1/72 Ural 4320 w KS-2573 - Diorama of the Day

What a brilliant idea! I really think this is a very creative way to make an attractive looking diorama. The piece was made by Péter Horváth from Cobra Modelling Club and yes it's the same guy who made the Saipan Beach Sherman, we have featured on our channel.

Great going Péter and we are looking forward to see what else comes out of your workshop, in the future. 

-Kasper

Painting small scale vehicles.

by Kasper Fischer

"The Fallen King" in 1/72 scale by Svend-Åke Grufstedt.

If you are as impressed with the amazing work by Svend-Åke Grufstedt as I am and would like to improve your painting skills, you really should go ahead and download his new booklet. 

It is a rather short, but very precise guide to painting small armour.

Svend-Åke takes you through all the steps he uses to get his tanks looking like they do. He writes about forced-contrast, the hairspray technique, salt, pigments and oil-paint. 

The booklet is a free download and can be found through this link.

"Battle of Mylae" 260 B.C. in 1/72 scale

by Michael Rieß



I have depicted a fight between a Carthaginian and a Roman trireme at the Battle of Mylae in 260 BC, in this diorama. Roman soldiers are storming across their boarding bridge (lat. corvus, engl. raven) for a direct assault on the enemy ship. The Battle of Mylae took place in the First Punic War, it ended with a Roman victory.

I used two Trireme kits and several packages of figures from Zvezda for this big project.


The first video is about the construction of the ships and the planning of the diorama. I show you all the different kits and figures I used in the build. I also share some of my knowledge of the ships and their use, in a historic context.

In the second video I give you a close up of the figures.

The third video is about the construction of the diorama. I don't have a lot of experience with water effects and I'm not completely satisfied with the result but I learn by trying and this was a fun project. 

RAF F-2A2 Buffalo

By Francis Lee



1/72 Airfix Scale Model

In 1939, some 170 Buffalo were ordered by RAF and flown alos by RAAF & RNZAF in defence of Malaysia and Singapore. A lost of these were shot down by Japanese Zero and Hayabusa (Oscar) and captured by Japanese army.

VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRIpavv-9Bg&feature=relmfu

Airfix F-2A1 Buffalo of US Navy

By Francis Lee


Model: Airfix 1/72 scale F-2A1 Buffalo

I bought this kit in around 1987, luckily the decals are still able to use, the kit does not come with a box but just a clear plastic bag to store everything inside. It was the first & the last time I saw this kind of packing of Airfix model. As usual I need to fill up some gaps all around but it still fun to build up such an old kit after all.

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRIpavv-9Bg&feature=relmfu

Type 1 Hayabusa at Kumagaya Flying School 1945.

by Francis Lee


1/72 Hasegawa Scale Model

These Hayabusa (Oscar) and Isuzu fuel truck are classic kits of Hasegawa. I bought them while I was at high school and I build them recently.

The diorama setting was base on the decals data I got that flying schools planes turn to become Japan Mainland Air Defence Force to intercept B-29 in 1944-45. This Kumagaya Flying School is located in Saitama prefecture which is just behind Tokyo, so it is good place to set up flying team to shoot down US bombers that came to bomb Tokyo area.

Video of this diorama.

The Raetian Limes, 2nd century A.D.

by Michael Rieß



I painted some Roman legionaries a while ago and was thinking of building a diorama for them. The Raetian Limes is quite close to my hometown, so i decided to build it and to add the figures.
The figures are mainly from Caesar Miniatures, the barbarians are from various manufacturers like Italeri, Revell and MiniArt.
I painted them with acrylic paints from Revell.

The watch tower is a laser-cut kit from Fredericus rex and consists of cardboard and thin wood. I tried to add a dark wash, but i soon realized that the thin material starts to disintegrate and to bend, so i stopped the procedure.
The research and construction of the diorama made a lot of fun, maybe i will do more of this stuff, like a Roman fort or harbour scene.

The diorama shows Germanic bandits who raided the back land and now try to return into the safety of Germania. To get there they have to cross the Limes border. Unfortunately they are hunted by roman Legionaries and have a unit of roman watchmen in front. Now they have to fight their way through, which is almost impossible considering the numeric superiority of the romans.

I made a quite detailed video about the history of the Limes and the construction of the diorama. Enjoy!

Scandinavian Airlines Flight 751 - Diorama of the Day

by Kasper Fischer

This astunishing diorama was the Best of Show in the IPMS 2011 Danish nationals. It was entered in the Documentation class and depict SAS Flight 751 that crashed in Sweden in 1991. The airliner had just left Arlanda airport when both engines cut out on the brand new, state of the art DC-9. 

The Danish pilot managed to crash land the aircraft in a field in the secluded forest of Gottöra and amazingly everybody survived. 

The diorama was build by Albert Tureczek and is mostly scratch build in 1/72 scale.