For my first shot at making a diorama, I will try to depict the German Afrika Korps (DAK) units just before the battle of Sidi Bou Zid which took place in Tunisia in 1943.
"In February 1943, Tunisia witnessed some of the fiercest fighting then taking place in WWII. Allied forces were advancing on the Axis troops from both east and west, while the Italians and Germans clung tenaciously on.
Sidi Bou Zid was a small village in the vast expanse of the desert. Normally it was an obscure place, but it sat near the end of the Faïd pass, one of the routes through the mountains dividing Tunisia.
The allies held the village. The axis wanted it back".
This is also the time when I will be painting figures for the first time.
Since I am currently building Tamiya's big and very complex 1/32 De Havilland Mosquito, this will be a side project which means it will take some more time.
Some of the stuff I plan to use:
And some yellow sand which I "borrowed" from the corrida in Ronda during my vacation in Spain.
A souvenir which will be built in the diorama.
Some reference photos for the terrain:
