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**Jim R** · 06 February 2022, 19:58

Hi John
Another brilliant dio. This sort of thing really is your forte. Well done Sir
Jim

**spanner570** · 06 February 2022, 20:39

Cracking build 453.

Very, very nice!

570

**adt70hk** · 06 February 2022, 22:18

Very nice indeed John, looking forward to the black and white pics.....a real shock to find you building something Russian too!! Who'd have thought it.....

In all seriousness, what set you off on the path of all things 4BO and related?? Also, when was the last time you didn't build something Russian?

ATB.

Andrew

**Mark1** · 06 February 2022, 23:22

Great looking dio John, some superb work .

**Guest** · 07 February 2022, 00:12

Originally posted by Jim R

Hi John
Another brilliant dio. This sort of thing really is your forte. Well done Sir
Jim

Thanks Jim, just love doing dios, any chance to do a building and I'm happy .

Originally posted by spanner570

Cracking build 453.

Very, very nice!

570

Thank you indeed 570 .

Originally posted by adt70hk

Very nice indeed John, looking forward to the black and white pics.....a real shock to find you building something Russian too!! Who'd have thought it.....

In all seriousness, what set you off on the path of all things 4BO and related?? Also, when was the last time you didn't build something Russian?

ATB.

Andrew

Thanks mate .
Interesting question Andrew, I decided to start modelling again when I had retired, I wanted to find a genre . The battle of kursk being the biggest ever tank battle caught my attention and I wanted to model the underdog. The history of Russia and its people had always interested me, not the ideas of Lenin and later the murderous Stalin who took the country to the brink of collapse, but the stoic nature of a people who found themselves forced into a war that destroyed their country and how they fought to rid them selves of the Nazis only to be trapped in servitude .Hence the 4BO .The last time I didn't build a Russian was the Greenhouse , and before that a Tiger Tank .:nerd::smiling3:

Originally posted by Mark1

Great looking dio John, some superb work .

Hi Mark, thank you very kind .

**Gern** · 07 February 2022, 03:20

Beautiful

**Tim Marlow** · 07 February 2022, 08:23

Absolutely superb John. Your dioramas go from strength to strength and are now a benchmark for others to aim at. I wouldn’t call the largest military force in the world at the time of Kursk the underdog though LOL….

**Steve Jones** · 07 February 2022, 08:28

Thank you so much for doing this dio mate. It has come out far better than I hoped for. The figures look so natural on the tank. The buildings and the base are so life like. The B&W photos will make it look like the real thing. One to be proud of my friend

**Guest** · 07 February 2022, 11:54

Originally posted by Gern

Beautiful

Thanks Dave.

Originally posted by Tim Marlow

Absolutely superb John. Your dioramas go from strength to strength and are now a benchmark for others to aim at. I wouldn’t call the largest military force in the world at the time of Kursk the underdog though LOL….

Very kind of you to say Tim, ha the underdog, well because they were badly trained and led, had some outdated armour and were fighting a highly trained professional army

Originally posted by Steve Jones

Thank you so much for doing this dio mate. It has come out far better than I hoped for. The figures look so natural on the tank. The buildings and the base are so life like. The B&W photos will make it look like the real thing. One to be proud of my friend

So please your happy with it Steve, its certainly upped my figure painting !