Hey Mark, thanks for the kind word. No, as far as dioramas go this is about as far as I go. I started making my own bases a couple of years ago. I try to have a base for almost every aircraft I build.
The bases are very basic admittedly, just a piece of plywood airbrushed overall black then I go to work with some grass or some ballast for model railroads which are colored a desert color.
It sets the aircraft off a bit I think. The kits are both 1/72 scale, the scale I tend to work in the most. The B-17 is the old Revell kit, I built it as a kid in the 70's, thought I'd try it again. It's okay, not as nice as the more modern kits. The Me-109 is from Hasegawa.
Again, thanks. Russell