Koslova, yeah, my partisans DO have nerves of steel (just like the real ones ) especially because they are so close to the bridge, so when it would blow up... :yow
More seriously, they are that close because if they were too distant, in a diorama that would be unattractive.
Btw, see the new pics attached, showing a better detail of the partisan in charge of the detonator, the cable connecting to the dynamite and in the other pic the sticks of dynamite under the bridge
Mike, I don't know about future projects for the moment
As mentioned above I made these many years ago, and haven't been active on this hobby for a long time. I just don't know if I'll have the opportunity to make all those kits I still have in stock (old cars, WWII airplanes, armor vehicles, 120mm figures...) later or not...
There is one project that I started years ago but never finished, a 1/32 scale Messerschmitt 109, that I'd love to finish one day. The engine is ready, most of the cockpit with a lot of scratch building is almost ready... Maybe one of these days
Impressive Dolf. You have one good eye for detail that is for sure. I used to dabble in this but found out I do not have the patience for such intricate detailed work like you do. Very nice displays.
Koslova Wrote:Whohhhaaaaa!!! I totally missed the dynamite now the diorama is even cooler. How long did it take to make it with all these cool details?
Koslova,
The diorama itself, once all the rest (figurines, side-car, house, etc) was ready, wasn't that long. I don't remember exactly (if I remember it right I might have done this back in 83-84, when I was still young and no belly ) but I remember the bridge and most of the diorama was probably made in a week-end or so. Can't remember if the river was also done in that same week-end. As for the German soldiers, partisans, side-car, and most of the house, that probably took around a couple of weeks or so.
When doing these dioramas, small details that most people won't even notice was one of the things that used to give me great pleasure
For example on the other diorama, "Falaise", there is a fire where they are preparing to cook something (it's rest time for the soldiers, but the radio man and the Officers are busy and alert!), and there are two dead rabbits near the fire that most people don't even notice. You can see them on that pic from above, but for a better detail see the close-up pic attached.
Wanted to make another close-up pic of the Officer, smoking a scratch build cigarette and drinking from a scratch build cup, but the damn batteries of my camera just went down and need to be recharged. Will post that one later.
PS: Ok, batteries recharged.
Attached four more pics.
ekclete Wrote:Impressive Dolf. You have one good eye for detail that is for sure. I used to dabble in this but found out I do not have the patience for such intricate detailed work like you do. Very nice displays.
Clete,
Thanks.
The funny thing is that I used to have the patience only for those kind of details, but was never really a patient person I guess and most of the time lack of patience for many other things
I suppose I need to feel some kind of passion for something (or someone ) for feeling patient
Or maybe doing all those detailed little things worked like a theraphy, at least while I was busy doing it!
Anyway, haven't felt patient enough to get back to the hobby in a long time!
Dolf,
I understand what you mean. Right now I have the want to do one but the tremors make it difficult (I hate saying impossible!!!) to attempt one.:banghead I may try a simple one in the near future. I'll work with my occupational therapist at the Veterans Hospital. She has some ways of making the hand steady. I'll post it if it works out.
07-19-2006, 12:09 AM (This post was last modified: 07-19-2006, 05:11 AM by Dolf.)
riley1965 Wrote:Dolf,
I understand what you mean. Right now I have the want to do one but the tremors make it difficult (I hate saying impossible!!!) to attempt one.:banghead I may try a simple one in the near future. I'll work with my occupational therapist at the Veterans Hospital. She has some ways of making the hand steady. I'll post it if it works out.
Best,
Doc
Hey Mike,
Whenever the boddy (or the mind or whatever other circumstances of life) don't allow us to do this or that, then we find something else to do that makes us feel good, right?
What matters is that we feel happy with whatever we do I guess.
That applies to the Medals collecting as well: I know that unless I win the lottery I'll never be able to afford some high end items, but I'm still very happy with those I can afford. Right?
Take care, buddy,
Dolf
PS: hey, and about your therapist having some ways of making the hand steady... I bet she knows how, you lucky rascal :thumbsup
Just kidding
Here is an image of another model ship of mine, a 1:144 Soviet borderguard vessel, perhaps equal to a large destroyer. The awards given to the shipyard ( )
a) during construction (Medal for Labor distinction) .. and
b) upon completion (Order of Red Banner of Labor) are present...initially recommended for a Order of Lenin, the award was downgraded due to failing electrical equipment that still almost 5 years after completion is not working
Anyway, the model is equipped with radio control (unfortunately japanese made, not DDR) and since it is nice weather today here in the middle of the baltic sea, I will take it for a trip today Named after some girl I was in love with during college, the ship was completed in 2002 and is constructed from plywood and balsa. Weight about 7 kg.
The flag is a huge 1.5x3 metres navy flag made in 1977. Please also enjoy the flowers of my mothers dining room, my own table was not big enough.
Hello gents,
since everybody is showing their projects and dioramas, I thought I´d also give it a try. Last year in Japan I had the chance to buy some very cheap and unused Tamiya models and miniatures at second hand stores; however, I had to wait like a year or so to begin assembling both the tank and the soldier miniatures. Now they´re almost finished, but there are some unfinished details (like the mud on boots, buttons and leather straps) and I can´t find the stuff necessary for building the scenery, like trees, soil, walls, extra equipment and that kind of things.
So, tell me, how would it look better? in the field or in the middle of a city ruins? Are the rust spots on the tank applied correctly? Let me know any kind of thing you`d like to say, please.
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Are now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Are now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight The Who, Won't get fooled again
) especially because they are so close to the bridge, so when it would blow up... :yow 
) but I remember the bridge and most of the diorama was probably made in a week-end or so. Can't remember if the river was also done in that same week-end. As for the German soldiers, partisans, side-car, and most of the house, that probably took around a couple of weeks or so.
