"Scrap metal" diorama

[HamilkarBarkas]

Hi everyone!
I made this diorama almost two years ago. It shows a Soviet T-62 wreckage in Afghanistan. Such tank wrecks are vey common there and are still standing around today.
I used the Trumpeter T-62 mo.1972 in 1:35 scale. It is a superb kit! The main reason why i made a wreckage was the way how the wheels have to be assembled - the wheels and the rubber tires are separate, so i started to build the tank as a wreck which burnt out completely. This gave me a nice opportunity to test some heavy rust effects which was big fun. I have to do this again at some point.



























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[UKscalemodeller]

That is just astounding work

[hansolo]

I got a word for this: WOW!

Superb wreck. Extremely well and hyper realistically crafted dio!!
Great details.

cheers

[T3hGuppy]

Great stuff.

I saw alot of those wrecks when I was out their in 2004.

Spot on!

[HobbyModeller]

Wow that's a lot of weathering and the best rust effects I've ever seen love the battle damage as well it's very convincing

[Coen]

I have a word for that as well, supercalafragalisticexpialadoshus!
Can you tell that I have children?
Superb work again Hamilkar.

[Lee]

Love the way the tank blends in to it's surroundings, like the earth is reclaiming it - Great work sir

[HamilkarBarkas]

Thank you all very much for the nice comments! It is very much appreciated

Love the way the tank blends in to it's surroundings, like the earth is reclaiming it

Well i thought the tank is standing there for at least 20 years already so i tried such a blending effect.

[bullgill67]

that is straight from the top draw - awesome

michael

[Paul]

Great job Micheal, brilliant

[Nige201980]

Brilliant work mate thanks for showing it to us.

[Nige99]

Stunning bit of work! hardest thing to model a knocked out tank i think.
You should be doing models for the magazines. Serious talent.

[HamilkarBarkas]

Thank you very much

You should be doing models for the magazines. Serious talent.

I don´t think my decent skills are good enough for this, till now no one asked me to participate in a magazine. I think this is more the area where serious model builders share their techniques. Those people can be found on exhibitions where the people from the magazines are aswell - thats how they get known to each other and agree on projects for magazines.

[keith]

Wow what more can I say

[schweinhund227]

Mike ! You have ""Steel Ball-Bearings"" ( hint )

You have a lot of courage to have done this to a brand new kit !!!

and you have pulled it off !!! Its awesome !


Keep doing what you are doing ! We love watching you at work my friend !


Norm.

[Coen]

Mike ! You have ""Steel Ball-Bearings"" ( hint )

You have a lot of courage to have done this to a brand new kit !!!

and you have pulled it off !!! Its awesome !


Keep doing what you are doing ! We love watching you at work my friend !


Norm.

I'm with Norm,
I've always stayed away from knocked out afvs because I couldn't bring myself to buy a kit and blow it to hell and gone.
Some sort of silly mind game thing I guess.
I may try and overcome that this summer after seeing "Scrap Metal".

[Nige201980]

Thank you very much

You should be doing models for the magazines. Serious talent.

I don´t think my decent skills are good enough for this, till now no one asked me to participate in a magazine. I think this is more the area where serious model builders share their techniques. Those people can be found on exhibitions where the people from the magazines are aswell - thats how they get known to each other and agree on projects for magazines.

Mate when I was in the army out in Kosovo we saw quite a few wagons in a similar state you have done the build justice you really have. I even went a dug some old photos out the model brought back a load of great memory's which for some of us is why we build the models we do.
So I will say again great build and thank you for showing us your awesome build.

Nige

[HamilkarBarkas]

Thank you very much

I've always stayed away from knocked out afvs because I couldn't bring myself to buy a kit and blow it to hell and gone.
Some sort of silly mind game thing I guess.

Well, i could not do that to a Tiger I for example. A T-62 is something not that related to my heart as other tanks, so i had no bad feelings back then. However, this did mean that i had no interest in the tank itself or the project, i always wanted to build a wreck and test some techniques for rust effects so a model you do not care that much for is ideal. I have to do such a diorama again at some point, another modern tank would be cool as there are plenty of coloured reference pictures.

You have a lot of courage to have done this to a brand new kit !!!

Well, if it was a Dragon kit for 50€ i would have done this, but a Trumpeter kit for 22€, thats alright However, it is a superb kit, you know what i mean as you made one for the group build with Peter and Sebastien. There are so many possibilities with this kit and thats what makes it so great.