'Pripyat' (Chernobyl diorama)

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This diorama was done a while back and it's titled "Pripyat"
The diorama depicts one of the many vehicles abandoned in the countryside around Pripyat, Ukraine shortly after the Chernobyl incident contaminated them with radiation. This is a 'war surplus' ZIS-151 that had been pressed into duty as a utility truck for the city.
The model is Zvezda's ZIS-151 in 1:35 scale. The truck bed has been scratch built. The base is an oval plaque scratch built groundwork.

[mustang1989]

Ok.......you're kiddin' right? Real stuff aint allowed in the model building section C. You're gonna have to post the real stuff in the 1:1 scale section. Oh hey wait....there aint one of those.

You guys just bring so much talent with you. This is incredible!!! 

[chromdome35]

I love it, I've been fascinated with Chornobyl since it happened. A long time ago in the early days of youtube, there was a Russian woman who used to ride her motorcycle through the exclusion zone while filming. I loved watching those vids.

The bed of the truck looks great, and I really like the color of the cab.

[buddho]

The radiation sign says it all...what a great story told by this setting. A fantastic job on everything.

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Mar 3, 2023 21:24:24 GMT -5 chromdome35 said:

I love it, I've been fascinated with Chornobyl since it happened. A long time ago in the early days of youtube, there was a Russian woman who used to ride her motorcycle through the exclusion zone while filming. I loved watching those vids.

The bed of the truck looks great, and I really like the color of the cab.

Elena was the motorcycle girl. Her videos were the inspiration for the diorama. I've long ago lost the url to her site. Great photos she used to post.

C.

[buddho]

Mar 3, 2023 22:58:59 GMT -5 creading said:

Mar 3, 2023 21:24:24 GMT -5 chromdome35 said:

I love it, I've been fascinated with Chornobyl since it happened. A long time ago in the early days of youtube, there was a Russian woman who used to ride her motorcycle through the exclusion zone while filming. I loved watching those vids.

The bed of the truck looks great, and I really like the color of the cab.

Elena was the motorcycle girl. Her videos were the inspiration for the diorama. I've long ago lost the url to her site. Great photos she used to post.

C.

I have two of her books. 

[chromdome35]

wow, Its great to hear that others know of her and enjoyed her content.

[Foenetik]

Great job on this!

[Leon]

That looks great and nice story to go with it!

[dukemaddog]

I remember Elena's site and also watched her videos. Your vignette sure captures the desolation of her photos and videos perfectly. As Silverado Joe said, this looks too real and would be mistaken as such if shot in front of a real background. Unbelievably realistic!

[Tojo72]

That's really impressive looks like the real thing,are you familiar with a builder named Tiking,his stuff is similar.

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Mar 4, 2023 14:46:33 GMT -5 dukemaddog said:

I remember Elena's site and also watched her videos. Your vignette sure captures the desolation of her photos and videos perfectly. As Silverado Joe said, this looks too real and would be mistaken as such if shot in front of a real background. Unbelievably realistic!

Thank you.
Are you the same 'Dukemaddog' that used to be on "League of Extraordinary Modelers" site?

Cheers,
C.

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Thank you all for the very kind comments.

Cheers,

C.

[dukemaddog]

Mar 4, 2023 16:14:04 GMT -5 creading said:

Mar 4, 2023 14:46:33 GMT -5 dukemaddog said:

I remember Elena's site and also watched her videos. Your vignette sure captures the desolation of her photos and videos perfectly. As Silverado Joe said, this looks too real and would be mistaken as such if shot in front of a real background. Unbelievably realistic!

Thank you.
Are you the same 'Dukemaddog' that used to be on "League of Extraordinary Modelers" site?

Cheers,
C.

Yes I am. I've been keeping Maddog Manufacturing open across six other Forums too so production hasn't ceased. The way I see it, once a LEMur, always a LEMur!

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Mar 5, 2023 11:37:50 GMT -5 dukemaddog said:

Mar 4, 2023 16:14:04 GMT -5 creading said:

Thank you.
Are you the same 'Dukemaddog' that used to be on "League of Extraordinary Modelers" site?

Cheers,
C.

Yes I am. I've been keeping Maddog Manufacturing open across six other Forums too so production hasn't ceased. The way I see it, once a LEMur, always a LEMur!

We  met once at the SCAHMS show years ago. I remembered your tag name from way back then.
Maybe you remember, I was the guy who did 'The Clubhouse' diorama.  It's listed in the diorama category here.

Cheers,
C.

[garydavis]

Outstanding weathering. The back story goes great with the DIO...

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Mar 5, 2023 12:50:27 GMT -5 garydavis said:

Outstanding weathering. The back story goes great with the DIO...

Thank you for the kind words.

Cheers,
C.

[`Boots`]

Beeeeyyoooootiful build

[ogrejohn]

Beautiful indeed!