Small scale WW2 dioramas

[Peter Gillson]

My addiction continues… here are some photos of my latest base: a early war town street.



I think I will add some early war vehicles

Peter

[Mini Me]

Nice.......that would be a good backdrop for a Hitler parade in this 2 tone Mercedes G4. Rick H.

[minitnkr]

Outstanding work Peter, can't wait to see the pool table. Ahh.... memories of smoke filled rooms trying to run the second table.

[Andy Belsey]

I'm enjoying seeing these dioramas Peter, and wondering what's next??? Great stuff! Soon you'll have a collection as large as mine!
Andy

[Peter Gillson]

Hi Guys

Rick - that woud be the ideal dio, unfortunately I cannot source civilian figures for the crowd, nor the Merc.
Paul - the bar billiard table is slowly progressing, this week I have been working on the leg joints to build the frame as well as work out the ball return runs. Each pocket needs its own channel under the playing table to return to balls to the player.
Andrew - my collection is slowly building up, next may involve a shallow river crossing.

Peter

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
Great stuff. I can see how these micro dios become addictive. Looking at the photos it's hard to appreciate just how small they are. I love the street scene. Are the buildings scratch built?
Jim

[adt70hk]

most of today was spend drawing up some detailed plans of the bar billiards table I am about to start building, but I found enough time to work on the Stug:

I used to love playing bar billiards in the pub - when you could find one that had it - but pool has taken over.... Shame.

Would love to see the table once it's finished.

[adt70hk]

Great work Peter. Love the Stug Dio!!

Outstanding work at this scale.

[minitnkr]

Billiards & snooker were not my games as the adults took up the few tables available in my misspentyout.

[Peter Gillson]

Hi Guys
thanks for the kind comments.

Jim. - its not too late to add some to your list from Santa!
Andrew - fortunatly we still have a thriving pub bar billiards scene. A few pubs still have them and there is still a league, Guernsey has even had some world champions.
Paul - we were fortunatd to have a large number of pubs when i was young, most having either a pool table or bar billiards table so my misspent youth involved both. It was so misspent that we used to use a plastic comb to stop the bar from falling in the bar billiards table!

Peter

[adt70hk]

Hi Guys
thanks for the kind comments.

Jim. - its not too late to add some to your list from Santa!
Andrew - fortunatly we still have a thriving pub bar billiards scene. A few pubs still have them and there is still a league, Guernsey has even had some world champions.
Paul - we were fortunatd to have a large number of pubs when i was young, most having either a pool table or bar billiards table so my misspent youth involved both. It was so misspent that we used to use a plastic comb to stop the bar from falling in the bar billiards table!

Peter

Looks like I need a holiday to Guernsey!

[Peter Gillson]

Hi all

managed to fInish a couple of mini dioramas before Christmas. The first I have added some vehicles to the base creating an early war scene of troops going off to war. Ideally there should have been some civilians but I cannot find anybody who makes them.

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The second is the same location but 5 years later with the Allies advancing through the same area which has a lot of battle damage and white flags replacing the Nazi banners:


Peter

[Mini Me]

Those are both very nice Peter, don't sweat the civilians..........it's the "wee" hours of the morning and they are all snug in their beds....with visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads!

[scottie3158]

Peter,
That is a cracking build mate with lots of fine detail that belies it's small size.

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
These mini dios are really stunning. Marvellous detail in such tiny packages.
Jim