Famo & Sd. Ah.116 + Panzer III ausf.L: 10-06 Done

Top Top work this is fantastic love the Diorama and all the colours '

Mac

And the poem in the signature...

@ Mac: thanks again for your compliments!

@ Oscar: nice one, huh? When I read this poem for the first time, it kind of hit me with a sad but proud feeling...

@ all:


Update IV: Famo finished…

Just a small photo update to show you the Famo that’s finished for about 99%. Enjoy:





















greetings, Richard.

Dear sirs at Tamiya:

Please throw away your old catalog photos and pay our mate Richard for these. Yours are good, but these are amazing.

Sincerely, a modeler.

Looking great Richard!

Cheers
JT

Fantastic!! The canvas details strike me the most!

Oscar, John and Bruce: thanks a lot for your compliments, really a boost for modelling confidence.

greetings, Richard.

just great

yes that is sweet - especially the camo and the canvas ! the hours have certainly been burned on this one Richard!

best
Mark

@ Alex: thanks!

@ Mark: I've been working on the dio a few hours a night, almost every night for the past seven months. I'm lucky my wife is a schoolteacher, so by the time the kids are to bed, we settle at the diningtable, get coffee, she starts doing "schoolstuff" like correcting homework etc. and I can start modelling. That way we both do our own thing and still have a social life together !

greetings, Richard.

Update V: Famo diorama done

Hello all,

I finished my Famo diorama and shot some pictures. To be honest I have mixed feelings about this project. The pictures don’t give the diorama all the credit it deserves (it’s not easy to get a diorama this size in your camera’s lens). Yet, when you see the real deal, it merciless shows the little mistakes I made the pictures hide.

In the last seven months I put in about 500 hours work, the result to me is little more than satisfying, but the goal is to build the next dio better than this one. Nevertheless: enjoy...





























greetings, Richard.

You made an amazing work with this diorama, I love it, It's worth every minute you put on it.

Hi Richard
Amazing huge project--
-took big balls to even attempt this complex scene---you're build is skillfully built & a lot of fun to look over--I'm sure with all the challenges met doing this project, you're than more ready for what's next.
So what is next?

Great dio! But I miss some water splashes at the rear end of the trailer

@ Oscar: thanks for staying with this 'till the end ...

@ Bernd: I know... There's a lot more that I could add, but I'm done with this one. I'm longing for the next project.

@ Adam: thanks! Indeed the logistics with this diorama sometimes was harder than the actual build. Next is a small dio for a contest on the other forum I post. After that, there's another big one coming up, a rare Allied build this time:

- size: about 80x40 cm (32"x16")
- nine verhicles
- about 25 figures
- a bridge, a wharehouse and maybe a small boat

So stay tuned ...

greetings, Richard.

Hi Richard
This is very nice, and has a lot of the things I like in dioramas. For example the tight composition with no wasted space, and a creative story that's told skilfully. Well done mate!

Cheers
JT

JohnTolcher wrote:Hi Richard
This is very nice, and has a lot of the things I like in dioramas. For example the tight composition with no wasted space, and a creative story that's told skilfully. Well done mate!

Cheers
JT

and the ducks

real nice

@ John and Alex: thanks for your kind words. The ducks.... on another forum I had a guy say he didn't like them... I guess that many people, that many tastes. To me it's sort of an "easter egg" (there are three of them, not two ...)

greetings, Richard.

easter eegg is cool

yes, but... where is it????? I can't see it!!

Hi there Oscar,

The third duck: on the first, the second and the 4th picture you can see it (if you look close) underneath the bridge. Well camouflaged ...

greetings, Richard.

Yes! now I see it...

This is a master diorama.... congrat!

Fabrizio.
All in my blog

Oscar and Fabrizio: thanks again, glad you like it!

greetings, Richard.

Hi Richard

Lot of patience and excellent directing. The result is a beautiful job:cheers:.
I wait for the next job .

greetings  Dimitris