I'm building the biggest Diorama I have ever made. ( 1/35 Tank Factory RT Diorama plus more )

[@JeffBilkins]

The tank could be one with full interior and have its turret being lifted by a crane so you can look inside.

[@andrealeighv1]

I was thinking the exact same thing

[@arrowhead_1232]

Panther

[@toms.2267]

Great. Can't wait!

[@Sleepy.Time.]

he should also have them finished in panzer grey if its early war or red primer if its later in the war, tank factories did not do the camo painting

[@adamernster2471]

Yep, I agree, finally a great way to display the full interior

[@maxsmodels]

Impressive, most impressive

[@zachnar0125]

Oh my god!!!!!!!! Dream come true! Please, please fit a rail yard in with it!

[@soapyshazbot]

These pieces for RT Diorama are so gorgeous, can't wait to see what you do with this one Andy!

[@stephenparkes626]

Hi Andy great new project think the stug would be a great addition for your factory

[@JustMe-gz4pu]

I love these kind of builds. All the laser cut stuff is so fun to work with.

[@jeffersonchocron]

The railyard is a great idea! I'd love to see this project...

[@zachnar0125]

Oh woooow! The factory co stencils are unbelievable!!!!!

[@Armorguy69]

I use to live in Arizona for about 12 years ,so I moved back to Oregon were in originally from. After the pandemic, so I still have family and close friends there. I'll be ordering a few things from your shop. Thank you for starting that diaroma, and I can't wait to watch the progress.

[@dl4340]

Whatever you choose, having multiples of the same vehicle really says manufacturing to me.

[@nelsonc6173]

Andy the is going to be an awesome build!!! I can't wait to see it all finished and lit!!! Wonderful project! Looking forward to see the progress! Thanks for sharing Andy!!!

[@AndysHobbyHeadquarters]

Thanks 👍

[@russemerson4872]

Never heard of RT Dioramas.... but they're now in my bookmarks.

[@mephisto7549]

👍

[@DrWhom]

Andy is your man for dry fitting it.

[@michaelcooke2559]

That is going to be amazing once it is completed. Going to love seeing the progress on this as you are building each and every piece. Thanks for sharing.

[@Emtbtoday]

I got the Gotha Werk Diorama set from RT! It's really nice I'm building the crumbled walk over Bridge from the side of the building just now I thought the plaster was resin re remoulds like vallejos Diorama base's are? Maybe the masters plaster but there soiled resin in mine!?

[@rogernichols8150]

I'm a little late to the party 🥳🤪 but so enjoy your videos 📹 please keep them coming 🙏 😘 and here to help get your videos 📹 😉 out to everyone to enjoy 😉 😀.....wow that is awesome 👌 😀 👍

[@lordbyron8927]

88 flak battery with search lights would be a nice touch

[@tonysurridge3033]

Excellent!, the AMUSING HOBBY 'ELEFANT' would be a good kit to use!.

[@stevebarnett5048]

Exciting Andy, can't wait for you to start!

[@davewar9098]

I think this will be be very nice when completed. Good luck, I hope all turns out like you want. I would like to see a Pander IV D with the defense skirting around the tracks as the tank you use. It's one of my favorites.

[@chuckcribbs3398]

What a project!! Thanks for the Israeli Shot Kal I ordered from you in December. Great model.

[@Sleepy.Time.]

Tiger 1 with the transport tracks on a rail car would be nice

[@sidneycashion7817]

Those laser cut parts are fab! I built a bunch of HO railroad houses and stuff in the 70's and half the job was sanding all the flash off the parts LOL this takes all the fun out of it.

[@briancavet6704]

Wow is my first thoughts. This would be the diorama of my dreams also. So many ways you can go with this so here is one thought.Tank Factory with Factory being stressed here. You need at least 2 tanks. One complete and one at the last stages with the turret being on a host ready to be lowered on to the hull. If you were to do the RR track you could add a 3rd tank being driven to the flat car or already resting on the flat car. I'd bet Miniart is your go to for all the workers and factory equipment. I can't wait to follow your progress on this Awesome Diorama!

[@davepearce6359]

What I’ve been dreaming of since I was 7 years old. Wow. 😊

[@petermerz2704]

Looks really cool! Even my wife likes it. Have to look into getting one! Thanks for sharing Andy, happy days! 😎

[@petermerz2704]

Sorry Andy, when will this kit be available?

[@danielbritton8588]

I just ordered some stuff from Andy's for a diorama using one of Miniart's G7107 Army trucks. Got to say your inventory is huge. Simple supply & motor pool area. There is so much out there for diorama work now.

[@roberth5767]

I'm looking forward to watching this baby grow over the next few months!

[@nicholascorti5373]

Hey Andy huge fan of the videos. Saying best regards from Toronto, Canada. I would recommend a panzer tank, with possibly a track being installed or attached where one is on the ground looking detracted, and you can have a Crain lifting the turret.

[@cerethpainting6606]

Andy, your living my dream life! Thank you for sharing what’s possible and also really cool models!!!

[@urbanurchin5930]

.....YOU'RE living my dream.......illiteracy will doom this country.......

[@jasemac5391]

Can’t wait to see this one my friend 👍🏻🇦🇺

[@nivanmoodley4689]

Look how excited this man is... Heheh... Nice Andy

[@DKBarie]

Hi Andy. Looking forward to this one. The TAKOM TKO2109 2109 Fries Crane 16t Strabocrane 1943/44 production would be a great addition to the factory/repair shop.

[@JensLichtenberg1980]

Maybe having a Neubaufahrzeug sitting in the little yard would be nice since it kind of has a pre-war feel to it. That would go well with the KRUPP setup.

[@jerryjeromehawkins1712]

A Kettenkrad or two would be a nice touch also. 👍🏾

[@matthewshedden3567]

Any tank with an interior would be amazing I think for this! It’s gonna be quite the build!

[@fastfreddy3103]

Damn it Andy, I'm so jealous, you sitting there surrounded by 5,000 models. PS. Have adopted your airbrush technique for road wheels on 1/35 AVF...no more masking.

[@jerryjeromehawkins1712]

Include a Kettenkrad in your diorama Andy... I'm sure any German tank factory from the period had one or two of these workhorses around. Looking forward to this build!! 🏭 👍🏾

[@michaelhintzmikesminiature1812]

Looks like a Great kit!!! I'll be watching

[@chriskinney8947]

Can't wait to see the videos on this coming together, let's go

[@MichaelJustin]

Hi Andy...just make it very special...a project like this deserve a special tank... I would like to see some VK´s like tanks...probably a prototype with this little bit of a "special" thing...

[@bradmaddox3837]

Finally a model maker gets the idea to build a train factory also I have a request can you make the (meng char 2c) it's a very good looking model kit but I want to learn from the best so that way I don't mess up my dream model kit

[@BradsSuperEthical]

Usually war related dioramas can be pretty dour. In this instance one option you could look at would be to have the factory producing Panzer I tanks in the mid to late mid 30s, before the war. You could add some trees and colors to make it late Summer or early Fall, and have the tone set to be a bit more relaxed and leisurely. You could even have some workers sitting outside in the courtyard eating lunch or taking a break, maybe one catching a nap in the back of the truck. The Panzer I also has the benefit of being on the smaller side, allowing you a little bit more room to maneuver with the other components you want to add without it seeming overly busy or crowded.

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Oh wow, that is going to be cool!! 👍👍👍

[@WhataboutTRUTH]

Great update Andy, I'm looking forward to seeing you work on this, a suggestion for you. Either a afv being brought in to be repaired and one leaving. The railway would add a lot. What ever you do Andy I'm sure it will look fantastic. Many Thanks for sharing 👍😎

[@jeffwhit4987]

This going to be so Cool ! ! I will be adding a link to this video on my Desktop so I don't forget. Say, do you have any videos showing the way to setup spray painter thing, and/or how to do the spray painting and/or how to set up a place to do the painting (so the paint mist doesn't get on anything else in the home) ? Because if you do, you could put links to those educational videos into the description below of the videos you create for this Diorama build. Your excitement is contagious - and I'm lovin' it !

[@pinfarmer]

Looking forward to this project. More footage the better.

[@hanschristophercharles6981]

I'm glad to see I'm not alone tackling a LARGE scale diorama. Lol!!😆 I started one last June and I'm about halfway there. Got some of the last pieces for it from Value Gear this week..Can't wait to see the finished product of your Tank Factory dio. Cheers!!😎👍

[@armydude131]

I think a Tiger or a Panzer III would be cool. A panzer III might be easier if you’re build a couple to put on a rail depot diorama as well.

[@stanleyharrell6009]

I would vote for a couple of Ryefield Panzer III with interior kits inside at various stages. Then get a couple of the Ryefield Panzer III without interior kits for outside.

[@szwagierPaul]

I would check which tank fits the diorama best. Can’t be too big. We have Panzer I, Panzer II Ausf. C, Panzer III, Panther, Tiger I and Tiger II. But I would go with VK prototypes. We have VK 30.01(H) and VK 36.01(H). Both should be available as Trumpeter and RyeFieldModels made them.

[@szwagierPaul]

There also can be PAK 43 and it should fit through the doors. If We stick to the Henschel factory.

[@danphilpott6302]

Awesome! So looking forward to this epic project! Way to go Andy!

[@lesthiele4921]

Hi Andy, tnat looks to be a very exciting project, not a expert on who manufactured what, but I see somebody has suggested a Tiger, I think a big diorama would need a big tank or two, very good luck with tnis project, so lets get building, best regards from Australia.

[@gretschludwigdrummer209]

The art work on those boxes are amazing !

[@IJNavy]

Hi Andy, any possibility you could be a US retailer for RT-Diorama products?

[@willierants5880]

MiniArt also has some great diorama kits such as "French Village Street". Andy you should show some of those off.

[@animalyze7120]

This is nice but far too small to be anything other than a backdrop and is more suited to be useful for say a Beer brewery, Vehicle factory. Looks amazing but you'd have far better use and results if you scratch built it instead, this is very basic and a bit limiting for the price and hours of work required and seems a tad out of scale from 1/35 tanks shown. Scratch building is your best route and Andy could really pull it off. Great video, very excited to see what you pull off with this kit. I'd say Early Panzer 4 or late Panzer 3, although 1's and 2's would work or a Stug as well. P.S Look at some photo's from the period of Tank manufacturing facilities and you'll see just how small this Kit version seems for what was being built, the kit is beautiful but to me seems way to small for Tanks ;) I could well be wrong (Wouldn't be the first or last time lol).

[@РусланСоколов-ь7т]

Good luck with such an awesome project! It may represent allied/soviet tank as well, if we imagine late 1944/early 1945 - assault on german tank factory. Thus, Sherman/T-34/etc may be a fresh idea))

[@jilthunder2276]

Showing a vehicle getting painted in its basic colour during the final step of the built would be nice. Or maybe the examination of a trophy tank by a commission. There f.e. is one image, showing a Soviet KV-2 being inspected at the Henschel works in Kassel in 1941! :) Best regards from Germany, Jens

[@chemech]

Trumpeter sells 1/35 static models of gondolas, flatcars, and track, which would be the thing for a rail siding serving the factory. They also sell a WR360 C12 small diesel switcher if you want to get elaborate. Their BR52 steam locomotive however is rather long, and probably not a good fit for the scene. Beyond that, you are looking at some serious scratchbuilding / kitbashing for railroad items in 1:35 scale

[@rustykilt]

Many years ago I purchased a DRAGON 1/72 ( i think, may be 1/144) display model showing a tank production line featuring 2 King Tigers. The scene depicts a couple of GI's examining the tanks after the site was captured. It has the Gantry and Crane and a basic workshop backdrop. If this could be done in 1/35 It would be amazing. love your work.

[@glenngosline3303]

I think a King Tiger. Being a factory hoping to see machine tools added as well along with oxygen and acetylene bottles. King Tiger turrets on the stands look neat several pictures on the internet and books show that. Whatever you decide I am sure will look great. I remember Fransico Verlinden did the shadow box diorama with the Tiger 1 I believe. Have the book somewhere will have to look.

[@lanceschaerer6875]

Mid to late war repair scene is my thoughts boss! One or two panzer 3s right mangled and getting worked on. Parts being delivered guys inside working on a Maybach

[@CurvedSlightly]

Andy, T-Shirt ideas, "I'm with Stuka" and "I love a good Focke" & "Come see how many Fockes I give" "I don't give a Focke" That's all I've got so far.

[@david1274]

Awesome that will be great! I like to see it early / pre war - maybe a Neubaufahrzeug?

[@fredbachofner3086]

I would choose the Panzer III, use the train rails available (miniart?), the train wagon and the Signal I think all of miniart. Fred from The Netherlands

[@FinsburyPhil]

If you want to do the Henschel factory then it depends on the date you chose: 1935-40 Panzer I, 1939-42 Panzer III, 1942-45 Tiger, 1944-45 Tiger II. Might be good to do two types so a late Panzer I and early Panzer II, or a late Tiger and early Tiger II? For Krupp maybe a Stug IV and a Pak 43? Perhaps one of the subjects built and one under construction?

[@sully4627]

I like your ideas, you get my "thumbs up".

[@shlamushaaretz5357]

How exciting Andy, I reckon a Panther

[@randyc6392]

Looks like a great project. It’s gonna be huge so don’t make it so big that you can’t move it. Really looking forward to seeing what you come up with

[@timsmith4548]

My first thoughts go to the base (lessons learned the hard way over the years) and how mobile you want it to be. Model railroaders have been making travel layouts forever so there are a lot of plans and tips out there for framing it and installing handles to move it around. I think I'd also (carefully) pin that plaster smoke stack so that it could be disassembled anytime you need to shift the diorama around. There's so many ways to go with this kit! You could have it working with tanks (or really anything) in production, you could have it under attack with your choice of allies verses regular troops or the volksgrenadiers, or even a bombed out factory with civilians clearing rubble. The possibilities of adding lighting are another thing to consider when doing the planning. I'm sitting on a couple of LED kits to simulate welders that I plan to use "when I get the time." This will certainly be a long build but I know it'll be awesome once its done!

[@paoloviti6156]

Well said but if I may I would recommend to install lights hanging on the ceiling and on the workbenches. The possibilities are endless...

[@joeshmoe9978]

Lots of good ideas 👍

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

If you do the Krupp factory you could go really crazy and show them making a barrel for the Schwerer Gustav. Go big, or go home!

[@justintowle3845]

You should add a kriegslokomotive and a couple box cars out in front of the road, but build it with the tracks lower than the road level so the cargo doors are road height for unloading and lowering the rail scene for the view of the background.

[@ModelkitStuff]

looking forward to this Andy. maybe something with an interim so you can have the turret being lowered on or next to it? I am sure whatever you do it will be very cool

[@eentoffenaam]

Hi Andy, Maybe a kettenkrad is a fun idea? You have space to build several of them, in various stages of completion. And it is something less often done..... I am looking forward to whatever you decide to build. Keep up the good job.

[@russellletch7435]

The mini art tank and gantry would look good and love rail track with rolling stock 👌

[@shawnramsey6666]

Are you going to be carrying the RT Diorama brand? Looking forward to the build.

[@dunggakin]

I look forward to seeing more

[@AndreDemers1]

Wow what a great project. I would stick with the panzer tank outside or on a rail car. The inside was made in series where you could have up to 20 or 30 different tanks or other type of vehicules. You could put a cannon piece or turrent or tank tracks outside. Can't wait to see you building this. All the best.

[@jmc7034]

A tank with the engine bay would look great

[@maquettemusic1623]

Do a Panther D like the one in the Wikipedia article for the Panther, perfect example of a rail depot too, also great interior models for it.

[@daviemaclean61]

Any tank you decide on will be fine, but a smaller model would give you more space for all the other vehicles and accessories

[@ponz-]

If it was me personally I’d go with the tigers. Either or will do the tiger or the kind tiger BUT if you plan on adding a rail yard or tanks on flatbeds of trains then I’d do the panzer III. I think it’ll look better on a rail car then a giant tiger. That’s just my opinion! Looks like a TON of work but a great deal of fun so enjoy!!

[@spiraling6980]

How about the Dzerzhinsky tractor factory in Stalingrad? It supposedly was pumping out T34s and Katyushas that went directly in to battle before it was shut down. There are lots of pictures of the factory as well as several very interesting pictures of T34 hulls lined up outside the factory. Can show the transition of tanks moving from a busy working factory to a dirty battlefield all in one diorama!

[@hiraeth2007]

Really looking forward to swing this take shape

[@iantait309]

That looks amazing, one (not serious) idea is a tank stuck in the doors!

[@oscarkilotv218]

Andy you may consider a 1/35 US M26 Wagon Dragon 40-ton tank transporter in your Diorama. Good luck!

[@SEAKPhotog]

Wow! Very cool!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@kristhijs3180]

I saw a battlescene (in the T34 factory) of the movie IRON CROSS. Don't forget the (rain)pipes and steampipes inside the building.

[@JohnSmith-sl1my]

O yes . This could be something very good . Railyard is a must . Plus how about a flack gun placed somewhere.

[@darknut9696]

Could do a panzer 1 tank rusting away and then have a panzer 3 being 'rolled out'

[@maximcan69]

Love the excitement, Andy!! Can't wait to see what you do with it.

[@powersmodelgarage]

Wow… that is going to be huge. Can’t wait to see how it goes together.

[@sammy_dog]

If you do the Krupp factory your not limited to tanks you could do all sorts of artillery you could even do ship turrets among other things

[@noahstibrik1269]

I really like the rail yard Idea, maybe you could have like a old panzer two towing another panzer 2 into place

[@everettjohns7788]

This really looks and sounds great. With a mention to the railyard on the side a couple different kinds of tanks on flat cars as far as the factory a full interior tank with the turret being suspended above it or maybe a captured KV one or two being reversed engineered inside the factory so many great possibilities can't wait to see where it goes

[@alvinmarcus5780]

This will be Epic. 👍😊 If you think you could get into it maybe you could make the base even larger and add more stuff . The sky is the limit.

[@bowbowjang4281]

You should have the tank in the yard be a Tiger 2 with the red primer still on it. The tracks should be off and the engine cover open.

[@simonenavone6129]

A panzer III with interior would be a great addition to the diorama

[@OLLE3770]

If you do Henschel - Pz III is just a nice looking tank in itself. For later models (like Tigers) you might have to add quite some bomb damage...

[@johngalt6929]

I like the idea of one of those "VK" prototype tanks displayed on the street. A supply truck parked in the courtyard would work also.

[@DaveyChainZ69]

Do the Henschel King Tiger factory with railyard. Or have a field damaged tank on rail car returning to the factory to be repaired.