D-Day Diorama

Modeling Subjects Dioramas
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This project is my submission for the D-Day group build, but I thought that I’d post it here too for anyone who might be interested. It’s my diorama showing the movement of one gun from the 13th Field Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division rolling inland from Juno beach on June 6th.

The Priest is a 1/76 scale Fujimi kit and the crew ismade up from a mixture of 1/72 and 1/76 scale figures from Airfix, Hasagawa, Fujimi and Esci. I built the base on top of a ceramic tile, building up the ground using air-dry modeling clay. The stone wall is also made from air-dry modeling clay. The dirt for the road (and the mud on the vehicle) is regular dirt stolen from my wife’s potted plants, and the ‘grass’ is made from layers of a couple of different shades of Woodland Scenics ground covering. I used Woodlaned Scenics for the hedges as well, using two shades of foilage glued to dried grape stems to build them.

I hope you like the final product, comments and questions are welcome. [:)]

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Great job, Warren. I know that working on small kits like that is really a tough act but you were able to come up with a good work there.

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Thanks Dwight [:)]

To be honest I’ve been building in this scale for so long I can’t imagine working in anything but 1/72 or 1/76 [;)]

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Nice job on the ground work. All that is missing is a German waiting to destroy it with a panzerfaust.

Nice job.

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NIce job. The hedgerows add to the sense of suspense.

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I like it, Warren! There’s something to be said about 1/72nd diorama’s, and friend, you’re speaking the right language! [:)]

Thanks,
Frank