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Afrika Korp half track diorama


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The halftrack was shown on the armoured vehicles section  a couple of months ago.  the kit came with a 5 figures, so I decided to try and make a diorama out of it.  The Base is homemade and I used a couple of Tamiya weapons kits and fuel can kits to add extra detail to the diorama, including filling up the back of the half track with bits. I also added a heavily weathered broken BMW bike as I liked the look of it. I added a storage box to the front of the halftrack, a folded tarpoline and a bucket (again because I liked the look of it 🙂 .

I particularly enjoyed weathering the oil can (particularly how the different paint tones have come through on the one lying on its side.

 

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Ready just in time for the Milton Keynes show next week.

 

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On 5/4/2022 at 4:14 PM, Bertie Psmith said:

Very nice. That old kit hasn't changed a bit! 😄

 

An old kit, but it went together very nicely (except for the rubber band tracks), why do kit manufacturers do these?)

 

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What a great scenery, full of action and stunningly realistic! I love the soil, the weathering and the movement of the grenadiers. This looks like a picture from my father's (an Afrika Korps veteran) album.

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5 hours ago, Toryu said:

What a great scenery, full of action and stunningly realistic! I love the soil, the weathering and the movement of the grenadiers. This looks like a picture from my father's (an Afrika Korps veteran) album.

Thanks Toryu. Glad you like it. My Grand dad was in the Gordon Highlanders in North Africa

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Great scene and I particularly love your groundwork, it just looks perfectly in scale to me. Not sure how a desert can be over scale but I hope you know what I mean.

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On 6/28/2022 at 11:46 AM, Gordon J said:

Great scene and I particularly love your groundwork, it just looks perfectly in scale to me. Not sure how a desert can be over scale but I hope you know what I mean.

 

Thanks.  I was pleased with how it came out.  the size of the gravel stones I used, looks right

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