WOW!
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I agree with Ian, that's a beautiful job! It looks so damn realistic, you could put those pictures on a travel website & be flooded with requests to stay there!
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If I hadn't watched this build I would have never believed what it was made from. This is not just a stunning lesson in scratch modelling from household bits and pieces but it is also a lesson in composition and sheer imagination.
Then the absolute master stroke, a couple of figures. Even then you take them to a complete new level by cutting one in half and sticking him in the water.
When you think of all the available kits there are nowadays with aftermarket PE, resin, white metal and plastic a model such as this is still the one to blow us away.
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Awesome!!!! Really amazing and stunning.Comment
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Absolutely fabulous Ron. Looks very lifelike and your swimmer certainly picked a day for it!
Great build
PaulComment
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Amazing work Ron.
JasonComment
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That is just superb mate, and I don't use that word lightly. Quality build all round and an excellent story line, what a difference a couple of figures make.
scottComment
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What can I say that hasn't already been said Ron a great piece to your very high standards Stunning mateComment
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Awesome amazing superb splendid there are not enough superlatives to describe this amazing piece of artwork because that is what it is art, it should be in the louvre or somewhere like that displayed among the likes of botcelli.Comment
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What amazing comments...can there be a better way to start my day?!...well, 11.00 anyway!
Thanks to everyone for your great posts..
To answer the questions.
Monica, he was originally from the Revell 1/72 German Artillery WW2 set. He then became a pilot caught having a wash in my B.O.B. dio. where his aircraft has ended up in a farmers pond.....Finally,I 'borrowed' him for this model, cut him in half and let him have swim!
Dave, to be honest, I don't know. It just happened. Yet another 'Happy accident'...all a bit vague but I really haven't a clue.
Lee, to impress a woman...any woman, has got to be the best result any of us boys can hope for. Please thank her for her approval......
Finally, I had a p.m. from a member, who pointed out the daubed slogan on the wall was spelt wrongly......Luckily I can blame an internet translator for the error!
So I redid it and here for that member's benefit is a new photo showing the correct spelling, and thanks for drawing the error to my attention.
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Cheers all,
Ron
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Great post kp.......and I know I use polystyrene pizza bases for my models, but there is no way I'm going to show this next to a real pizza!!!Originally posted by \Comment
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Truly amazing - and imaginative! Many of the pictures could be mistaken for pictures of a real scene. Fantastic work, even before you realise it's scratchbuilt in 1:72. As for the mistake with 'Tuez le Boche', it's part of a grand tradition. Remember 'Romanos eunt domus' in Life of Brian?Comment
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Thanks Doug, I'm glad you like the dio. I don't think I would daub 'Tuez le Boche' 100 times on the walls - even if John Cleese ordered me to!!Originally posted by \Comment
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As one who had Latin inflicted on him at school I always had an instinctive sympathy for the unlucky graffiti artist (wasn't it Graham Chapman) as he received an impromptu lesson from the Roman soldier (who was definitely John Cleese).
Genius!
Steve
Edit....I'd completely forgotten that Cleese ordered him to write it 100 times ! More genius ! "Romani ite domum"
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Ron, just to let you know that my better half was wondering what I had now found. She thought it was a photo of a real house.. (Well we are house hunting). When I told her that it was a model she was impressed. When I told her how it was built, she was amazed. On seeing the photo with your hand she said......well never mind what she said, but she ment it in the best possible way.!
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