1/35 T34/85 in village on way to Berlin 1944

[JR]

All done will post some black and white tomorrow when on pc
Thanks to Steve Jones for the brilliant T34 .
Really enjoyed doing this .
Dzhon Thanks to all those who followed and commented.
Next build some Russian thing !

 

[Jim R]

Hi John
Another brilliant dio. This sort of thing really is your forte. Well done Sir
Jim

 

[spanner570]

Cracking build 453.

Very, very nice!

570

 

[adt70hk]

Very nice indeed John, looking forward to the black and white pics.....a real shock to find you building something Russian too!! Who'd have thought it.....

In all seriousness, what set you off on the path of all things 4BO and related?? Also, when was the last time you didn't build something Russian?

ATB.

Andrew

 

[Mark1]

Great looking dio John, some superb work .

 

[JR]

Hi John
Another brilliant dio. This sort of thing really is your forte. Well done Sir
Jim

Thanks Jim, just love doing dios, any chance to do a building and I'm happy .

Cracking build 453.

Very, very nice!

570

Thank you indeed 570 .

Very nice indeed John, looking forward to the black and white pics.....a real shock to find you building something Russian too!! Who'd have thought it.....

In all seriousness, what set you off on the path of all things 4BO and related?? Also, when was the last time you didn't build something Russian?

ATB.

Andrew

Thanks mate .
Interesting question Andrew, I decided to start modelling again when I had retired, I wanted to find a genre . The battle of kursk being the biggest ever tank battle caught my attention and I wanted to model the underdog. The history of Russia and its people had always interested me, not the ideas of Lenin and later the murderous Stalin who took the country to the brink of collapse, but the stoic nature of a people who found themselves forced into a war that destroyed their country and how they fought to rid them selves of the Nazis only to be trapped in servitude .Hence the 4BO .The last time I didn't build a Russian was the Greenhouse , and before that a Tiger Tank .

Great looking dio John, some superb work .

Hi Mark, thank you very kind .

 

[Gern]

Beautiful

 

[Tim Marlow]

Absolutely superb John. Your dioramas go from strength to strength and are now a benchmark for others to aim at. I wouldn’t call the largest military force in the world at the time of Kursk the underdog though LOL….

 

[Steve Jones]

Thank you so much for doing this dio mate. It has come out far better than I hoped for. The figures look so natural on the tank. The buildings and the base are so life like. The B&W photos will make it look like the real thing. One to be proud of my friend

 

[JR]

Beautiful

Thanks Dave.

Absolutely superb John. Your dioramas go from strength to strength and are now a benchmark for others to aim at. I wouldn’t call the largest military force in the world at the time of Kursk the underdog though LOL….

Very kind of you to say Tim, ha the underdog, well because they were badly trained and led, had some outdated armour and were fighting a highly trained professional army

Thank you so much for doing this dio mate. It has come out far better than I hoped for. The figures look so natural on the tank. The buildings and the base are so life like. The B&W photos will make it look like the real thing. One to be proud of my friend

So please your happy with it Steve, its certainly upped my figure painting !

 

[JR]

As promised I've taken some more photos. and put them in B&W.

Quite a few !


Dzhon.

 

[outrunner]

Terrific work John!

Andy.

 

[JR]

Terrific work John!

Andy.

Thanks Andy.

 

[Steve Jones]

Put Bundersachiv on them and no one would know they weren't originals. Great stuff mate and I appreciate doing the B&W's

 

[therapy]

That is really great John.

Nick

 

[Lee Drennen]

Outstanding John.

 

[Mini Me]

Wowy Zowy JR This whole scene is the Bomb.......Give yerself the DOG"S DANGLERS on this one !!
Rick H.

 

[grumpa]

Beautiful work John, well planned and laid out and the figures look outstanding!
Very well done mate

Jim.

 

[Si Benson]

Stunning work John, absolutely stunning!!

 

[adt70hk]

Thanks for the info John. And love the b&w photos. Will have to have a proper look on my laptop at some point.... The phone doesn't always do photos justice.

Again, great work.

Andrew