Small Scale Military Headquarters

Any of you ever heard of an outfit called Custom Dioramics...? They make a 1/32 scale 14" x 14" resin aircraft display base that represents "Marsden matting". For those of you are unfamiliar with it, Marsden Mat is basically perforated interlocking steel planking that was used extensively in WWII (and later) in practically all theaters to set up hastily prepared airfields. The display base is unpainted but should be fairly easy to paint up even by those that aren't especially skilled in that department... like me for example.. , and it looks like it would make a pretty neat display base for your favorite WWII allied airplane. At just a tad over $50 delivered, it won't break the bank either, and considering what Build-a-Rama is asking for some of their fabric based display mats, it's seems like a good deal even unpainted.

Marsden Mat Display Base: http://www.greatmodels.com/~smartcart/c ... um=CUD5031

More info on Marsden Matting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsden_Matting

GMP make a couple of very nice dioramas.They are 1/35,but close enough to 1/32 to not really make a noticeable difference.

They are also very heavy,weighing in at over 10 pounds.

They did a Pacific theater,and a European theater version.

http://www.aikensairplanes.com/gmp/gmpg3502502.htm

http://gmpdiecast.com/products/details. ... y=Dioramas

These are still available from some dealers,as well as Ebay.

Really nice,and under $100.

Nice Snake. Do you think that ground crew and equipment would fit well with a 32X plane...?? I searched high and low for something similar (minus the base) in 1/32 scale, but danged if I could find anything... Thanks for posting those links.

Well ostketten,

The dioramas are designed to go with the awesome GMP 1/35 P-40's,and 1/35 P-51 Mustangs.

1/35 is really close to 1/32.I use them to display both 1/35,and 1/32.It is only a 10% difference,and I have no problems.But I am not a rivet counter,so it works for me.
The most noticeable difference would be in the figures.
If you are worried about it,you could always get 1/32 figures,and place them in the diorama,instead of the supplied figures.

These are pretty fantastic pre-made dioramas,that are ready right out of the box.
Great for somebody like myself who doesn't have the skills to do my own.

And they do both the Pacific,and European theaters,so you can display many different models,on the same base.

Really good,and I highly recommend them

There are three of them listed on Ebay right now,for a very fair price.

http://cgi.ebay.com/WORLD-WAR-II-PACIFI ... 439d450073

http://cgi.ebay.com/PACIFIC-WWII-ISLAND ... 1c1010cf27

http://cgi.ebay.com/WORLD-WAR-II-SERVIC ... 45f0d8005c


I think that you would be very happy with either one of these.

I have both of them,and really like them.

On a side note,GMP did a third one.

It is Tuskegee.Which is basically the European version,but the crew members are all black.[African American].A pretty cool variation.
I have this one too,but only have one Tuskegee Mustang.1/35 GMP.

Tuskegee diorama is pretty hard to find,though.

Hope this helps.

Hope this helps.

You bet, thanks.