click on one of our badges (the dio one) go properties copy the url, then go to update profile, then where it says pictures and text put the url in between this (no spaces) then press update profile and ur done!
still goin at a snails pace with this 251, i glued the driver and need to paint him THEN I CAN FINALLY GLUE SOMETHING!!! then on to scratchbuilding the rest of the interior!
i think this is gonna take forever!! seeing that i have to build three floors a street and rubble!
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  • From: Valley Spings, CA
Posted by Tigertankman on Friday, August 19, 2005 2:20 PM
I'll join in, I've done some sketches of a pather with track damage(I.E. broken) going up a hill(a railroad track levy), with a brick building next to it with a machinegun team in it, firing away at the onslaught of russians
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 19, 2005 2:06 PM
Can I join up? I'm thinking of a PZ 2 dio
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