discussion Rehashing Hurtgen forest diorama

[rtfoe]

Very nice indeed Wabble!
Steve

Thank you Steve.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[rtfoe]

M10 looks amazing Wabble.Reminds me of the ancient Tamiya one i got when a shop had them as a special import when i was 17.Id got the Verlinden Diorama special and tried and failed to recreate his dioramas.
Richard

Thanks Richard... always weird replying to my name. This Academy M10 and the M36 I believe is a copy of the old Tamiya mold which share the same wrong proportions as opposed to the new molds by AFV. The track links are a dead give away.
I bet you can recreate those dios now after all these years.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[rtfoe]

I'm at the Ford Motor assembly line trying to clear these 25 figures...

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[Richard48]

I wish i could Wabble.For my sins i spent the late 80s and most of the 90s hardly doing any modelling apart from the odd aircraft model.Worked long days 6 days a week and rest time was spent having a few beers.The kits are there in the stash but lacking in mojo a lot.I enjoy admiring others work and hope that it can ignite the interest.My wife says she likes me doing my figures and likes it if i do a little vignette.I Must have over 80 figures in my stash!!.Individual 54mms and boxes of Dragon figures and then there are the resin ones!!!.
Richard

 

[rtfoe]

I wish i could Wabble.For my sins i spent the late 80s and most of the 90s hardly doing any modelling apart from the odd aircraft model.Worked long days 6 days a week and rest time was spent having a few beers.The kits are there in the stash but lacking in mojo a lot.I enjoy admiring others work and hope that it can ignite the interest.My wife says she likes me doing my figures and likes it if i do a little vignette.I Must have over 80 figures in my stash!!.Individual 54mms and boxes of Dragon figures and then there are the resin ones!!!.
Richard

I'm steering towards figures too...more relaxing.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[rtfoe]

Hi guys,
Not enough time to work on the building...bit by bit. At least the tank guys are looking cold this time.
Still got new snow to add. Groundwork still halfway.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[minitnkr]

Loveitloveitloveit, especially the snow. I never had the courage to try it.

 

[scottie3158]

Wabble, that is really starting to look the nuts mate.

 

[rtfoe]

I have never experienced snow. Glad you love it.

 

[rtfoe]

Wabble, that is really starting to look the nuts mate.

Cracking my nuts trying to get the micro balloons to stay in place. Am coating the existing polyfilla with it. Got them from a friend. Thanks Scottie.

Cheers,
Wabble

 

[rtfoe]

Hi Guys,

I missed the boat on this one. I still had six figures more to paint and some strong advice from my friends not to rush it as many details were still missing on the dio itself. The M36 Jackson wasn't even weathered. So it'll be for next year... enough time for details and the snow owl I wanted to put in. I got a silver though for my EeHaw Snake vignette and a nod from Douglas Lee that that was his favorite and he would have given it best of show...a compliment I am more proud of than the medals. The show has inspired him to do dioramas again which he has stopped for eight years already so I'm looking forward to see his new work on the judges table next year. This was mentioned in his Facebook and he posted my Monkey Ambush dio in it.

It'll take me a while to compile the photos taken at the event.


This is Douglas's book on dioramas. And he brought this piece when he last came to the show in 2019...respect.


Cheers,
Wabble

 

[Richard48]

Hi Wabble.
Great that you got a silver for the Snake vignette.Well done.Ive heard of Douglas Lee and he certainly does some great stuff.
The Cromwell tank diorama looks amazing.
Thanks for sharing.
Richard