Academy`s m12 passing through the already cleared township of St.Lo.
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Let me be the first to congratulate on a job well done!
-ERAD
Man… the details are facinating. Simply the best.
Wonder how is that commander going to walk with his helment over his eyes.
[:)]… Well done!
i don’t know-he looks rather pompous to me…i like pompous commanders-they have a tendancy to stick around even though nobody likes them…great skill that takes
great job-don’t seem many vehicles like this-how did you do the cigarrette?
Hi guys,thankyou very much for the comments. Details,I thrive on details,it is my favourite part of the whole build. The defiant look of a CO is the look that I always like to portray,shows whos in command and who should be followed,gives character too. The cigarettes were made from cat whiskers that my Manecoon cat sheds,theyre pretty handy for ariels too.
As always, great build sasd. Your models/dioramas never dissapoint. Infact, they hit the spot.
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Thank very much Martin for that comment,that is my goal,to promote creativity and satisfaction of having created something cool! My work is not the most accurate on the block but I hope it stimulates modelers to build. Thank you again.
Fantastic job Sasd,like your others dios,the detail and ground work is amazing.
Very good indeed,congratulations
Pedro
Outstanding dio Sasd
Thad
another fine piece of work you got there sasd. very nice.
Fantastic work and it is very inspiring!
nice work as always.
another one of you great builds!
I read that M12s were only used for training and didin’t actually see combat…
I agree that this is a great diorama. Not knowing much about the M12, but knowing how to type www.google.com I did a quick search and came up with the following description on http://www.wwiivehicles.com/usa/self_propelled_guns/m12_gun_motor_carriage.html
Initially only used for training, but with the invasion of Europe to happen, it was decided to prepare them for combat. 74 were upgraded by the Baldwin Locomotive Works to the M4 chassis.
There was now armor protection for the crew as it was intended to be well behind the front lines and used as long range artillery.
Eventually 75 were sent to Europe. They were used in the taking of Cologne and in busting the bunkers in the Siegfried Line.
Thanks for the great comments guys and the info ag918w35, I also just learned of a story of a few m12s used as support tanks in the heavy fighting in Achen,man I would`ve liked to have seen that lind of action!! No wonder the city was leveled!
Very excellent work. Thanks for sharing.
Regards, Rick
Russ that’s just beautiful, congratulations the attention to detail is just awesome. How long did it take you to put the whole thing together?
Cheers
Darren
Great work sasd. Your work is some of the best I have seen…keep it up
Dave
sasd, as always, you work is quite creative and impressive. You just keep pumping them out [:D]
Can you give some detail as to the parts used, namely for the wood fence, and the stone-work fence and building in the background?
First let me tell you about Lemax. This company makes Christmas Village pieces from
buildings to footbridges to trees. They either come in ceramic or plastic,are prepainted
but that can be changed easy enough. The trees are either realistic or Christmassy and everything is usefull at somepoint. Micheals is a big carrier of this line and I gotta tell you there`s some pretty neat peices in this stuff! There is now also knockoff stuff available from Canadian Tire and other department stores.
Now having said all that the picked fence,wrautiron fence and the streetlamp are all from Lemax,repainted and weathered.The building fasads are shapes of insulation foan cut,glued together,painted and weathered. Real crushed brick,sidewalk is cut cork bricks glued directly to the base and the powerpole is a piece of dowl drilled into the base. Hope this helps. Have fun[:)]