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Modeller Build Logs
Firefly IC Diorama |
| By James Wechsler | | Started: | Jul 15, 2007 | | Updated: | Aug 31, 2007 |
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This blog is intended to be a bit different than most in that a big focus will be on the diorama aspects. The focal point will be a Firefly IC (a welded hull M4 based Firefly). This will be built using the new Dragon Sherman III kit and the following Formations sets:
F079 M4 Conversion for the Dragon Sherman III
F022 Low Bustle Firefly Turrret
F018 Sherman Pioneer Tools
F050 Sherman Headlights
F046 Sherman Siren Assortment
F047 Sherman VVSS Track Skids
F013 US Cables and Clamps
The diorama is going to show the Firefly driving over a temporary bridge with a wrecked Panzer I command tank partly submerged in the river below.
I intend to include a number of chapters on making the ground work and also on how to make the water.
Up next: The M4 Conversion |
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| The Panzer I Command Tank | Aug 15, 2007 |
The Panzer I command tank, whose actual name is Kleiner Panzer Befehlswagen I (Sd.Kfz.265), is a Dragon kit. One reason I chose it is that it’s a really well done kit and with it being submerged in the water, no after market items were necessary. Well almost. I did end up buying Fruilissimo tracks since I want to show them broken and laying on the river bed.
I chose to open the hatches and view ports to get a bit more excitement into the look of the tank. With the water, it will be tough to see into the tank so I didn’t worry about the interior except that I found a machine gun which I mounted inside the superstructure since it’s easily visible through the upper hatches. My hope is that the tank will look like the crew climbed out of it after it crashed into the river.
For finishing, I used the same methods as on the Firefly. I didn’t do too much weathering at this stage since I want to see it in its final position in the river. Then I may add a few more streaks. One item I did do differently is that I ‘rusted’ the exposed metal parts. My intent was to give the impression that the tank has been in the river for a little while but not long enough to have turned into a rusted hulk which I thought would be too bland.
Up next: Shaping the Base |
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