Afrika Korps conversions, repaints and originals (1 Viewer)

[Panzer]

Here is my latest desert Dio with a combination of original K&C, conversions and repaints.

 

[Panzer]

second shot.

 

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third shot.

 

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another view.

 

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Last one.
Semper Fi!
Rick

 

[Panzer]

Here's a closer shot of the Indian soldier.

 

[wadepat]

Panzer,

Your work is skillfully and wonderfully presented! I am really impressed! My compliments, and, keep up the good work. I love seeing what you produce!

Warmest personal regards,

Pat

 

[desk11desk12]

Simply Awesome Panzer.

It hard to believ how much talent there is out there. How did you plant the soldiers into the diorama without showing the individual bases? Why there aren't more collectors commeting on this work is beyond me. Maybe I missed something.

Keep up the good work,

Carlos

 

[nmrocks]

Great Job!, Love the Indian Conversion, Looks Like you well weather the MKIII
Well put together.
Ray

 

[panda1gen]

Hats off

 

[Panzer]

Thanks all!

Carlos,
I embedded the bases into the sculpting clay.

Ray,
I't is well weathered and dusty as are all the black boots.

Earlier in my career I participated in a month long operation not too far from the El Alamein battlefield in Egypt. No Germans to contend with but the flys, the rats, the heat, and of course the blowing sand was an experience.

You never escaped the sand. It was in your hair, your eyes, your food, your water, your sleeping bag, and all over your equipment, rolling stock, clothes,and boots. This was back when Marines still wore black boots (thank God we've changed since).

Went 30 days without a shower and I swore I never take a water faucet or ice for granted again. Long story, but I wanted this Dio to take on the elements that I experienced and that the British 8th Army and Afrika Korps endured for months and in some cases years.

Semper Fi!
Rick

 

[Alexdakar]

Now I see why your base looks so realistic. Its from first hand experience.

 

[jazzeum]

Thanks all!

Carlos,
I embedded the bases into the sculpting clay.

Ray,
I't is well weathered and dusty as are all the black boots.

Earlier in my career I participated in a month long operation not too far from the El Alamein battlefield in Egypt. No Germans to contend with but the flys, the rats, the heat, and of course the blowing sand was an experience.

You never escaped the sand. It was in your hair, your eyes, your food, your water, your sleeping bag, and all over your equipment, rolling stock, clothes,and boots. This was back when Marines still wore black boots (thank God we've changed since).

Went 30 days without a shower and I swore I never take a water faucet or ice for granted again. Long story, but I wanted this Dio to take on the elements that I experienced and that the British 8th Army and Afrika Korps endured for months and in some cases years.

Semper Fi!
Rick

Rick,

That's quite interesting. How far were you from the battlefield? I ask because I have read that even 60 years later there are still a lot of live munitions lying around (e.g., mines as from the Devil's Garden) and that from time to time people still get hurt or killed if they don't know what they're doing or where they're going. I imagine you had to have been far enough away to avoid this risk.

 

[Panzer]

Rick,

That's quite interesting. How far were you from the battlefield? I ask because I have read that even 60 years later there are still a lot of live munitions lying around (e.g., mines as from the Devil's Garden) and that from time to time people still get hurt or killed if they don't know what they're doing or where they're going. I imagine you had to have been far enough away to avoid this risk.

Brad,
The closest we got was about 60 miles but close enough that the Egyptians warned us about the minefields. You are right, the minefields are still there and quite extensive. For the most part the Egyptians try to stay out of this area but as you said sometimes someone wanders too close and pays the price.

We sometimes tread across areas where the British staged prior to the big battle but I wasn't as interested in the battlefield as I am now or I would have tried to get a closer look. I do remember my first look at the Saharan desert and thinking that it looked nothing like I thought it would. As we moved about I could see that the Sahara had many different looks. It was also interesting to come upon the Bedouins moving about on camels as they have done for centuries.
Semper Fi!
Rick

 

[jazzeum]

It must have been fascinating Rick. There's nothing like being there to get your imagination running. Yes, I love to read about it and have the soldiers but to actually get to the battlefield and try to imagine what the conditions must have been, that's something else.

 

[panda1gen]

You can go on guided tours through the Royal British Legion - see their website - we were considering it but politics got in the way.

 

[halomeeps]

[Excellent work !!! You have a steady hand...