Hey, im new to the site but not to modelling. I’m 16 and have been modelling since before I can remember starting with snap-tite cars and trucks with my dad. I’ve moved on to armor and aircraft models now, mostly 1/72 WWII and a little 1/144. I mostly got into the 1/144 because I’m currently working on an N-scale layout and wanted to incorporate some military theme into it. I bought a lot of 1/144 tanks by Takara and various companies off of eBay and I plan to use them all up on dios or the layout. I’ve made a few little dios for 1/72 before that i might post later.
Anyways…
This is my latest dio in 1/144, I haven’t thought of a title because i dont usually name mine. The tank is a Nashorn that I slightly weathered and i repainted the figures from their original black uniforms. I laid down some WS deadgrass and groundcovers first then made the scratchbuilt tree out things I found in the garbage. The bushes are just foliage clusters, I didn’t feel the need to get too elaborate because it’s a small scale and it would be mostly covered by snow anyways. The base is just a piece of the white bead foam. I usually just keep the sides of my dios plain and showing the foam because I’m really the only one who sees them other than my parents but this time i decided to cut some scraps i found in the woodshop to length and glue them to the side. The sides also helped keep the loose snow from falling off. The snow is just some flour i sifted over glued damped ground, then I added another layer ontop that’s loose and fluffy. Anyways sorry for the long speech, and heres the pics.
Ignore what the tree looks like in the next two pics, it doesnt look like it should in the first one.
I also need to become better at taking pictures. Plus its a small scale so it’s hard to focus.