The awesome dioramas thread

[trekaddict]

Should be JMN for Joyless Modeling Nazi (or Numpty).  Reference to rivet counters and others who take this hobby waaay to seriously.

And of course those without a sense of WHIFFing? I see, thanks.   

[philp]

Exactamundo.

[Jacques Deguerre]

New guy checking in....

There's some wonderful and imaginative work posted here. In response to the "T-Rex in WW2" diorama, the bad reaction it got pretty much sums up the reason why I no longer participate in those supposedly "serious" modeling forums. I remember Gino (the JMN in the Armorama thread) from my days at Missing Lynx and he was actually pretty reasonable and far less of a "ninny" than some of the other posters there. Which just goes to show the levels of Joyless Numptiness (?) many of those forums labor under.

Meanwhile, I thought it was a darn cool piece of work, very funny and clever, and the narrative made perfect sense. The "issue" with the M2 BMG is nit-picky in the extreme and Jeeps have a well known high center of gravity, making it easy to flip over in a sharp turn.

[NARSES2]

New guy checking in....

Wellcome to the madhouse 

of a "ninny"

I haven't seen that word used in an age, forgot how perfect a description it is 

[rickshaw]

Just found this one, "Good Morning, Elephant!"

[ChernayaAkula]

Pretty cool!  Interesting way of replicating the dust cloud. 

[philp]

Some pretty blue water.

http://postfiles11.naver.net/20100828_234/sesucat_1282999655445aiBkR_JPEG/DSC_8936.jpg?type=w1

http://postfiles14.naver.net/20100828_285/sesucat_1283001161014RcxVr_JPEG/DSC_8937.jpg?type=w1

[Aircav]

Referral Denied on both links for some reason Philp

[frank2056]

Referral Denied on both links for some reason Philp

Put a space after the URL in your browser's address bar and press return.

[philp]

That is just weird.  When I first put them in as image tags they worked for me but not when I posted.  Then I checked them and they worked fine yesterday but not today unless I add that space.

[ChernayaAkula]

^ Same thing happened to me with the F/A-18F touch-down dio. Think it's the software of that "naver" website. 

>>HERE'S<< a link to a gallery of that Korean scale model expo. Found on ARC.

[ChernayaAkula]

Cool Ma.K. dio! The idea is just brilliant.  

"Let's fix it!"
Hillersleben, Germany, 1949







From THIS REPORT on the 2010 IPMS Göteborg model expo.

[Aircav]

That kid gets everywhere, bet he's the one that grows and is the same guy thats out walking his dog and always finds the bodies. 
Great bit of modelling. 

[ChernayaAkula]

Beirut East 1982 - in 1/72!  

Found >>HERE<< on Missing-Lynx.





EDIT:

Incidentally, I found another great diorama. And strangely enough, this one's also set in Lebanon, albeit 24 years later and two sizes bigger (1/35).

Crossing the Line!

More >>HERE<<, again on Missing-Lynx.

[philp]

Bunch of nice dios found while surfing the IPMS Deutschland site.




Love the 55 gallon size paint cans.


Gotta love a zebra striped PT Boat.