Small Scale Military Headquarters

Hey guys, I put together this quick & easy "dio" just to showcase a couple of the most recent additions to my 1/72 scale collection...

At an aerodrome somewhere in Germany circa late 1944, an Me-262A "White 8" of Jagdgeschwader "Nowotny" awaits re-arming and re-fueling before it's next combat sortie, with a Flakpanzer IV "Wirbelwind" nearby providing low-level air defense against marauding allied fighter bombers, which were a constant threat at this stage of the war....

The dio base was made using Verlinden airfield tarmack sheets mounted in a $5 picture frame from WM, they are completely stock except for a light coat of dulling spray, because they had a little bit of a "glossy" sheen to them in certain lighting conditions & viewing angles. The aircraft is an MRC/Easy Model Me-262A, completely stock except for a set of Aeromaster Swastikas applied to the vertical tail. The Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind is one of the new Panzerstahl models that has been discussed in another thread recently. The Me-262 ran me about $8 delivered, and the Flakpanzer IV set me back about $19 including delivery. I'm very pleased with both, and the Me-262 especially represents an outstanding value for the money IMO. Hope you guys enjoy the pics.... Click thumbnail images to enlarge....

Looks good, pretty neat way to make a dio

nice!

you need the Preiser 1/72 Airfield diorama kit(german WWII airfield)

it's got a hanger big enough for a Ju52 plane IIRC. I have a pic of the kit in the box on a CD..I'll photobucket it later.

Panzer_M wrote:you need the Preiser 1/72 Airfield diorama kit(german WWII airfield)

it's got a hanger big enough for a Ju52 plane IIRC. I have a pic of the kit in the box on a CD..I'll photobucket it later.

Cool beans... I'll definitely have to check that out, and I'm looking forward to seeing the Pic. Where might I find one of these Preiser Airfield dio kits...??

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-72-PREISER-4710-W ... 19bc372b8b

Well, thanks for the link & the pic, but @ $188 I think I'm gonna have to pass on this.

ostketten wrote:Well, thanks for the link & the pic, but @ $188 I think I'm gonna have to pass on this.

Got a Vietnam era Verlinden airbase dio coming.It has steel blast shields around the aircraft,on the tarmac.

Will work with any of my SEA aircraft.

Thanks for the picture frame idea,ostketten.

ostketten wrote:Well, thanks for the link & the pic, but @ $188 I think I'm gonna have to pass on this.

that's overpriced...but the only kit I found changing hands at the moment, I picked up one about 3 years ago for 40 complete(which is 2 buildings, a shed/garage on the side and the main hanger.

It's standard Preiser injection. Good detail. Not sure how large it is, as I sold mine at a wargaming convention(ReCon) for 50-55 IIRC plus some 20mm minis.

Overall I've seen 10 or so, with prices from 25-200 in the last 5 years...it's just a crap shoot trying to find one, kinda like the pre-painted 1/72 Preiser Military sets(normally 5 figures pre-built/painted, last I saw was tropical LW set of 5)