Hi. First poster here, albeit one that’s just turned 60! I built models as a kid back in the 70’s/80’s and recently had an urge to scratch that itch! I’m planning to build a Sherman but took on this old gem of an SAS Jeep as a warm up exercise and actually created my first ever diorama. I appreciate that it’s just a bit of desert track and a half collapsed wall, but I learnt a lot in the process. I look forward to exploring this groups posts in the coming weeks.
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@wozzozz Very nicely done! The dio looks great!
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Welcome aboard, good looking diorama. 
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You can almost feel the desert heat. Welcome aboard!
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Thats very good !!!
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Welcome along to the forum. A very fine looking scene you’ve got there too!
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Awesome !
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Well done!
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Excellent first diorama. You are now qualified to make a second one. Dioramas have growth goals. What do you want to improve on with your next diorama? 
Model building is a journey. Welcome aboard.
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Welcome to a great forum. Lots of us “old timers” here restarting our modelling careers.
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Nicely, Nicely, with apologies to Guys & Dolls.
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Very nicely done ! The jeep looks great as well as the ground work and figures too! I love the jeep stowage also.
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Hi @wozzozz it’s great to have you aboard!
With a return to service like this dio it’s clear you haven’t lost any skills over the years! Really nice ground work and vehicle but the figures are very good!
Is this an indication of your preferred modelling scale and thematic focus? I’m at the paddling pool end of 1/35 scale models. I’m learning loads by just being here and checking out posts but also from the fantastic advice/suggestions provided by the massive modelling brains trust here!
Welcome!
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Welcome aboard! That is a pretty darn good first diorama. I hope to see more in the future.
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Hi, I always found modelling AFV’s to be quite forgiving for a beginner modeller! As a kid, I’d be glued to my Tamiya catalogue absolutely fascinated by the incredible dioramas that they’d showcase. My Dad used to tinker with 00 gauge railway layouts, but I’d be more interested in creating the scenery. I once made a Normandy beach style gun emplacement out of wood and plaster for my AIRFIX soldiers to storm. It was covered in ridiculously bright green scatter and weighed a ton! I made a sd kfz 223 during lockdown and that reignited an urge to model again. My next models were a Lancaster and a beaufighter, both inspired by books I’d been reading. Both turned out ok-ish, but I really didn’t enjoy either build and the painting and cockpit masking almost broke me😁 So I’m back in the world of 1/35 modelling and I’m loving every minute!
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My first diorama didn’t look nearly as good lol
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Welcome Wozzozz – or may I call you ‘Oz? (Just curious – does your moniker decode as an ex-pat Aussie?)
So this is a meteoric first post, very few have garnered 25 Likes in the first 11 hours (at the time I’m writing) and probably counting. No surprise why, that’s a very nice scene in every respect, bravo. And don’t listen to pedants who might say this is a vignette rather than a diorama, they’re just jealous.
Cheers,
Vignettemartin
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Nice job
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Thanks all for the very kind words of encouragement! The Ozz just stems from my surname, I was born and bred in the North West of England. ‘Vignette’, I hadn’t come across that term in this context. It seems fitting. I rather like it! Where would a vignette end and a diorama begin?
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