Trench Diorama

Started by David A. Thomas · 10 · 2 months ago
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    David A. Thomas said 4 months ago:

    I am honored to be invited, after all these years away, by my dear friend Louis. My hope is that I, the prodigal come home, might be able to work up a diorama of some sort, even if rudimentary, addressing the horrors of trench warfare.

    Also, in another post, I will also accept Louis' kind invitation to "recycle" a post I made six years ago (ugh, cannot believe it's been that long) that was a legacy build. That will be separate.

    Best regards to all,

    David

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 4 months ago:

    Welcome to this great GB, David @davidathomas! Looking forward to your entries!

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    Louis Gardner said 4 months ago:

    David A. Thomas (@davidathomas)
    Welcome to the group. It's wonderful to have you back. Like our good friend Spiros, I too am looking forward to seeing your project as it develops.

    I recently picked up a 1/35 scale Meng British Male Mk V tank. I'm going to be building it eventually for the group. Maybe I can learn a few things from your project and try to come up with a clever way to display it...

    Thanks again, and it's good to have you back.

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    David A. Thomas said 2 months, 2 weeks ago:

    With trepidation I post this update. Here is my trench scene in progress, a small diorama indeed. It's in 1/35, using a combo of Master Box (Ukrainian) and Tamiya kits. I will review them later on when I can speak to them a bit better, though I have some opinions already.

    I thought 1/35 would be a cakewalk given my long experience with 1/48 figurines, but the opposite is true--the stakes are higher.

    1 attached image. Click to enlarge.

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    George R Blair Jr said 2 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Great idea for a really cool diorama, David (@davidathomas). This will be a good size for a diorama...big enough for some detail, but not something that takes up a bunch of shelf space. I have wanted to do a trench diorama for a long time, but never quite had the skills to get rolling. I will be taking notes as you do yours.

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    Spiros Pendedekas said 2 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Looks awesome, my friend @davidathomas!

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    John vd Biggelaar said 2 months, 2 weeks ago:

    That's a wonderful diorama already, great idea, David @davidathomas

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    David A. Thomas said 2 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Thanks @gblair, I hope so. It's a whole different bird than building a plane!

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    David A. Thomas said 2 months, 2 weeks ago:

    Thanks @fiveten Spiros!

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    David A. Thomas said 2 months, 2 weeks ago:

    @johnb, thanks for the encouragement. It's all about execution now!