Hello lads
there's life in this build, in fact I am rapidly(.well....) approaching the completion of this dio. What remains is essentially pigments and sorting som minor details - oh, and a title - se below
These pics of last minute details (the corrugated iron) and mounting of figures will be last before the next post from me will be in the DONE section
But first:
I
t not really a diorama before it has a title - help me decide
Subtitle is settled: "
SAA T-72 "labna" ca 2013"
Main title has yet to be decided and have been shortlisted ( alternative suggestions are welcomed though) to:
1)"Taking a Break (and a Selfie)"
or
2)"Shirking"
I do plan to compete at nationals and regionals with this so the title is important
The story of the dio is about two of the crew leaving tasks (ammo and provisions loading , light maintenance) undone, in favour of goofing around and having a fizzy drink in a back area
1 does a good job of telling what its about but does spoon feed the story to the viewer - language is accessible to non native speakers
2 captures the essence of the story but has the disadvantage of might not be understood by the average non native speaker and is slightly more obscure.
captioned pics:
last minute space fillers:
Added more broken gals to main IR - light to enhance damage
Leak on roadwheel axle made clearer
Figures mounted - I am pretty pleased with how the posing came out and filled an empty surface by adding an AK to the top crate.
Lads did do some work before starting to slack as evidenced by the empty 125 mm crates
All for now - see you in the completed ...section