(Finished!) Souvenir Hunters: 1/32 BF-109F Desert Crash Diorama-North Africa 1942

[Phillip1]

Fellow Modelers,

Here are photos of my recently finished diorama showing a forced landed BF-109F in a desert setting. The models used on the project consisted of the Hasegawa kit for the airplane, the Tamyia kit for the Tilly vehicle, a Master Box LRDG set for the figures and a Hornet replacement figure head set. A description of the diorama setup is listed below:

The location is somewhere in the North African desert and the time period is set around February 1942. A Gruppe III/JG27 BF-109F-4 Trop airplane has been damaged in air combat with RAF Tomahawks (P-40B/C) and Kittyhawks (P-40D/E) and made a forced landing deep behind the British lines. The unfortunate Experten Luftwaffe pilot has been captured and taken away for processing to a POW camp. A lull in the ground fighting has allowed several curious British 8th Army infantry soldiers to borrow a Tilly utility transport vehicle to make a quick trip to the crash site to “officially” look for valuable maps or other documents but “unofficially” gather souvenirs to carry back to their basecamp.

On the last photos a desert scene poster was used in the background to create a realistic forced perspective. I have always wanted a diorama of a BF-109 crashed landed in the desert, as it is such an iconic image. A complete progress build of this project can be found under the same title in the Aircraft-work in progress and Everything Else-work in progress sections. I hope you enjoy the photos.































Until next time...

Phillip1

[DRUMS01]

Speechless, I think you have found your new calling. It sure looks IPMS contest ready to me!

Certainly a centerpiece of any collection. WOW!

Ben (DRUMS01)

[Stokesy44]

Great work. I love how the floor in the diorama looks EXACTLY like the desert floor in the background. Genius.

[Garion77]

Stunning work !

[Phillip1]

Garion77-Thank you very much!

Stokesy44-Greatly appreciated! I actually spent a good deal of time trying to find the right desert scene poster that would blend well with the diorama.

Ben-Thank you for the gracious words which mean alot coming from someone with your modeling skill set. Praise from Caesar, is praise indeed...

Phillip1

[digger303]

Well done

[cor]

Nice. I like the last ones with the background image. They look very realistic.

[Phillip1]

digger303/cor-Thanks!

Phillip1