Summer/Fall Contest!!!!!

Col.Pickle · Post by **Col.Pickle** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 4:21 pm

I'm still in. Crap, gonna need to do some updates to mine looks shabby next to yours

jrs. · Post by **jrs.** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:15 pm

If I can finish by entry time CAT 2 1:32nd can I be in ? Or do you have to declare it up front?

Col.Pickle · Post by **Col.Pickle** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 5:51 pm

I say we let him. If he learns the rules and can get it in a week then let's let jrs. participate. I know I'm not the judge so this is just IMHO but we should let jrs. know soon so he can get started.

blurx7 · Post by **blurx7** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 7:28 pm

It's OK with me. I think someone else dropped out anyway, so I say go ahead. If the other judges disagree please drop me a PM and we can discuss.

V2 MAN · Post by **V2 MAN** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 12:50 pm

Thats okay with me

KAMIKAZE · Post by **KAMIKAZE** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:20 am

This one is going to be close for me. I don't know if I'm going to finish my tanks in time (T-34s).

Mark

jrs. · Post by **jrs.** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 7:13 pm

Well Ok here is mine. Cat 2 32X.

I am still using the phone camera and only know how to use an outside host for pictures? So click on the thumbnail and I hope it shows!

Simple story, France 1944 American Armor is pushing through bocage country. As they near a small French town a Panther is defensively positioned at a key intersection blocking entry to the town. The Americans attempt to take away its advantage by taking a short cut! To the American tankers surprise they pass through a hedgerow AND catch another German Cat being refitted. The Tiger crew and the troops rearming are caught completely off guard! The Tiger commander resorts to the only weapon he has!

I did this Diorama because of the great interest on a recent thread about Tigers versus Sherman. I also chose these pieces because the Tiger is the very first 21st century piece I bought. It started the whole thing. The Up gunned M4 was my most recent edition the last piece I purchased.

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Col.Pickle · Post by **Col.Pickle** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:25 pm

wow

looks great jrs. I'm amazed you did it so quickly. The rest of us had a 2 month head start

warhawker · Post by **warhawker** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:45 am

Just got back into town last night...took tomorrow off to finish my dio....should have it up by this weekend...man, talk about a close one!

jrs. · Post by **jrs.** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 2:59 pm

Thanks, I changed the thumb nails to a bigger size, new to posting pics. New to taking them as well, its the back drop and back ground that kills me?

I probably would have added a little more but as many of you already know the feeling the Wife thinks I am nuts, and my two year old loves to be involved. Loves to play tanks! So I had to put it up late at night and took it down before morning?

Need a spare room! I have some other photos I will put out soon, only picked five for the contest. have several more.

Thanks for the kind words! I cant wait to see the rest.

jrs. · Post by **jrs.** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 3:08 pm

You know another thing is I am simply not as familiar with 1:18 like I am 1:32. I can look and see things but I guess spelling it out would help? Mods wise.

Like the two Airborne guys in the 1:18 dio look like they are wearing custom made pathfinder camo?? Those kind of mods should probably be detailed in the post?? I am sure the judges are familiar.

I know if people dont know 1:32 they wouldnt catch many of my mods? ( bigger better pics on my part may help!)
They are small but they are the best part IMHO. The guy runnning out of the Opel in my third pic, he is the same figure as the other side of the truck running, new pose after a boil and bend weapons swap etc, Tiger commander firing Lugar? NCO back of the opel etc, cullens on M4, if you didnt know 1:32 you could miss all these little pieces. The helmet cover repaints on many of my infantry etc. Or the p-dot cap on the tiger crewman up front!

If I learn to take better pics maybe that will help!

mediump · Post by **mediump** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 5:30 pm

good point jrs. nice dio too BTW. I was going to talk about my dio a little more after the contest, but I'll point some mods out now. the figures are all bbi -2 paras , 2 rangers- the paras have been heavily cusomized as they started life as jump ready 's, but what i wanted to talk about was thier gear.
Notice they both have german weapons, scrounged, very little ammo. also they have a german canteen and mess kit (between them), but are not very visible in the pics i took. the 'scarf' is made of a piece of parachute that came with the figures, he is wearing a jeep cap (21c head swap) and his 'suspenders' are made of leather. the other figure doesn't have much, but notice that he is wearing a german belt, and his mohawk has grown in a little.
oh and a dead german in the foreground, relieved of some equipment.
thanks jrs, welcome aboard and keep up the good work

p.s. i'm cuttin it close with my 1:32 dio. its not going to be as good as yours. i didn't have much to work with

jrs. · Post by **jrs.** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:21 pm

Cool cant wait to see your next one! Also I have seen the BBi paras at TRU, and thought it odd that the life preserves etc were fixed to the figures.

Looking at ur guys above gives me a far better idea of the work involved. They look great. I didnt think you would be able to get the vests and harness etc removed from those figures at all? Great job!

Its late on the 25th..... Where are the other 28 dioramas????

I also have a few other pics of mine I will post after the close or judging, with only five allowed its hard but once they have decided I will post another five or so.

Good luck to everyone. Also to Lightning, I want to say thanks for the sponsorship, win or lose no biggie to me. But knowing you decided to step up and do this with the prizes is first class. I have never bought anything from the motorpool but I assure you if I buy something in the future online it will be from you. Thanks to all who were involved!

Col.Pickle · Post by **Col.Pickle** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 7:33 pm

hey mediump you'll have to tell me how to make those amazing hedgerows after the contest if over (can't have me stealing your idea

). They look really realistic!

General Blasto · Post by **General Blasto** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 4:50 am

Please excuse me for not reading the entire thread, but I was just curious. When is the closing date for the contest ??? I don't think I will be ready intime with all the work left to be done. But is there a winter - spring contest coming up ??? That one I could enter perhaps. I got a call from a local distributor telling me my lighting fixtures/kits are ready to be picked up. So this way I can enjoy my camp in the dark too

Has there ever been an entry that was "lit up" and shot in the dark ??? This may be an intresting concept. I did a night shot for the outdoor trains way back when of a station shot with an engineer, conductor and station personal comparing time and handing off the orders to the train crew that was real cool. Well, just a thoguht

The General

MIGMADMAVIS · Post by **MIGMADMAVIS** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:52 am

The 28th I believe

Razor17019 · Post by **Razor17019** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:30 am

MIGMADMAVIS wrote:The 28th I believe

This Sunday @ 12 Midnight is the deadline...
Winners will be announced on Oct 31st

Judges, correct me if I am wrong on this.

V2 MAN · Post by **V2 MAN** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 12:25 pm

That is correct Razor

normandy · Post by **normandy** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 6:49 pm

Well I'm set, I think.......Just need to take some Pics.
All the best to Everyone!

RED · Post by **RED** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 10:55 pm

SAIPAN---JUNE 15,1944. The doors of the LST's swung open at 0700 and the first Amtracs of four assault battalions of the 2nd Marine division began heading out to their line of departure.One Amtrac (#27) carrying members of Fox company 2nd battalion 8th Marines were to land on GREEN BEACH 1 with the first wave. [/img]

---When the command for the assault came,shortly after 0800, the amtanks led the way.At first there was little incomeing fire. For a long, cruel moment the Amtracs hung on the reef,silhouetted and almost out of the water,their treads clutching at the coral and then plunging down into the deeper,quieter pools inside the reef.White geysers suddenly plumed in the waters between the reef and the beach.The Japs were shooting back in earnest,now.From the flat,wooded tip of afetna point,on the right toward the old Japanese pier,orange tracers fanned toward the Amtracs,caroming and ricocheting off the water and coral.At 0845 the first Amtracs crawled up onto GREEN BEACH 2( the Jap atillery fire pushed the Amtracs of 2/8 to Green 2 and not the attended Green 1).Some of the amtracs had decks red with blood,and others were awash from shrapnel penetrations.But the MARINES were going ashore,and all the Japs in hell could not stop them.

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The Marines of Fox co. 2/8 became confused from not landing on the right beach,the landmarks which once had set off the assigned landing area vanished in the smoke and haze of battle.The remaining Marines from Fox.co 2/8 surged forward,inshore through the brushy thickets and south down the beach toward Afetna point.

---The men of Fox companys first platoon began to out-flank the pill-boxes that somehow had survived the pre-landing bombardment.With 2/8 Marines laying down cover-fire with M-1's,B.A.R.'s and tommy-guns,Fox co. flamethrower men began to knock-out pill boxes and other beach defences that were fireing on incomeing Marines in the 2nd and 3rd waves.[/img]

--- The rest of the day the Marines would fight and reinforce the land they had took from the iron grip of the Japanese,but nothing stopped the Jap artillery the first few days.By that afternoon the beachhead was some-what secure and every Marine on SAIPAN began to dig-in for the night and wait for the Japanese night attack which was sure to come.---RED---

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 11:13 pm

RED, you've done it again man..

Some of those pictures (especially the first two) look REAL.. Bravo!

Jagdpanther · Post by **Jagdpanther** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 6:23 am

I think we have a winner! I agree this has to be your best yet Red!

General Blasto · Post by **General Blasto** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 7:22 am

Agreed, Red's dios kick butt !!!!
Now if this is the entry case, then you can submit more than one photo if on the same theme or mission ??? This may be good, because I could do the same on my camp for the next contest

Nice work Red

The General

Col.Pickle · Post by **Col.Pickle** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:01 am

Superb! I can't wait to see some more 32x dios though. Should be posting mine tomorrow morning. I have to say that I'm a lil worried though

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:10 am

I call that Red win hands down in the 1/18th field......I will stop looking for a digital camera.

I mean who can beat that it like flowing the Doors or lead zeppelin and you a nobody.

besides it looks like I dont have all the stuff I need for my dio.
I just got a job tha tpays good about 3 weeks ago I still need a digital camera. I was hopeing to have one by now. besides Ineed to pick up 14 infantry guys two black hawks, paint, to get my dio just right. I dont even have enough to do one....

when is the dead line????

Small Scale Military Headquarters

Summer/Fall Contest!!!!!

Ending date ???

Red's dios