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ModelArt Street
Tamiya Panzerkampfwagen III
Tamiya German Tank crew at rest
Tamiya German machine gun crew on manoeuvre
The story behind this diorama is that there is an army on manoeuvres or retreating through a town east of Germany
This is the first 1/35 scale Diorama I have done. The base was fairly simple to construct using the vacuumed formed ModelArt kit. It took plenty of glue, filler and masking tape to make the ruined building, but it has turned out well. I painted it with a range of colours including oil paint rubbed off with a towel. The look is great and I am especially pleased with the brick work. I changed the green as shown on the box to yellow.
The Tank was built as per the instructions. I painted the base and turret first before adding the accessories. I added some extra accessories including a few sandbags, which were used to defend against shell impact, some netting wrapped around the turret, which looks like camouflage being transported. The barbed wire was made using thin wire with knots wrapped around in intervals. It is curled up as if being transported. The Tank commander that came in the box has been replaced with one form the Tank crew selection who looks to be in a more relaxed pose.
The figures were constructed and painted as per the standard instructions. I added some brown paint to the lower parts of the uniforms to show dirty and experienced soldiers.
Rubble has been added including a few spare weapons and shells I had in stock. The wooden beams were made from coffee stirrers soaked in black paint then dried.
I am pleased with the outcome of this diorama. It has an interesting Tank and several people, and is telling a story. I need to improve the faces of people as these were hard to do and could be better.
