Tamiya 1/35th Pz III Ausf N WiP (Completed pics page 4)

Yes, I agree with doog.

That is seriously nice.

Thanks disaster, much appreciated.

nicely done BISH.

Cool!

We just hope that back rack will be able to hold all that weight!..hahaha

Looks very nice and color looks good, some lightly dusted and used tank.

The diorama puts it in the right spot at the right moment!.

Cool work.

Enjoyed watching you bring this one to life Bish and the placement on the base along with the pigment weathering did the trick perfectly.

Thanks a lot guys, its much appreciated. And thanks for all the great info you give out in your builds Bill. Amongst others, they have really helped me bring my modelling on in leaps and bounds over the last few years.

I like it a lot. Well done, and your base and figs are well thought-out.

Thanks Baer.

NICE, VERY NICE!!!!!!     

That is just gorgeous Bish! 

Thanks jean, glad you like it.

Great scene all around,I like the overall dustiness of the scene,and I like the stone base and pillars.A real nice job for sure

Thanks Tojo, that's just the effect I wanted, glad it has come through.

Bish you really tell a story when you build one of these, nicely done…again. Terry

Thanks terry. getting the story right is often the hardest part of doing a dio, and often its something you need to consider early in the build as you may be to build the model is certain ways to fit the scene. I am glad it comes across in the right way. You can have the best build ever, but if the scene does not make sense, it can ruin it all.

Agreed, it should be a visual snapshot.  

Bish I have several ideas but my time is limited and I just can't find it to work on them. My plan is to complete 3-4 over the winter and less on building? I've been gathering all the parts, just need the time.

It depends on the scene, number of figures, size etc, but of the dio's I have done recently, I find they don't add that much extra time to a build. Allowing for the time I put this aside, I reckon this took about 5 weeks. I get a lot of the dio done while I am waiting for paint to dry and things like that. When you start adding buildings and all the things like that, that's when it takes more time.

I have been doing dio's since my early days of modelling and I seem to be lucky in that I get a good feel for the layout. But even though I have a good idea of what I want the finished scene to look like, I allow the dio to evolve as I go along and don't stick rigidly to my original plan. At first, in this one the tank was going to be side on with all 5 crew members. But as it progresses and I can start to lay the actual model on the partially finished base, that's when I start to make the changes, but still sticking to the original idea.

Thats not a bad idea to have two project simultaneously, I'll try it.

Sorry Terry, I think I may have been unclear. generally, I try and avoid having more than one project running at one time. I just meant that when I am leaving a model to one side to let it dry, that's when I get to work on that models base.

But, if I have a couple of dio's where the base is similar, I may well do a couple together, at least to a certain point. My next two builds are a Marder and the Su 85. Both will be Eastern Front scenes with similar terrain. So when it comes to mixing and colouring the celluclay, I will do the two together.