Panzer IIV and Normandy Church diorama scene

[Guest]

Cheers Ron, yes this is great fun and I enjoy finding every day items to turn into bushes and trees. I stuck a load of my minced up washing up sponge on a bit of roughly broken polystyrene and painted it green for a bush effect seems to coming along now. Tomorrow I will go on a search for more bits and bobs to turn into stuff. I still have load of fly tying materials in my old fishing box so will dig that out and see what I can come up with cant wait. Thanks for inspiring us all with your great work.

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[geegad]

superb looking dio buddy coming along nice

[Guest]

Decided I need more brick work in the back part so have made another broken wall and covered that in Polyfilla also adding food blender kitchen sponge to smaller chunky bits of polystyrene to give me some bushes. Pretty much making it up as I find stuff to use around the house.

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[Guest]

for someone who is making it up as they go along,its looking awesome,im liking this more and more

mobear

[Guest]

Cheers Ole, the only issue I have with making these dioramas is where on earth do you put them when your finished making them? I think I will have to take a visit to my local air museum and see if they would like to have display this summer. I ordered an 88mm anti tank gun with German crew for this one but its not big enough to fit them all in. Funny though as instead of the anti tank gun they sent me an SAS pink panther jeep! Pink Jeep might have been interesting though lol

[Guest]

Still looking awesome Mark, jealous of the imagination needed for these dios! I've yet to really finish a dio!

[Guest]

now theres an idea!!!!museum display?,free entry?sounds like you could be onto a winner lol

mobear

[Guest]

A bit more done bushes and extra walls at the back painted up grass and leafs added lots more to do..

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[Guest]

Still looking awesome Mark, jealous of the imagination needed for these dios! I've yet to really finish a dio!

Cheers Stuart

I have a good imagination being dyslexic I have strong visual eye and like being creative cartoons astrophotography model making kite making and many other interests. However I honestly believe that if it was not for the encouragement that I have had on this forum and the great dioramas and models others have come up with I would not have been doing this but very glad I am its great fun.

There are some very talented and kind people on here and I am grateful for there encouragement.

[Guest]

Wow, a very crafty and talented bloke then! Brilliant work so far, keep it up! I'm gona send you a list of models and you can give me ideas lol!

[Guest]

He he yes I have lots of thing on the back boiler here are some links to my other interests if you want to know what else I get up to.

Cartoons

Zitty-Ben | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Astronomy

Star Gazing

https://www.youtube.com/user/boodlewoodle

Angling

- Broads Angling Strategy Group

Marine fish

Mark & Kathys Marine Tank Adventures

Not to mention game model design level design and web design.

I just love to do creative stuff and model making is at the moment my number one obsession :grinball1:

[Guest]

Here are some pictures that have given me ideas for this diorama now adding a wall to the front side.

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[spanner570]

This starting to look something special Mark, and it seems to me you are getting a bit of a buzz on! You are finding out these dios. are not to be feared, but rather an adventure......With each stage new ideas come along don't they?...I have no idea where from either!

I'm so glad you are having fun making your model and I can see with each stage your confidence is increasing.

All sounds a bit shmaltzy perhaps, but I don't care!

Well done,

Ron

[michaelm]

Mark, your a bloody natural at this game mate. Great work, keep it coming. M

[Guest]

Many thank Chaps, if I was to take off the tanks I realized that I have made a model of my own with just some old Styrofoam packaging a bit of ply wood and some pollyfilla, household sponges and some twigs. The acrylics cost a quid from qd it is really surprising what you can do with some junk around the house lol.

I don't think I have room for anything any bigger then this but I am really enjoying making it that's for sure. My wife is great for helping me with my colors as I am color blind with greens and reds.

Scanning the net for images on the subject is also very helpful you can pick up lots of little ideas. I liked the wall with the plaque on it so am having a bash at that now need to add some vines and foliage to it but I like it.

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