Representing reality in miniature.
A diorama provides a scale snap shot of life in four dimensions. Height, breadth, width and time. The diorama is three dimensional image of a moment frozen in time. The beauty and treasure of the diorama is that, unlike life, whose moments [...]
The father of a very good friend of mine served with the LRDG in North Africa during the 2nd World War. Now I have built quite a number of models for him as he holds a high regard for my skills. I personally think it is more a question of [...]
Some of you have followed on this project, depicting buzzing activity at the German Air Ministry in 1941:
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This was a longer project, initiated in the beginning of this year. It involved mapping the scratch-built facade of the [...]
This is a cool wee kit of a limited production tank of which only about 16 saw war service, and mostly against the Russians.
It's very chunky considering it's a 'small' tank.
I also used (for the first time) a foldable photo booth that I [...]
After finishing my last diorama depicting a jungle scene, I decided to go for something from the other side of the globe. So here is my little snow scene with a Stuka, and a crewman pondering whether he will be flying today...
The Stuka [...]
Hey folks, its been a long time since I posted anything here! My one and only amour project built as a commission for a friend. This is the 1:35 Emhar MkIV Male kit with new resin track, guns and scratch built rails, un-ditching beam and [...]
I am a nostalgic of the old brands of miniatures so I decided to recover an old kit as the Vickers Wellesley (Matchbox, 1/72) and work with some new Mig Jiménez techniques and at the same time, wanted to experiment with clouds of dust in [...]
Hey there fellow iModelers,
Here's another "moldy-oldy" from my shelf. This little scene depicts my cousin, Doug and I, out doing one of our favorite activities, visiting the museums. This fictitious museum was built around the [...]
I think most people on iModeler will know of the story of Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler.
On the return journey home from a bombing raid on Germany in December 1943, 20 year old pilot Charlie Brown nursed his critically injured B-17 [...]
This was another reason why I need to stop looking at Aliexpress and eBay.
I go for a browse, see something I wasn't looking for, and this is what happens. I spotted a kit that consisted a child with a wooden gun and snowman and then the [...]
