**COMPLETED** My old mill diorama...an add-on (or two)

[spanner570]

Remember my old mill with the bloke taking a swim dio? Well I had a mate over last week and for once, instead of the glazed look I usually get from people when I say I make model kits, he actually wanted to see my stuff...

Anyway, he was looking at the Mill diorama and I asked his opinion. "Very nice, but can I make a suggestion, the yard looks empty, how about something in it?"

He's quite right, isn't he?...

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Probably more suited to war gamers, but here's what's going in. I might not use both tanks, I'll see. There will be some figures too...sort of a maintenance cum rest thingy. So circa 1942, these will be suitable. They'll do me anyway!

Cracking little 1/72 kits (too good to hurl around on a table playing games with!)..... two in a box, very few parts. All a superb fit. As they will not be a centre piece, they are perfect background models. Cheap too, under £9 for the two.

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Here's the result of a pleasant afternoon's work. Two tanks brush painted and ready for some detail painting and few bits and bobs to be added to make them look a bit more like the box art work. Plus a good dusting!

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Cheers all,

Ron

[Guest]

Looking forward to seeing more Ron

[Steve Brodie]

they look cool, cant wait to see them finished.

[john i am]

Very nice addition Ron

[eddiesolo]

I like where you're going with this Ron.

Si

[Ian M]

OK I'm hooked.

[Alan 45]

I'm looking forward to this

[papa 695]

They look good Ron should be a very good addition to an already excellent diorama

[spanner570]

Apart from a final dusting, I've finished this 1/72 tank. Brush painted as usual using Vallejo Model Colour and children's ' in a tube' acrylics

Here's the model with a first wash on the tracks.

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The finished job. I've tried to copy the box art as far as I wanted to. I used bits of plastic card for the simple suspension and other sticky out bits, thick paper for straps and wire from a bit of elec. cable for the wooden rod things and the antenna. The fictitious number is from my scrap box.

Still a final dusting to do on the wheels ect. I've left the tank clean and not battered as I reasoned it being 1942 and relatively quiet in France, it has not have seen much action (if any) and travelled mostly on roads not fields...

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I'll now turn my attention to the figures....

Thanks for looking.

Ron

[Alan 45]

That looks really good Ron and some nice easy way of making the detail stand out

[aaron]

I've seen these kits but not paid much attention, obviously a mistake on my part. It has turned out really nice as has the scratched suspension. Amazeballs.

[Guest]

2 nice panzerIVs there Ron, interested to see where they will go.

scott

[Guest]

Really like the look of these and the mill building.

[papa 695]

Looks great to me Ron

[spanner570]

Thanks for the encouraging posts folks.

I have put the two tanks on the dio. and looking at the whole model, I've decided that just one will do. Two would be too much and sort of detract from the main bit - the water wheel and weir.

Here are the 1/72 figures I'll use, which are left overs from my spares box and I reckon they will do o.k. for a mixture of both maintenance and the tank crew tending to the beast....

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Cheers,

Ron