"Racing to the rear"
This started off as me deciding to build my Italeri medical jeep kit I'd had for years. Unfortunately I couldn't do it, the kit just isn't up to the tamiya one. I was about to get that when I realised this might be a good chance to build the Meng jeep as a companion to the Tamiya. They are both excellent in their own ways, and its hard to pick a winner. Meng has no figure, but the detail on its machine guns (not used here) is fantastic.
I then added the stretcher framing off the Italeri kit to the meng kit, and it was a very seamless merger of the two kits.
The Miniart motorcycle is a story all of its own, it's just so fiddily and with lots of tiny parts it nearly ended up in the bin a few times as I was getting pretty over it. The PE was just too much for my fat fingers and 50 year old eyes. I started the motorcycle kit over 8 years ago, and only finished it now, so it is officially my longest build. There was 2 motorcycles in the box, the 2nd one will probably never be built... I can't face it.
Overall this wee diorama came together quite well, and I think it captures the urgency of the medical jeep "racing to the rear" to get the injured medical treatment.
That's a very nice story you have told here. "Racing to the rear" says it all.
Another Carl Christensen masterpiece!
Congratulations, Sir!
Man, the soil with all the tracks is fantastic.
Very nice diorama Carl .
BTW I have that Miniart bike kit as well and share your frustraion. Mine did reach the bin which is a pity as its beautiful in conception and on the sprue.
Unfortunately a lot of kit manufacturers are trying to be too clever with their amount of small detail, and for your average hobby modeler it can sometimes take the fun out of the builds. It certainly does for me.
That's a wonderful diorama, Carl @carlpud
Lots of details and very realistic.
Well done, Carl. Great work on all the details to tell the story.
Great-looking diorama, Carl (@carlpud). Compact and detailed, very well executed. Motorcycles can be very frustrating with their tiny detail. My hat's off to you for completing it. Well done.
No pain no gain. Miniart, is perhaps is an appropriate word in a perverse way. In telling a story in a visual way to communicate and make a successful environment that brings the viewer to a moment in time . . . you need some great models. Few people model the Harley and the Jeep is a icon. WWII Jeep parts are still being made in the Philippines and you can buy the bodies and the frames if you want to up scale Carl (@carlpud). Your Dio works.