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Offline malaula

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Coming in for a soft landing
« on: February 14, 2015, 10:58:34 PM »
This was a real fun build,a training squadron Camel's dead stick landing,proposedly a soft one.. The Camel is a Roden kit,decals blue rider and the sheep are modified Preiser cast in resin(I have around 30 left that came out of the mould without ears :P.
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Offline dtomko

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Re: Coming in for a soft landing
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2015, 11:01:48 PM »
Beautiful!

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Offline Pgtaylorart

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Re: Coming in for a soft landing
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2015, 11:05:28 PM »
A Camel and sheep! What a unique diorama, very we'll done. Congrats on a very we'll deserved award.

George
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Offline Matt Parvis

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Re: Coming in for a soft landing
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2015, 11:15:02 PM »
Very nicely done and I love the story.

What did you use to hold the Camel up?

Matt
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Re: Coming in for a soft landing
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2015, 11:26:41 PM »
Excellent
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Re: Coming in for a soft landing
« Reply #5 on: February 15, 2015, 12:18:24 AM »
What a great diorama, and well deserved of the award sir!  I love the subject, the composition, and the execution is just fantastic.

Warren
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Re: Coming in for a soft landing
« Reply #6 on: February 15, 2015, 02:28:14 AM »
Soft landing, hard praise. Excellently done!
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Offline malaula

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Re: Coming in for a soft landing
« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2015, 02:34:58 AM »
Many thanks to y'all!Matt,the Camel is stuck on 0,5mm steel wire.
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Re: Coming in for a soft landing
« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2015, 06:39:14 AM »
Wonderful!  What a brilliant idea for a diorama, Matz!  Beautifully done.  By the way, how can you even tell if 1/72 scale sheep have ears or not?  I certainly wouldn't be able to tell.
Cheers,
Bud
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Re: Coming in for a soft landing
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2015, 06:46:27 AM »
You have done a great job with this diorama and fully deserving of the award, what a unique idea and perfectly displayed.

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Offline RAGIII

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Re: Coming in for a soft landing
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2015, 01:54:39 AM »
Beautiful work! You have executed this unique scene perfectly!
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Re: Coming in for a soft landing
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2015, 02:18:07 AM »
Thank you for sharing this wonderful "Deich-Dio", Matz!

Jörg
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Re: Coming in for a soft landing
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2015, 03:15:11 AM »
Brilliant little diorama, totally believable and extremely well done!
I hope to see more of these little jewels. :D

Cheers,
Ernie :)

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Offline Epeeman

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Re: Coming in for a soft landing
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2015, 06:11:00 AM »
Very clever!

Great diorama, well done

Regards

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Re: Coming in for a soft landing
« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2015, 06:57:40 AM »
Fantastic!What an original out of the box idea,full of dramatic impact of a different kind.Bravo!
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