Battle of the Bulge Diorama by Paul Keefe

It's time for me to make some more videos for our Diorama of the Day series and the first video is ready. I have worked all night to get the video done because once I got started, I couldn't stop until it was completed. I guess a lot of model builders know that feeling. Just having to complete those damn tracks before you can go to bed...

First up is another masterpiece by Paul Keefe called "Butcher's Bill". I will properly present more of his work in the future, simply because I love the way Paul tells a story in his work. The level of details in his dioramas reminds me of a page from a good old cartoon. This is a 1/35 scale Sherman tank set in the Battle of the Bulge.

The diorama represents the last stand of the US 28th Infantry Division (Pennsylvania Army National Guard) at the Battle of Clervaux Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge. The 28th Infantry took 90% loses, killed and captured, but delayed the German 5th Panzer Army long enough for the 101st Airborne Division to get into position around Bastogne. The M4 depicted here was part of "A" Company of the 707th Medium Tank Battalion, attached to the US 28th Inf. Division at this time.

If you are hungry for more and want to see pictures of this stunning diorama, just click here to visit Paul's website.

-Kasper

M4 Sherman Po River - Diorama of the Day

This beautiful and creative diorama was created by Len Philpot and it depicts a US M4 tank submerged in the Po River flood in Italy. The crew is working frantically to secure the tank and salvage their possessions. Len has used the Verlinden 'sunken sherman' kit for the diorama, which has been sold to a private collector in Spain.

The piece is in 35th. scale and was first published on missing-lynx.com and if you follow the link you can see a lot more pictures.

-Kasper

D-Day Sherman - Diorama of the day

by Kasper Fischer

This is technically a vignette but let's call it a diorama. Otherwise I have to change the name of the segment and I really like it. This beautiful piece is constructed by Cheehong Ahn and posted on missing-lynx.com. I really think Cheehong has been able to tell a story through the simplicity of this diorama.

  

The original Sherman tank on the D-Day beach.

Normandy 1944 - Diorama of the Day

by Kasper Fischer

This extensive and highly detailed diorama is done by another blogger from Poland. Lukas's blog (coldemons) is defernatley worth checking out. He has a lot of excellent tanks, AFV's and dioramas. I actually think the everybody in Poland are doing scale models because I keep running into the most talented artists. All from Poland. 

Saipan beach tank - Diorama of the Day

by Kasper Fischer

I love the this stuff!!! This is my kind of diorama and if I ever get up to par with these guys I will definitely get into stuff like this. The Sherman diorama reminds me of the range-target Sherman Rob Ferreira did some months ago. If you don't remember or haven't seen Rob's Sherman a needed link is here.

I really like to take the army and all the seriousness out of the models and create something more creative. In my humble opinion I think dirt, rust and decay always makes any model kit come alive and look much more interesting and eye-pleasing.

This Sherman was created by Miklós Sikora & Peter Horvath from Cobra Modelling Club. If you wish to see the pictures of the original tank, click here.

US. M32 Tank Recovery Vehicle.

By Francis Lee




Model: (1/35 scale)
Nichimo M4 Sherman chassis
Italeri M32 TRV parts
Tamiya Figures

Several months ago, I made a M4A1 Sherman diorama. These days I use the chassis of that Sherman tank of NICHIMO and combined it with parts from a M32 TRV of ITALERI. They fit with each other easily. Right now I wonder what to do with the original turrent of the Sherman, perhaps I should think of another diorama for the turrent.

Mr. Scratch Mod

by Kasper Fischer

Rob Ferreira aka Mr. Scratch Mod just started a new series on his YouTube channel. He is new to YouTube and his videos are still a little rough around the edges but his skills are unprecedented... I have never seen the beauty of destruction, decay and rust replicated as fine as in his work. I'm really looking forward to see more work from his hands and some more great tutorials on YouTube. Right now he's working on a range target M4 Sherman.

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.