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    Kursk 1943

    Starting a new thread for the Battle of Kursk. Leveraging the new groundwork we recently completed.
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    Russian Farm Scene

    This year I wanted to do David Marshall's Russian farm house justice. I'm going to embed it in one of our custom groundworks. as usual we start with high density foam board. This scene will feature the farm house, a ditch, a gravel road, and a furrowed field.
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    Honour Bound Repaint

    I had this old Honour Bound broken down Panther that I thought we would take a stab at repainting.
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    World War II 1939-45 (Pictures) - Mixed Manufacturers

    As the name implies, this will be a photo thread featuring models and figures from various manufacturers. I will try to acknowledge the manufacturers in each scene. I'm going to start out with a scene from Autumn 1944, featuring schwere Panzerjäger, both towed and mot Z, and SS...
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    Bunker / Gun Emplacement scene

    Hi all, This winter's project is a Bunker / Gun Emplacement scene. Last years Creek diorama: https://forum.treefrogtreasures.com/showthread.php?78224-Creek-crossing-Autumn-scene To start we used a 40" x 48" piece of 3/4" plywood. While this base is thick and heavy it provides sufficient...
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    World War II 1939-45 (Pictures)

    Hi all, I'm starting a photo thread in the War Park section that will feature scenes that primarily contain War Park figures and vehicles. That is not to say I won't mix other manufacturers figures into the scenes where it makes the scene better, just that the majority of items in the scene...
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    Pak 43 Ambush

    Pak 43 ambush:
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    M5 AT Gun in the Ardennes

    M5 AT Gun in the Ardennes
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    Panzer Spitze

    Panther in the Battle of the Bulge
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    Creek crossing Autumn scene

    Hi all, This winter's project is an Autumn creek crossing scene. This is our first foray into a scene featuring water so we're looking forward to learning new things. To start we used a 40" x 48" piece of 3/4" plywood. While this base is thick and heavy it provides sufficient stiffness to...
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    War Park WWII 1939-45

    I've been really impressed with the War Park releases I have purchased. I thought I would start a thread featuring their vehicles and figures. As with my other threads, I will mix other manufactures figures to complete certain scenes.
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    Factory Complex

    Hi all, We've started work on our latest ground work and it's the most ambitious yet. I thought I would share our progress here. The gist of the concept. I had a 6' x 4' piece of plywood laying around that I wanted to use for a new diorama. Our last effort, battlefield with trench, was 4' x...
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    Rome

    I really appreciate the subdued colors on the Legio XIIII G.M.V series.
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    U-505

    While at the Chicago Toy Soldier show we visited the Museum of Science and Industry and the U-505 exhibit.
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    Battle of the Bulge 1944-45

    Starting a new thread for the Battle of the Bulge. Putting a new Build-a-Rama mat into action. Frank
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    Normandy Road

    This is an old K&C set but has always been one I've really liked. I thought I'd drop it into my Normandy Road scene. Frank
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    Russian/Ukrainian Farm

    I have commissioned David Marshall from TM Terrain to build a modular Russian/Ukrainian farm and road section. This has been done with photography in mind. It consists of 1 24" x 24" tile with the main farm house, out buildings and garden, 2 24" x 24" grass tiles and 3 24" x 24" road/grass...
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    Schweres-Panzer-Regiment Bäke

    In early 1944 the Soviets attempted to create a smaller version of their success one year earlier at Stalingrad. This time they intended to cut off a salient that protruded from German lines and still touched the Dnieper river. The salient contained two German corps which Hitler refused to...
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    Samurai

    Samurai Frank
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    Ostfront 1944

    As the arrival of my first FL Waffen SS figures is imminent I've decided to start a new thread that will deal with the east front in 1944. The new figures are extremely versatile and will work equally well in the east and the west. Tiger 312 from 3./s.H.Pz.Abt.505 in the Byelorussian SSR...
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