1/35 1942 -NORTH AFRICA
I have made this dio for two years.
Erwin Rommel is a my favotite, so this is a main motivation of this work.
I used many companies’ figure and vehicles but most difficult is making baobab tree by myself.
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Tony Prince said on April 24, 2018
Absolutely beautiful work: museum quality in my opinion.
Young Min, Jang said on April 24, 2018
Thank you so much.
Paul Barber said on April 24, 2018
Words actually fail me: absolutely incredible on so many levels!
Young Min, Jang said on April 24, 2018
Thanks a lot. Rommel is really similar to him. So I start this work.
Rob Pollock said on April 24, 2018
Great scenic detail and the colour palette is spot-on. Very nice work.
Young Min, Jang said on April 24, 2018
I appreciate to your good praise.
Morne Meyer said on April 24, 2018
ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!!!! Well done. This is museum quality!!!
Young Min, Jang said on April 24, 2018
Thank you. Sir! Maybe some german musium like this I hope.
Craig Abrahamson said on April 24, 2018
Your time, effort, talent, research and devotion to detail really shines through in this project – amazing work, sir.
Young Min, Jang said on April 24, 2018
Thanks a lot. Sir!
I am happy to finish this long dio without any mistakes.
Michel Verschuere said on April 24, 2018
Great work! Kudos!
Young Min, Jang said on April 24, 2018
I appreciate.
Michel Verschuere said on April 25, 2018
I come back to this as today I am at my desk again. I join every one else to say this is absolute modeling mastery. Though compact, it really represents the synthesis of the North African campaign. You did your reseact very well:
– The 88 is in the picture as one of the main PAK (not Flak) there,
– Rommel’s figurine (Dragon I suppose) is very well posed and painted like the other figurines. His Horch staff car also there, is that Siegfried Westphal to his right?
– The Bilstein crane was a known DAK workhorse
– The Marder and BMW R12 are all there, the captured radio car too
– splendid figure posing and painting overall
– Last but not least there is a boabab tree and a camel!
Very well done, how long this build took?
All my appreciation here, Michel.
Young Min, Jang said on April 25, 2018
Once more thank for your sincere long answer. Micheal!
During I work every dios, I always consider about their thinking & feeling not sight of a modeller.
So I changed all smiling figures’ head to nonsmiling.
And I imagined about Rommel and his staff who knew their loosing war in future.
Matt Minnichsoffer said on April 24, 2018
Echoing everything said above. This is a masterful piece of work.
Young Min, Jang said on April 24, 2018
Thank you so much.
Greg Kittinger said on April 24, 2018
What a beautiful dio! Haven’t seen such a crowded scene done so well in quite some time. Excellent details.
Young Min, Jang said on April 24, 2018
Thanks a lot.
Tom Cleaver said on April 24, 2018
Now, THIS is a diorama! Everything done to equal quality – figures, vehicles, backdrop, base. And it definitely “tells a story.” You can almost put dialogue balloons above the figures. Really, really nice!
Young Min, Jang said on April 24, 2018
Thanks for your big praise.
Someday I want to make modellic cartoon with my dios.
david leigh-smith said on April 24, 2018
Ah, if Leonardo da Vinci made WWII dioramas…
Young Min, Jang said on April 24, 2018
Hahaha! Thanks.
Your praise is too big.
David A. Thomas said on April 24, 2018
Ought to be in a museum. ‘Nuff said…
Young Min, Jang said on April 24, 2018
Thank you so much. Sir!
Bernard E. Hackett, Jr. said on April 24, 2018
David, agreed! Masterpiece!
Young Min, Jang said on April 24, 2018
Thanks a lot.
david leigh-smith said on April 25, 2018
Yup, squint your eyes and use your imagination and there’s definitely something of Da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ in this build – especially photo 9. It is simply amazing.
Anthony Oliver said on April 25, 2018
Hi, this is an engrossing and very complex dio. Fascinating to look at, it reminded me of so many things from my childhood modelling days, the Airfix Grief Sdkfz250, Shep Paine’s work… brilliant and I would love to see more images! As others have said this is a museum piece and has a strong visual narrative.
Young Min, Jang said on April 25, 2018
Thank you. Anthony!!
I made this all my efforts for 25 months as much as I like Rommel.
I changed Rommel figure 3 times to be same to real him more.
Well! I will add pics woon.
Dirk Derks said on April 27, 2018
Hello Young Min,
As mentioned above, museum quality.
Regards, Dirk / The Netherlands.
Young Min, Jang said on April 27, 2018
Thank you so much. SIR!!
Jeff Bailey said on May 6, 2018
Another masterful diorama, Young Min, Jang. I especially like the camel framed by the tree at what appears to be dawn or sunset. Your photography is excellent, as well.
Young Min, Jang said on May 8, 2018
Thanks. Jeff!!
Sometimes I enjoy to take modelling photos using light and back screen more than making modelling.