Diorama "The Desert Fox"

Diorama “The Desert Fox” using Dragon’s Panzer III Ausf.H and Master Box’s Rommel and German Tank Crew, DAK WWII - by “PJ”:

There’re more images in my latest page:

http://www.falconbbs.com/model66b.htm

Comments and suggestions are welcome! :slight_smile:

Very life like poses. great work!

Thanks, gjw!

It looks good, but it’s too clean a vehicle, also what unit does it belong to? There aren’t any unit markings for either the 15th or 21st Panzer Divisions. The wear and the tear of the paint is good, but no gear! I have been reading “Panzers In The Sand” about Panzer Regiment 5 and the text and pictures tell of the equipment carried. Especially of the extra track and road wheels carried on the front of the tank as additional armor. One battle comment from a German tanker noted being hit on one of the road wheels and that it did deflect the shot. As the Afrika Korps didn’t work from established bases the crew carried all that they could on their tanks.

I would guess also that the crew has been regularly oiled their wood handles and such of their equipment, just too clean and well kept. The sun would have at least started to bleach the wood and the tools would also have a covering of dust over them as well. The cloth caps of the crew were bleached to almost white by the sun ( the uniforms to a lesser amount) or by the use of gasoline (the bleached cap was sort of badge of honor, saying “I am Afrika Korps!”

It could be that I am being picky, but I have been researching items for my builds and these are things that I have found.

Mike T.

This is just me but I would have dusted up that tank, specially the running gear and bleached out the uniforms in true DAK fashion. With that said, it’s still a very nice dio with great figure painting.

Great dio!

Mike

I like the figures in particular, really well done.

My only comment to change anything would be that the map appears stiff and out of scale.

Thanks for more comments, suggestions and compliments since my last reply. I really appreciate them!