T-54 entering the presidential palace

Moritz Fentzahn
Started this project today. Spending some hours on the base, now I am going to assemble the tank itself. By now Ammo did a great job on this. Superb details and very well designed.

Kim Branders
I am inn.

Stefan Schacht
nice start, I take a seat 🙂

Andreas Koziol
Sehr geile Idee, ist ja quasi auch das Box-Coverbild. 👍

Moritz Fentzahn
Good to have you aboard mates.
@Andreas
Ja die Idee, eine Boxart nachzubauen schiebe ich schon länger vor mir her. Passt hier ganz gut

Spanjaard
I will certainly not miss this one

Moritz Fentzahn
You're welcome Spanjaard
I finally finished the basic work on this project, so it starts to look like the historical scene in Saigon and the boxart.
AMMO by Mig Jimenez´ T-54 B and the base are ready for their colorcoat. Building this kit was fun even while there are lots of tiny parts, but in the end only one got lost.

Alec K
Very nice! Following 👍

Xerxes
Great. Following 👍

Greg Baker
Wow. Great work. I've been there, so I'll be following!

Soeren R.
Fantastic work so far!

Moritz Fentzahn
Thank you mates, much appreciated

Zsolt Czegle
Schöne Arbeit bisher! Ich ahbe das Kit auch gekauft, und ahtte auch die gleich Idee es darzustellen. 🙂

Moritz Fentzahn
Danke Zsolt, bin auf deinen Bau gespannt 👍

I was able to spend some more hours on the bench, so the base ist mostly finished, maybe some little steps after the tank is finally placed.

Next I will start priming the tank

Nathan Dempsey
Very nice! I'm watching this one.

Arne Greve
Da fehlt noch der vietnamesische Panzersoldat neben dem Panzer, der seine Männer anfeuert. Gibt es ein Originalfoto von.
Die Vignette ist topp!!

Moritz Fentzahn
Nathan, Arne welcome aboard mates.
@Arne ich orientieren mich an der historischen 844, da kommen noch 2 Figuren von Paracel drauf, hätte gerne noch mehr aber der Markt scheint nichts herzugeben.

Arne Greve
Die Tanknummer sagt mir nichts. Bin mal gespannt.

Moritz Fentzahn
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So dachte ich

Arne Greve
Das sieht wirklich interessant aus!

Andreas Koziol
Schaut schon jetzt Bombe aus! 👍

Moritz Fentzahn
Dank!dirAndreas, freut mich, wenn es gefällt

Daniel Klink
Count me in Moritz! Nice to see you back in action👍

Moritz Fentzahn
Welcome mate, good to have you around

Moritz Fentzahn
I was able to finish the figures today. Was a bit too hot, so the colors weren't easy to handle but the result seems to be ok in my eyes

Moritz Fentzahn
The tank is primed and highlighted now. Next I will apply the basic color and start painting the details.
Meanwhile I decided to add more figures to the tank. I hope to start with them tomorrow evening.
Cheers

Alec K
Looks awesome Moritz 👍. Good call on more figures, will make the scene even better IMHO.

Daniel Klink
1/72??? Unbelievable cool progress Moritz

Moritz Fentzahn
Thanks for your keen words, mates.
The figures did not arrive today, so I go on with painting it.
Cheers

Slavo Hazucha
This is indeed very nice! All carried out expertly in this small scale and the dio proportions have something of a "golden cut" element in them... very pleasing to the eye, good work!

Moritz Fentzahn
Thank you Slavo. Good to hear that the proportions are working. More progress soon

Bart Goesaert
looking good so far...

Moritz Fentzahn
Thx Bart,

I thought Voyager PE Sets in 1/35 are fiddly, but it isn't any longer ... Figure conversion in 1/72 is hell.
I spent four hours to make these two guys out of three other sets.
When the green stuff has dried I will prime them to see whether they are ready for painting. Wish me luck.
Meanwhile I go on with the weathering on the tank.
Cheers

Moritz Fentzahn
This project comes down the stretch now. The tank just needs some final touches, mainly pigments and the two „figure-conversion-guys" need their colorcoat. I'am pretty sure to get this done this weekend.
Your comments are most welcome.
Cheers

Kim Branders
This is super Moritz.

Alec K
The figs look great 👍

Slavo Hazucha
Big thumbs up for modding & painting 72-scale figures this good! 👍

Nathan Dempsey
Absolutely perfect!

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Moritz Fentzahn
Kim, Alec, Slavo and Nathan thank you mates, much appreciated.

@Nathan I used this photo of tank 844 as reference
Miscellaneous | Album by Fetzi85

Not a 100% copy but man can see the family resemblance

Christian Bruer
Great work and finish Moritz👍

Bart Goesaert
Looking very good, nice and lovely camo

Daniel Klink
Moritz mate.. once again absolute fine and adorable work..
In this scale there is really not much room above your gems... Congrats 👍

Christian Lehmann
Toll umgesetzt 👍

Moritz Fentzahn
Christian, Bart, Daniel, Christian thanks a lot for your friendly words.

I hope to finish the figures this afternoon, so I can post some pics of the finished project later

Moritz Fentzahn
I think I can call this finished. Ammo's T-54 was a pleasure to build and I sm looking forward to start my second one soon.
Looking forward to hear what you think about it.
Cheers

Stefan Fraundorfer
What a great dio Moritz! Congratulations!

Nathan Dempsey
Wonderful work Moritz. I'll have to admit during the first part of your build I thought the kit was 1:35 scale.😉

BAT21
Sehr schön geworden.

Andreas Koziol
Einfach nur eine grandiose Arbeit Moritz. 👍 Wie lange hast Du jetzt insgesamt für alles gebraucht?

Moritz Fentzahn
Stefan, Nathan, Jens Andreas thank you mates.
@Andreas durch ein paar Urlaubstage ging das Projekt jetzt binnen 2 Wochen über die Bühne, an Stunden müssten das so zwischen 30 und 40 sein

Slavo Hazucha
Congrats on getting it finished, it's one of the greatest dio works in 72 scale I have seen! Top choice of topic, flawless execution, and again my compliments for the dio proportions & balance!

Konrad -
Very nice dio Moritz! 👍 👍 👍

Alec K
Excellent 👍

Neuling
I can`t express my esteem better than Slavo did!

Zsolt Czegle
Das ist eine wirklich top Arbeit! Gratuliere! 👍

Thomas K.
looks good 👍

Moritz Fentzahn
Slavo, Konrad, Alec, Neuling, Zsolt, Thomas thanks for yor warm and encouraging words, means a lot to me.
@ Zsolt nice shirt😉. Got the same with my kit

Christian W
A very nice small diorama! Well done!

Kim Branders
Perfect 👍

Bart Goesaert
splendid work, very nice dio.

Started reading the book from Max Hastings: Vietnam a tragedie 1945-1975.. It was only a short chapter, but a very striking book...

Stefan Schacht
very nice Dio 👍, hope to see it in Lingen.

Christian Bruer
or in Veldhoven at SMC 😉

Łukasz Gliński
That's one of the best dioramas in 1/72 I have seen 👍 and dat topic... 🙂

Moritz Fentzahn
Christian, Kim, Bart, Stefan, Christian, Lukasz thank you mates - I am really happy with your kind comments. Thx.

@ Stefan
Lingen will work
@ Christian
Veldhoven wäre cool, bin nur unsicher, wie die Regierung reagiert😉 Stellt ihr da als Gruppe oder Einzelpersonen aus?

gorby
Excellent job Moritz!Very realistic.

Christian Bruer
Wir sind als Gruppe dort mit ca. 6 Personen. Wäre schön Dich dort zu treffen.

Ingo F
Looks amazing! 👍

Greg Baker
I can almost hear the clang of the metal falling...

Moritz Fentzahn
Gorby, James, Ingo, Greg thanks for your positive feedback, good to hear😉
@ Christian
Ich warte mal auf eine passende Situation um bei der Regierung vorzufühlen, ansonsten in Stadthagen oder im März in Lingen

Random Penguin
Nice work!

Moritz Fentzahn
Thanks mate

Greg Baker
Wow... great job! I've been to the (former) Presidential Palace in Ho Chi Minh City and seen the footage of that famous gate crash. Your work really captures the moment in my opinion.

Chris
Great diorama. Very nice work!

Spanjaard
a truly fantastic job. i agree with Greg fully.

Moritz Fentzahn
Thank you mates, I am really happy about all your friendly and motivating comments.
Cheers

Choppa Nutta
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