9 March 2010 : Today I proudly present Model Maniac Page 52 - Part D. In this Part, "Art Instructor" presents 6 new armors and a new figure. Starting from 3 modern armors namely Sp.Pz.2 "Luchs" A1/A2 from Revell, M60A1 with Reactive Armor and Merkava II from Mini Hobby, followed by
Soviet Tank Crew 1942 1:16 from Trumpeter, and ending with 3 WWII armors namely Staghound Mk.I from Italeri, German 15cm Sturmartileriegeschutz auf. Pz.III from Dragon and 3.7cm Flak 43 Flakpanzer IV "Ostwind" from Trumpeter. There's no diorama this time but there'll be one next time as usual.
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 52 - 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 52- Part D (Index Print)
116 - 121 : Revell's Sp.Pz.2 A1/A2 "Luchs" (the other one is my own build long time ago)
122 - 126 : Mini Hobby's M60A1 with Reactive Armor
127 - 131 : Mini Hobby's Merkava II
132 - 134 : Trumpeter's Soviet Army Tank Crewman in 1942 1:16
135 - 140 : Italeri's Staghound Mk.I (the other one is Bronco's)
141 - 146 : Dragon's German 15cm Sturmartileriegeschutz auf. Pz.III
147 - 152 : Trumpeter's 3.7cm Flak 43 Flakpanzer IV "Ostwind" (the other one is Italeri's)
- Trumpeter's Tu-160 1:72
- 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"
- 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"
- 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"
