PlaStix Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Over in the GB section, as part of the De Havilland Mega GB, I built Tamiya's 1/72 De Havilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI. I decided to make it as if it were in flight so I purchased a couple of motors so it could have working propellers. Because it would need a base to house the batteries and switches I decided to use a small Wilkos picture frame on which I decided to create a small scene. I decided to use Zvezda's Snap-fit German Howitzer kit as the focal point of the base and the result can be seen below. Aircraft Kit: 1/72 Tamiya De Havilland Mosquito FB Mk.VI/NF Mk.II Howitzer Kit and figures: 1/72 Zvezda Snap-fit German Howitzer Paints: Humbrol, Revell, Citadel and Railmatch Acrylics - all applied by brush Base: Wilko's picture frame A lot of photos of the Mosquito can be found here The WIP for the whole project can be found here A rather shaky YouTube video of the scene can be found here The whole scene: The Howitzer and crew on the base: And finally a few from low down to try to give an impression of the aircraft flying overhead: 38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders154 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Superb well done Rodders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Beautiful job Stix... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorby Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Looks very effective. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 4 hours ago, Rodders154 said: Superb well done Rodders Thank you very much Rodders! Most kind! Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedy Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Great imagination and looks really cool. steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 1 hour ago, Vince1159 said: Beautiful job Stix... Thank you very much Vince. You are very kind. Knd regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 That's going to hurt in the morning. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 1 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 That's amazing, the ground scene and the Mosquito, excellent work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony C Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Have to agree with all of the above, a nicely detailed presented vignette Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 13 hours ago, Gorbygould said: Looks very effective. Thank you very much Gorbygould. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Great looking diorama! Nicely finished, especially like the spinning props Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 21 hours ago, speedy said: Great imagination and looks really cool. steve. Hi Steve and thank you very much! Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goggsy Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Excellent work, probably the best brush painting I've ever seen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 9, 2017 Author Share Posted May 9, 2017 On 08/05/2017 at 9:39 PM, Darby said: That's going to hurt in the morning. It certainly is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badder Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 I've said similar elsewhere, but this is stunningly, superb, especially at that scale. As usual your photos do it justice. You know I love groundwork in particular and I'm thinking you've nailed this one on the head. And talking of heads, I've ducked a couple of times viewing this wonderfully evocative diorama! Rearguards, Badder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I really like this! The cherry-on-the-cake for me is the bomb falling towards the PAK. You can see how fast the Mossie was...the gun-crew have not even had time to react yet! Thanks for sharing with us. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 11, 2017 Author Share Posted May 11, 2017 On 08/05/2017 at 10:42 PM, Rob 1 said: That's amazing, the ground scene and the Mosquito, excellent work. Hi Rob and thank you very much. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 On 5/9/2017 at 0:02 AM, Tony C said: Have to agree with all of the above, a nicely detailed presented vignette Hi Tony. Thank you very much for your kind comments. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billydick Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Just noticed the falling bomb as well ! A really well executed vignette Stix BillyD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 On 5/9/2017 at 11:19 AM, HL-10 said: Great looking diorama! Nicely finished, especially like the spinning props Thank you very much for your kind comments. I have been quite pleased with how the props look although I have to take the photos in a certain way to make sure they show up in the images - in some of the photos I took it looked like there's nothing there! I think it depends on the direction of the light and what the background is behind them. Kind regards, Stix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlaStix Posted May 17, 2017 Author Share Posted May 17, 2017 On 5/9/2017 at 7:58 PM, goggsy said: Excellent work, probably the best brush painting I've ever seen. Hi goggsy. That really is very kind of you to say, thank you. Kind regards, Stix 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hewy Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Great little vignette stix ,a direct hit shall we say, Glynn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimme Shelter Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 quite simply - perfect so very well presented; you see, hear it and believe it I'd give you a Gold if I had one to give Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Aye up Stix, Superb job as always. Your attention to detail never ceases to amaze. Top job with hairy stick! 😎 Regards Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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