What do you do when you have a Tiger and Kubelwagen, a diorama of course. The title refers to the two figures atop the tank. They represent Otto Carius and Albert Kerscher, a pair of Tiger ‘aces’. In just one tenty minute engagement at Malinava, Latvia, using two Tigers, they destroyed 22 Russian tanks between them. The house, fence & gate are from Dio Dump, a company from the Netherlands. Because of the size of the base, I did have to extend the fence to the right.
The two panzer ‘aces’ were an Alpine set. I switched their arms to get the poses I wanted.
The Tiger is a Tamiya kit with Atak zimmerit. I replaced the kit tracks with a set fro T Rex. I also added a few small details.
The infantrymen are from a Tamiya set. I added some ‘battle damage’ to the exhaust covers.
In order to extend the Dio Dump supplied fence to the edge of the base, I scratchbuilt the wooden section behind the machine gunner.
The Kubelwagen is the Tamiya kit, built OOB with just some stowage added.
The old man is a Stalingrad item, the others are from Masterbox.
The woman in the window was from Miniart.
The farm cart and a lot of the items used were also from various Miniart sets.
Thanks for looking, any comments or quesions are welcome.
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Fantastic diorama Al! The Tiger looks menacing. The figures are outstanding. The whole thing comes together as an excellent scene. The civilians are a nice touch, they bring a bit of humanity to the scene.
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Thanks for such high praise, Matt. I like adding civilians for the human touch and a bit of color.
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Everything’s to like about this & a helluva lot of hours were involved to pull it off - apart from the obvious bullseyes no shiny clothes/uniforms either, so bravo and by all means ignore the following because we need more diorama-makers like you.
You may have seen another current thread where I suggested three of us form a sub-group called The Over-Weathermen…we like mud/dust because we think it looks more like period photos. All your elements, to a dirty old man like myself, look way too clean including the house. I won’t labour the point, it’s always personal preference so as I said ignore me & I won’t be offended 
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Thanks for the compliments, Tim. As to the weathering, I agree that it is a matter of taste. I also think that the degree of weathering on a vehicle or building can vary quite a bit and still be ‘realistic’. One other point, photos can be deceiving, the models may be ‘dirtier’ than they appear. As to offense, none taken. I realize that your comments were meant to be constructive, not derogatory.
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Excellent scene you’ve created there Al! All the various elements look great especially the Tiger, I love the house and civilians just taking it all in.
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Thank you, very much appreciated.
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