(Finished!) Souvenir Hunters: 1/32 BF-109F Desert Crash Diorama-North Africa 1942
Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 7:40 pm
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
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
