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Sherman
I made this a while ago put forgot to post it. Since I only had wood at the time, it was used for the base and the details. Both the Sherman and Anti tank gun are from Tamiya.
Hell(er) of Mine (Mercure M-765 diorama)
Very old and tiny kit of the minesweeper "Mercure" from the french brand Heller. I chose the ship to experiment a diorama using Andrea water and Pébéo Studio Acrylic gloss gel. I added El Arsenal photo-etched railings and [...]
The sinking of Costa Concordia at Giglio island
A patient gift me a metal gadget by Costa Crocere that is a waterline model of Costa Fascinosa, a ship of the same class of Costa Concordia. Use some photos of the sinking I made this diorama. Terrible event with too loss of soul.
Resurrection of an old and broken model.
This is my project to save an old and broken Airbus A 340 model. Model kit is from Revell in 1:144 scale. After the repair, the model will be part of a new diorama. The diorama will show the wreck of an Airbus A 340 aircraft at the [...]
Long range Kamikaze
Story is that near the end of war Japanese joined planes damaged in ground attacks and put simple bomb on nose, JATO rockets for take off and worn out engine for longer range.
The base is laminate flooring, wall is styrodur, grass is [...]
JV44 FW190D9 Mini Diorama Part 2 of 2
First off, thanks to Michael Turner, @michaelt , for kindly sending me the Red13 jv44 decals. This Revell (repackaged Eduard) kit does not include paint instructions or decals for the aircraft i needed to do and i could not find a 1/48 red [...]
Jean Bart - Heller 1/200
Hello everyone. This is the latest from the bench. The Heller kit turned out quite nice with the addition of some generic rails. The front mast was replaced by brass tubing. Some small additions were made to enhance details using copper [...]
Attila, the Scourge of God
I was told that Attila king of the Huns (406 - 453) was a very brutal man that used to attack enemies with storms of fire, so when I had to depict the Art Girona 54mm figure I decided to test those fire and ashes on a vignette. And someone [...]
Major Overhaul – Stage 3
Ok guys. Here is stage 3. As you can see, since stage 2 was posted sometime ago, I've added a scratch built steel truss with an overhead crane. The overhead crane is a kit from Walthers. Yes, it is a HO scale railroad kit. But within the [...]
T-72B variant in Syria 2016 – MENG + Diorama
I started this project right after the Arco dei Fileni build. The concept centers around an ongoing conflict, in Syria and involves a modern MBT, still in use today. I not normally build modern vehicles – leave Russian ones – but [...]
