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Miguel Vaquero
Probably, my most ambitous project yet. Im going to try and recreate a sinking of a submarine with depth charges, droped from a destroyer. Everything in 1/700 scale. For this, i bought the Battle of the Atlantic set, wich comes with a J-Claas destroyer, a type VII German submarine and a Short Sunderland amphibous plane.

gorby
Sounds like an interesting project, I'll tag along. 🙂

David Taylor
Yuup.

Jay Dubya
Permission to come aboard Captain Vaquero?

Landlubber Mike
Looking forward to following this one!

Miguel Vaquero
Welcome aboard guys!! Happy to have you along.

Of course Jay! There's always room in my ships😁😁

Miguel Vaquero
Sub already done! It was small but detailed. The PE parts were really a challenge. Some weathering it's all it's left.

Miguel Vaquero
Today i wanted to work on how i want my diorama to look. So i hoped on blender and downloded some free assets and placed them together to see how i want it to look. I think for the quantity of resin and the accuracy of the scene this is going to be more or less the final desing of my diorama.

Miguel Vaquero
Starting with the destroyer. Awesome detail too but a million tiny parts. Good challenge for sure

Miguel Vaquero
Destroyer assembly done! To the paint booth

Jay Dubya
RAAF 10 Squadron Flying Porcupine next please, Miguel ?!!?

Kesa Tiho
I am in love
Fantastic build

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Kesa!!

Miguel Vaquero
I don't know if I'm going to finish the Sunderland😞😞. The fitting between the fuselages is too bad and fragile, using putty is not going to do the trick this time cause it will hide a lot of the nice detail and I will not be satisfied. I'll think about how to do it but there's not much hope now😓

Miguel Vaquero
To get my mind of the plane. I decided to destroy the sub.it turned out perfect, as I intended

Jay Dubya
Not really where you are headed with your diorama, but this might give a bit of context to my 'historical' comment Miguel.

"A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Sunderland (of No. 10 Squadron) made the type's first unassisted kill of a U-boat on 17 July 1940.[3]"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Sunderland

Flying Porcupine
"Two examples, in particular, stand out: on the 13th of April 1940, a Sunderland operating off the coast of Norway was attacked by six Ju-88C heavy fighters – the Sunderland shot down one JU-88, damaged another so seriously it had to quit the fight, and drove the rest away.

A 1943 encounter with JU-88 was even more savage when a Sunderland from 461 Sqn RAAF was attacked by eight JU-88C long-range fighters. Despite the Sunderland being heavily damaged with most of the crew wounded, the Sunderland downed three attackers, damaged and drove off the rest and made the 560-kilometre return journey to Britain where the heavily damaged aircraft was beached at Cornwall."
planehistoria.com/short-sunderland/

10Sqn RAAF Photos -
adf-serials.com.au/sunderland.htm

Keep up the great work on these tiny models.
Cheers

PS The nickname 'Flying Porcupine' was probably just a bit of allied propaganda as there's not a lot of evidence the Germans ever referred to a Sunderland as one. It's a lot like the Japanese with the Beaufighter and Whispering Death.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks for all the info Jay! I really appreciate it. And they could fit very well with this diorama. They actually performed anti submarine operations from GB and they actually sunk 6 U-boats.

I'm sure if I'm able to fix my Sunderland, I'll paint it with their colours. I loved their history

Miguel Vaquero
The U-Boat has exploded!!💥💥

gorby
The explosion effect is very realistic.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Gorby!!

Miguel Vaquero
I've already glued the U-Boat to the acrylic sheet. As the background for the diorama states that the aft reserve torpedo exploded, to hide the cables I made some bubbles coming down from the exploded compartment. It's not the best but it's better than to have some cables seen.

Miguel Vaquero
The acrylic sheets mold is done. The ship is now lifted with nylon cord to place on to the resin without sinking. And the u-Boat is secured in the container.

Next step, the resin pouring. I've never been so nervous about a model.

gorby
Good luck with the resin Miguel.

Shar Dipree
following

Miguel Vaquero
Some bubbles formed. Not the best result, also they are positioned in places where some bubbles would be formed. Overall I think it turned out great.

Jay Dubya
Absolutely 'killed it' - well done Miguel!

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Jay!

That bubble on the bow is killing me. It's right on the surface of the resin but I don't know how to get rid of it, and if I'll make it worse if I try something

talbot
wow, absolutely love this

David Taylor
Brill.

Landlubber Mike
Wow, really cool man! Well done!

Rui S
Excellent work 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks a lot guys! There's still some work to do. But it's getting there.

I've made the form of the waves with some acrylic gel. Let's wait for it to dry and then to make some foam

Guy Rump
Great job, very impressive. 👍

Desert Marlin
Really nice work!

Desert Marlin
The red airframe grease (Made by Mobil Oil) is very apparent. Looks like a good wipe down is needed once all the panels are re-installed! Great detail!

Eric Thornton
Super build. Love these nose art from Desert Storm.

Simon Nagorsnik
👏👏👏👌

Neuling
I agree with everyone above!

Nathan Dempsey
Excellent work!

Jungwon Lee
Thanks mates! You can watch my full build here youtube.com/playlist..;si=8W3zYByErFYfOkAx

Kim Branders
Top Job.

David H
That's absolutely brilliant, love the whole concept, the weathering ,everything.👍🏻

(the union jack is upside down 🤣🤣(only joking))

Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest.

Holger Kranich
Something new from our Neuling! Superb, the canvas on the smaller car looks very nice and i love the smoking guy lying around!

Daniel Klink
Awesome Neuling.. Your Dios are absolutely inspiring and a joy to watch 👍

Olivier
Nice story told here !

Tom Ballhoff
Cool! Very cool!

Ingo F
Another masterpiece! 👍

Neuling
Thank you mates for your interest and appreciation!

Chris
Amazing! Great build. And the pictures are really cool.

Andreas Koziol
wie immer sehr geil geworden. 👍 ich habe allerdings keine ahnung wie du das zeitlich hin bekommst!? 😄

Bob Hall
You Sir are Rembrandt in 1/35 scale ! Amazing Work !

Daniel Klink
I fully agree with Robert... 👍 nice words well chosen

Jiri Janik
Simply amazing...

Thomas K.
Wieder super; nur finde ich den rost auf den Kotflügel etwas heftig 😉

Rui S
Dont know how i missed this wonderful dio. Very well done 👍. Nice photos too8)

Björn Svedberg
Brilliant build, and photography! It looks real! 👍

Spanjaard
excellent and fantastic pictures too 🙂

Jos Jansen
Nice dio and great pictures...!

Arne Greve
Again a very good Diorama. But in one picture you´ve the wrong backround. Cologne in the back with a french street sign in the front. ;-D

Olivier
Well the sign says 30 km à l'heure. Clearly not German but French. So is it really Cologne ? Cologne was pretty much in ruin at that time. Could it be Strasbourg ?

Neuling
Thank you mates! I`m glad you watched my pictures! --- Andreas if I really were "Miniature Rembrandt" (as Robert kindly suggests) I would say the hands in my manufacture built the dios, while I myself added only a few final brush strokes. In fact I am only "Miniature Neuling" and have to make all the builds with my own hands and eyes. As I am rather a slowhand it all takes its time. That`s why not all of my albums show new builds. The album "Road accident" is my latest build indeed, finished 2 weeks ago. The previously shown albums "Winter games 1944" and "After the storm" were built more than 20 years ago. I have written exact dates in the project description. --- Olivier solved the riddle: As always I photographed the diorama in my garden, overlooking my hometown of Regensburg. What you actually see on the picture is the Gothic Regensburg cathedral which is a little smaller than the Cologne cathedral. The Regensburg cathedral is a copy of the famous French cathedrals. So I imagined the story of my dio taking place near a French city with a Gothic church in the fall of 1944. Arne and Olivier I appreciate your attentive watching of and thinking about my work.

Arne Greve
Really Regensburg?! Didn't know that there is such a big Cathedral.

Neuling
Come and see Arne! We are UNESCO world heritage!

Andreas Koziol
Hehe, good to know you are no time-wizzard!😉

Arne Greve
@Neuling My birthtown has the Michaelischurch as UNESCO World Heritage. Google it, if you want to know which City.

Neuling
Hallo Arne it`s Hildesheim! Den Fotos nach zu schließen eine sehr schöne Kirchenanlage.

Arne Greve
Yep, Hildesheim. Es gibt da die Michaeliskirche, die Andreaskirche und den Dom. Alles sehr schöne Kirchen.

Christian W
Wirklich gut in Szene gesetzt. Respekt.

gorby
I missed this one.
Brilliant job and stunning photos!

Neuling
Thank you Christian and gorbygould!

Nigel
Lovely dio...particularly #6! 👍

Neuling
Thanks Nigel!

Chris Greathouse
I wish I had the skills and patience to make this kind of work, truly amazing! Great job Neuling!

Neuling
Chris you shure have the skills (as your builds show) and patience is not required indulging in a passion! And - important for me - there is life outside the box: sports, reading, music and travel. A good combination is listening to the radio while working on a build.

Spanjaard
Amen to all of that 🙂

Dominik Weitzer
Tolle Szene, ausgesprochen gute Bilder! Super gemacht

Neuling
Thanks Dominik!

Paul Juliano
Wow, this is amazing.

Anthony Flanagan
Fantastic dio and camera work! Love it.

Neuling
Thanx Paul and Anthony, much appreciated!

Tim Heimer
Nice Dio!

Neuling
Thank you Tim!

Anthony D'Agostino
Almost looks like the tragic crash (there are no accidents) that took the life of General Patton. You are obviously skilled, I for one, would love to see that scene memorialized in scale. What do you guys think?

Cheers,

Anthony

Paul Juliano
Sounds like you found your next project Anthony!

Mirko Römer
What a salvo of stunning dios! Fabulous!

Michal Hawryluk
Awesome!

Neuling
Thanks Anthony, Mirko and Michal! Paul is right: Reenacting Patton`s deadly crash would be an appropriate project for Anthony. My little story tells of a British animal rights activist avoiding the sheep crossing the street and hitting the telegraph pole. Fortunately he survives and suffers only a commotio cerebri enabling him to smoke his cigaret while his American comrades take care of his car.

Mirko Römer
🙂

Anthony D'Agostino
Now that's funny, thanks for that! ????

Munkyslut
Bloody hell I'm blown away by that! The 'sunshine' pix are just astoundingly good, excellent work 😉

Neuling
Thank you, Munkyslut!

Neuling
Not a new build, just better pictures with my new camera

Michael Kohl
As all your other stuff, I like that one too. 🙂

Lebloge
All the details are evident, the light is superb...
great new device 👍🏻

gorby
Remarkably realistic!

Zbynek Honzik
Excellent dio and fantastic photos! 👏👏👏

Laliscale
Very nice dio! Nice details and i love the grass work. How was the Mirror model?Some of them are nightmare...

Hemingway
WOW! Inspiring me to try more dioramas!

J35J
Excellent work! Congrats 👍🏻

Gary Curling
Great diorama,and photos,well done.Whats next?

Desert Marlin
Reminds me of a scene from the movie "Battle of the Bulge" (Richard Widmark).

Neuling
Many thanks, mates! Glad you like my album. - Laliscale, the wrecker was not a fun build. The plastic material was of inferior quality and did not get hard after being glued together. I reinforced the chassis and suspension with an additional structure drilling holes and sticking in small metal rods. It worked. As long as it´s invisible I don´t care much about it. Main thing is: The model looks realistic. - Gary, right now I´m working on a Hemtt wrecker. Slow, slow, slow. - Desert Marlin, I really should see this movie again.

Mockingbird
fantastic work, looks like real scene👍🏻

Neuling
Thanks a lot, Mockingbird, also for the kind likes!

Guy Rump
Great dio and modelling as usual! 👍

Neuling
Thank you, Guy, much appreciated!

Neil
Brilliant as always! 👍👏

Dominik D.
great

J35J
Impressive, your kits & dios are top work!👍🏻

Bohrmann
Fantastic work of art. I browse through the photos here, marveling at the many details and the way they are worked out. This is an album I will be looking at more often.

Neuling
Thank you, mates! Really much appreciated!

Pietro De Angelis
Fantastic dio, as always and beautiful photos, congrats!

Desert Marlin
Tremendous amount of history implied in this work! Cheers!

Neuling
Thanks a lot Pietro and Desert Marlin. Praise from top modellers. 🙂

Dave Flitton
Another case of drunk driving!!

Bartłomiej Rusiecki
Wow!

Neuling
Thanks mates! - Dave, this guy tried to avoid the sheep crossing the street and hit the pole. Animal rights movement ............ probably no alcohol involved . 🙂

Dave Flitton
That's what he claimed anyway 🙂

CaptGPF
Another Neuling special! I don't know how you keep making these gems - but don't stop!

Neuling
Dave, the sheep has testified for the driver 🙂 - CaptGPF, this diorama is an older one, only the photos are new. Thank you!

Findus
Super Diorama, perfekte Alterung und Fotos

Neuling
Danke, Findus! Dein Lob freut mich.

Rafael Gonzalez
Wow Neuling, that's a beautiful scene mate, I love it 👌🏽

Neuling
Thanks a lot Rafael, also for the many kind likes!

Stephen Lesley
You know, I have been racking my brain trying to figure out who your models remind me of and it occurred to me- Francois Verlinden. The style of weathering, the posing, and the subdued light of your outdoor shots all point to him at his best. So many of your models remind me of an Italeri catalogue from the late seventies, when he did all the photos. I remember as a teenager marveling at the realistic appearance of the models and settings. Always get a nice feeling looking at your albums.

Neuling
Stephan, you are right. Verlinden's publications and products brought me from toyland to modelworld. A pity, his stuff was pretty expensive, so I tried to scratchbild as much as possible. And I did not stop learning, from scalemates for example chipping.

Mark Sherwood
Another diorama, to peruse. Love the the detail work on the figures, but the canvas on the Tilly' 👌 Spot on mate. 🤘🥸👍

Neuling
Thank you, Mark!

Kim Branders
Didn't see this one, missed it but nice work Neuling.