ADOLFS GARAGE - Berlin '45 - not quite!

[brokeneagle]

A very light hearted look at 511 in Berlin at the end.


The 3rd Co. of 511 picked up some of the last 'big boys' straight from the factory on the 31st March 1945.
These tigers had all the featues of the last vehicles and did not seem to carry any markings. They are usually depicted with a green base as per the last paint order but there is some debate whether this base color could have been red primer. The color profile i used as a guide is from the osprey King Tiger book. I did not do the paint scheme as an exact copy but did like the idea of the bare steel barrel. I missed the special late model front guards when I did this but Hey , next time I will put them in. I also left out the circles from the cammo as I was trying to depict another vehicle from the same batch and wanted to make it slightly different to the one in the picture.
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This diorama I did [1998/99] for Custom Dioramics before they were bought by VLS. I wanted to try something a little less serious with my larger dio's and went for 511 because I liked the fact that they got their last batch of Kingy's straight from the factory.
I have been slack and haven't been doing any tanks recently. I have been building other stuff though, so I have been modelling.
There are various details within the dio that elude to the end of the war through humor , so look hard and see if you can find them all [6]. One is Adolf himself standing in the rubble between the buildings
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I used Custom Dioramics [CD] and VLD buildings plus CD boxes, cobblestones, wallpaper and some other accessories.
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The figures are all VLS, modified in some cases. The little dog was given to me by a friend [ J.B. - thanks again]so I don't know what company it was from- it was a resin animal though.
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I detailed the tanks with Aber brass sets, VLS ENGINE BAY, Tamiya individual track set, kasten lifting hooks plus a lot of scratch built details - petrol overflow pipes, handles, missing bolts, drive sprocket mount, rain guard etc.

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[b]VP TIGER 2 RESIN ENGINE BAY............................................... ...This soldier is relieving himself on a portrait of Hitler [you can just see it lying flat on the ground in front of him].
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The German flag was created with tissue paper and a stencil and I 'ratted' the jib crane from a mk4 recovery update from VP.

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The table came from the old Italieri set as did a lot of the tools. I included 'wear and tear' on the table surface in the form of scratch's and dints. I used odds and ends for the mechanical bits.
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I have some more details on the engine blocks and painting them that I will post tomorrow. See you guys then.
P.S. I got a new airbrush for my B'day -------- double action Paasche [I think that is how you spell it]. Its still a Virgin though. I am about to give it it's first run on a spaceship model so I can't wait!

[lucatolo]

Hi Ian,

You are the "Master of Disaster" - intended as the best creator of rubbles and demolished buildings and structures I've ever seen ;)

This is another great diorama of yours!!!

BTW, happy birthday, even if late of a couple of days :)

Cheers,

Luca

[Panzergrenadier]

:o :o Amazing dio! You are the master!

And happy bygone birthday! :lol:


Siim

[mnickolson]

Ian,

Man that looks great. You do some great looking diorama's. :) Also Happy Birthday.

Mike

[lquah]

Ian

Happy belated birthday. :lol: Your dio is very impressive. How long did it take you to complete?

Lawrence

[paulyrichard]

Brokeneagle, you are the man! Look at this, this is stunnin'! Totally unreal, I can't believe it! You gotta' tell me, how long did this take you to create? Simply stunnin' work! :)

[sam_dwyer]

Gday Hilly!

On oldy but a goody! I Havent seen this one for years, but remember it well.

Looking forward to catching up on the weekend.. what have you got ready for the comp?

Sam

[DOJO]

Very nice model, liked that it's a little bit dark and a good contrast.

[Larry Bates]

Hey Ian,

It was your B-day? Well shut my mouth, Happy Belated :o

Larry

[James Tainton]

.................................................. EYE KANDY............................................. ........................

[Sheeds]

Happy birthday Hilly.

Besides the guy pissing on a picture of Adolf.....where are the others? :lol:

Willy.

[Finnmodeler]

Hi Ian,
this is cool! Once again your shades are very interesting. Just right atmosphere, me thinks.

Niko

[brokeneagle]

:) Thanks for the comments and interest guys. You are all very kind as this is a 7 to 8 year old dio.

Thanks for the Birthday bit. I was not on the planet on my birthday [3rd] so thanks for the belated wish's

Luca,
'Master of Disaster', thanks for the 'creds' , you are a wordsmith.

Lawrence and Paul,
I can't remember exactly how long....... I think about 150 hours, something like that. I am glad you like it paul and welcome to the planet. I have quite a few others on my vbench if you are interested.

Sam,
I might have a couple of sci fi models but that is all. I will see you there though.
Looking forward to it.

Niko,
Photo's were mainly taken outside on a overcast day which gives nice lighting.

Willy,
the other jokes are just some funny bits I added thats all. I thought it might be fun for you guys to try and pick them out. Nothing to deep or clever........
1. Hitler waiting in the makeshift work area in between the buildings.
2. The dog pissing on the motorbike.
3. the soldier pissing on the picture of Hitler
4. Graffiti on the wall - 'MAY SALE'. Berlin 45 everything was up for grabs!
5.Sign leaning against the wall - Adolf's Auto Repairs.
6. playboy magazines next to the soldier on guard.... a bit hard to see in the photo though.

Another bit of trivia........this dio has gone to the grave since these shots were taken but I saved a lot of the details. The dog is now on my Karl dio pissing on the Kubel and the mechanic standing at the table is now on the MK3 Stalingrad display.
Now some more shots of the engine and some fun with photo shop.
OLD AND SCRATCHED THEN SENT HOME TO MUM
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The Engines and weathering.
This Maybach was from VP and started as a resin block from a one piece mold. I added the exhaust exstensions as well as the flange plates and bolts. I also added the dipsick and the pipe pertruding from the oil box. I removed the flat carrier from underneathas well. This is a Panther motor but it was very similar to this.
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The Engine doesn't come up that great this close as I painted it to be looked at from a normal 'eyeball veiw'. I would also use some pigments these days but the basics are the same. Black base coat - sienna brown ghost coat- drybrush with steel - touch up with chrome silver - finish with redbrowns and orange for rust - light drybrush with sand.
This is the Panther motor that I used in the rubble area with the junk and transmissions.
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And this is the Panther motor compared to another Maybach I modified and weathered to look 25 years old for one of my older dios called
'After the Battle'.


Thanks again for your interest.

[Plushy]

Happy B`Day Ian , i look forward to seeing your Sci Fi models on sunday at the expo !.

Awesome work on the Dio too ! :)

[MrPlasticmodel]

Hi Ian
Like all the others a happy B'day from me too! and good luck on the competition on sunday! I't allways nice to see your work maybe an old one but wery good!

[Excatlon]

awesome work

Great work when i saw your work i be shocked