"Under new management" Finally finished!

[tommy1drop]

Hi All

This my now finished Dio, that i have been working on for as long as i can remember, well i think it is time i called it finished.

I have renamed the Dio to "Under new management" The Dio is based on the Mini Art French farmyard that i decided i wanted to use as a French garage in use in Vichy France, the occupying Germans have decided that the Garage will be of use to them, as well as helping themselves to the previous owners fuel supply..... the other models and figures are a mixture of Tamiya vehicles, these being the Kublewagen and Steyr 1500A and an Italeri zis-5 made to look like a French civilian delivery truck, the figures and accessories used in and out of the garage are from Verlinden figures and workshop equipment, ICM figures, Tamiya vehicles, and Live resin figures, Italeri workshop tools, Plus models figures and Tamiya chickens and birds, as well as scenic items from Fog models!

I built some scratch built items including the lean-to at the side of the garage using balsa wood, I also scratch built the wooden cart using the Tamiya field kitchen chassis and wheels as the base, I also scratch built the briquette yard using 1:35th bricks and plastic styrene sheet as the base.

Well thats about it really other than posting some pics, i really hope you like it.

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Tom

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[Ian M]

Nice one Tom. Loads going on and things to see. A couple of the shots are a bit fuzzy, but those that are clear really show things off.

Great work Tom

Ian M

 

[VermontGuy]

This is crazy cool! Great build! I am jealous!

Mike

 

[stona]

That's great Tom. It's nicely done and I love the bustle of it,even the fella doing a bit of map reading looks busy.

Cheers

Steve

 

[geegad]

Truly amazing dio or should I say story cause it tells a few storys you should give your self a big slap on the back

Geegad

 

[Centurion3RTR]

Now thats what you call a diorama, nice build there Tom. Lots of detail and lots to see, five stars mate.

Have fun, John

 

[mobear]

the picture number 26 is my fave by far,its like an aircraft has flown over a took a snapshot of the village,really nice and full of bits to take notice of.on a personal note i love it

mobear

 

[andygh]

Lots of colour, lovely job

 

[CDW]

from one fanatical "busy diorama" builder to another......

first class work Tom !!!!

well worthy of 5 stars

 

[Jazz]

Really amazing, do like that a lot

 

[Gern]

That's a fabulous piece of work Tom! *****

Gern

 

[Dave W]

Superb diorama.Great attention to detail.

 

[Caledonia]

Tom, here is 5 Star to go with the tons of patience (and skill) you obviously have - superb. Cheers Derek

 

[papa 695]

Great work Tom you could look at that all week and i bet you will be seeing things that you missed the last time you looked well worth 5 stars

 

[flyjoe180]

Wonderful diorama, cheers.

 

[Polux]

Hi Tom.

That's amanzing dio!!! Loads of things to see and great details!!

This diorama inspires me to working more!!! I will try to make one with so much detail as this one!!!

Cheers

Polux

 

[saguy]

great work ......... so much going on all over the place ...... rgds lindsey

 

[tommy1drop]

Thanks guys, your words mean a lot to myself and i am happy you like the dio, I am trying to get some pics of the inside of the garage for you to look at, I will update as soon as i can.

Once again to you all thank you for your very kind words.

Tom

 

[spanner570]

Wow Tom, what a terrific diorama.

As the lads have written, loads to see and still not see it all!

Magic stuff....Big 5* and then some!!!

Cheers,

Ron

 

[noble]

Hi AllThis my now finished Dio, that i have been working on for as long as i can remember, well i think it is time i called it finished.

I have renamed the Dio to "Under new management" The Dio is based on the Mini Art French farmyard that i decided i wanted to use as a French garage in use in Vichy France, the occupying Germans have decided that the Garage will be of use to them, as well as helping themselves to the previous owners fuel supply..... the other models and figures are a mixture of Tamiya vehicles, these being the Kublewagen and Steyr 1500A and an Italeri zis-5 made to look like a French civilian delivery truck, the figures and accessories used in and out of the garage are from Verlinden figures and workshop equipment, ICM figures, Tamiya vehicles, and Live resin figures, Italeri workshop tools, Plus models figures and Tamiya chickens and birds, as well as scenic items from Fog models!

I built some scratch built items including the lean-to at the side of the garage using balsa wood, I also scratch built the wooden cart using the Tamiya field kitchen chassis and wheels as the base, I also scratch built the briquette yard using 1:35th bricks and plastic styrene sheet as the base.

Well thats about it really other than posting some pics, i really hope you like it.

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Tom

Hi Tom what an excellent dio mate lots to see and a nice story to boot. 5stars from me.