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WW1 Aircraft Modeling => WW1 Aircraft Dioramas => Topic started by: malaula on April 03, 2015, 10:25:06 PM
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Done,finally! I've been workin'on this since 2010 ,scrapped it three times,now I declare this one finished.
The Balloon itself is the roseplane vacu,everything else except for 3 figures is scratched.
The DeLaHaye trucks have been built according to photos only,so no garanty for scale accuracy.
Figures are my own casts , some converted and some self-sculpted,one might recognize the ubiquitous Orion-officer,who is the only one I left untouched.
Got a silver medal and the visitors-choice award at Euromodelexpo last weekend for it.
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k152/matzmodel/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/1-P1020029_zpsfpjw1spm.jpg) (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/matzmodel/media/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/1-P1020029_zpsfpjw1spm.jpg.html)
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k152/matzmodel/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/2-P1020030_zpsog3gdoxm.jpg) (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/matzmodel/media/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/2-P1020030_zpsog3gdoxm.jpg.html)
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k152/matzmodel/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/3-P1020036_zpszxszh7bz.jpg) (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/matzmodel/media/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/3-P1020036_zpszxszh7bz.jpg.html)
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k152/matzmodel/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/4-P1020037_zps2gcaxc5j.jpg) (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/matzmodel/media/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/4-P1020037_zps2gcaxc5j.jpg.html)
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k152/matzmodel/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/5-P1020038_zpssrhdlg1n.jpg) (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/matzmodel/media/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/5-P1020038_zpssrhdlg1n.jpg.html)
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k152/matzmodel/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/6-P1020039_zpsvne0v93i.jpg) (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/matzmodel/media/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/6-P1020039_zpsvne0v93i.jpg.html)
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k152/matzmodel/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/7-P1020049_zpsfuuruzrk.jpg) (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/matzmodel/media/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/7-P1020049_zpsfuuruzrk.jpg.html)
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k152/matzmodel/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/9-P1020046_zpsetqiw8bk.jpg) (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/matzmodel/media/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/9-P1020046_zpsetqiw8bk.jpg.html)
(http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k152/matzmodel/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/8-P1020057_zpsbsukk0kj.jpg) (http://s87.photobucket.com/user/matzmodel/media/Caquot%20observation%20balloon/8-P1020057_zpsbsukk0kj.jpg.html)
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Excellent subject in a nice and colourful diorama.
Please do more
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Really excellent and evocative. You have a brilliant eye for staging a scene. Bravo, top class and again I am left wondering what the gold medalist could have brought to beat this.
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The vehicles and most of the figures are scratched? Amazing! I'm wondering the same thing as Bo, how could this be topped?
Maybe there's some prejudice going on since it's not your typical airplane scene. Or it's not a Spitfire.
George
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Thanks to all,much appreciated!Well,may be it's been put in the wrong class,some bloke told me it's not an airplane and it does'nt fly cause balloons are'nt flown but driven,so it's been put in the vehicles category....you know those armor guys,don't you?!
Anyway,I don't care too much about that,knowing the majority of the visitors liked this dio the most.
cheers Mathias
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Fantastic!
Totally original.
Speechless.
S
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You have created an absolutely amazing scene, everything in the diorama is superb from the balloon, the figures, vehicles, trees, everything, and having so many figures around makes it a very realistic looking scene. I especially like the overhead shot.
Des.
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Fantastic! Amazing and stupendous! Perhaps someone adventurous out there might produce another Drachen, and in 1/48th: a happy medium somewhere between WnW -- and too small for these eyes!
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What a super piece of work Malaula! Well-deserving of all the praise here.
Best wishes
Nigel
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Those fools! It is an aircraft. It's a craft and it is in the air, ergo, "aircraft". Whatever. It's a masterpiece regardless of category, Matz! A true example of modeling genius.
Cheers,
Bud
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Well it gets gold here! A truly amazing diorama, as Bud so rightly says - a masterpiece.
Cheers,
Tony.
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Your Diorama is beautifully rendered! The figures, trucks, groundwork and scenery set a terrific scene for the OUTSTANDING Balloon!
RAGIII
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Wow!
Your diorama really is truly excellent. A very different scene to boot as well!
Regards
Dave
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Thanks to all,much appreciated!Well,may be it's been put in the wrong class,some bloke told me it's not an airplane and it does'nt fly cause balloons are'nt flown but driven,so it's been put in the vehicles category....you know those armor guys,don't you?!
Anyway,I don't care too much about that,knowing the majority of the visitors liked this dio the most.
cheers Mathias
Have you seen the Delahaye balloon winch truck at the Auto und Technik museum in Speyer? I have some photos of it (somewhere!) if you are interested in seeing them
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Wow...the imagery, the story told, the frozen moment...so very dramatic...wonderful. My favorite shot/angle depicting all of that is the 7th one down that is looking back up the road...gives it a late afternoon glow....rather like a painting. Beautiful, Mathias.
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Now that is just fantastic,Matz. I like it a LOT.
... But then what else can we expect from you... !?!
You continue to be an inspiration.
High Regards,
Matt.
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Simply first class in every department, This gets a gold from me too.
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Gorgeous! I could spend a day just taking in all of the details. The diorama lends dimension to what I have only scene in photos.
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I thank you all for your nice comments,much appreciated!Tony,I have pics of the speyer truck,but it's an earlier type than that in LeBourget. I estimated all the dimensions according to different fotos I found on the web and those I took in LeBourget.hence the scale might differ between about 1:70 and 1:80.
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Wow, so good!
Great idea and even better implementation.
Kindly regards
Jörg
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No I know why I joined these forums!
Everything about this is incredible and looks like a museum piece - you really have captured a story here and the depth to the diorama just sucks you in deeper every time you look at it.
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Fantastic! I love every bit of this dio! Great stuff.
BC