Scratch Built CAT 374D in 1/35 Scale

This fantastic model were scratch built by Alexander Gololobov and painted by Andrey Grechkin. They won at the Gold medal at SMC2015 and were announced winner of Mig productions prize for best weathering. Enjoy the pictures fellows.

Amazing Diorama of Argonath from "Lord of the Rings".

"The Guardians" by Alexander Krasnov.

I recently came across this wonderful diorama by Alexander Krasnov from Ukraine. Normally I'm not the biggest fan of fantasy models but this piece it truly a stunning work of craftsmanship. The whole idea of using a book for the base of the diorama is very creative and unique and I will follow Alexander's work in the future to see what adventures will come out of his workbench.

The scale is about 1:100 scale and the diorama measures 40 centimetres by 28 centimetres. All scratch build for our enjoyment. Click here to visit Alexander's model page and see more of his astonishing work.

The King Child - Diorama of the Day

I have previously shown another piece by Nicolas Cabaret of JBA Diorama. A small vignette called Baba Yaga. Nicolas is creating some of the most spectacular and inspiring work I have ever seen and I have spend the last couple of nights looking at all the wonderful pictures on his website.

This piece is called The King Child and features a wrecked ship crushed by the ice. In the centre of the diorama Nicolas has sculpted a nice scene of a child jumping into the arms of a man. I guess he has a long story to go along with the diorama and if you are the curious type you should really explore his site. There's a lot of treasures to find.

HM Cutter Alert - Diorama of the Day

"Alert" 1/48 scale scratch build diorama by Kazunobu Shirai.

All men on deck! The HM Cutter is in a very dangerous position in the hard storm and the crew needs to be alert.

I love when model builders are creating a story line in their pieces and this amazing diorama from Kazunobu Shirai is a perfect example of this. Not only is it a stunning model but Kazunobu truly shows he understand the sea and I have received information from a good friend and a professional seaman, that the sea and the ships positioning is very realistic depicted.

The model itself is not less impressive. The HM Cutter is a 1/48 scale model and is completely scratch build and hand crafted. The rigging looks great and the whole model just looks so damn good. Most the figures are converted from Tamiya German soldiers but it really don't show. I will be stopping by his website in the future to see what goes on in Kazunobu Shirai's workshop. If you want to see more of these beautiful ship models, please follow this link...

-Kasper

D-Day plus 4 - Diorama of the Day

by Kasper Fischer

This amazing scratch-build 1/72 scale US Coast Guard patrol boat and diorama was created by Michael Maynard and published on modelshipgallery.com. The boat itself is a fantastic model but the diorama really brings it to life. I think it's very interesting to see all the activity on the dockyard and when ever I see work like this, I always start to create a back-story in my head. Maybe the boat was attacked by a 109 in the English channel, trying to pick up a downed pilot. Michael is calling the diorama 'D-Day Plus 4' so maybe it was damaged during the invasion. 

Michael has posted a bunch of close-up pictures on the website so please follow the link and check out all the nice details.

Halo 3 - Making Of the 'Believe' Diorama

The official "making of" video that complements the stunning "Believe" diorama spot.

Worlds smallest model railroad

by Kasper Fischer

It too me a while to understand but I think I got it now. This is an N scale diorama, made for a Z scale layout. Meaning first you take the prototype and make it Z scale. Then you decide your small 1/220 people want a N scale model railroad diorama, which is in 1/160 scale. This makes the actual scale of the tiny train layout 1/35200. Can your eyes handle that?

Modelling Stowage on Tanks and AFV by Ron Haywood

A video which shows a way to quickly and easily add your own stowage to tanks and AFV's. Here Ron Haywood add some stowage to a Sherman M4A1 I'm working on. It is a good way to give your model a unique look and stowage is rarely missing from any WWII photos you see. Hopefully this method is so easy even beginners can give it a try.

For the magic sculp Ron used www.elgrecominiatures.co.uk and I think it's only fair to give them a plug here seeing as they gave me great service and they do stock a nice range of figures.

Boeing B-17 Aluminum Scale Model

Rojas Bazan Aluminum Scale Model 100% from Scratch Handmade-Museum quality model. 1/15 scale.

Rojas Bazán's Aluminum aircraft

Fantastic scratch build aircrafts...

visit his website...