Brasso27 Posted July 9, 2019 Share Posted July 9, 2019 At long last finished the Cromwell diorama, depicting a recce patrol of the 8th Royal Irish Hussars in the Normandy area, July 1944. Vehicle is the venerable Tamiya 1/35 job. The commander's figure is from the Miniart collection, the driver is from the spares box; Tamiya I think. Diorama is entirely scratch built, mostly from pink foam, and I used clear resin for the water effects. 31 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan-o Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Nicely done! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigster Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 No GPS, no Google, no Facebook...tough times :-)) Nice dio! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Cracking dio The figures are very well painted and I like the tonal effects on the Cromwell Nice work Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Schilhart Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 What a nice little diorama, I can see a lot of time & effort was invested! Water and bridge look very realistic, as well as the tank and figures, of course! One question - does that exhaust cover on the back of the vehicle resemble a wading device? The 72 scale Revell kit also includes this part, but most pictures of Cromwell's don't show it. Greetings from Vienna! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasso27 Posted July 11, 2019 Author Share Posted July 11, 2019 2 hours ago, Roman Schilhart said: What a nice little diorama, I can see a lot of time & effort was invested! Water and bridge look very realistic, as well as the tank and figures, of course! One question - does that exhaust cover on the back of the vehicle resemble a wading device? The 72 scale Revell kit also includes this part, but most pictures of Cromwell's don't show it. Greetings from Vienna! Thanks for the kind sentiment. The device at the back of the vehicle is not actually a wading device, though it's often mistaken for one. It's actually called a 'Normandy Cowl' and it was an exhaust deflector which was fitted over the exhaust outlet to deflect fumes away from the vehicle. It gets it's name from the fact that the problem it was designed to rectify first appeared during the Normandy campaign, when it was discovered that Cromwells that spent time with their engines switched on and idling, but with the tank stationary, suffered a build up of exhaust fumes over the rear deck, which the ventilation fans then sucked back in to the tank; choking the crew. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 Very well done 👍🏻 beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 A great build, well painted and nicely presented. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzby061 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 That’s all come together nicely, some very nice touches. Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinH25 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Very nice. Hope to achieve something like that one day! How did you do the bridge/brick texture? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Bob Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Lovely diorama and an excellent Cromwell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasso27 Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 (edited) 22 hours ago, ColinH25 said: Very nice. Hope to achieve something like that one day! How did you do the bridge/brick texture? I cut each individual stone out of s thin sheet of closed-cell foam, rounded off the edges with a sanding stick, and glued it in place. Not as time consuming as it sounds! I applied them as one would build an actual bridge; keystone first, then the stones of the arch, then the rest. Edited July 14, 2019 by Brasso27 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinH25 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 3 hours ago, Brasso27 said: I cut each individual stone out of s thin sheet of closed-cell foam, rounded off the edges with a sanding stick, and glued it in place. Not as time consuming as it sounds! I applied them as one would build an actual bridge; keystone first, then the stones of the arch, then the rest. Very cool man. Thanks for sharing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 Nicely done! Mike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 I'd say that's pretty outstanding work,love it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted July 18, 2019 Share Posted July 18, 2019 Fantastic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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