Old Tamiya stuff

coporado
Nicely crafted dio, though these kits are 30 years old they are of good quality. Did you used oils for painting the figures?

Michael Osadciw
Thanks! Acrylics for the figures; both paints and washes, plus some ink washes on the skin.

Olivier
Nice dio indeed !

Neuling
You really brought this very old kit to life! Beautiful diorama!

Michael Osadciw
Thanks. 🙂

Bozzer
Fabulous Dio! A scary thought though... I remember making this kit when it came out, well almost, but it was on the back of a Famo. I later bought the flak and trailer, and pulled it behind a Krupp. My scary thought is, that was around 1979. Am I really that old? Lol, maybe I am just? Thanks for the memories my friend. Keep up with the awesome work 👍

Matthew Stec
Great job!!

Michael Osadciw
@Bozzer; yeah, I think we're both that old.😉

Olivier
You are not the only ones. I did built the Flackvierling and probably before 1979. I really liked it. Unfortunately I don't have it anymore.

joe strenko
Michael great job on the dio..isn't it a great feeling to resurrect an old kit and bring it back to life..I did the same thing about five years ago and really jumped back into model building after a 25 year hiatus. I am really enjoying it again.. again great job on your dio. What snow product did you use?

Dark Master
Great work mate !

Michael Osadciw
@joe I made something myself for this one. It was the first snow dio I've ever made. I used clear paintable silicone mixed with talcum powder. The clear silicone let it look translucent when it was thin, so the footprints would show the ground a bit. I wanted a wet early spring look. I also added some gloss gel medium around the snow edges to make it look melty. I think I'm going to try the Precision Ice &Snow products for the next one.

Rui S
I like old Tamiya, more so when done like that. Great dio 👍
Just my twocent opinion: The weathering on the out side, just beautiful, very well done. But the big contrast to the very clean inside?... Make me think...?

Michael Osadciw
Yeah, oh well. I got sick of working on it. 🙂 There is some weathering on the inside, but not much.

Neil Patrick
I like this a lot and just like Rui says, I too like old kits. Just add skill and patience as some very old Humbrol (or was it Airfix?) ads used to say. You've done both Michael. Lovely work. Bravo!