LeeCarey74 Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Hi all, This is the Verlinden kit 1494 that I completed a little while ago and have only just recently photographed. An all resin kit that contains the pre-formed base, five figures and the mortar that is a very fiddly kit but is very detailed too. The dead soldier (RIP) is moulded into the base but the other 4 are all in bits and, this being a typical Verlinden kit, there are no instructions and very few pictures to work from so I had to spend time matching arms with heads with their body but this is an excellent kit. The base is rich in detail and I added a few extra details in the weapons lying around, the peeling wallpaper, propoganda poster, the wiring for the radio and some grass here and there growing through the rubble. A thoroughlly enjoyable build. Hope you like it, thanks for looking and comments always welcome. Regards, Lee 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 A nice vignette of a desperate situation. I've actually got one of those reversible coats the radio team are wearing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted October 4, 2016 Share Posted October 4, 2016 Great scene that. Well executed build and paintwork. Not sure about the thinking behind having a dead soldier in the scene, but then that's Verlinden's fault, not yours. Personally, I'd have covered him up with rubble. And to get one up on Darby, I've actually got one of those bricks that wall is made of. Rearguards, Badder 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 I have not got the coat or the brick but I think your dio is evocative and impressive,well tidy mun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeCarey74 Posted October 5, 2016 Author Share Posted October 5, 2016 Thank you all for the positive feedback. Much appreciated. Badder, re: dead body, I'm thinking realities of war. Bricks and coats are fine. I'm glad neither of you said you have got one of those mortars!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Another great dio, nice one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyinuk0 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Another great dio Lee. Certainly war wasn't neat and tidy and troops lay unburned until after battles. You see them in pics and the movies so why not dio? Tommy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 (edited) 21 minutes ago, tommyinuk0 said: Another great dio Lee. Certainly war wasn't neat and tidy and troops lay unburned until after battles. You see them in pics and the movies so why not dio? Tommy We aren't stupid. We all know that dead bodies, limbs, heads, intestines etc were left lying around. I was questioning the manufacturing company's decision to include a dead body. Matters of taste aside,(which might affect sales) it leaves the inexperienced modeller with no option but to include it. Maybe the experienced modeller likes the scene, but doesn't want the body, and therefore has to do extra work to cover it up/remove it. I am NOT questioning Lee's decision to include it, but as I said, I personally would have covered it up. And as an afterthought, I've seen scores of Francois Verlinden's dioramas and I don't ever recall having seen a dead body in any of them. I'm surprised this design, which carries his name, does. Badder Edited October 7, 2016 by Badder 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommyinuk0 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Badder, Firstly I was supposed to say 'unburied' bodies, predictive text! I wasn't commenting on anyone's level of intelligence, I was simply expressing my opinion. Tommy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 I go away for a week and miss this splendid work, this and your French dio. Good job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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