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1/25th scale hawaii five o dioramas i am working on
one is a murder scene set in the original series the other is set in the new series
"No Man's Land"
This is the old Emhar 1/35 scale kit of the Mk. A "Whippet", which I added to a base that included the excellent WWI British soldiers by Master Box. I wanted to create a bombed-out, desolate, depressing landscape that illustrated [...]
Pegasus 1/32 Scale Dragonslayer Diorama
And here is my figure build for today's up-load. This is the Pegasus vinyl Vermithrax Perjorative dragon from the 1982 movie, 'Dargonslayer'. The kit included the little Galen Brad-Warden figure with his lance and dragon scale shield, as [...]
Hannover CL.II with Ordnance Team
The Hannover CL.II (from a Bavarian squadron in 1918) is from Wingnut Wings in 1:32 scale. Paired with it is the German Ordnance Team from Copper State Models.
Smolensk 1941 diorama
Haven't posted in a while since I had a run in with a none to friendly circular saw.
Here's my Smolensk dio from Mirage hobbies up to date. Didn't think much of the t26 kit as I had to take a saw to it straight out of the box which I was [...]
Well It’s only been a year!…………
Since I received this fine model from Martin. This was from one of our contests. So, here is what I have done.
Lengthened the rail bed by one third.
Scratch built a basic interior. I searched but could not find any interior photos. So [...]
KC-97 Refueling an F-84- 1/72 scale
This is a combination of two kits- the Academy 1/72 K-97 and I can't remember the manufacturer of the F-84 (great little kit, though). Pretty much straight out of the box with a couple of slight modifications. Both models were painted [...]
Soviet Aerosan diorama
I got a commission from a military magazine to build a diorama with three different Aerosans.
The deadline was short, I started the build last Tuesday and finished it yesterday with one day to spare... Phew!
The kits are from Trumpeter, [...]
Bloody Nose Ridge Peleliu
The 1st Marines had taken on one of the roughest assignments ever given to a Marine regiment, conducting one of the most fiercely aggressive fights ever waged against an equally determined and savage adversary. They had destroyed over 145 [...]
Porky’s last ride – 1/35 scale diorama
I just wanted to share this diorama with everyone. It is set "somewhere" in France in 1944. A local cafe was komandeerd as a field HQ. Running out of army rations Private Hans kidnapped Porky to add to the potato and bread menu. [...]
