22 December 2008 : Today I proudly present Model Maniac Page 45 - Part C, just in time to celebrate Christmas and the coming New Year 2009. In this Part, "Art Instructor" presents 4 new armors and a new diorama. Starting from M270 MLRS from Dragon w/ PE upgrade set from Voyager and LAV-150 APC from Hobby Boss, followed by KV-2 from Trumpeter w/ PE upgrade set from Eduard and Universal Carrier MkII w/ Flak 38 from Tamiya w/field conversion by A.I. and topping it off with Diorama "German Aggression" using Tamiya's Sd.Kfz.251/1 Ausf.D + Dragon's German Sturmpioniers, plus a bonus diorama "Hey! What's going on?" from "Totenkopf".
And same as the last three dozen Parts, all pictures in this Part were taken using "time exposure" technique so as to achieve highest depth of field, i.e., using a tripod, setting shutter priority and selecting shutter speed that gives the highest f-stop (f19-f22), and setting self-timer for shutter release. Lighting is natural, pictures were taken outdoor under the shades during daytime. Pictures were scanned directly from film by the photo shop, written on to a CD and resized by me. As always, I hope you'll enjoy viewing!
I'd like to thank for all kind feedbacks, compliments and suggestions that we received concerning Page 45 - Part B. They are very encouraging, and they inspire us to keep on producing quality models & dioramas and showing finest quality pictures. Comments and suggestions are welcome in my
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078 - 084 : Dragon's M270 MLRS w/ PE upgrade set from Voyager
085 - 091 : Hobby Boss's LAV-150 APC
092 - 098 : Trumpeter's KV-2 w/ PE upgrade set from Eduard
099 - 104 : Tamiya's Universal Carrier MkII + Tamiya's Flak 38 + Field Conversion by Art Instructor"
105 - 114 : Diorama "German Aggression" using Tamiya's Sd.Kfz.251/1 Ausf.D + Dragon's German Sturmpioniers
077 : An Overview of Page 45 - Part C (Index Print)
Bonus Diorama
201 - 220 : Diorama "Hey! What's going on?" by "Totenkopf"
A few months earlier I bought this dio in support of the builder who built and showed it in "Hobby Model" (a local hobby magazine, now defunct) years ago. He scrathbuilt the base, the house's ruins, the barbwires. etc. He also added details to many parts of both vehicles as you can see by yourself.
- Tamiya's T-34/76 + Aires' VT-34 Recovery Vehicle Conversion Set 1:35
- Academy's OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35
- Tamiya's Japanese WWII Battleship "Musashi" 1:350 w/ local made PE parts big set (3 sheets)
- Revell's S.M.S. Emden 1:350
- Dragon's Typhoon Class Submarine 1:350 (broken w/ many missing parts) + CN's Typhoon Class Submarine 1:350 =
a Revival Project for the Dragon's Typhoon Class Submarine 1:350
- Alanger's K-267 "Dragon" Nuclear Powered Submarine 1:350
- Zvezda's K-3 November Class Nuclear Submarine 1:350
All by "Tazmanian"
- F.M.'s LCVP 1:35 (finished)
- Revell's Typhoon Submarine 1:400 (finished)
- Maquette's Russian D-6 Submarine 1:400 (finished)
- Maquette's Russian L-4 Submarine 1:400 (finished)
- Maquette's Russian M-200 Submarine 1:400 (finished)
- Airfix's AH-1D 1:72
- Dragon's USS Cushing DDG-985 1:350 w/ in-box PE rails
- Tamiya's German Steyr type 1500/A + Tamiya's PE Grille Set + VP's Radio and Command Upgrade Set
All by "Toom"
- Diorama "Soviet Antitank Artillery" using Alanger's figure set
- Diorama "Battle of Kursk 1943" using ICM's figure set
- Diorama "German Antitank Team - France 1940" using Dragon's figure set
- Diorama "US Army Airborne 1945" using Dragon's figure set
All by "Joh"
- Academy's F/A-18 D 1:32
- Italeri's Elco 80 Torpedo Boat 1:35
All by "Niphon"
