Small Scale Military Headquarters

Hey yall---It was a nice day out today so I thought I would take a few dio pics!!!!Not much---just alittle air support from a 1:144 Hellcat!!!I took this dio in my driveway---just some grass clipping,sticks,dirt,sand,and a few well placed MARINES!!!I had the Hellcat on a small stick and brushed it out of the pic with a little help from photo editer!!!So there you have it---I might use some more of the 1:144 and 1:18 stuff together again later!!!!Hope yall like the pic!!!---RED--- [img][img]http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/456/yuw45uw4678u5bi.jpg[/img][/img]

That is awesome One of the first of our "non-professional" diorama pictures with a flying WWII plane. Great use of perspective with the 1:18 figures and the 1:144 plane!

You should have totally entered that 21c photo contest from way back when in 2005. You'd have probably won first place with some of your photos!

lol....love it.

That is incredible!!!!

That is real cool.
I agree with what everyone else has said about it.

Really really cool! One of those reminders that some of the most realistic and impressive scenes still can count Mother Nature as part of the set design team I love the use of the 1/144 plane!

Very nice use of forced perspective. I like the diorama and the use of simple materials. Well done.

Outstanding Red..

Unfortunately, now you've given me an excuse to get into 1/144..

Great picture!!

Red, very nice as always. The use of the two scales works very well to make a convincing photo/pic.

grunt1 wrote:Outstanding Red..

Unfortunately, now you've given me an excuse to get into 1/144..

I keep going on the theory that someday I am going to do a 1/6 display of figures displaying their 1/24 collections--using 1/144. And since the 1/144 collection keeps growing in bits and pieces, I better get moving before the 1/6 display starts looking like my house and office with 1/18!

Hey yall---Thank yall very much---Iam glad yall like it!!!!Im pretty happy the way this pic came out!!! I have been thinking of doing some more dios with other scales with 1:18---I just have to figure out how and what kind out dio Im going to shoot for!!! Oh I wanted to tell yall that I pulled the landing gear off the Hellcat and put it back on in the closed/up position!!!I had to do a little sanding down of the tires so they would fit into the wheelwell---glued and now ready to give a little air support---as long as you dont need to land!!! Again thank yall and thank yall for your feed back---I enjoy reading what yall post about my pics!!!! ---RED---

Very good use of perspective! Now if it could be in B/w..

Hey yall---Thanks again---I have had a few members ask me about doing a few pics in B/W so maybe one day I might!!!! I just have always seen all the real pics of the war in B/W and have always thought what the real pics would look like in color!!!!So that is why all my pics are in color---I think it brings so much more to the picture!!! ---RED---

It looks great! Just that with b/w it would look more period. What camera do you use?

That looks great, you did an excellent job on that!!

That is a very nice diorama. Great job. I wish that I had little army men running around in my yard.

Red, did you have to modify the hellcat for raising the landing gear. I have not opened my 1/144 yet so see if they move.

Hey WARHAWKER---Yes I did and it was pretty easy to do!!! All I did was pull the landing gear out a sanding down the tire down a little so it would fit into the wheelwell and glued it in place!!!It is pretty easy to do---maybe a .30-.45 min custom to do!!! ---RED--- [img][img]http://img483.imageshack.us/img483/1913/frogbelly060904nk.jpg[/img]

That is one cool idea. thanks Red!

No problem brother!!! Im going to do the Jap plane next and maybe have alittle dog fight dio next!!!! ---RED---

that looks really cool, great job good job on the hellcat!!