My first Diorama!

Modeling Subjects Dioramas
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I’m going to finally start my diorama. It’s going to have a two story building, something like this:

only grey. Now, on the top story, I’ll have some German officers around a table with just some random, generic Russian maps. On the bottom story, I was thinking of having a quatermaster “station”, a place with petrol (Or gasoline, as it should be called. ), ammunition boxes, etc. (I unfortunately don’t know what the “etc.” is… ) Would having a QM station there be “right”? I’d like to think that is somewhere around '43, the Ukraine.

All around the outside of the building, I’m going to have two Sdkfz. 251/4’s (Ammunition Carrier), a 251/1(Infantry Carrier) , a Marder III (Not the “M”), and possibly a Kommeunderwagen.

On the 251/4, I’ve checked around, and I figure that I’m going to take out the back two seats in the Hanomag, and fill it with some Machine Gun Ammo boxes, two 75 mm AT shell boxes, and maybe some random wood boxes. (I love random )

On the 251/1, I’ll have some Wehrmacht infantry just taking a seat, if I can get them to sit on those short, tiny seats.

With the Marder III, I will have some men just lounging around, maybe eating a sausage or sandwich, (Oh, and by the by, how could I make that in 1/35th scale?), maybe sleeping, just waiting for orders. Also, could I have the vehicles from different divisions? You know, after some were annihilated, reformed, but still kept their original division’s signs?
What do you guy and gals think? Thanks for your time.

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Sounds like a big project. Should be great when finished.

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sounds great! you could probably make the sausage and sandwich from epoxy putty, like milliput. really neat idea

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you could probly make a sasuage from a sprue

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it does sound huge. good luck on the project.

joe

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Sounds pretty good. I don’t think the supply depot would be under the HQ area though. Maybe you could have some furniture and a bunch of guys lounging around on the lower level. Or have the lower level as a radio operations area. Dragon had a great kit of German radio operators and radios, they were in a command post with table, radios, chairs, etc. That way it would keep the idea of the HQ going. Don’t know if it is still available though. This is the only set I could currently find with German radiomen.

For the guys lounging around the vehicles and possibly eating, the Tamiya German Infantry at Rest comes with food items and a few guys eating and talking. They would be right up your alley. Here they are:

Good luck. It sound like a good idea.

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Sounds like an impressive diorama is in the works, MEBM.

I agree with Gino about the lower level setup, though. It would probably fit in better.

Regards, Dan

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MEBM,

Looking forward to seeing what happens along the way. Sounds like a real neat project.

Good luck,
Richard

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Seems to be hudge but why not !
For your sandwitch, sausage …why don’t U try try to use miliput !
Jump here and have a look on it :
a can : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/maquette.garden/trucs/Accessoires/boite_de_conserve.htm

a bottle : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/maquette.garden/trucs/Accessoires/bouteille.htm

a drum : http://perso.wanadoo.fr/maquette.garden/trucs/Accessoires/accesoire.htm

of course all features are in french but I think pics will be useful.
Anyway if you need something else drop me a mail !

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Like, wow, man. That’s cool.

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Many of the pics I have seen with the 251/1, and many other halftracks, is the Infantry inside were sitting on top, istead of the low rise seats. Maybe if you had some guys sitting on the top edge and a guy laying downon the seats or something.

Sounds like it will be a good dio and i am looking foreward to seeing it.

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sounds huge and should be interesting and fun
Good luck

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what is the best formula for mud on tanks and the like??