24 August 2010 : Today I proudly present Model Maniac Page 55 - Part B. In this Part "Art Instructor" presents three new armors, a new howitzer, a new motorcycle and two new dioramas. Starting from Russian BRDM-3 from Dragon and Hummer with M242 Bushmaster from Tamiya, followed by M38 A1C Recoilless Rifle from AFV Club, IJA 28cm Howitzer (Coast Guard) from Pit Road and
Zundapp KS750 with Sidecar from GreatWall (LionRoar), then topping it off with two dioramas, namely "Women At War" using Master Box's Women At War : US Navy WAVES and Diorama "Ukraine, Summer 1943" using Dragon's Panzer Kampfwagen IV Ausf.F2 and Dragon's German Infantry (Ukraine 1943).
And same as the last 4-5 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 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 55 - Part A. 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
039 : An Overview of Page 55 - Part B (Index Print)
040 - 043 : Dragon's BRDM-3
044 - 047 : Tamiya'a Hummer with M242 Bushmaster
048 - 052 : AFV Club's M38 A1C Recoilless Rifle
053 - 059 : Pit Road's IJA 28cm Howitzer (Coast Guard)
060 - 064 : GreatWall's WWII German Zundapp KS750 with Sidecar
065 - 069 : Diorama "Women At War" using Master Box's Women At War : US Navy WAVES
070 - 076 : Diorama "Ukraine, Summer 1943" using Dragon's Panzer Kampfwagen IV Ausf.F2
and Dragon's German Infantry (Ukraine 1943)
- Academy's German WWII Battleship Admiral Graf Spee 1:350 Premium Edition
- Roden's Fairchild AU-23A 1:48 RTAF
- Hasegawa's IJN Battleship "Mutsu" 1:350 w/ full option PE/brass upgrade kits
By "Niphon"
- Diorama "German Infantry" using Airfix's German Infantry multi-pose figure set 1:32 (finished)
- Linberg's IJN I-53 & Kaitens 1:72, a 1.50m long submarine model kit
- AFV Club's German U-Boat type VII B 1:350 w/ Upgrade Set from Voyager
- Revell's German U-Boat type VII C 1:350
All by "Toom" (Art Instructor's big brother)
- Esci's T-54 Serian Army (finished)
- Esci's Ti-67 (finished)
- Trumpeter's Tu-160 1:72
- 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 (finished)
- Diorama "British Paratroopers WWII" using Master Box's British Paratroopers WWII (finished)
- Diorama "US Army Anti-Tank Team" using Dragon's figure set (finished)
- Napoleonic Figure bust (finished)
- US Tank Crew bust (finished)
- US Pilot WWI bust (finished)
- Diorama "Stuka im Anflug" using Master Box's figure set of the same name
- Diorama "Russian Special Forces" using Zvezda's Russian Special Force Fire Support Team
- Diorama "German Naval Troops 1942" using Dragon's figure set of the same name
- Diorama "Lehr Division" using Dragon's Panzergrenadiers Lehr Division (Normandy 1944)
- Diorama "Dien Bien Phu" 1:72 using Esci's North Vietnamese Army figure set
All by "Joh"
Some kits in stock that I just can't wait for them to be built!:
- 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 (another one)
- Trumpeter's Russian Cruiser Pyotr Velikiy 1:350 w/ PE Guardrails & Radar from LionRoar
- 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 Yahagi 1:350
- Alanger's K-407 Russian Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarine (NATO Delta IV Class) 1:350
The list goes on...
