The Far East, World War II, 1942-1945 (1 Viewer)

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Put together a small diorama for my mates in Australia and for Raymond as he asked for a Pacific WWII diorama from me.......





 
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I watched Kokoda the other night, which inspired me to do this one, plus you guys have been asking, so who am I not to come through?



 
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Japanese forces overrun Australian positions along a river bed, support comes up for the Aussies as the battle rages on.

When I was younger, one of the coolest toy soldier gifts I ever got was the Britains Deetail 18 piece Japanese set, also got the 18 piece US Infantry set which filled in as Marines. Later on, when Airfix came out with their plastic Austrians and Ghurkas, I painted them up and I was in business for the Pacific.

Not my scale of choice, but that didn't stop me from enjoying them.

Plus back then, all the best comic books were subjects about the Pacific.........









 
Great dio, George. As a kid, crawling in the dirt with my Marx armies, the enemy of choice was always the dreaded Japanese. Of course, they always lost, but not before vicious hand to hand combat resulting from the obligatory Banzai charge. The WW2 PTO dio is something we can use more off. Keep it coming.^&grin -- Al
 
Terrific, George. I was not expecting a Pacific Theatre display until after Chicago.

Thanks very much. I really appreciate your time and effort.

Raymond :salute::
 
lancer said:
Great dio, George. As a kid, crawling in the dirt with my Marx armies, the enemy of choice was always the dreaded Japanese. Of course, they always lost, but not before vicious hand to hand combat resulting from the obligatory Banzai charge. The WW2 PTO dio is something we can use more off. Keep it coming.^&grin -- Al
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Thanks Al, you and numerous other kids (me included) approve...............and yes, more dio's will be coming, long overdue from me.
 
glossman said:
Terrific, George. I was not expecting a Pacific Theatre display until after Chicago.

Thanks very much. I really appreciate your time and effort.

Raymond :salute::
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I hoped you'd like this one Raymond, thanks very much.

This week is going to be crazy around here as I prepare for not one, but two shows in a row, including the biggest one of the year..................
 
Considering that you must be busy getting ready for Chicago George, it's great that you put together this scene depicting the Aussies battling the Japanese. Again, nicely done and it's interesting that you are using Staghound armoured cars and not Matilda tanks or some other tanks although they still look great in the scene.

Tom
 
Great subject and diorama George. Speaking of comic books way back in the dark ages, do you recall a series that focused on ANZAC"S fighting Japanese? I can't remember what it was called but it was GREAT! I keep thinking it was drawn by Sam Glanzman. Charlton comics?
I am pretty sure it wasn't Russ Heath or Joe Kuberts work. All three of which were a HUGE influence on me as a kid. Alway's drawing in class instead of doing my assignments! Then I found out about Frank Frazzeta. Oh Dear.Always drawing something that would , in these PC correct days would have me in some Government enforced program for the emotionally disturbed children!
Have a great time in Chicago!
Harold Scott
FUbaR
 
TomNT said:
Considering that you must be busy getting ready for Chicago George, it's great that you put together this scene depicting the Aussies battling the Japanese. Again, nicely done and it's interesting that you are using Staghound armoured cars and not Matilda tanks or some other tanks although they still look great in the scene.

Tom
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Thanks for the comments, sort of did this one last minute, should have used a couple of tanks vs the armored cars, will do a larger one at some point with a similar theme..........
 
Fubar said:
Great subject and diorama George. Speaking of comic books way back in the dark ages, do you recall a series that focused on ANZAC"S fighting Japanese? I can't remember what it was called but it was GREAT! I keep thinking it was drawn by Sam Glanzman. Charlton comics?
I am pretty sure it wasn't Russ Heath or Joe Kuberts work. All three of which were a HUGE influence on me as a kid. Alway's drawing in class instead of doing my assignments! Then I found out about Frank Frazzeta. Oh Dear.Always drawing something that would , in these PC correct days would have me in some Government enforced program for the emotionally disturbed children!
Have a great time in Chicago!
Harold Scott
FUbaR
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Thanks Scott, not familiar with that series, wish I was at it sounds interesting.

Loved those war themed comic books as a kid............
 
Nice one Warrior,
On the subject of war comics I had a huge collection of COMMANDO comics back in the 80's long gone now though.
They were great little books I think 2 were released each month....Great art work inside and cover work!


 
Fubar said:
Great subject and diorama George. Speaking of comic books way back in the dark ages, do you recall a series that focused on ANZAC"S fighting Japanese? I can't remember what it was called but it was GREAT! I keep thinking it was drawn by Sam Glanzman. Charlton comics?
I am pretty sure it wasn't Russ Heath or Joe Kuberts work. All three of which were a HUGE influence on me as a kid. Alway's drawing in class instead of doing my assignments! Then I found out about Frank Frazzeta. Oh Dear.Always drawing something that would , in these PC correct days would have me in some Government enforced program for the emotionally disturbed children!
Have a great time in Chicago!
Harold Scott
FUbaR
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The Frank Frazzeta drawings would have got yer into a bit of strife I bet...great artist with a style of his own.....cheers TomB
 
Ragnar said:
Nice one Warrior,
On the subject of war comics I had a huge collection of COMMANDO comics back in the 80's long gone now though.
They were great little books I think 2 were released each month....Great art work inside and cover work!


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Those look great, don't think we got that one on this side of the ocean.

Glad you like my diorama, thanks very much.
 
I was always more interested in the pacific than europe.One of the best wwii movies I saw was Australians and Japanese in a jungle.I think it was called Yesterday's Enemy but it has along time since I saw it and I'm not sure of the title.
Mark
 
Great memory, that one came out in the late 1950's...................
 
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