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Diorama "Bail Out!"

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Post by Model Maniac » 09 Feb 2008, 12:17

Diorama "Bail Out!" using Maquette's T-34/85 + Master Box's Russian Tank Crew, Kursk 1943 - by "Art Instructor":

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Post by Ace31 » 09 Feb 2008, 12:52

Very nice indeed... but as far as I know T34/85 entered in service only in 44' :wink:


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Post by Model Maniac » 08 Apr 2008, 13:48

Many thanks for your kind comments, Ace31! I didn't know about T-34/85 history. Perhaps this one was a prototype which
entered the service unofficially in late 1943. ;-)

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Post by JonS » 11 Apr 2008, 00:51

Model Maniac wrote: Perhaps this one was a prototype which
entered the service unofficially in late 1943. ;-)
Perhaps. AFAIK Kursk was in July, which would traditionally be considered the 'middle' of 1943.

FWIW, the driver looks too stiff.

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Post by Sewer King » 11 Apr 2008, 21:28

Fine work! I see the T-34 has shed a tread but do not understand what caused it, having looked for an antitank hit or mine detonation. The moving haze in the photo I momentarily expected was smoke from the disabled tank.

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Post by David C. Clarke » 12 Apr 2008, 00:01

Nice diorama!

I'm afraid though that no T-34/85s, prototype or otherwise was at Kursk.

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Post by Model Maniac » 16 Apr 2008, 08:27

Many thanks for your kind comments and compliments, Alan and David! I really appreciate them!

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Post by David C. Clarke » 27 Apr 2008, 05:22

It's a fine diorama, by any standards! One I would have been proud to have built!

Please remember that and not the historical objections. It would fit beautifully into any 1945 drama!!!

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Post by kstdk » 27 Apr 2008, 11:37

Hello

Yet another outstanding model indeed.

And, as i read the text, the only thing that indicates Kursk 1943 is that the used tank crew are:

"Master Box's Russian Tank Crew, Kursk 1943 "

Thats no indication of that the diorama is showing Kursk 1943 - is it? Its nametag are "Bail out", right?

So the historical objections are - in my viuw - wrong placed :wink:

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Post by David C. Clarke » 30 Apr 2008, 03:51

Uh, the historical objections are directed at the tank, not the crew.

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Post by Model Maniac » 30 Apr 2008, 05:47

Many thanks for your kind comments, David and Kurt! I really appreciate them!

I agree with Kurt's suggestion that the historical objections are wrong placed, whether they are directed at the crew
or the tank. You see, I didn't tell the year in which this scene took place and the diorama name is just "Bail Out!".
So any tanks with any figures will fit just fine. :wink:

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Post by Mujo » 02 May 2008, 00:19

Michael Wittmann's unit reported engaging one during the Battle of Prokhorovka.

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Post by David C. Clarke » 02 May 2008, 05:06

I don't think that Wittman was anywhere near the battle of Kursk!

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Post by Sewer King » 02 May 2008, 05:27

Model Maniac wrote:... You see, I didn't tell the year in which this scene took place and the diorama name is just "Bail Out!". So any tanks with any figures will fit just fine. :wink:
You might consider instead using the Russian term for crew evacuation, with "Bail Out!" in parentheses. I do not know what that is, but it should be easy to find or ask (and to get in Cyrillic, as well as the Roman alphabet).

What knocked out the tank tread and injured the crewman in this scene, by the way?

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Re: Diorama "Bail Out!"

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Post by Raus » 05 May 2008, 03:47

Wow, I love the dio, it looks great! You're very talented!

If you look carefully, there is a hole in the tree and it looks like its burnt out around there, too. Did the shell go through the tree and hit the tank?

Anyway, when did all the critics start posting? Its excellent work. Just like a piece of string, if the crewmember was being pulled, his body would look like that. If they were just standing in that position, it would sag - but I don't imagine they would be standing in such an ackward position with the enemy around.

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