Wirbelwind in hiding 1 72 dio

[bazers]

Hi guys latest build not to pleased with Italeri kit, sprockets would not fit track had a lot of work to get them to fit , I thinned the barrels as much as I dare, also turret!
( looks ok in 1 72 scale not to good when enlarged.) don't look to bad now its on a base.
bought two of these to use a a guns but will buy some metal barrels.
roll on my next scratch build .

 

[scottie3158]

Barry,
That's a great scene.

 

[PaulTRose]

outstanding!

great work in that scale

 

[Mini Me]

Very realistic!
Cheers, Rick H.

 

[papa 695]

Very nice work indeed Barry

 

[JR]

Nothing amiss there Barry. I like the whole set up. Those problems you had don't show up in the build, I'd be pleased with it.
John

 

[rtfoe]

Barry...nice.
I like these small scale dios as you can pack them with foliage and trees much easily than 1/35 and larger without the worry of space.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Gern]

Poor kit or not, that's beautiful!
Question: Where did you get the tree?

 

[bazers]

Poor kit or not, that's beautiful!
Question: Where did you get the tree?

Thanks Dave .
They are made from seafoam from joefix studios, they are like little trees with no leaves ,just take the size you want spray a couple of coats of hair spray on and sprinkle with fine flock then a couple more coats of hair spray and they are done .So easy .if you look at Photo 2 a little branch on the right front that is as it comes.
Hope that helps.

 

[grumpa]

Great "little" dio Barry, base work is outstanding and the fact that it is 1/72 is even more amazing.
I can only imagine you stepping up to 1/35, though they may be more expensive than the
little guys, just think of all the depth of detail your talents can delve into

Cheers...Jim

 

[bazers]

Great "little" dio Barry, base work is outstanding and the fact that it is 1/72 is even more amazing.
I can only imagine you stepping up to 1/35, though they may be more expensive than the
little guys, just think of all the depth of detail your talents can delve into

Cheers...Jim

O K Jim just for you I will build a 1 / 35 scale next year , can't do it before got a big project on in 1 / 72 scale .....and if the 1/ 35 turns out crap I will blame you..

 

[grumpa]

O K Jim just for you I will build a 1 / 35 scale next year , can't do it before got a big project on in 1 / 72 scale .....and if the 1/ 35 turns out crap I will blame you..

Sounds good Barry, can't wait to see your next "big" project, another one of your awesome little big guns might I venture?
Will take my chances and except total blame for any 1/35 foul up, but "crap" is simply NOT in your repertoire.

Jim.

 

[bazers]

Sounds good Barry, can't wait to see your next "big" project, another one of your awesome little big guns might I venture?
Will take my chances and except total blame for any 1/35 foul up, but "crap" is simply NOT in your repertoire.

Jim.

Hi Jim it's not a gun but it's rail related !.

 

[minitnkr]

Nice clean build. Love the gardening. Well done.
A caution on metal barrels. They make a so-so model look worse. Just like PE, you don't want to have differing levels of precision in your result. That's why sometimes the model piece is better than the PE you just paid big bucks for. It just makes the contrast sharper. Sometimes less is better for the big picture. Just mumbles over first cuppa. PaulE

 

[Gern]

Thanks Dave .
They are made from seafoam from joefix studios, they are like little trees with no leaves ,just take the size you want spray a couple of coats of hair spray on and sprinkle with fine flock then a couple more coats of hair spray and they are done .So easy .if you look at Photo 2 a little branch on the right front that is as it comes.
Hope that helps.

Thanks Barry. I've had a quick look at the site and they seem to have some good stuff - even if it is described in Dutch I can still look at the pictures! I'll add their address to my list of suppliers.

 

[Steve Jones]

Very nice indeed Barry. Your dios are mini works of art