Big Brother (Eastern front 1943) (1 Viewer)

[vicnic123]

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The action takes place in ww2 and has 5 german soldiers and two tanks on the eastern front in the winter of 1943.Diorama is entitled 'Big Brother"and shows a Tigre tank in the role of the bigger brother that helps a Panzer 3 out of a pinch.......it also includes artificial snow,water and artificial ice.

 

[vicnic123]

I place the "victim tank with a track in the so called water and wait 24 h for the mix to harden(mix the components of artificial water and fill the lake up 90%)After hardening ,we place the pieces of artificial iceon top.We obtain them by breaking the piece with a pair if pliers.Through this procedure we obtain pieces of ice with irregular edges,just like en reality.
We make a new artificial water mix,this time in a smaller quantity.We pour the new mix of artificial water on the ice pieces until 9/10 of their volume is covered,excepting the ice pieces caught on or pressed against the tracked skates and that break the rules of physics here(ice floats with 9/10 of its volume under water)
Another exception is the intact ice near the shore that will be covered with water as a consequence of the tank partially sinking that raised the water above the ice.
for the last,applying artificial snow(made from amineral that imitatesnatural snow)To apply we dilute the white glue with 50% water.With the help of athick brush,we cover the entire surface on which the artificial snow is to be sprinkled

 

[Currahee Chris]

The weathering on those Panzers is first rate!!{bravo}} Really well done, I feel colder just looking at it!! {sm2}

 

[Iron Brigade]

Great looking photos of a real nice diorama!

"Iron Brigade"

 

[vicnic123]

Great looking photos of a real nice diorama!

"Iron Brigade"

Thanks,

All the best,
Victor

 

[notascoldasbastogne]

Kursk

 

[Nick Nasta]

scale 1:35
The action takes place in ww2 and has 5 german soldiers and two tanks on the eastern front in the winter of 1943.Diorama is entitled 'Big Brother"and shows a Tigre tank in the role of the bigger brother that helps a Panzer 3 out of a pinch.......it also includes artificial snow,water and artificial ice.

I have to agree, the armor weathering is superb!
Definitely has the wow factor.
Nice job!
Nick

 

[Panzer]

Great painting and weathering! Well done!
Rick

 

[Iron Duke]

Fantastic! Words fail me.. the melting ice effect is astounding{eek3} Any chance of sharing trics of the trade?

 

[PanzerAce1944]

Panzer in ice. Nice concept !