1/6 scale outdoor set ups (2 Viewers)

[egonzinc]

Will be posting some of my outdoor set ups from the last 18 years. Hope you enjoy them...

I begin fromone of the most unusual set ups. I decided to convert an area of my yard, of about 14'x12' into a "barren wasteland".
Used flour as the snow. The subject is Albert Ernst and his Nashorn crew from early in 1943. The vehicle was made by German Billy. I just did repair and overpainting on the vehicle. The crew is one of my own.

 

[WesternOutlaw]

Wow! 1/6 is an incredible scale, esp. for vehicles. That tank must be massive. Well done!

 

[egonzinc]

For this one, I went to the beach! This was a commission work which I enjoyed as it was my first DAK vehicle back in 2005. I avoided DAK types as I had no way of photographing them in my yard. Much later, I used the same area shown in the first post with the Nashorn, less the snow, as my spot for DAK types.

 

[egonzinc]

Wow! 1/6 is an incredible scale, esp. for vehicles. That tank must be massive. Well done!

Thanks! This is my heaviest vehicle. Hardly can "manage it" by myself. I usually roll it in a cart near the spot, then carry it only a very short distance. :smile2:
Mostly made out of metal.
My other vehicles, even larger models are fiberglass and not even close in weight.

 

[egonzinc]

A crowd favorite. A repainted 21C Jeep with a group of 41AD troops with their distictive camo uniforms at the time of Normandy 1944

 

[egonzinc]

This is one of my very first outdoor efforts from 2004... a Pak37 with early SS crew in ambush position somewhere in the Eastern Front...

 

[WesternOutlaw]

Your pics and settings are amazing. I esp. like the DAK shots. I haven't photographed 1/6 much but did this one in the backyard a couple years ago:

 

[egonzinc]

Here iso ne from 2-3 years back. Once I had the area mostly bare of grass, I decided to also use it as desert! Here a Mardon Callanta model of a PzIII ausf L
A lot of extra detail parts from various manufacturers.
I really like how this one turned out!

 

[Louis Badolato]

Love the 1/6 scale vehicles! On a trip to Great Britain back in 2012 for one of the London Shows, a group of Froggers from the United States and Austrialia were taken to see an unbelievable collection of 1/6 scale stuff, much of it home-made, at the Tudor home of an elderly gentleman. Your photos remind me of that gentleman's wonderful work!:salute::

 

[OzDigger]

Eduardo, thank you for posting these photos, very impressive and realistic displays. All my displays have to be indoors as I recently paved all my outdoor area (hated mowing lawns). I do have a river at my front fence, maybe I should buy a radio controlled U-Boat to play with ^&grin

 

[egonzinc]

Love the 1/6 scale vehicles! On a trip to Great Britain back in 2012 for one of the London Shows, a group of Froggers from the United States and Austrialia were taken to see an unbelievable collection of 1/6 scale stuff, much of it home-made, at the Tudor home of an elderly gentleman. Your photos remind me of that gentleman's wonderful work!:salute::

Hello!
I would guess the elderly gentelman is Peter Shaw. A giant of the 1/6 world. his scratch-built creations and epic set ups are unique in the 1/6 hobby. He led a group of collectors that called themselves Kampfgruppe Von Alt or something similar.
Truly incredible stuff!

 

[egonzinc]

Here one of my first effotrs. A vehicle that later was upgraded and repainted. Here as a 24th Pz Div recon 250/9 in 1943 in the Eastern Front

 

[egonzinc]

Another very early effort and one that is waiting for some new TLC, from 2004 a De Simone t-34 41/42 version... a colosal effort at the time.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Hello!
I would guess the elderly gentelman is Peter Shaw. A giant of the 1/6 world. his scratch-built creations and epic set ups are unique in the 1/6 hobby. He led a group of collectors that called themselves Kampfgruppe Von Alt or something similar.
Truly incredible stuff!

You are absolutely correct. Here is link to the thread I posted about our visit. What a gentleman!

London Symposium: a Trip to Peter Shaw's Amazing Collection (treefrogtreasures.com)

 

[egonzinc]

You are absolutely correct. Here is link to the thread I posted about our visit. What a gentleman!

London Symposium: a Trip to Peter Shaw's Amazing Collection (treefrogtreasures.com)

Check out their website
Itis BEYOND unbelievable!

WELCOME TO Kampfgruppe Von Abt

 

[Louis Badolato]

Check out their website
Itis BEYOND unbelievable!

WELCOME TO Kampfgruppe Von Abt

Just incredible!:salute::

 

[jason foote]

Wow, he has some great set ups. I only looked at the 1:30 stuff. What a collection

 

[egonzinc]

Various vehicles from way back...

 

[egonzinc]

This is one of my first vehicles that other collectors really liked. An Armor Hobbies build as a command 250/3 early version with the two antennae and not the more known fixed aerial on top of the rear deck. Still one of my favorites!

 

[egonzinc]

A series of images of various set ups featuring my MajorMidnite Grille... Group includes an officer on a motorcycle with side car...