Cadou de Craciun // Xmas Present

"Cadou de Craciun", diorama la scara 1/72 a unui post de mortiera in mijlocul luptelor ce s-au dat in iarna 1944-45 in timpul Bataliei din Ardeni. Diorama provine de la un tanc M-24 al firmei Revell, figurinele sunt produse tot de firma Revell, iar Jeepul MP (Politie Militara) este o macheta turnata in metal ce a fost remodelata pt aceasta diorama. Elementele adaugate in plus sunt cutia de munitii pt mortiera, cutia de munitii si cantina din spatele Jeepului, si bradul.

"XMAS PRESENT" is my latest 1/72 scale diorama. An outpost in the middle of the famous Battle of the Bulge during the winter of 1944-45. The small diorama on the base comes from the current M-24 sold by Revell, the figures are from Revell, and the jeep is a metal cast toy i bought some time ago from a toy store. The little diorama didn't include the tree or the ammo box for the mortar, i've added those myself for efect. Also, i've added a big ammo box in the back of the jeep and a US canteen (not so easy to model on such a small scale). The jeep was easy, it was already painted, all it needed was some modeler's touches. The figures are easy when you got the basic colors. The ideea behind this is that a mortar pit on the side of a road fires at a wondering German patrol, and an MP (military police, see the 2 guys near the jeep, they have armbands marked MP, and the NCO also has it visible on the helmet) pulls up in their Jeep to investigate, while the NCO calls in for support on his portable radio. I hope everybody enjoys this one :) since the hollydays are getting near. Cheers!

PRET: 199 RON

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Inger Ucigas // Deadly Angel

Diorama la scara 1/72 a unui P-51D Mustang an Fortelor Aeriene Regale Britanice, apartinand escadronului 65, aprilie 1945. Macheta provine de la firma Italeri, iar elementele aditionale constau in personal de sol ce transporta munitii si echipament pentru reinarmarea avionului de vanatoare. Pilotul se afla langa avion, precum arata si pozele.

"Deadly Angel", a P-51D Mustang of RAF 65'th Squadron in April 1945. To explain this diorama, i can only describe it as hell. Everything that could have gon wrong with this one, actually went wrong. First of all. the 6 RAF guys were made from the WORST PLASTIC IN HUMAN HISTORY!!!! it was blue, and extremely greasy. In fact still greasy after washing them in detergent solution 4 times, and gasoline, and some extra strong degreasing solution. No paint would stick to them, it was just gathering up in points. So, the only way i could paint them, was to mix a gloss blue with some shades of grey to get the RAF blus, leave the thing a whole 12 hours to semi-dry, and then dip the figurines in it and hang thwm out to dry. That's why the uniforms look greasy. :) Second, The P-51D, although an ITALERI kit, was mean from the very begining. Most of the pieces didn't really match up. Some of the Marking stickers broke in small bits after putting them in water, so i had to apply them like building a very very very small puzzle. It was a lot of hard work in the end, and i'm not completley sattisfied with it, but i hop that all of you will enjoy it!

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Baza Aeriana Landsberg, 1944 // Landsberg Air Base, 1944

This is my latest work, my 2 in 1, 1/72 scale diorama of Landsberg Air Base, 1944. The bigger diorama has a FW-190 F3 Fighter getting ready for take off. Some of the elements included in this one are a watch tower with officers, a machine gunner, a radio operator, a general and his assistant are next to a Kubelwagen near the tower, the General saluting a NCO near some bombs prepared for loading, a Fuel truck driving towards the plane to refuel, and the pilot checking the first aid kit compartiment. The fuel truck i made out of scrap plastic pieces, since i didin't have a real model to build.

The second one has an interesting story. I saw an old archive picture from 1944, from a camera mounted on a P51 Mustang fighter that shot down a FW-190 while it was landing. The film shows how one of the bullets hits the canopy, and the other blows off a prop blade. So, the plane, i placed on the diorama shows a FW-190 A-5 U14 Torpedo Bomber v4 with lots of holes in it, a broken prop blade and canopy beeing repaired by ground personell.

Diorama 2 in 1 a Bazei Aeriene Landsberg. Scara la care aceasta diorama a fost construita este 1/72. Elementele principale sunt 2 avioane FW-190, o cisterna de combustibil, un Kubelwagen si un turn de observatie. Figurinele provin de la firmele Matchbox, Mars, si Revell. Avionul de vanatoare din diorama 1 (mare) este un FW-190 F3 de vanatoare, iar cel din diorama 2 este un FW-190 A-5 U14 torpilor al firmei Revell. Cel din diorama 1 apartine firmei Heller. Diorama este realizata in cele mai mici detalii.

Pret (impreuna): 550 RON

Pret diorama 1 (mare): 360 RON

Pret Diorama 2 (mica): 240 RON

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