Outoppies Scale Modelling Dream Dioramas Blog: 2009

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Euro-Militaire 2009

http://militarymodelling.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/euro-militaire-2009/

Saturday, December 5, 2009

6574 - German Warriors 1940-41
Despite what war movies might purport to show, the majority of a soldier’s time is not spent in frontline combat. Dragon’s latest 1/35 scale figure set is thus an accurate portrayal of a war scene, for it shows German soldiers performing various mundane but nevertheless essential activities. Buckling up a belt, adjusting a chin strap, taking off a tunic or putting on personal gear are pretty ordinary events, but these are exactly the kind of things these five figures are doing. While perhaps not as dramatic as firing a weapon or performing a bayonet charge, these kinds of actions are certain to lend an air of authenticity to a modeler’s dioram a.

The German figures represent the early-war period, suitable for any European theater in 1940-41. Each figure is masterfully molded and anatomically accurate. The faces are carefully scuplted, as are their everyday actions. They wear a variety of uniforms, including three Wehrmacht soldiers dressed in typical M1935 field gray tunics, trousers and leather boots. Meanwhile, one figure is kitted out as a Panzer crewman, while the final one would suit a Sturmartillerie unit. Modelers are always clamoring for more figures to populate their dioramas and vignettes, and they don’t come any more practical than this! With its credible and lifelike poses, this set will find multiple uses in many dioramas to come.

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Unusual Diorama

http://cs.finescale.com/forums/1146035/ShowPost.aspx

Biggest Diorama? Roadside America Pennsylvania

http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/outoftown/pennsylvania/berkscounty/shartlesville/roadsideamerica/index.htm

Probably the coolest exhibit of all time: a 9335-sq-ft mini New York called the Panorama, with each building in the city shown. You walk in to one side, and go up a ramp encircling the......
http://www.queensmuseum.org/exhibitions/visitpanorama

http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=827&Itemid=4338

Saturday, November 21, 2009

Dragon's latest figures

1/35 "Fragile Alliance" Axis Forces, Balkan 1943 (4 Figures Set)

After Italy ventured into Albania in 1939, Mussolini decided to invade Greece on 28 October 1940. The Italian armed forces found it hard going, and in fact, it required the intervention of German forces attacking via Yugoslavia to finally capture the region. Yugoslavia and Greece were divided into sectors, with Italian, German, Bulgarian and Rumanian forces policing these occupied territories against determined partisan resistance.

Italy occupied two-thirds of Greece (including its islands), Albania and the Yugoslav coast. Although they were supposed to be allies, there was often tension in the relationship between Germany and Italy. After Benito Mussolini was ousted in July 1943, the country signed a secret armistice on 3 September, bringing Italy’s combat involvement in WWII to an end. German forces in Italy and the Balkans moved quickly to disarm their former allies and to take up critical defensive positions, with significant violence taking place in some garrisons.