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PostPosted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:28 pm 
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This past weekend I again entered the local model contest held by the IPMS of Stratford. Here I’ve posted pics of the 4 separate dioramas I entered.

Some of you may have remembered a couple of them from last year. But the shots are way better than last years! Kudos to the photographer!

1st A CBI. P-51A pilot gettin’ his first kill on a Zero without killing the worthy adversary.

I call it: "Merciful Victory" or "Merciful Opponent"

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Next is my B.O.B. setup. I love this one and ended up gettin’ second place in the "diorama division” for this one. Competition wasn’t as fierce in dioramas as in the “1/72nd and smaller prop”. This category I would have had to enter into. I really tried to make this one authentic.

I call it: “Hurricanes at Tangmere Aerodrome”

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Ok, new one, and a lovely one at that! Of course many of you nuts out there are Don Gentile fans and I thought this ended up being a pretty cool little setup. Though cutting the canopy and adding new sections was annoying. But now it looks like Gentile just shut down in a muddy portion of the field and is sitting on the wing.

I call it: “Muddy Mustang” or “Muddy Debden” (not sure on which one. What do you guys think?)

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And last but not least I decided to do something different. So far I haven’t really seen too many dioramas depicting planes on poles (except for a 1/48th diorama of the B-17 gas station) So I decided to do the local bird that’s been the center of so much debate.

I call it “Birds of a feather”

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Also: This is what beat me for 1st in dioramas! A guy named John Yeager if not mistaken from Long Island.

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Nice job Chris!
I like the Debden diorama and I really like the Corsair on a stick!
Do you have any other photos of the Cosair diorama?
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Sadly not right now. But you can come and take a look at it when ever you want. :lol:

I've been thinking of making a second diorama piece.

It would depict a beatifully restored Corsair sitting comfortably INSIDE, next to a few other equally important examples of CT avation!

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I also really like the Debden and Corsair dio's. Nice work.

Great idea having a restored Corsair next to the one on a stick. 8)

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Yeah. Right now I haven't really done much work but i hope to return to the 927 project. Received more of a hiccup with that project. But I'll be back on it soon.

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Great example of scale weathering on the Debden model. Well done


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Great example of scale weathering on the Debden model. Well done



I didnt play around with acrylic paints for like 12 years for nothin!
Thanks! :P

Yeah, dry brushing and layering can do wonders!

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