Another diorama, I builed it month ago. But I didn’t finished the Merkava.
Last week, I finished hin. Hip hip hurray.
Enjoy.
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I certainly do like it Christian, excellent scene and well photographed too. So much careful thought has gone into this, with masterful debris and damage. But (there’s always a but 
) to my eyes the tank jumps out as being spotlessly clean – surely it would carry a layer of dust from its surroundings? The only other thing that jumps out is the MiniArt 1930’s European lamp post…it’s hardly necessary anyway.
I may be dead wrong, but would the tarmac bear signs of the tracks, scraped dents? I’m not sure how I’d achieve that, even if it was an authentic enhancement, but I suggest it needs something to imply the tank’s progress.
My apologies, I’m a failed perfectionist and none of my dios are perfect either. I’m commenting because yours is very close to being a masterpiece.
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Thanks for your comment and your critique.
Okay, so you feel the tank is still too clean. I didn’t want to weather it too heavily. It does have a fine layer of dust, though the matte varnish probably obscured some of that in the photo.
I don’t mind that the streetlamp is a 1930s model.
After all, the Near and Middle East had many magnificent cities from the 1930s through the 1960s with a European—specifically French—influence. So, having an old streetlamp on the corner is perfectly plausible.
And why would the tank leave track marks on the asphalt?
I’d agree with you if it were an unpaved road;
there would be marks in that case, but not on a standard paved road
Regards Christian
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- There would be scratch marks f it had turned, i.e. scraped the tracks sideways.
- If it is very hot and the tarmac goes soft due to the heat.
Driving straight when it is not hot would leave very faint marks or none at all.
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Nice…I like it a lot. I do agree that the tank looks bit clean…at least in the photos. Anyways, I can see a lot work went into the end result. More than what I have ever tried. Thanks for sharing.
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Nah! The tank looks fine as is. Sure some say the tank looks too clean, but whose to say what the backstory on the tank happens to be? Was it deployed for weeks at a time, or was it recently deployed? Does the crew take care of their equipment or are they just a bunch of slobs? Lots of things can explain it.
Edro
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H.P.
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DANG!
That will be fiendishly difficult to reproduce in 1/35th …
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