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I finished my entry into Nigel Wells, North Africa Group Build. This is my very first attempt at doing a diorama and I was apprehensive about doing it. I actually almost tossed it for a simpler build.

I have three others that I have not begun but now that i understand placement and such, I am looking forward to starting them in the future.

Anyway, I post this so that my brothers and sisters, my fellow styrene addicts can enjoy and post tips if one so wishes. Thank you for watching and thanks to Mike ( Coen C, ClovernCross and a few others ) for the support in making this first possible......

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My eyes are still dry and rolling on the floor!!!

Awesome job!!!
I really like the weathering on the armored car; just enough to show it's seen some action.

Coen wrote:My eyes are still dry and rolling on the floor!!!

Thanks Mike. Means a lot to me coming from you.

trekfanj wrote:Awesome job!!!
I really like the weathering on the armored car; just enough to show it's seen some action.

Thank you brother. I appreciate your taking time to watch my build video

Great looking diorama you have there
I like it a lot

Lovely work, Gil. Figures, vehicles, gun, scenery: all top-notch work and you've posed everything superbly.

The story you have created, blows me away! Great work! Pure inspiration

MarkVerploeg wrote:Great looking diorama you have there
I like it a lot

Thanks for watching and commenting on it brother.

FishBowlMan wrote:Lovely work, Gil. Figures, vehicles, gun, scenery: all top-notch work and you've posed everything superbly.

Thank you. I appreciate you taking time to watch and comment.

gustavlekstal wrote:The story you have created, blows me away! Great work! Pure inspiration

Thanks. I am so happy you all liked it.

Congratulation buddy. First diorama? Awesome work

Hard to believe this is only your first diorama, because it looks really really good. It's quite obvious you put a fair bit of planning into it. The positioning of all the elements and figures does a lot more than just show your modelling skills. It's like the whole scene is telling a story of its own. Great work. You deserve the right to be proud of what you achieved.

great work,

Desertfish wrote:Hard to believe this is only your first diorama, because it looks really really good. It's quite obvious you put a fair bit of planning into it. The positioning of all the elements and figures does a lot more than just show your modelling skills. It's like the whole scene is telling a story of its own. Great work. You deserve the right to be proud of what you achieved.

Thank you for the kind words. Yes, it is my first diorama. I am so happy it came out well and was received as such also by my peers. I was very reluctant to post it but after showing it to Mike ( Coen C ) and what his reaction was to it, I decided to get over my fear of showing it and go for it.

I am deeply humbled by the response. I realize there could have been more done to dress it up, but I feared if I added more to it, I would have ruined it with too much "noise."

Again....Thank you for the kind words!

Gilbert

martin57 wrote:great work,

Thanks Martin

AchtungPanzer wrote:Congratulation buddy. First diorama? Awesome work

Thanks Panzer

That is very good work.

mannloon wrote:That is very good work.

Thanks for watching.

Great model making and imaginative, nicely posed scene setting. Great stuff

Excellent first diorama Gil .......
Love it... Love everything about it... Some excellent figure, model, diorama work and composition there.
Every different angle tells a story.
Well done Brother.....

That's insane for a first Diorama?!

Stunning job!

Cheers,

Martin

Gilbert, I've been to Chicago a few times, not as many as I'd like, but i have friends down in T.C., Michigan and I always transfer out of O'Hare. Up until now my favourite things have always been Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy and Chess Records - now, it's got to be your dio!!!!!

Dude, that's a piece of art - truly magnificent!!

Love your work and love your vids,

Really nice dio, I enjoy the planning also . The only prob with dioramas is finding room to show them.

Rob wrote:Great model making and imaginative, nicely posed scene setting. Great stuff

Thank you Rob. Appreciate your taking time to view my build

wappynutter wrote:Excellent first diorama Gil .......
Love it... Love everything about it... Some excellent figure, model, diorama work and composition there.
Every different angle tells a story.
Well done Brother.....

Thank you Wappy. I am happy you all liked it.

UKguyInUSA wrote:That's insane for a first Diorama?!

Stunning job!

Cheers,

Martin

Thanks Martin. I am truly humbled by the response I have gotten for this. Hope I can buiuld on the experiance of this forst diorama and improve on it.

alextheblue wrote:Gilbert, I've been to Chicago a few times, not as many as I'd like, but i have friends down in T.C., Michigan and I always transfer out of O'Hare. Up until now my favourite things have always been Muddy Waters, Howling Wolf, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy and Chess Records - now, it's got to be your dio!!!!!

Dude, that's a piece of art - truly magnificent!!

Love your work and love your vids,

Thank you Alex.

I was raised listening to those greats. I even met Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Buddy Guy. My father had a liquor store on Maxwell street and when I was younger, John Lee Hooker would sit in front of it, next to Nate's Deli...the one where Aretha Franklin owned in the movie. I used to see him sitting out there every Saturday and Sunday when the "street market" ( Jew Town as it was then called because of the Jewish clothiers there ) was in full swing and he would play with the street band called.."The Maxwell street Blues Bland." That was before the Movie, "The Blues Brothers" and he was down and out. We also used to go to the old "Chess Records" studios on east 21st back in the 70's and listen to local bands record. Of course, Chess wasn't what it once was and the building was being rented by a string of different folks trying to revive it. The building it is in now was not the original one that was on 21st and Michigan ave. That was the one Muddy Waters played in...It is now Willie Dixon's Blues Heaven foundation.

Would never know it was your first diorama. Really nice work. Like the figures a lot.