Good day from France. Awesome diorama and very accurate. The Normandy house is stunning. I've been there several times and it looks really like a Normandy farm. Very beautiful camouflage on the Panzer 4. Brilliant characters very well painted and weathered. Congratulations my friend you could be proud of you work. Best regards from France 🐕🦺🐾 François Bazan 🐕🦺🐾
I almost croaked when I saw you cutting the roof tiles. Dude! I would have needed a few beverages to see me thru the roof tiling, and of course using the sculpting tools to create recesses in the foam is brilliant.
I so wish I could be doing much as this myself (that is a long story!). I would have a different ratio, time period, and setting: 1:25th-scale; mid- to late-1920s; a gently curving streetscape of various Ford Model T and similar vehicles in traffic passing down a long city block of storefronts in a commonplace, modest-sized, middle-class, urban community somewhere in middle USA (amongst numerous others); well, at least I can take a modicum of satisfaction pondering the ephemeral idea. Your work here is a real treat-indeed, since I cannot, it is genuinely therapeutic! Thank you!
I think that I have a new favourite of yours Ian. That house and garden are superb dude. Excellent work. That rose arbour and roses.... they steal it for me. Damn dude!
What detail even tot he soldier relieving himself! I couldn't make it out is a cat or a dog they are trying to make a fuss of. The human side to war, shame it doesn't shine through more often. Everything else s so meticulous and well built. Well done.
Gorgeous! You reproduced that fairly famous tank perfectly and that scene you built for it is stunning. It is fascinating to see your process of scratchbuilding the house and all its accessories. I truely admire that patience and skill.
BRAVO! One of the best dioramas EVER. Your attention to detail is incredible and your form sculpting skills and painting are off the charts. THANKS for sharing your artistry once again.
As always a VERY inspired work, what a pleasure to follow your creations...Special mention to the gardening, the climbing roses are outstanding!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
A great video on working on this diorama, Ian. Very nice to look at and a truly masterly job. Nice, alone this scene with the little dog in the middle of the military speaks for itself. Simply good in all details and there are a lot of details in this. Very nice the creation of the house, fits everywhere. Congratulations. Diorama, figures and tank are high end! Greetings, Joachim
As they the devil is in the detail! Your eye for detail is amazing, such as the little touch of barbed wire around the power pole, fantastic. They say the mark of a professionalisms the ability to make something difficult look easy, you do that in spades! Well done I look forward to your videos, I learn so much, you inspire me to go back to my bench when my MoJo is waining! Thanks
I am absolutely thrilled! Great video! Great tank! Very nice figures! Very worth seeing old pictures! The self-built house is just great!!! All around a successful diorama! Keep it up and inspire your audience! Thumbs up and happy modelling! Greetings, John
The 21st Panzer Division was promised new tanks and before they became available were given a mis matched variety of tanks such as the Panzer 4 C and some Panzer 3s along with a variety of older French tanks modified for German use. In addition their antitank company as well as artillery company were made up of the French tanks modified to carry either the superb German pac 40 or the 105 howitzers. These latter vehicles, or rather ones just like them, were used on the Eastern Front and so the ones used in Normandy may have been used there before being sent to the Normandy area. If I am remembering incorrectly on D-Day and a few days later, the 21st was the only Panzer Division which was available to fight the invasion. I do remember that the division was ordered to be ready to move out toward the beaches either in the early hours of June 6 or the night of June 6th, and they waited quite a while before they were ordered to return to their starting places. Another small miracle that helped make the invasion a little more easy! I am learning some techniques from this video, thank you very much!
Regarding the weathering of the tank: very well done- most modellers go way overboard with rust and dirt and whatnot 'to create interest' (but not necessarily realism), so seeing that dialed down was a very welcome sight. That is not to say tanks don't get dinged up or dirty, but one should keep a few things in mind first: the paint used especially on WW2 tanks was layered on thick, and it was lead-based, which means it pretty much acted like extra armor, because that stuff is HARD. That in turn means that chipping is not that prevalent actually on vehicles in active service (tanks that have been left out to rot in the rain for the last 80 years are ofc a different story). One should also keep in mind that yes, these B and C variants were indeed training vehicles, not only for crews, but also for maintenance personnel, which means they were very well taken care of, so that's also something to consider. When it comes to dirt however, it is best to keep the season and location in mind - the summer of 1944 in France was pretty dry and warm, which means most of the dirt should come from regular dust, especially on the tracks and lower hull, but dust has a tendency to go everywhere. Howver, the tank in the images is also travelling on a regular road, which means the bottom areas of the tracks are constantly kept clean and shiny; in fact, on the model, a drybrush of silver or light steel on the tracks would be my only change. So well done there.
Absolutely enjoyed every second of this build.....you amaze with the way you transform every day items into realistic, dramatic stories. The extended time was no issue....wanted it to continue and, btw, enjoyed the music....very calm and relaxing. Keep up the fantastic work....I'll be waiting eagerly for the next notification.
Dear Sir Again superlatives seem so inadequate. It is not of course the supreme artistry that is employed nor the imagination or foresight it's the in depth reseach and work with archives that back it up that bring your work to a whole new level. We are indeed lucky to see such work and long may it be so. Yours faithfully MrD53
Absolutely beautiful. I'll be watching that again - a lot! Love the tiles, the roses, the way the figures work together - another masterpiece. 👏👏👏 Great stuff. Cheers.
This is awesome. Pieces like these are museum worthy. The detail is mind boggling & the fact that you told us what you were doing every step of the way was brilliant. You have just got yourself a new subscriber. Thank you for sharing.👍
I need to say again that your abilities making buildings are great! i love how the garden turn out and i like the way you made the roof tiles! its a great work! i get lots of ideas from this biuld! keep up the good work
Amazing work! There were a few moments when you literally had my jaw dropping at the creativity. That rose arbor and using wood filler... Game changing. Absolutely beautiful work.
Good to see you can add ‘Gardening’ to your repertoire Ian...😄🌷👍 That’s an outstanding build, the house itself has been done so well! Great amount of patience & technique with the foam & it’s totally paid off. Great story behind the dio too, & along with the tank & those exceptional figures it’s a terrific piece of work 😦 Well done bud!👏👏
Splendid work ! Just a small mistake (already forgiven 😉 ...) hung sash windows ("fenêtre à guillotine" in french) are not used in France, they are not part of our architectural traditions. We only use casement windows with one or two sash (the most common) . Casemant windows are clearly visible on the pictures. The rest is just...perfect !
In your music it said take it to the next level you my friend all ways take it up a couple of hundred level,s I wish I was as talented as you take care my dear friend 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏✌️🐑😁😂
I like the neat little trick with the roses. It all turned out superb. With the foam board, is it plastic faced or paper / card, I'm a beginner and I'm hoping to do my first diorama soon once I've got a few essentials into my stash
Is it okay if I use your way of making windows. I used to do it a different way and never liked it. Also, what type of plastic are you using for the glass? As always great job.
I love your amazing work and got a lot of great ideas from it! One tiny question. If one wanted to use the outhouse, would it be necessary to climb the fence? I didn’t see a gate. Sorry to be picky. Your work is first class in every way. Bob Horning
Truly amazing work! It's really helpful explaining what materials are used and then demonstrating their use. Makes techniques look a little less daunting seeing how they're done. Out of curiosity what colours/paints did you use to do the German infantry? I can never get a colour that I'm happy with when painting them despite trying allsorts of paints and mixes. I know that there's no definitive colour for Feldgrau as it changed constantly due to different dyes/manufacturers/age and wear/ cloth during the course of the war but yours look right. Keep the videos coming as they're a mine of information and techniques that I'll hopefully be trying out with some projects I've got lined up due to the stash being out of control lol.
@@CWModelling The five figures around the dog. I imagine the tanker kneeling is supposed to be a tank commander pointing at a map. I'm having trouble finding the figure with his hand in his pocket, the soldier with his hands on his knees, and the other holding the MG34.
@@larx7296 The guy with his hands on his knees is from Masterbox MB3515, the one with the MG is from Dragon 6656, the one leaning on his rifle is from Dragon 6702, the one kneeling is from Zvezda 3614 and the one with his hands in his pockets is Alpine Miniatures 35073, he's actually a DAK figure that I painted differently........hope that helps 👍
Great subject matter, actually one of my favourite pictures of 21st Pz Div. in Normandy.
Superbe diorama vraiment réaliste qu'elle travaille magnifique merci top 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Bloody awesome.. no more to say!! Just bloody awesome!!
You have such incredible patience. I would absolutely flip out at trying do something like this.
A fantastic work of art. The way you created the house from scratch and the final result is mind blowing! Congratulations!
Cheers Daniel 👍
Your work is simply unbelievable! Bravo.
Nice work as usual. Don’t beat yourself up - the tank looks great. Nice to see a recreation of a real scene from WWII.
Good day from France. Awesome diorama and very accurate. The Normandy house is stunning. I've been there several times and it looks really like a Normandy farm.
Very beautiful camouflage on the Panzer 4. Brilliant characters very well painted and weathered. Congratulations my friend you could be proud of you work. Best regards from France 🐕🦺🐾 François Bazan 🐕🦺🐾
I’m lost for words in the detail included in this, and how easy it looked to achieve. Brilliantly done.
I almost croaked when I saw you cutting the roof tiles. Dude! I would have needed a few beverages to see me thru the roof tiling, and of course using the sculpting tools to create recesses in the foam is brilliant.
How do you think I managed to do it 😜
Well done, Everything looks so real. and the facial expressions on the soldiers, just amazing. nice job my friend.
I so wish I could be doing much as this myself (that is a long story!). I would have a different ratio, time period, and setting: 1:25th-scale; mid- to late-1920s; a gently curving streetscape of various Ford Model T and similar vehicles in traffic passing down a long city block of storefronts in a commonplace, modest-sized, middle-class, urban community somewhere in middle USA (amongst numerous others); well, at least I can take a modicum of satisfaction pondering the ephemeral idea. Your work here is a real treat-indeed, since I cannot, it is genuinely therapeutic! Thank you!
I think that I have a new favourite of yours Ian.
That house and garden are superb dude.
Excellent work. That rose arbour and roses.... they steal it for me. Damn dude!
What detail even tot he soldier relieving himself! I couldn't make it out is a cat or a dog they are trying to make a fuss of. The human side to war, shame it doesn't shine through more often. Everything else s so meticulous and well built. Well done.
Every picture tells a story.Great composition. 👍🏻
Spectacular work.
Very very good.
I congratulate you.
Greetings from Spain.
A beautiful job indeed. Thank you for the method to make roof tiles. Exceptional.
Thank you very much 👍
Gorgeous! You reproduced that fairly famous tank perfectly and that scene you built for it is stunning. It is fascinating to see your process of scratchbuilding the house and all its accessories. I truely admire that patience and skill.
Glad you enjoyed it Michael 👍
BRAVO! One of the best dioramas EVER. Your attention to detail is incredible and your form sculpting skills and painting are off the charts. THANKS for sharing your artistry once again.
As always a VERY inspired work, what a pleasure to follow your creations...Special mention to the gardening, the climbing roses are outstanding!😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
I really appreciate the longer videos and enjoy watching your craftsmanship. Keep up the stellar work.
Wow! What a terrific dio. Luv the figure grouping. Very realistic. Wonderful work all round
A great video on working on this diorama, Ian. Very nice to look at and a truly masterly job.
Nice, alone this scene with the little dog in the middle of the military speaks for itself.
Simply good in all details and there are a lot of details in this.
Very nice the creation of the house, fits everywhere. Congratulations.
Diorama, figures and tank are high end!
Greetings, Joachim
Awesome piece of work, detailing was superb, thanks for showing
As they the devil is in the detail! Your eye for detail is amazing, such as the little touch of barbed wire around the power pole, fantastic. They say the mark of a professionalisms the ability to make something difficult look easy, you do that in spades!
Well done I look forward to your videos, I learn so much, you inspire me to go back to my bench when my MoJo is waining!
Thanks
Great video and very inspirational with many great techniques and ideas for diorama projects. BRAVO!
Glad you enjoyed it👍
It's amazing, thank you for the video
I am absolutely thrilled! Great video! Great tank! Very nice figures! Very worth seeing old pictures! The self-built house is just great!!! All around a successful diorama! Keep it up and inspire your audience! Thumbs up and happy modelling! Greetings, John
Thanks John 👍
The 21st Panzer Division was promised new tanks and before they became available were given a mis matched variety of tanks such as the Panzer 4 C and some Panzer 3s along with a variety of older French tanks modified for German use. In addition their antitank company as well as artillery company were made up of the French tanks modified to carry either the superb German pac 40 or the 105 howitzers. These latter vehicles, or rather ones just like them, were used on the Eastern Front and so the ones used in Normandy may have been used there before being sent to the Normandy area. If I am remembering incorrectly on D-Day and a few days later, the 21st was the only Panzer Division which was available to fight the invasion. I do remember that the division was ordered to be ready to move out toward the beaches either in the early hours of June 6 or the night of June 6th, and they waited quite a while before they were ordered to return to their starting places. Another small miracle that helped make the invasion a little more easy!
I am learning some techniques from this video, thank you very much!
'Old School' - what time, hard work and ingenuity can accomplish, without gimmicky hobby products! Excellent work 👍
Another masterpiece! I’m always impressed by your workmanship and scratch building and finishing skills. Well done, sir!
Regarding the weathering of the tank: very well done- most modellers go way overboard with rust and dirt and whatnot 'to create interest' (but not necessarily realism), so seeing that dialed down was a very welcome sight.
That is not to say tanks don't get dinged up or dirty, but one should keep a few things in mind first: the paint used especially on WW2 tanks was layered on thick, and it was lead-based, which means it pretty much acted like extra armor, because that stuff is HARD. That in turn means that chipping is not that prevalent actually on vehicles in active service (tanks that have been left out to rot in the rain for the last 80 years are ofc a different story). One should also keep in mind that yes, these B and C variants were indeed training vehicles, not only for crews, but also for maintenance personnel, which means they were very well taken care of, so that's also something to consider.
When it comes to dirt however, it is best to keep the season and location in mind - the summer of 1944 in France was pretty dry and warm, which means most of the dirt should come from regular dust, especially on the tracks and lower hull, but dust has a tendency to go everywhere. Howver, the tank in the images is also travelling on a regular road, which means the bottom areas of the tracks are constantly kept clean and shiny; in fact, on the model, a drybrush of silver or light steel on the tracks would be my only change.
So well done there.
Absolutely enjoyed every second of this build.....you amaze with the way you transform every day items into realistic, dramatic stories. The extended time was no issue....wanted it to continue and, btw, enjoyed the music....very calm and relaxing. Keep up the fantastic work....I'll be waiting eagerly for the next notification.
Dear Sir
Again superlatives seem so inadequate. It is not of course the supreme artistry that is employed nor the imagination or foresight it's the in depth reseach and work with archives that back it up that bring your work to a whole new level.
We are indeed lucky to see such work and long may it be so.
Yours faithfully
MrD53
Absolutely beautiful. I'll be watching that again - a lot! Love the tiles, the roses, the way the figures work together - another masterpiece. 👏👏👏 Great stuff. Cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
SuperB Work, my friend! Awesome full video! Thank you for sharing this gem :)
Thank you Toni 👍
Wow what an incredible artist you are thank you for this.
Thanks 👍
Whaooo, what a quality… 👏👏👏
Hi, it's nice work as usual. What a heart warming scene ! Thanks for uploading and I always enjoy your video.
Really nice craftsmanship and splendid result, impressive
This is awesome. Pieces like these are museum worthy. The detail is mind boggling & the fact that you told us what you were doing every step of the way was brilliant. You have just got yourself a new subscriber. Thank you for sharing.👍
Thanks for watching 👍
Outstanding modeling job keep up the good work
een hele mooie diorama , zeer re'eel . Bedankt voor de tips!
I need to say again that your abilities making buildings are great! i love how the garden turn out and i like the way you made the roof tiles! its a great work! i get lots of ideas from this biuld! keep up the good work
Incredible work...
excellent work with some really great tips
It's beautiful
Beautiful work as always, really enjoyable to watch how you went about it all, well done Ian 👍
Cheers matey 👍
Amazing work! There were a few moments when you literally had my jaw dropping at the creativity. That rose arbor and using wood filler... Game changing. Absolutely beautiful work.
Great job!!I really appreciated your craftmanship skills in building up the diorama.
Absolutely incredible, your an inspiration my friend. Keep up the great work.
Awesome work,
I'm agog. The sculpting of the timbers and plaster was masterful. There are years of tips to be captured in this single video.
Wowww. Great. Thanks for the video
Great Work 👍🏼🤟🏼
Very nice!
Very nice video! Your diorama is really amazing. Keep up the great content! Take care.
Brilliant modeling
Wow! That's stunning!
Stunning !!!
Maravilhoso trabalho, espetacular!!
Parabéns 🤩😱🇧🇷👍🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Good to see you can add ‘Gardening’ to your repertoire Ian...😄🌷👍
That’s an outstanding build, the house itself has been done so well! Great amount of patience & technique with the foam & it’s totally paid off.
Great story behind the dio too, & along with the tank & those exceptional figures it’s a terrific piece of work 😦 Well done bud!👏👏
Thanks Simon 👍
Awesome build mate congrats 👏👏👏👏
How amazing job!!
LOVE IT! GREAT JOB!
My man really made a soldier pissing. Amazing.
Fantastic work!! :D
Blimey, that's ace mate 😁👌
Great work! The only thing I’m missing is the lady leaning out of the window. (See old picture)
Your skills are truly amazing. Love your work, matey. Hope your Summer is going good!
Cheers Dustin 👍
Magnifico trabajo 👍👍👍👍🇪🇦
Nice work!
Splendid work !
Just a small mistake (already forgiven 😉 ...) hung sash windows ("fenêtre à guillotine" in french) are not used in France, they are not part of our architectural traditions. We only use casement windows with one or two sash (the most common) . Casemant windows are clearly visible on the pictures.
The rest is just...perfect !
In your music it said take it to the next level you my friend all ways take it up a couple of hundred level,s I wish I was as talented as you take care my dear friend 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏✌️🐑😁😂
Thanks Neil 👍
I like the neat little trick with the roses.
It all turned out superb.
With the foam board, is it plastic faced or paper / card, I'm a beginner and I'm hoping to do my first diorama soon once I've got a few essentials into my stash
Thanks.......the foam board is paper faced👍
Wow
Perfeito, parabéns.
Your so cool
Is it okay if I use your way of making windows. I used to do it a different way and never liked it. Also, what type of plastic are you using for the glass? As always great job.
The glass is just some clear acrylic sheet stuck to the back, I think this came from a cheap picture frame👍
Hans, I'm gonna take a pizz while you decide if we kill the cat or not , wot superb skill set 👍👍👍✌🏻🕊
I love those little 'scenes within a scene', what makes a work truly special, and damn funny too! 😂
I love your amazing work and got a lot of great ideas from it! One tiny question. If one wanted to use the outhouse, would it be necessary to climb the fence? I didn’t see a gate. Sorry to be picky. Your work is first class in every way. Bob Horning
I don't think you'd fit 😉
It's just so funny to me that even on the eve of the greatest invasion in history, the boys will stop and look at the cute puppy
Puppy :D
Magic our Morris.
?
@@CWModelling Comes from an old English TV show meaning really fantastic
What was the show?......I'm English and over a certain age but not heard that one before
@@CWModelling Oh No It's Selwyn Froggitt - ran on ITV 74 - 78 with Bill Maynard
Haha, yup, heard of it and I'm sure I've watched a few at the time but I was in Junior school in the 70's so that one never sank in 👍
Can I ask why you choose 10mm thick for walls I thought 4-5mm would of been better thanks
Because thats what I had........not sure it makes a difference if there's no interior 👍
Truly amazing work! It's really helpful explaining what materials are used and then demonstrating their use. Makes techniques look a little less daunting seeing how they're done. Out of curiosity what colours/paints did you use to do the German infantry? I can never get a colour that I'm happy with when painting them despite trying allsorts of paints and mixes. I know that there's no definitive colour for Feldgrau as it changed constantly due to different dyes/manufacturers/age and wear/ cloth during the course of the war but yours look right. Keep the videos coming as they're a mine of information and techniques that I'll hopefully be trying out with some projects I've got lined up due to the stash being out of control lol.
Thanks.....the fieldgrey is from Vallejo Model Color and tones and highlights are added by lightening the mix with light or dark flesh 👍
@@CWModelling cool, thanks for that. I'll give it a shot.
Qué material es el que usas para los muros???
XPS insulation foam
Were did you get the grey foam board. Could I find it at a art supply store.
Ebay 👍
Awesome job !!!! What off white did you use for interior?
If you mean the interior of the tank, it was Mig Ammo Cremewiess 👍
@@CWModelling thank you do more build videos 😊
“Hanz stop the tank”
“What”
“Cat”
Viewers: So how much of the scene is scratch built?
CW Modelling: Yes
Do you happen to remember what kit numbers you used for the figures? I found a couple, and would like to do a somewhat similar vignette. Thanks!
Which figures do you mean?...... as mentioned in the video they're from several manufacturers
@@CWModelling The five figures around the dog. I imagine the tanker kneeling is supposed to be a tank commander pointing at a map. I'm having trouble finding the figure with his hand in his pocket, the soldier with his hands on his knees, and the other holding the MG34.
@@larx7296 The guy with his hands on his knees is from Masterbox MB3515, the one with the MG is from Dragon 6656, the one leaning on his rifle is from Dragon 6702, the one kneeling is from Zvezda 3614 and the one with his hands in his pockets is Alpine Miniatures 35073, he's actually a DAK figure that I painted differently........hope that helps 👍
@@CWModelling That's awesome! Thanks, my friend
Blitzkrieg, when you only stop for kittens
what is the name of the material you use for buildings, black foam
XPS Insulation foam.....its mentioned in the description below the video
@@CWModelling thank
Pz 4C 1944 ? Are you sure?
Yup, its well documented 👍
Very impressed with this build one thing though a front door that opens outwards it that a French thing??
No idea....but it does mean you don't have to paint the inside walls of your model 👍