PZ3 on KV1 dioama

[greengiant]

This is the only gray German tank I own. Opened up the turret side hatches and moved switches and charging plug to tanks rear hull overhang. Had to post these separate to get around the 10 attachment rule.

[MichaelC]

Love the shot thru the broken window. What is the size of the diorama ?

[PainlessWolf]

GreenGiant,
Beautiful shots. Looking out through the window, well, the crew from the Pz III had to retreat to somewhere. ;o)
regards,
Painless

[ALPHA]

Hey Giant... I have to agree with the others...that window shot is impressive to say the least...I am also impressed with all the brick work... looks very tedious

ALPHA

[greengiant]

The window shot is one I really like but if I had the figure of a German sniper he would have been lining up on the back of the Russian looking over the Panzer.
Alpha, the brickwork was easy as I had a lot of blank plaster pieces left over from a huge 1/35th scale diorama of the gulf war ( 15ft long and 3ft deep ) that I took apart about 10 years ago. Just scribed the brickwork into it and after making the pieces I wanted dry wash with leather brown latex paint.
I still have about 40 1/35 scale models sitting downstairs in the basement that I'm trying to sell locally as they would be hard to ship without damaging.
MichaelC, the whole thing was about 5ft long and 2 1/2 ft deep. It over hanged my display case about 8 inches in length at each end and about 7 inches in width. Since the whole thing was made up of smaller sized modules the hardest thing was to keep the end pieces from flipping off.

[ALPHA]

The window shot is one I really like but if I had the figure of a German sniper he would have been lining up on the back of the Russian looking over the Panzer.
Alpha, the brickwork was easy as I had a lot of blank plaster pieces left over from a huge 1/35th scale diorama of the gulf war ( 15ft long and 3ft deep ) that I took apart about 10 years ago. Just scribed the brickwork into it and after making the pieces I wanted dry wash with leather brown latex paint.

Dang Giant... I think you are being too humble...... that there looks like tons of work....even if you had a slab broken down... you got some double layered brick laying ... debris all over.... I mean if this were a static setup... maybe... but it being modular makes it surreal ...I can't even imagine taking it down and setting it up... it takes talent to build a scene...and you do it very well


ALPHA

[greengiant]

Alpha, I spent 3 years in Germany when in the army and in the huge expanse of the Graphenwier live fire area there were actually destroyed small villages that had sat vacant from probably before ww2 when the Germans moved all civilians out of the area to build a training center. There were also a line of gun bunkers with 3 ft thick walls (destroyed but you could still drive up to them and walk inside). As head of ordinance repair for tank units firing at the ranges when they had day's off I'd take my mutt and explore the place. In Saw this type of damage for real although the roads were clear and most wooden items had rotted away. In Berlin at the time ( 70's ) you could look over the wall into east Berlin and see buildings that had never been repaired after ww2. I've always had a talent for this type of thing as a model no matter how well done seems to be missing something if it doesn't have some type of diorama even if very small to sit on when not being played with. Plus it helps to have a very active imagination. Thanks for the compliment.

[ALPHA]

Alpha, I spent 3 years in Germany when in the army and in the huge expanse of the Graphenwier live fire area there were actually destroyed small villages that had sat vacant from probably before ww2 when the Germans moved all civilians out of the area to build a training center. There were also a line of gun bunkers with 3 ft thick walls (destroyed but you could still drive up to them and walk inside). As head of ordinance repair for tank units firing at the ranges when they had day's off I'd take my mutt and explore the place. In Saw this type of damage for real although the roads were clear and most wooden items had rotted away. In Berlin at the time ( 70's ) you could look over the wall into east Berlin and see buildings that had never been repaired after ww2. I've always had a talent for this type of thing as a model no matter how well done seems to be missing something if it doesn't have some type of diorama even if very small to sit on when not being played with. Plus it helps to have a very active imagination. Thanks for the compliment.

I had a hunch you had more experience than just looking at pictures in a book... nothing like "real" life to set images in the mind...it must be pleasurable for you to do these dioramas.... as you can revisit days gone by

ALPHA

[greengiant]

Yea APHA for me those were the good old days. I just wish I had taken a lot of still pictures when I was there. I did have a movie camera and a lot of film footage but it was all stolen from my shipped home items or possibly confiscated ( cold war was in full swing then ). I even had footage at an airshow I went to in Upper Hayford ( I think that was the name of the place ) at a US Airforce base in England. The neatest piece was when this huge British Vulcan bomber did some minor aerobatics and a low level, about ten feet above, flying run down the runway.

[Markocaster]

Great photos and even better modeling