Very nice reference to the Bauhaus. I wrote my thesis on same. That building was built in 1933 so it could be appropriate, if the scene is set in Dessau, but it was a trend setter.
More likely, it’s way too modern for the PzKw, but thats been explained.
The building would fail on it’s own because it doesn’t have any vertical load bearing members.
It needs a big corner column. Cant just pancake floors one on the other.
You all have been saying that without knowing quite why.
Even in Beirut they know that. The worst I’ve ever personally seen is Hong Kong.
If there are some details that are architecturally incorrect maybe we should blame it on lax building codes. The top photo is 1/1. The bottom is my 1/35 version of the same. Cheers!
I’ll admit I missed that the first time around, I just noticed the German tank, saw all the comments and went from there. I’ll admit it looks like the picture, which is a very nice shot, but I still think it really only fits the middle eastern setting, I understand it’s up to the buyer to do with it what he wants- but that being said, I know that I, can’t speak for everyone else, but my goal was to give you feedback for advertisement purposes. I’ve been on your site a few times, and while I’ve said I only build dios from scratch, I do look to kits and box art for ideas, and although I’ve yet to, at some point I might very well buy a kit if it’s just what I need, so far I’ve been able to get away with customizing my own builds, but a nice OOB built could prove more favorable in the future. I never meant to.
While some commented on removing this tank or adding this and that, I can understand you trying to tell them that it’s just for a sense of scale- but at the same time- if you have box art type pictures on your website, you want to put it into a scene that a buyer can see, look at his stash and say “yeah, I can see this building with my ___” or even better- “I should get kit ___ (also by your downtowndeco productions) to go with this” –I’m telling you this from a buyers standpoint. Now at the same time, I know as a buyer, it’s always annoying to see building x needs accessory kit y of rubble to make it look like the box art. Not trying to tell you what to do, just trying to tell you why I at least was saying what was said as it looks like this threads getting a little frustrating for you.
On the bright side, your buildings from what I’ve seen, and as best as I can see from a picture of the original builds, are top quality masters for the mold, and best as I can tell, no one’s complaining about the level of detail or your painting and scratch building abilities.
Seeing it like this, with the Abrahms in there kinda sealed the deal for me. Something wasn’t sitting right visually when I first saw it with the German equipment. I understand what you are saying about it all being up to the buyer, and that the vehicles are there for illustrative purposes, but what you put forth for people to see has a huge impact on how they view the kit in their mind. As mentioned above, by psstoff99.
I liked it, as a kit, from the beginning, and had already formulated some ideas in my head as to how I, personally, would use it. As soon as I saw that M1, it just clicked in my head, and I have now decided that I would like to do something more modern, and that your building should be central to it.
So even with all the ups and downs that this thread has taken, it looks like you have just made a sale when this comes to market!
[:D]
Steve
P.s. A boatload of extra rubble with it would certainly make this buyer happy! [;)]
