23 July 2010 : Today I proudly present Model Maniac Page 54 - Part D. In this Part "Art Instructor" presents 4 new armors, a new figure and two new dioramas. Starting from T-55 newly-released by SKIF and IJN type97 Motorcycle with Sidecar from Pit Road, followed by Triumph 3HW Motorcycle w/ British MP Set from Bronco, Flying Tiger Pilot 120mm (1:15) from VP and Ammunition Transporter T-1A w/ Crew from Master Box, then topping it off with Diorama "Let's Go!" using Legend's figure set of the same name and Diorama "Strumpioniers" using Dragon's Sd.Kfz.251 Ausf.C w/ 4 bonus pioneer figures in box. "Art Instructor" received all seven items on 4th July and delivered them all finished on 16th July, taking just 11 days to build all the items shown in this page.
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 54 - 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 54- Part D (Index Print)
116 - 120 : SKIF's T-55 (#233) newly-released
121 - 125 : Pit Road's IJN type97 Motorcycle with Sidecar : RIKUO
126 - 131 : Bronco's Triumph 3HW Motorcycle w/ British MP Set
132 - 135 : VP's Flying Tiger Pilot 120mm (1:15)
136 - 140 : Master Box's Ammunition Transporter T-1A w/ Crew
141 - 144 : Diorama "Let's Go!" using Legend's figure set of the same name
145 - 152 : Diorama "Strumpioniers" using Dragon's Sd.Kfz.251 Ausf.C w/ 4 bonus pioneer figures in box
- AFV Club's Japanese Navy Submarine I-58 1:350
- Hasegawa's IJN Battleship "Mutsu" 1:350 w/ full option PE/brass upgrade kits
By "Niphon"
- Roden's Fairchild AU-23A 1:48 RTAF
- Diorama "German Infantry" using Airfix's German Infantry multi-pose figure set 1:32
Some kits in stock that I just can't wait for them to be built!:
- Linberg's IJN I-53 & Kaitens 1:72, a 1.50m long submarine model kit
- Trumpeter's USS "Cole" DDG-67 1:350
- Trumpeter's JMSDF DDG-174 "Kirishima" 1:350
All by "Toom" (Art Instructor's big brother)
- 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"
- Diorama "Soviet Spetnaz" using Dragon's Soviet Spetnaz
- Diorama "British Paratroopers WWII" using Master Box's British Paratroopers WWII
- Diorama "US Army Anti-Tank Team" using Dragon's figure set
- Napoleonic Figure bust 1:9
- US Tank Crew bust 1:9
All by "Joh"
- Hasegawa's IJN Akagi Aircraft Carrier 1:350 w/ PE Upgrade Sets A,B,C and Superdetail Set
- Academy's German WWII Battleship Admiral Graf Spee 1:350 Premium Edition (got 2 boxes)
- Trumpeter's Russian Cruiser Pyotr Velikiy 1:350 w/ PE Guardrails & Radar from LionRoar
- AFV Club's German type VIIB 1:350 w/ PE upgrade set from Voyager
- Trumpeter's Cv-14 Ticonderoga 1:350 w/ PE BigEdition from Eduard
- Tamiya's Mogami - Japanese Aircraft Carrying Cruiser 1:350 w/ Detail Up Parts
- Tamiya's Mikuma - Japanese Light Cruiser 1:350
- Trumpeter's HMS Repulse 1941 1:350
- Trumpeter's Moskva, Varyag and Admiral Panteleyev 1:350
- Tamiya's Musashi 1:350 (another one)
- Tamiya's Bismarck 1:350
- Hasegawa's IJN Yahaki 1:350
The list goes on...
