Plenty going on in this dio, looking good.

Mark

Little update ...

I build yesterday the first group of German POW figures from Preiser ... some as Prieser instruction tells, somw re-build by changing arms and heads etc. ... in total 15 figures now.
Later a second group of further 10 - 15 figures will follow, these mostly re-build figures and of course Russian guards come too.

Painting fill start this evening and on the weekend...

Thank you ver ymuch ... and I agree with you about "secret of diroama buildimng".

Hello,

Time for a new update ... a bigger one this time.

But first of all I will show a sprue of the Preiser figures. As you can see, they are not really different to those of the 1/35 figures from Tamiya and others ... only in scale much smaller, but also good quality.



I also build a Red Army officer on a horse. Therefore I take one of the officers out of the various sets i use and a ready painted figure + horse. I cut at both the upper body and the glue toe officers one on the legs of the lady. because the legs are then much to small, I took a small layer of tissue paper with white glue and modelled some bigger legs.



And the ready painted an placed figure ... sorry, but due to bad natural light conditions due to bad grey weather I don't get a sharper photo in moment.




I also build the T-34/85 now with basic painting...





Both turret hatches were drilled open and hatches were made outof plastic sheet...



And basic painted with decals placed...





But now to the diorama itself ...
There is now much more "life" on it ... currently 56 figures, 9 vehicles and tanks and 1 howitzer.






Both IS-2 tanks have now their crew in the hatches and also mountained infanty on it...










Also the T-34/85 hasits crew now, but the mountained infanty is not yet done.



But the tanks are forced to hold by Svetlana Ivanov ...






Also a first group of civilians was done and placed ... forced to clean up the debris with 2 guards ...






I also build a Zis-5 cargo truck loaded with fuel drums and the second Studebaker truck (the 122 mm howitzer towed is not yet done). Both trucks are basic painted and you can see good the different green shades of US olive drab at the studebaker and the typical Russian green at the Zis-5 too.
The scene will be that a hand pump will stick in one of the barrels, operated by a soldiers kneeing next to it. A hosepipe / tube will run to the fuel tank of the Studebaker too...



Next to the Zis-5 radio truck I placed 3 higher Russian officers. Further figures will come here too, as well the VW Kuebelwagen and a Willys Jeep too.







I hope you enjoy the update ...

Coming together nicely and looking good

Hi looking good you certainly got an eye for detail ,cheers mick.

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