Global Scale Modeller

Phew! Managed to get it finished in time, although it was touch and go there for a moment. I never really doubted that I would complete it, as I was determined that I wouldn't flunk out on this SiG and would have worked round the clock if needs be. Bearing in mind Mike's input into the hobby over the years, the very least I could do was to finish up one tiny little dio. Well that's enough of the gushy stuff, apart from to say, nice one Mike, you're one top bloke, no to mention a very fine modeller. I think you only have to see the sheer volume of work that's gone into this SiG and the entries are really quite mind-blowing - some fantastic work from everyone!!!

Just a quick round-up before the neverending deluge of poorly taken photo's - well, what can I say, it's a Dragon kit and the quality is exactly what you would expect. Everything went together very nicely and the detail is very good. It does come with the DS tracks and I know a lot has been written and said about these, but I think I must have got lucky as mine were ok and didn't seem damaged in any way. The figures are all from Tamiya as I couldn't quite stretch to some resin ones and the base is home-made courtesy of a cheapo B&Q picture frame.

The first few pics were taken outside, but turned out a little too bright for my liking, so I retreated back indoors.









And now the inside pics.....















Thoroughly enjoyed every moment of this build and I've seen at least 68 winners (and counting), hell, I think they're all winners!! The only down side for me, was not posting as many comments as I would have liked to due to the usual time constraints etc. Although it has been noted that Mike didn't miss a post with his usual support and help - which I guess is exactly why so many people wanted to honour him in this SiG.

For you Mike!!

Excellent work, well done.

Oh my!!!
Alex this is a wonderful piece buddy. The test of the natural light proves that. She's wonderful.
I know that children are doing the judging for this SIG, and I'm kinda glad. I wouldn't want to do it. Holy hell it would be hard to choose, I think that a child's innocence would make it easier.

Well done on a really excellent piece Alex. She's awesome dude!

Awesome work.
Thank you for sharing.

Very nice,clean build! The Tiger,the dio,and those figures are all outstanding!

Love it mate! Awesome job!!

Well finished and well said Alex. Love the colour scheme on your Tiger.

Beautiful diorama My favorite is the masterful Tiger. Spot on with your comments also

The way this is weathered is one of my favorites for sure. Just enough chipping and grime to look right.

Great work on the Tiger Alex. Love your figures, really well painted.

CaiusMartius wrote:Excellent work, well done.

Thanks CM!

Coen wrote:Oh my!!!
Alex this is a wonderful piece buddy. The test of the natural light proves that. She's wonderful.
I know that children are doing the judging for this SIG, and I'm kinda glad. I wouldn't want to do it. Holy hell it would be hard to choose, I think that a child's innocence would make it easier.

Well done on a really excellent piece Alex. She's awesome dude!

Thanks Mike, appreciate the kind words!

Bearing in mind the judging panel, I knew I should have included that rainbow coloured unicorn!

schweinhund227 wrote:Awesome work.
Thank you for sharing.

Thanks Norm!

I'm always glad to share with this great community!

Hillbilly wrote:Very nice,clean build! The Tiger,the dio,and those figures are all outstanding!

Thanks Steve, appreciate that!

felisbarcinonensis wrote:Love it mate! Awesome job!!

Thanks Felis!

Russ72 wrote:Well finished and well said Alex. Love the colour scheme on your Tiger.

Thanks Russ!

Not completely accurate colour-wise, but I loved the box-art.

OliveDrab wrote:Beautiful diorama My favorite is the masterful Tiger. Spot on with your comments also

Thanks OD!

You're quite right, there is something quite masterful about Tiger tanks!

mannloon wrote:The way this is weathered is one of my favorites for sure. Just enough chipping and grime to look right.

Thanks Mannloon!

Had to hold myself back with the weathering - I usually like to go in quite heavy, but didn't think it appropriate for this one.

Nige99 wrote:Great work on the Tiger Alex. Love your figures, really well painted.

Thanks Nige, appreciate that!

I still struggle with figures, but it's getting easier and I really enjoy painting them.

Nice work alex she looks great buddy

Btw you know you can multi quote

Paul wrote:Nice work alex she looks great buddy

Btw you know you can multi quote

Thanks Paul!

I've seen other people multi-quoting, but I must confess - I'm not sure how you do it!

alextheblue wrote:

Paul wrote:Nice work alex she looks great buddy

Btw you know you can multi quote

Thanks Paul!

I've seen other people multi-quoting, but I must confess - I'm not sure how you do it!

Click to quote a person as normal, then scroll down to the other replies and theres a little box to tick to quote them too

Just save son loads of separate posts then

Thanks for that Paul, you're a star!