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Hello dio builders, I built this in 2017 - and it was quite a fun project. It started with one, Takom T-55 AMV. I did some research on the kit and found out about where it was/is used, and discovered Northern Syria. Along the way I found out that various US SOCOM operators were engaged in the area. This led to a project - You'll see three of the T-55's. One the Takom AMV kit and the other two received scratch built mods to make them into the AMV. The GMV started as a stock M1151, but was converted to the M1165, with Group 5 GMV elements. The BRDM was a really cheap kit that I needed to find a use for, the recovery trailer from Takom, and the cab a modified Aoshima kit - (4x2 to 6x2). I'll get into the dio a bit more later. First up, some character images and vehicle WIP: I used these as fundamental reference for the project. Vehicle WIP: For a while, I was on a GMV kick, and just kept building them - some aftermarket bits and lots of scratch - same for the BRDM: I really liked the bar armor, so made some up for this. The T-55s were fun to build - The Aber t-55 etch kits are great. As only one kit was the AMV version, the others received lots of scratch work: To make the AMV there was lots of etch and strip styrene in general, with Voyager ERA blocks and frames etc and on the two converted AMVS This is one of the T-55s, but they all have the same look - lots of wear and tear. Now, on to the dio. This was to be a an urban street scene with the T-55s and GMV meeting up, after some event. Here are a few of the dio WIP images: As you can see, there is a lot of debris, and more debris, and more debris! And from here you can already begin to see a challenge emerging - the building is only a frame, which means, there is no backdrop, which causes me grief because I like to take outdoor photos of the final build. Below, you'll see lots of what sure look like closeups. This was not really done to show detail, instead, to not show out of scale backgrounds, which always frustrated me about the conclusion of this build. If you look carefully, at the background, you'll see trees, shrubs, a building...which is a bummer, because I really like the content - the colors, weather, and debris really read! but, you never get a sense of what the dio is showing - Please take a look: The pictures are so tight that this doesn't really look like a dio, which was really frustrating. Recently, I figure out how to digitally "cutout" backgrounds, and still have some indoor images of the project. Helpfully, they were taken in front of a white wall. So, I cutout the white and added some backgrounds: While not too dramatic, the backdrop above allows the project to stay in focus. This photo was taken before the project was done, but I do like the looks of that GMV on the little hill. For others, looking in the opposite direction, across the dio, the results are more interesting: While these photo changes are probably not as good as those done by someone who knows what they're doing, I like them, as you can now see a bit more of the full project - which is good! I feel much better about it now! I might see if I can find the original uncriopped outdoor pics, and see what I can do with them too. That said, I've already discovered, I haven't figured out how to "cutout" irregular edged - like trees! I might try anyway - Thanks for having a look, and happy dio building - Cheers Nick