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"Brownwater Navy", a diorama...

a photo feature by Zdeněk Petrovič
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"Spawned from our recent "Riverine Military Craft" Campaign, comes this fantastic diorama scene built by crew-mate Zdeněk Petrovič (zdenda), the focus of this MSW photo feature!"



Model details:
The Pibber is built from Tamiya kit (Tamiya 1/35 U.S. Navy PBR31 MK. II Pibber - 35150), and the Saipan, base model, is the Drakar kit, 1:60 scale, from Smer Models (with a Major scratchbuild overhaul!).

The figures, are a mixture of Verlinden and Hobbyfan sets....various natural materials were used for the vegetation, water is made of resin and Woodland Scenic Water effects.
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Comments

skipper
Excellent work Zdeněk! The Jungle atmosphere is very well captured, and the water is also very convincing! I have to ask: - I was able to identify 8 figures in the dio, 4 VC, 4 USM. Are there more? Congratulations Rui
MAY 16, 2008 - 12:31 AM
Grumpyoldman
That really is excellent.
MAY 16, 2008 - 03:31 AM
Karybdis
Wow, that dio is gorgeous! The water looks so real with the mud churning and the jungle is excellent. Amazing!
MAY 16, 2008 - 04:35 AM
whittman181
WOW , that's an awesome diorama
MAY 16, 2008 - 07:36 AM
JMartine
beautiful and very dynamic. My eye kept wandering, looking for new angles and details, Bravo Zulu mate!
MAY 18, 2008 - 12:08 PM
roudeleiw
Great job, congratulations. I really love this dio, there is a real jungle atmosphere in there. Cheers Claude
MAY 21, 2008 - 10:57 PM
Cope1216
Great dio.. Lots of detail. The only thing I see wrong is the brass on the bow of the boat, the spent brass on the fifties drops out of the bottom into the tub(making it very hard to stand).. Great work
DEC 02, 2009 - 02:44 PM
johncpo
These PBRs were not called "Pibbers" that is a contrived name from Tamiya !
SEP 29, 2015 - 01:32 AM
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