26 March 2009 : Today I proudly present Model Maniac Page 46 - Part C. In this Part, "Art Instructor" presents 5 new armors and a new diorama. Starting from M151 A1 w/ 105mm Recoilless Gun from Academy and ZSU-23-4M Air Defense System from Dragon, followed by the Merkava Mk.IV newly released from Academy, M7 Priest from Italeri and ABM 41/42 w/ 47/32 AT Gun also from Italeri, then topped it off with Diorama "Grasshopper in the Field" using Dragon's Heuschrecke IVb 'Grasshopper' + Master Box's German Tank Repairmen + VP's German Tank Crew At Rest.
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 46 - 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 - 081 : Academy's M151 A1 w/ 105mm Recoilless Gun
082 - 087 : Dragon's ZSU-23-4M Air Defense System
088 - 093 : Academy's Merkava Mk.IV
094 - 099 : Italeri's M7 'Priest'
100 - 105 : Italeri's ABM 41/42 w/ 47/32 AT Gun
106 - 114 : Diorama "Grasshopper in the Field" using Dragon's Heuschrecke IVb 'Grasshopper' + Master Box's German Tank Repairmen + VP's German Tank Crew At Rest
Would you buy the kits you want, build them the best you can, and then sell them off at about
one fifth of the prices you bought? Probably not! This is a rare case of Khun Hong and I'm very lucky to be the buyer! The reason that Khun Hong sold is about storage space. He sold me the King George V 1:350 for just $8, the type VIIC 1:72 submarine for just $16, and the Gato class submarine 1:72 for just $19! What a deal! He kindly delivered them to my house yesterday. After some dusting, they now reside in my showroom.
077 : An Overview of Page 46 - Part C (Index Print)
Welcome 3 new warships to my collection!
- 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"
