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World War II: Germany
Aircraft of Germany in WWII.
Hosted by Rowan Baylis
Bomber Busting Swallow
panzerman1
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Posted: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 - 12:54 PM UTC
First post here. End of the war, Me-262 w/ 50mm auto-canon,
designed to be a bomber killer. Tamiya, 1/100 scale, added fairing and canon from spares. B-17 & Me-262, 1/144 scale,
Minicraft and Eduard kits. B-17 battle damaged and detailed.





Had Fun making this a small forced perspective diorama. All
comments are welcomed. Bill
matrixone
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Posted: Friday, December 21, 2012 - 07:06 AM UTC
Very nice work on the entire presentation.

I built the Tamiya 1/100 scale Me 262 this year and its a fine kit for its age, I hope Tamiya will update this kit and add some improvements or better yet start a whole new line of 1/100 kits.


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panzerman1
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Posted: Friday, December 21, 2012 - 11:28 AM UTC
Thanks Les. I agree with you, they are really nice kits.
They build very quickly...lots of room for detailing. Bill
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Posted: Friday, December 21, 2012 - 11:33 AM UTC
Nicely done Bill, a great little scene !

Cheers, D
panzerman1
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Posted: Friday, December 21, 2012 - 04:31 PM UTC
Thanks Damian, glad you liked it. It's challenging to do an aircraft diorama other than it parked on the tarmac. I've always liked "in-flight" displays, so this is just a variant of that. Best Regards, Bill.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - 10:28 AM UTC
Bill, the damage on the B-17 looks quite realistic, I guess one hit of a 50 mm shell would have shred a B-17 to pieces or at least tear a whole wing off. Fortunatly for all the American bomber crews the Me 262 A1a/U4 didn't score a kill - one prototype only flew 2 combat missions before the war ended.
I have just finished my build of that aircraft in 1/48. If you like have a look on my Assembly Line thread (page 3) here in this forum.

Happy modelling!
Torsten
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 - 09:12 PM UTC
This is a very nice diorama! and much better than waht I can do.

but the sharp "corners" of the box still take something away. Have you thought of "rounding" the edges of the box?
Middle_Franconian
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Posted: Friday, January 04, 2013 - 09:45 AM UTC
Hi Bill,

this Diorama is very cool! Nice idea and very good implementation! I like it!

Regards,

Sebastian
panzerman1
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Posted: Friday, January 04, 2013 - 05:28 PM UTC
Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments.
@Torsten, guess it was another too little, too late development. I'll check your build out, I'd like to see a larger scale model of it.
@Drabslab, You're right, rounded corners would help the illusion.
@Sebastian, Thank you, glad you liked it.
Best Regards, Bill
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