FOUND

Here's a dio in progress. I don't build a lot of dioramas, or at least I don't finish a lot of them. But this one's coming along nicely.

The idea is this: Two US paratroopers have stumbled upon (found) a freshly abandoned German Panzer IV in the rubble of a bombed-out building. Location would obviously be somewhere in Western Europe, probably Belguim.

The Panzer IV is a kitbash that I built about a year ago, consisting of Tamiya and Academy parts (mostly Tamiya). I used an Aber barrel, Lion Roar turret skirts, Cavalier Zimmerit, a Panzer Workshop interior, parts of a Tiger Models Designs backdate set, Friulmodel tracks and Archer turret numbers. PE tool clamps, etc came from Eduard, Lion Roar and Aber.

The building is "East Prussion City Building" from Mini Art. I don't recommend Mini Art's building kits because of the way they're designed. They're basically in two halves that you have to join together, leaving the worst seam I've ever seen, right down the middle of every edge. Terrible. This building, has more after-market filler and putty than Pamela Anderson.

The cobblestone street section underneath all that rubble came from Kancali, as did the rubble molds I used to make some of the debris. Also in the mix is some home-made debris.

The US troops haven't been difinitively added yet. They're in the last two pics, but only for my reference, for now.