Shot up Pz.Kpfw.IID - First to fight 1:72

[Leon]

Cobblestones are really popping with the washes Petr.

[406 Silverado]

Love seeing these types of builds, and that it's in braile scale makes even better. Nice work Petr

[Jelly]

A really eyecatching project. Love "everything"... tanks... scratch... details... the base is superb... and the free-style use of decals in the Pz II, cool !

Cheers
Jelly

[petros]

Thanks guys! Really appreciated!

I more or less finished the base to be ready for integration, when the tanks and figures would be ready. Would add some barrels, and similar industrial stuff lying around later.

I drybrushed and dusted the ground, gave it some minor corrections, and also progressively dusted the lower part of the basements.

I made a wooden base - a 25mm thick plywood board 6mm wider then the plaster base, framed with 28mm high wooden profile strips, and toned in dark redbrown. A 3mm channel on each side would be used to hold the plexiglas box. The plaster base is however not yet glued to the wood.

[deafpanzer]

WHOA! Lovely work on the base...

[wbill76]

Sharp work on the base Petr, should be the perfect home for this one!

[petros]

Started adding stuff on Pz.II, it also got its firts washings.I also started integration works, like looking what could be added around to make the live scene. All small stuff is a mix of Add on parts, Blackdog and CMK parts, these got only first layer of paint, and not yet weathered. Pz.II would also need more weathering. More smaller items would be scattered around it, blown down when it was hit on the engine - the hatch was blown open to some extent, catapulting some smaller items and severing the ropes tieing down the items on the right hand side of the engine deck. I also consider to place an MP 40 on the turret, and a soviet infantryman picking it. There would be some 5 to 10 soviet guys from assorted Preiser sets.

[reserve]

Sweet! You're right, figures would liven this up considerably. You could also make a random junkpile of two laying about the empty spots; after all there's a war on they get messy.

Regards,
Mark

[madairbrush]

The brickwall and the rusted roof cames out very well.

[wbill76]

have to keep reminding myself that this is 1/72 Petr! Looking good.

[petros]

Thanks guys! For me its large scale - I am more used to painting uniforms and faces in 1:350 or 1:700

[petros]

After a small break, I decided to go on with the project - I hope to finish it until next weekend, where a modeling show is happening in Fuerstenfeldbruck, close to me, so I could enter this project to competition.

I did the following works since last update:
Added heap of trash (rusty metal, bricks, dirt, sand, stones...) with a showel sticking out of this.
Added sand accumulations, and some grassy stuff along the building.
Made 5 figures, assembled of different Preiser sets, sometimes as is, sometimes with very heavy surgery and resculpting (DT gunner). The guys should be a worker's militia unit, as can be seen on some non-army headgear - when raising such units in a hurry, amount of uniform issued highly varied - many guys kept their civilian headgear (berets, caps, peaked caps of different origin), often trousers and boots were also civilian. The guys are still glossy, as the oil colors shading is still drying over a layer of future. Pz.II is not yet finished also - lots of weathering is still needed.

[Leon]

Really coming to life now Petr! Figures are looking good.

[dupes]

NO idea how I missed this up until now. Excellent work!

[Deano]

Stunning results here , this is looking awesome!

[wbill76]

Figures are always a nice touch, looking good Petr.

[Wes]

Theres so much going on in that small space. I love it.

[TRM]

Beautiful work Petr!! Love the added figs!! Well done so far!!

[deafpanzer]

Way too cool... it is telling a good story now!

[petros]

So, the diorama is slowly coming to the end - in time for competition in Fuerstenfeldbruck on the weekend.
The tanks and figures are already fixed, just a few minor "gags" remaining to live it up (some dropped tools, etc), and the name shield would be done by the engraver during my lunch break today. The name I decided upon is "The last reserve - summer 1941"
I also made a plexiglass cover, planning to make it plex-only, but the glue ran out a bit and I need to frame this. Wooden framing I had looks too thick however, so need to think out a better option now, maybe using some thin veneer from my wood ship modeling stores..

[Leon]

Outstanding finish Petr!

[petros]

Thanks! I just picked the name plate from the engraver, would mount it tonight.

[madairbrush]

This is a beautiful diorama. Great paint job in this scale!

[deafpanzer]

Agree with guys... stunning build I like how it came out!

[wbill76]

Nice to see it all come together Petr. Good luck at the show!

[petros]

Thanks guys!

I added the name plate, and a few more details - scratchbuilt a crow to break the line of the roof (carved from a resin casting block remaining from the started Planet Models BR 64 locomotive - quite soft and not fragile resin, with beak made of toothpick end, wings and tail from CA paper, and legs from some 1:700 scale railings), and added a rusty bucket to fill the corner behind the stairs. I will add a few more items on the road, forgotten in the haste of evacuation, I consider a tipped over box with tools (Brengun), and maybe a teddybear (scratch)...

[deafpanzer]

Nice touch with the name tag!!!

[wing_nut]

Mar 20, 2015 6:12:25 GMT -5 dupes said:

NO idea how I missed this up until now. Excellent work!

I am guessing the same way I did. Cracker jack job on this.

[Tojo72]

Very cool scene.

[petros]

Did a few last touches - leaves strewn on the street, a piece of newspapet (using original image of a Pravda newspaper from 3rd July 1941), a tipped over tool box which was probably forgotten during the evacuation, some dirt tracks behind the FT-17 tank.. I also made a plexiglass cover, but not happy with that, as the plex I got got scratched exceptionally easily, as I wanted to clean it after assembly. Would work as a dust cover and protection on the way to the show, but I would build a new one from real glass later.

I will also make a final photo set in a good setting when I will have time..