Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 1706899)

I love a good diorama. The best I ever saw in person was when the IPMS national US show was held here in Salt Lake City. The centerpiece was this model which now resides in the Smithsonian Institution's Air-And Space Museum. It represents the 1924 around-the-world flight by the US Army Air Service, with four Douglas World Cruisers.

The diorama represents the planes making a fuel stop at Seward, Alaska in April 1924. The people were all converted from flight figures, and include a soldier strolling with his girl and the crew of a fishing boat who came out to see the planes.



The second picture is a close-up of the boat and crew. What you can't see is the detail, most wonderful of which is the cards laid out on the boat's galley table, left there when the players heard the planes landing.



I just wish there were pictures I could show of all those details.

Originally Posted by jimbuna (Post 1707453)

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve (Post 1707536)

You found it! COOL! I love that sort of thing. That one reminds me of one of my all-time favorites. The link is to Shep Paine's book on diorama-building, which has a lot of good ones.
http://books.google.com/books?id=tge5LXsoGQIC&pg=PA61&lpg=PA61&dq=diorama+ the+elefant's+dilemma&source=bl&ots=ebxCNOotTm&sig =qDjnhdfcsNH29LWSi9IBTEhdGM0&hl=en&ei=x4IkTvutF4Pg iALSnuikAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1& ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=diorama%20the%20elefan t's%20dilemma&f=false

Originally Posted by CaptainMattJ. (Post 1708711)

jesus. that alot of models. great work too.

Tigers, panthers, panzers, Some Flakpanzer Ostwinds, half-tracks, Corsairs, mustangs, F-16s, i think i saw an M1 Abrams, hurricanes, spitfires, German tri-planes, bi-planes, Surveilance aircraft, neat bombers, panzerkamfwagens, STuGs, T-34s, shermans, BF109s, FW-190s, A-10 warthogs, harriers, I think i saw a Leopald, Panzer IVs, jeeps, Japanese Zeros,Japanese Oscars, Pershing tanks, Stukas, beauteous destroyers and heavy cruisers.

Yeah, im a military nerd. I can tell from first glance what each of these are. Some new modern jets i havent seen though. I do, have a huge poster that my uncle gave me hanging above my bed with some of the biggest and baddest modern jets from all parts of the world.


edit: how could i forget to mention the KING tigers, South Dakota battleship, Buffalos, Apache Attack heli, Catalinas, APCs, Priests, and the best of all, the reason were all here, the VII class subs and beautiful nuclear subs. I dont think i saw an I-400 though.

Originally Posted by Osmium Steele (Post 1709147)

Was that Bailey Bridge scratch built, or can you get a kit?

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike (Post 1709152)

I think its from a kit:
http://www.scalehobbyist.com/catagor...12/product.php

Originally Posted by Osmium Steele (Post 1709147)

Was that Bailey Bridge scratch built, or can you get a kit?

Originally Posted by TLAM Strike (Post 1709152)

I think its from a kit:
http://www.scalehobbyist.com/catagor...12/product.php