small diorama as a weekend project

Last weekend I just spent some time on building a small diorama which will give me the possibility to present tanks and trucks.
The dimensions are just 2 x 3 inch or 5 x 7 cm. 

The diorama shows a small piece of a road so that it gives enough space to present the object right in the middle of the diorama.
Once done, I made a mold out of it so that I can cast it and use it in future several times and can change the surrounding areas.

The frame is a small picture frame what suits perfect to my diorama.

One of the next things following will be the same scene but in fall or in winter times.

DUKWs are still alive in SF

Last weekend my wife and I went to San Francisco Downtown. Close to Pier 39 I saw this old friend from WW II. I took the chance to speak with the driver. I was surprised that they are still alive, the German Federal Agency for Technical Relief or better known as THW was forced to stop using their DUKWs as they run out of spare parts and they simply were too old.
The driver soon brought light up to this. The DUKWs used here are not the original ones. There is a company in the USA, who builds a better, a more modern version to be used for tourist tours.
So maybe the DUKWs used in London will be from the same company. Anyway even in the new version they look very imressing.
 

small diorama for lonesome Brummbaer

The Brumbaer was a supporting tank for the infantry so I should add a lot of soldiers and other vehicles. But as I here just wanted to try out some technics for water and tree building I decided to add the Brummbär.

The second diorama shows again a Brummbär, this time in a town area with some ruins I had built a long time ago.

new trucks for my army

You never have enough trucks. Esspecially Rommel while fighting tín the dessert faced this problem. The german africakorps had everything to bring to the frontline by trucks as all attempts to use trains failled. Actually they habe been bombed by the RAF. So fighting at the Alamein line the trucks needed more gas than they could transport.
So here my new Merceds trucks, they are all from Panzer Depot .

no good day today

Today I took time to make some new pictures about the african szene I have been buidling. So far everything went well. As I was on the way to put the pictures on my computer the SD-card broke into two pieces.

So there will be no new pictures until I find the time to make new ones.

But first of all I have to go and buy a new SD-card for my camera.

50 cm search light in an open position

Open position for anti-aircraft searchlight
while I'm painting my tanks and scout cars for the African diorama I built a quick weekend project.
With the model of a 50 cm search light I created a fortified position. Over the weekend I will add some men to get it ready for action.

new tanks for Africa

As I had to decide which tanks I want to place on the african village, I took two from Panzer Depot and one old Panzer II from Dragon.

In the next days I will paint them and some stuff to make them more looking like in action in Africa.