Hey Build. That’s a good dio there. Any plans of doing it? I have no brummbar but I think I want to try that ruin. A Strurm Tiger may fit well in it, Don’t you think?
Does making a fort from popsicle sticks and paper cutout figures and cardboard buildings count?
Did one of those for a “school project” back in grade school in 4th grade social studies/history.
Even dressed up as Daniel Boone when I had to “give my presentation”.
Afterwards I think I took it home and played with it and some cavalry and indian plastic soldiers I had.
Mike
Dwight,
I have to get a few other things finished before I even think about a dio.
But, they present this one well. It makes it seem a little easier. Sometimes that’s all you need, a little intellectual “nudge” to get you going and thinking.
Not only that, it’s 20-30 years old
I just thought it was great because there were a lot of other little things in there as well. It would answer alot of questions that show-up alot in the forum. The older testor models have similiar tips on weathering, painting, etc… They probably stopped because the number of pages they would have to print to cover all the foreign languages would be outrageous.
Go for it, Dwight !
Build, that’s the one, my friend! Oh, the memories! Thanks for posting that.[:)]
Funny thing is, although I’m fairly certain I only ever built one Monogram Brummbar, I have at least three of those sheets! Must have grabbed a couple extras from my buddies way back then.
Isn’t that the coolest diorama?
Shep! The man’s a genius!
J-Hulk,
You have to admit, breaking through walls is what every red-blooded armor fan wants to see ! It’s a great scene. They make it seem pretty easy to do besides.
Do the diorama again, this time use your “advanced” modeling skills. That will send you down memory lane.
See Ya
OK build, I’ll try that after (or IF) I finish the Sherman. Gotta get that Sturmtiger first.
Dwight,
After seeing your other dio, I think you are definetly up for it.
Good luck
Can I consider this as actually my first diorama?
I was going over some pictures last week to find a one for posting here. I was surprised to see some pictures of me taken in 1997 when I was still stationed in Myanmar (formerly Burma).
At that time, we were constructing a college facility donated by the Japanese Government to Myanmar. About a month leading to the completion and handover of the project, the scale model of the facility was attacked by mice (not Maus). Since it is to have an important part of the handover ceremony as a token to be handed over to their vice president (2nd highest ranking official) we have to replace it immediately. The original model was built by the consultant and was made of foam blocks (quite crude actually) but the consultants instructed us to do the reconstruction.
I was tasked to do the reconstruction. I was quite unsure for being a Civil Engineer (although I have knowledge in scale modelling) I have not done any scalemodel of buildings. I had with me our CAD operator who was an Architect and had some experience in making scalemodels of building in his college days.
Since there are no hobby shops in Myanmar, we flew to Singapore to shop for materials and went on to do the model in less than two weeks.
Since we have to redo everything anyway I suggested that we make it a more detailed one (quite a strong move for someone who didn’t have enough experience, huh?)
Well, no better position than that. LOL.
The finished model. Diorama? The scale is 1/100, if I remember it correctly. All scratchbuilt.
Brings back a lot of memories.
i will be attempting my very first dio over the coarse of this winter,thanks to all of the info on the forums, iguess its my turn to try this out.
Great job Dwight.
Let’s see, looking back into my “FSM” offical handbook,
I think for this forum you need at least one pillbox or an AA battery. But we will let you slide on a technicality.
Very nice
Or a Godzilla.
I think I have a 1/100 Big G around here somewhere…
That looks great, Dwight!
Hello fellow modellers.
I’m still finding my way around this forum but as I read the replys to “my first dio” question my mind kept going further into the murky past. I guess that my first real dio was a joint effort that a buddy and I created back in the early '60’s . We were both into model cars back then (still just thinking about driving the real ones). We got some plywood , painted it flat black, taped on some white lines and had a drag strip to display our cars. It was fairly crued but it did have some figures, a timing tower made out of cardboard and a parking lot… As I recall we were fairly proud of our handywork.
Now 40 years later I’m still doing automotive dioramas and still having the same fun as we did back then.
Carl
One AA battery, a pillbox and a Godzilla figure. (scribbling down notes…)
Got it.
LOL.
Not only is Shep the godfather of Dios, he did it all old school. From scratch. No PE, no resin, just stuff on hand. The guy is like the MacGyver of modelbuilding. Save for the occasional swipe of RR or dollhouse props he was pretty good at making it all on his own. I love those diorama tip sheets they used to include in the monogram kits. Used to keep them all in a binder. If I could find that binder it would be like Carter finding Tut’s tomb. I guess its time for a foray into my folks attic again.
Mike
J-hulk, Build,
How about this? Does this already meet FSM’s requirements?
I am not sure though, if my mobelwagen’s quad 37mm can do anything to Godzilla. Yes that small thing is a mobelwagen.
[:D]
Good point about Shep, Mike.
I’ve still got all those sheets (as well as the instruction sheets to practically every kit I’ve built), in a shoe (well, boot) box stashed in the closet of my folk’s house back in the States. Whenever I return for a visit, I always enjoy an evening of rummaging through that box of treasures.
Wait, wait I think I remember that scene.
Nice, Dwight
dwight:
as always i am impressed with ur skill at building models, and i think ur sense of humor is great also (logging on to this forum is fast becoming the high point of my week, with so many funny threads…i just know the ‘get a life’ comments could be coming now…) Gojira definitely counts as armor IMHO, flamethrower instead of armor-piercing or HE rounds, tho’… i still want to do a model rr diorama in n-scale with the big fella (godzilla, not j-hulk [:D]) tearing up part of Tokyo in his own loveable fashion !
frosty[:)]
frosty:
I think we need some laughs every once in a while, don’t you think?. I am no expert. I just build for fun.
You know, I have never seen a Godzilla kit here.
Dwight, that’s brilliant!
Ya wanna see some Big G? Go on over to the “Figures” forum. “Justimagine” has posted some pix of his fine Kaiju collection!
I have some too, but not digital. Gotta burn a disc!