Tamiya M10 tank destroyer 1/35

[Tomcat64]

Thanks for the info about joining up the base mate!

And that's some cracking brickwork there

[ElCapitan]

Those bricks look awesome!

[Quax]

A bit more progress made, unfortunately this is a bit all stop start now as I have to keep letting stuff dry. In these photos the brick building is now fixed in place and I'm waiting for the mix of pva and varnish on the sand and stones to dry so as I can fix the other building and continuethe work on the road itself. I have the railings and the gate to build and fix as well as the weathering before I can fix them down too.

Thank you everyone for your kind words but I'm lucky I have been off for 3 weeks following a hip OP otherwise I would be miles behind!







Cheers
Paul

[digger303]

A bit more progress made, unfortunately this is a bit all stop start now as I have to keep letting stuff dry. In these photos the brick building is now fixed in place and I'm waiting for the mix of pva and varnish on the sand and stones to dry so as I can fix the other building and continuethe work on the road itself. I have the railings and the gate to build and fix as well as the weathering before I can fix them down too.

Thank you everyone for your kind words but I'm lucky I have been off for 3 weeks following a hip OP otherwise I would be miles behind!







Cheers
Paul

dipping into the realm of awesome ! Love what your doing with the buildings.

[Gary30]

That ruined church half of the diorama looks VERY familiar to me....and is sending a few cold shivers down my spine Looks great though, and as for the M10 itself....wow!

I should really stop reading all these amazing build threads, I've got about 20 tank kits in my stash that I want to build, but I'm on a car building mission at the moment, and this just makes me want to drop everything and start building a tank

The Miniart dios are really good, they take a bit of work in the first place, but once built, they are really enjoyable to paint and take weathering really well with all the recesses and lumps and bumps etc.

Looking forward to seeing this one finished mate, keep up the good work.

[Hawkmoon]

All looking good on the dio and I bet you didnt think it was going to look half as good as it is so far when you saw that grey vac formed plastic in the box

[Tomcat64]

That's coming along really nicely Paul - love the streaking sludge effect down the walls!

And hope the hip isn't giving you too much trouble too (sorry - I completely forgot to ask at the weekend )

[Kevthemodeller]

Looking good Paul, you've really captured that plastered look

[Donkeywalloper]

This drop dead gorgeous work chap.
DW

[Quax]

Looking good Paul, you've really captured that plastered look

As its Friday night I intend to try some other techniques to get plastered!

Still progressing, all that's really left to do now is add a few bits and paint and weather the roadway, I decided to allow the Sherman a quick try...





Cheers Paul

[KalebB]

It's looking amazing bud.

Love the weathering you're doing on the Dio itself

Hope the Hip is doing well!!

[Kevthemodeller]

As its Friday night I intend to try some other techniques to get plastered!

I'm with you all the way

Still progressing, all that's really left to do now is add a few bits and paint and weather the roadway, I decided to allow the Sherman a quick try...





Cheers Paul

The Sherman looks right at home

[Quax]

Ok calling this part of it done (finally), it's taken me about 3 weeks... Now back to the M10 and the figures.









Cheers
Paul

[Kevthemodeller]

Superb, you've nailed it Paul can't weight to see the the M10 and figures mounted

[Hawkmoon]

Cant fault that and very nice work

[alextheblue]

Excellent work Paul, this is going to be an excellent diorama!!

[Quax]

Gentleman I offer you my thanks for your continued encouragement!

Now the dio is finished Ived been able to get back to finishing the important part, the M10. I now have this fully assembled to a point where I'm happy (give or take a few... extras) now it just needs the final weathering.





Cheers
Paul

[Tomcat64]

That base is all kinds of awesome mate - cracking job!

And the M10 isn't too shabby either

This is coming together really nicely

[Kevthemodeller]

The crew look awesome in the turret can't wait to see it all come together

[ElCapitan]

Loving the dio base! The dirt, the grass, the bricks, everything just looks great!

[digger303]

Loving the dio base! The dirt, the grass, the bricks, everything just looks great!

What the man said ....simply striking...

[Stokesy44]

Seeing that base go from some very dodgy bits of plastic into the finished article was awesome. Superb job mate. Cannot wait to see if with the M10 (looks great) and all the figures too.

[Quax]

Thank you everyone, I wasnt sure that I could pull this off to my own satisfaction. I think it's gone well and I hope you'll all think the same.
Here are the final M10 photos and a teaser for the final reveal which is now in the usual place.
Again thank you all!







Paul

[gaz45]

Great work there mate it looks awesome

[KalebB]

Ugh it looks so darn good bud.

Diorama fits extremely well with what you've done with the tank itself