25 January 2010 : Today I proudly present Model Maniac Page 51 - Part D. In this Part, "Art Instructor" presents 4 new armors, a new figure set and a new diorama. Starting from M1126 8x8 ICV from AFV Club and M4 US Marines from Italeri, followed by German 17cm Konone 18 newly-released from Trumpeter, German Artillery Crew from Dragon (to complement the Big Gun) and German Railway Gondola (lower sides) newly-released from Trumpeter, then topping it off with Diorama "Red Army At Rest" using Tamiya's KV-1B and Mini Art's Soviet Tank Crew at rest.
And same as the last 3-4 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 51 - Part C. They are very encouraging, and they inspire us to keep on producing quality models and dioramas and showing finest quality pictures. Comments and suggestions are welcome in my Model Maniac Forum
115 : An Overview of Page 51- Part D (Index Print)
116 - 121 : AFV CLUB's M1126 8x8 ICV
122 - 127 : Italeri's M4 US Marines
128 - 133 : Trumpeter's German 17cm Konone 18
134 - 137 : Dragon's German Artillery Crew
138 - 144 : Trumpeter's German Railway Gondola (lower sides) w/ Tamiya's 20mm Flak38
145 -152 : Diorama "Red Army At Rest" using Tamiya's KV-1B and Mini Art's Soviet Tank Crew at rest
- Trumpeter's Tu-160 1:72
- Lindberg's British Bulldog 1:48(finished)
- Smer's Piper L4 1:48(finished)
- Esci's T-54 Serian Army (finished)
- Esci's Ti-67 (finished)
- Tamiya's T-34/76 + Aires' VT-34 Recovery Vehicle Conversion Set 1:35
- Academy's OH-58D Kiowa Warrior 1:35
- Trumpeter's Me-262 A-1a Heavy Armament 1:32
- Tamiya's Japanese WWII Battleship "Musashi" 1:350 w/ local made PE parts (3 sheets)
- Revell's SMS Emden 1:350
- ICM's Markgraft Battleship 1:350
- Trumpeter's Russian Cruiser Admiral Lazarev (Ex Frunze) 1:350 w/ PE upgrade sets from Lion Roar
All by "Tazmanian"
- Trumpeter's LCM-3 1:35 w/ PE upgrade set from Eduard (finished)
- Nichimo's German U-Boat IX/b 1:200 with local-made PE rails (finished)
- Tamiya's IJN I-400 1:350 w/ PE upgrade set from Eduard (finished)
- Italeri's M.T.M. "Barchino" 1:35
- Trumpeter's German U-Boat type XXIII 1:144
- Trumpeter's PLA Navy 052C DDG-170 LANZHOU 1:350
- Trumpeter's Admiral Chabanenko Russian Destroyer UDALOY II 1:350
By "Toom" (Art Instructor's big brother)
- Hasegawa's IJN Battleship "Mutsu" 1:350 w/ full option PE/brass upgrade kits By "Niphon"
- Diorama "Barbarossa" using ICM's Barbarossa Operation (finished)
- Diorama "Hunting the Partisan" using Dragon's figure set of the same name (finished)
- Diorama "The Green Berets" using Dragon's Green Berets (finished)
- Figures "German Sturmpioneers" using Zvezda's figure set(6) (finished)
- Figures "Waffen SS & SS Infantry using VP's figures(2) (finished)
- Diorama "US Marines, Hue 1968" using Dragon's M274 Mule w/ 106mm gun (finished)
- Diorama "German Artillery Team" using Dragon's 5cm Pak w/ Fallschirmjager (finished)
- Diorama "German Mortar Team" using Tamiya's German Mortar Team (finished)
- Figures "Russian Artillery Crew" using Zvezda's figure set (finished)
- Diorama "Fallschirmjager Regiment 3" using Dragon's figure of the same name (finished)
- Diorama "German Engineers" using Alanger's figure set (finished)
- Diorama "Soviet Assault Army" using Trumpeter's Soviet Assault Red Army w/ winter gear(finished)
- Figures "US Modern Tank Crew" using Dragon's US Tank Crew (finished)
- Figures "Polish Lancer" using Airfix's Polish Lancer 54mm
- Diorama "Soviet Suicide Dog Bomber" using Zvezda's Soviet Tank Hunter w/ Dogs
- Diorama "US Infantry Europe" using Airfix's figure set of the same name
- Figures "German Sturmartille Crew" using Dragon's figure set
- Figures "German Self-Propelled Gun Crew" using Mini Art's figure set
- Figures "German Tank Repair Crew" using Mini Art's figure set
All by "Joh"
