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St. Thomas – A day at the Beech
Well I finally finished it, the diorama's pièce de résistance. And boy was it ever a piece of résistance. Back in Texas, we had word for projects like this – “Snakebit.” This Beech was “snakebit.”
To date, this is undoubtedly [...]
Marder III diorama
So I finished my Marder III model a month ago an decided to build my first diorama. It was a steep learning curve but I’m happy with the result.
Without the Internet or YouTube, I would have no chance of building something like this. I [...]
Airfix 1:48 Bf 109 E-7 Full diorama completed!
Here is my diorama base for my Airfix Bf 109E-7. I am very happy with hownit came out. It is a small diorama so I put a lot of effort into small details. The figures are hasegawa figures and are not great. I painted the figures as well as [...]
1/700 scale IJN Yoizuki diorama
Good day to all ,
This is an old built I did back in 2016 which depicts the IJN Yoizuki circa 1945 from Aoshima model manufacturer brand. The diorama depicts the Imperial Navy destroyer being strafe by US Naval planes as a scene to make [...]
U-96
Hello everyone, this is an older work of mine. It is the Revell U-Boat type VIIC in 1/144 scale.
I used the Griffon photoetch detail set, and 3D printed figures from Shapeways. Everything else (scaffolding, equipment, tools, crates, [...]
“Three Perfect Ladies in Italy” (Tamiya Spitfire MK VIII, 1/32)
Hi folks, this is my second submission to imodeler...
The diorama depicts a possible scene in Italy in 1944: An American Spitfire Mk. VIII is forced to belly-land near to a farm. In order to hide it as far as possible during repair, the [...]
1/48 Hasegawa A-4M Skyhawk
As the title says, last month I spent with wonderful Hasegawa kit. Model is pretty much out of the box, except I added pilot figure from old "decomissioned" Revell's F-8 Crusader. The kit itself was fun and easy to assemble, only [...]
PLASMO's KV-2 Russian Tank Abandoned in Water 1942 – Diorama 1/72
Amazing what can be done in small scale!
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Ross Jackal North Sea Trawler 1/144
Hello everyone. This is my take on the classic kit by Revell.
All deck details were scratch built. New winches, metal masts, nets, deck dividers as well as all the railing.
The figures are 3D printed from Shapeways. Dolphins are made of [...]
Gentleman Soldier (Vickers Wellesley MK I diorama)
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 [...]
