The winner takes it all...

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Lets start with Attacks Jeep, which is a real gem.
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The only modification I remember is the replacement of the steering wheel with a photoetched one from Hauler
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I only realised too late that you have decals for Czech vehicles only. A friend came to the rescue and donated his Jeeps decals from Academys Ground vehicles set.
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The base was kept simple and should represent a part of a german testing area. Cardboard covered with stone texture from Vallejo, engraved and washed and some static gras should do the job
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What would we do without CMK? For quite some themes they are the only ones to offer appropriate figures. I want to tell my story with the US driver and the Meillerwagen crew set.
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Here you see them in an advanced painting stage
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The trailer was taken from Academys Dragon wagon set and detailled with Eduards photoetch.
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Here the finished trailer. I initially intented to use the Dragon wagon too, but decided against it, as it would have taken too much attention away from the story I wanted to tell.
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I bought CMKs resin replacement wheels but unfortunately they did not improve the build a bit. So they have been left aside.
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Here the basic layout of the scene - still without figures.
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Modellart offers the experimental german anti-aircraft rocket Rheintochter. Assembly was easy and straightforward.
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Brenguns airfield crane is a nice kit but you should be able to solder, as otherwise it will be even more difficult to handle.
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And here it is how it all came together.
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As you can see here, alignment of the wheels leaves something to be desired. I found it quite tricky with the kind of suspension construction the kit offers.
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Comments

22 12 October 2021, 23:25

Neuling
Excellent small scale diorama with outstanding detail work and painting. Were it not for the figures you could take it for a 1/35 build. I also like the idea behind the scene ........ 👍👍

13 October 2021, 08:44

gorby
Fantastic little diorama!

13 October 2021, 14:27

Michael Kohl
Thanx Neuling and gorby for your positive feedback

13 October 2021, 16:52

Rui S
Great Hiden Dio 👍

23 October 2021, 18:28

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic dio and story behind it!

23 October 2021, 18:32

Michael Kohl
Thanks Rui and Robert. Very much appreciated.

23 October 2021, 20:16

Spanjaard
I fully agree with Neuling. Beautiful job in any scale stunning in 1/72

23 October 2021, 20:29

Rui S
Ahh, now it's easyer to see what we are talking about 👍

24 October 2021, 01:44

Michael Kohl
Thanx Spanjaard and Rui for your positive feedback.

31 October 2021, 12:20

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Very nice dio! 👍

31 October 2021, 12:34

Michael Kohl
Thank you WhiteGlint. With access to some decent photo equipment I took some more pics. Still have to practice thou to get my settings right.

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Album info

The war is over. The allies scan the country to retrieve whatever technology might be useful for them. In this fictional diorama a german Rheintochter anti-aircraft rocket is loaded onto a M26 trailer to be taken away for inspection and analysis.

The winner takes it all...

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1:72 US truck crew WW II (3 fig.) (CMK F72144)

1:72 German WWII personnel for Meillerwagen V2 transporter (CMK F72304)

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