As Time Goes By - Kingtigerdiorama

[Kreighshoer]

hello gents ...

you remember when i mentioned to plan a diorama featuring two rock'a'billies? okay - i didn't have any time for my workbench for more than a week and i needed a break from that dog kit of the pak-infanterieschlepper ...

but that doesn't mean that i didn't spent time on thinking about that rock'a'billy diorama ...

the scenery will be as following: a king tiger ran out of fuel and ammunition during the last stage of ww2 and was abandoned by it's crew ... abandoned but not blewn up. in the haste of the final days of the war the kingtiger was forgotten and after armistice the villagers of the surrounding found it and ripped of as many goods as they could lay their hands on and managed to st... - aaaaaah to organize ... then the kingtiger was forgotten again and left ... some twelf to fourteen years later it was recovered by two rock'a'billies who immediately - on the next opportunity - called up their friends to assemble at this place to have a party with bbq and beer (no ... no blackjack, no hookers!) ... and this is what will be displayed ... the two with one of their harleys close to the kingtiger waiting for the arrival of their friends to rock on and have a party ... some good time ...

here we got the kingtiger - DML 6312 the porscheturm kingtiger premium edition - bought before my decision to focus on the early war period:



looks like a beautiful kit ... the box is loaded with parts ...

and following fuzzy logic i startet with the diobase this time ... stubborn as i am i wanted to make a base with two corners out of angle which multiplied the work i had to do ...

yesterday i went to a hardware store and bought some plywood, a slat, some wood putty in mahogany color and wood stain also in mahogany ...

this is my today's outcome after sawing, swearing, glueing, swearing, nailing, swearing and filling the gaps ... tomorrow i will sand the frame the first time and stain the frame ... this will be repeated two or three times:

side view:



front view:



top view:



this project will take some time as i still have to make my mind with groundwork, model building, find some civilians that match a rock'a'billy appearance and last but not least i will have to find a harley in 1/35 ... and workbenchtime of course ...

until next time

cheers,

laura

[Sturmmann]

Sounds like a very interesting idea Laura. Now, why the odd angle on the base? Is that for any specific reason due to the dio layout?

Dave

[lquah]

Sounds interesting and looking forward to your vBench

Lawrence

[Sticky]

Nice looking base. Interesting shape. Bring it on!

[Kreighshoer]

david, lawrence, john - thank you!

david - jep ... guessed right ... that odd angle is the place where i want to have the tip of the gun barrel immersed in the ground/mud

[tamigawa]

Interesting idea. Can't wait to see more.

[Flak]

Sound like interesting...keep it up please

[Larry Bates]

Is looking good Laura,

Can't wait to see more progress.

Larry

[schweinhund]

Both italeri and tamiya did Harley's in 1/35 scale.... should look good in flat-black with whitewalltires.
Maybe you can add a Zündapp or BMW as well, they could have been organized directly after the war
Jan

[Kreighshoer]

fletcher, marco, larry, jan - thank you ... i'll try my very best to meet your expectations

jan - thanks for the tips ... good idea to add a bmw or zündapp ... and whitewall tires seem like a must have for the 50ies

okay ... the last two days i was busy with sanding and adding the additional layers ... this is how the base looks after the final layer of stain ... tomorrow (if i survive clubbing tonight ) i will give the base the first out of three coats of yacht varnish (if i will find it ... forgot where i stored it ... otherwise i will use parquet varnish) ... this will ensure a perfectly smooth and glossy surface protected from accidents during dio construction ...

top view:



front view:



i'll keep you informed about the forthcoming (and spare you the single steps of varnishing)

cheers,

laura