Alternative Diorama items

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:48 pm

Hi Guys!
I am always on the look out for items that will work in a diorama or display for 1/18 scale figures and their vehicles.
I found a great one by McFarlane that come with a 6" or 7" US soldier and rocket launcher.
It's a brickwall and floor:

I was wondering what you guys thought about McFarlane's "The Hatch" from TV's LOST:

Does anyone have this item? Can the figures be seperated from the hatch? I think it could be used as a pillbox with jungle around it.

What do you guys think???

7thva_hunter · Post by **7thva_hunter** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:54 pm

A viet cong hole.

FieroDude · Post by **FieroDude** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:59 pm

The hatch actually reminds me of something I saw on a website about WWII-era Russian bunkers and such long buried and forgotten out in the Russian countryside:

http://www.serpentswall.com/

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 9:59 pm

great site

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:38 pm

That Kiev defensive line of bunkers and Elena's exploration of them took me over an hour to digest it all.
She has other items of interest too-
-motorcycles
-Chernobyl
-Stalin's prison camps

WOW! that's my kind of woman! She goes everywhere, isn't afraid to get her hands dirty and her writing is to the point - plus she looks great too!

Sign me up on the tour of Kiev!

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:28 pm

yes - I was reading for over an hour too -

FieroDude · Post by **FieroDude** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:45 am

Elena's sites and explorations are very impressive. I first discovered her work about 3 years ago, when all she had posted was her Chernobyl explorations. She has since expanded it dramatically. I bought a copy of the DVD she references for Chernobyl, and seeing the video really makes her title "Ghost Town" take on some meaning. There are pictures on the site as well a fair amount of footage on the DVD from a grade school, and it is unnerving. First time I saw the movie "Silent Hill", I was reminded of it.

ZBEAR · Post by **ZBEAR** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 7:52 am

Some what off topic but what is her wesite address. I read the Chernobyl portion a while back

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 8:01 am

Here is her home page:
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddo ... index.html

You can find Chernobyl on there.