TheStig Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 Hi guys, not posted for a while, ive still been modelling but as i have recently had a baby, the man cave time has been cut considerably. I did however get this finished last year, and some of you may have seen it at telford in the competition area, but ive only just got round to taking pictures of it. A lot of time/effort/money went into it and took about 6 months from start to finish. Its 1.2 metres long by 30cm wide. Ive based it around a fictional story. Also to add that ive weathered the black hawk more since the pics were taken. Its set at some point in the last few years, the diorama depicts a blackhawk being recovered. It was hit by an RPG after carrying out an infiltrate mission in Afghanistan. The blast damaged the tail rotor, the pilot managed to land safely but it was in such a place that it couldnt be airlifted out. The tailfin/gearbox were beyond repair so was removed and dumped, and then the blackhawk was loaded onto the trailer. On the diorama it has just arrived at a US checkpoint on its way back to the airbase to be repaired, being escorted by an M1070 Light medium tactical vehicle (LMTV) Would be great to hear what you think. 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted February 25, 2018 Share Posted February 25, 2018 IMPRESSIVE 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneheadff Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Woooooooow! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yetifan Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 very cool, always really liked big trucks and wheeled vehicles, great idea to use the helicopter as the load on the trailer. must look super impressive in the flesh so to speak. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnobiz Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 This looks amazing, great job! Only thing I would do is add a coat of matt varnish to the figures to prevent light reflections on the uniforms. Thanks for sharing, Arnaud 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 (edited) Very nicely done. Like the effect of a snapshot of time. and how you combined so many pieces. Love the rust detail on the truck's frame. You say you did more weathering to the Blackhawk. Did you tone down the satin finish a bit? Just when looking at the pictures, it seems a bit shiny with the panel line detailing and being in a desert. Edited February 26, 2018 by busnproplinerfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreadeddrew Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 A job well done sir! I love dio's like this,lots of detail to look at,& always fresh as there's likely something missed,to be discovered next time you look at it. Andrew 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billydick Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 Amazing amount of work and detail gone into this .... I am impressed ! BillyD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 (edited) Looking at this again, it might be the lighting in the photos that makes the Blackhawk look a bit shinny. I also realised the trucks would be in theatre and weathered a lot more than the Blackhawk. Edited February 28, 2018 by busnproplinerfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek A Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 Nice one! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stips Posted March 3, 2018 Share Posted March 3, 2018 This looks very good Very realistic and super detailed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Awesome! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devo Posted September 12, 2018 Share Posted September 12, 2018 Wow nicely done, what a massive effort. One little thing that jumps out at me is your load restraint chains, they look great. The way you have them depicted attached to the load and trailer are a bit off though. The chains at the front and rear of the load need to be angled back more so as to prevent the load shifting forwards towards the front, the two in the middle are ok to prevent the load shifting backwards, if you get what I mean. P.S These days I drive a semi and move heavy earth moving machinery around so I'm a bit weird about load restraint...….even if its only a model 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStig Posted September 12, 2018 Author Share Posted September 12, 2018 14 hours ago, Devo said: Wow nicely done, what a massive effort. One little thing that jumps out at me is your load restraint chains, they look great. The way you have them depicted attached to the load and trailer are a bit off though. The chains at the front and rear of the load need to be angled back more so as to prevent the load shifting forwards towards the front, the two in the middle are ok to prevent the load shifting backwards, if you get what I mean. P.S These days I drive a semi and move heavy earth moving machinery around so I'm a bit weird about load restraint...….even if its only a model Yeah im no expert when it comes to this unfortunately, i also didnt have any decent reference pictures to work from so just had to do it as best as i thought. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted September 16, 2018 Share Posted September 16, 2018 Magnificent! Each piece on it's own deserves it's own display, I can only guess at how many hours you've put in there. I love that recovery wagon, what a beast! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan-o Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Got to echo what’s been said above,just great work. 👌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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