New diorama on afrikakorps

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Yves Maurice
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New diorama on afrikakorps

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Hello every body!!..
Gill have just put some news pictures in my gallery...
This is a large scale diorama on the afrikakorps we have made on a modeller's show last week; We were 3 peoples to made it , it measure about 5m x 2 m , took a lots of of weeks to made ( and hollidays!!..) and 3 hours on the show...Just ready for the opennig to the public!..
I have posted some pictures and hope somebody find it good...( my 222 is on the diorama..)
:lol: Regards,
Yves
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Paul Wills
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Post by Paul Wills »

Hello Yves,

Wow what a great dio, your 222 looks superb in it, did you use and original photo to make the dio, or just your imagination, and what have you used to give the buildings that rough look?


Paul :wink: .
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Yves Maurice
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Post by Yves Maurice »

Hi Paul!..
Thanks for your kinds comments..Yes I have used original photos for the country and the buildings and I have ...100kg of real sand on it!..
The buildings are make with styrene and paint with a special paint for effect on the walls , you can easy find the both at your local hardward shop; the doors and windows are light wood and fabric...
I have found also knowledges for the uniforms on a lots of books!..
All (including the soldiers) are weathered with an aerograph..
I hope having answered your question but do not hesitate to ask another if you wants to know something else...
Regards
Yves
ps I have a lots of pictures but do not know how to put them here..Perhaps sending all to Gill if she want...
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Joe Boylan
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OUTSTANDING YVES !!!
Hope more will be doing dioramas - thats my long term goal - with my Tiger I. Are the radio's from the cyber-hobby communication sets? I am trying to locate a complete set 1-5.

Joe
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Adrian Harris
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Excellent diorama Yves :D :D

Adrian.
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Robert E Morey
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Post by Robert E Morey »

Yves,
Really nice work on the diorama! Theres a lot going on in the dio! Wish the photos were a bit bigger! The chap in photo 085 looks like Indiana Jones! Great setting for that, well done. The vehicles look great.

You say weathering done with an aerograph? Sorry what is an aerograph? :cry:
Bob
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Post by Stewart Ashton »

Hi Bob, is it this?

http://www.airbrush.com/product-review. ... etail&id=2

Looks very good.

Regards Stewart
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Post by David Gray »

well done Yves looks exellent

Dave gray :D
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Paul Wills
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Hello Yves,

You have answered all my questions and more, thanks for your explanation, and do not worry, if I had more questions I would ask :P .

You need the Panzer III now, then you can add Major Hans Von Luck (as he was in the afrikakorps) to your dio.

Paul :wink: .
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Yves Maurice
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Post by Yves Maurice »

Hello everybody!!...
First thank you all for your comments it is very kind of you regarding to the hard work a diorama like this is...
Joe, yes it is the cyber hobby radio kits..You can perhaps find something at " fanasix bf 109" , a friend of me who have a shop dedicated only to the 1/6 scale (in France) you can easy find it on the web...
Robert, sorry for the pictures so small I think there is something to do with the camera but as I 'm not friend with all that I think I have push the wrong button??!!! :?
Yes the hat of the civilian guy is fom an indiana jones figure but not the outfits and the guy because my goal here was not to recreate a scene from the movie...And some people during the war wear this sort of hat !!..
Sorry for my poor english...Yes the "aérographe" is the french word for an airbrush in english!!Stewart is right!!...
Paul you are right for the panzer III but I have so much to build that I really wonder if it is good to buy one now!!!!! :lol:
Thanks again Adrian and David !...
Yves
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Post by Robert E Morey »

Stewart, Yves, thanks for educating me on the aerograph! - Bob
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