D.A.K Diorama 1/35

[@PoliticalRiskPod]

Great results, and perfect setting for the Kubelwagen.

[@lawrencereid9375]

EXCELLENT diorama in all respects -- Kubel, figures and base!

[@StaplesandVine]

Fantastic result James. That cork technique works really well. 😎😎😎

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Sera , I saw it years ago on the clairvaux Castle diorama thread on armorama

[@maverick1013]

Just came across your chanel tonight ,really enjoyed watching this diorama as i love to build DAK dioramas as well,,the figures kubel and especially the stonework looks class ,excellent work,will b watching more of your videos ,,excellent stuff

[@lpjmodels]

Thankyou very much ! Sorry for the late reply

[@philRminiatures]

Realistic and gorgeous dio, details on the ground/stones are awesome!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Phil !

[@lappin6482]

awesome work, favourite dio I've seen for a while

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Lappin !

[@stuartmiller8053]

excellent conclusion to the series. cheer stu

[@declan1278]

Very great work and explain so well love the sound track keep it up all the best Declan london

[@rodolfoarenasgorroztieta1636]

It is an excellent job!!! And you make it look so easy to do

[@stephenbridges2791]

Very nice DAK. Well thought out storyline. Looks parched and arid. Well done, sir.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Stephen !

[@Z3kyTw0]

Damn bro this one was killer! Great Dio, the tarps and blankets on the vehicle looks incredible

[@RimsModels]

Superb video my friend 👍👍

[@simonleach6632]

This looks awesome James, beautiful work! Everything has come together really nicely!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Simon !

[@gunstanksplanes9001]

Wow! Absolutely fantastic! Thank you.

[@Vmssupplies]

Great work and the video is so atmospheric with the thematic music!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks VMS that means a lot!

[@Modkits131]

Very excellent work on the diorama👌

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks !

[@TheAjs71]

Awesome work James, incredibly realistic IMO, really appreciate your detailed explanation of paints / techniques / finishes too...one happy subscriber

[@lpjmodels]

Glad you like it Anthony, it took a while to get tl this stage but it seems to be working!

[@jasemac5391]

Looks absolutely amazing my Brother 👍🏻🇦🇺

[@stefanblackadder5236]

The figures are damn good!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Stefan much appreciated

[@nickbutler7935]

Great piece of work.

[@jorgec.a3123]

Yesss got the epaulettes!! Awesome! :D I loved the diorama and the build video

[@lehagusev583]

Отличная работа! Поздравляю с окончанием проекта.

[@vodkamolotov-scale-modeler]

I show your video to my wife. I told her:"- look, what a pice of work". And she said: - I think the spare wheel is to clean. That woman is hard to please. I think is a very nice diorama.

[@lpjmodels]

Ahh my Girlfreind is similar! Thankyou for the compliment and thank your wife for encouraging me to improve!

[@SprueFascinationChannel]

Excellent result James 👍

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks mate !

[@Tomeleck]

Fantastic. Now all it needs is an Indiana Jones figure.

[@Emergenttheory]

Thank you

[@carlharvey7098]

Absolutely stunning!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Carl !

[@dave_jackson3043]

James that is pure art buddy . Absolutely stunning work sir 👍 👌

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Dave my freind !

[@TheTroopersCorner]

Cork sheet for stone work?!? Brilliant!

[@lpjmodels]

I saw it many years ago on the clairvaux diorama by someone named Claude Roundilew (spelling?) Well worth a look

[@BoeingMan4407]

Excellent work. I always learn a lot when watching your videos. If I could say one thing negative, the music is a bit dramatic and loud for me. Otherwise, awesome job!

[@lpjmodels]

Thankyou ! Since editing on a PC I have been able to tone the music down much more easily. So even if I am using a more dramatic track ( moved away from those a bit ) it won't be as invasive.

[@shaunmartin9063]

Fantastic work James.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Mate !

[@CJ-qv7oo]

Looks fantastic.. 👌👌

[@neilmackay7475]

Wow what a finish beautiful work as usual take care my friend 👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏✌️🐑😁😂

[@jantimmer5558]

Why the sheep?

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Neil !

[@marccxxshammer6643]

Cool 👍. Thank you for showing

[@ModellingWeekly]

This is really inspirational. It looks bloody brilliant! Keep up the amazing work!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks a lot !

[@gary6300]

Hi James Dio looks awesome buddy well done mate

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Gary !

[@dennishowlett7390]

Great diorama. Well done. Love the way you did the wall and road. Wish my eyesight allowed me to do figures as well as you but sadly that’s tough. But I can still admire and draw inspiration from your work. :-)

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Dennis, I'm sorry about your eyesight and I'm pleased my work inspires, take care !

[@felipelopez7911]

Maybe some dinosaur model kit soon?? 😄

[@razor69006]

fantastic work

[@scalemodelmaker659]

I really enjoyed this video. Keep those great models coming!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Mate !

[@jantimmer5558]

Looks great.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Jan for your continued support !

[@wadejustanamerican1201]

Fantastic, very well done sir.

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Wade !

[@dainiusltu5945]

Your modeling and dioramas are awesome!! You planing make new videos with moders military tech? Btw your detailing is inspiration to me

[@bertrandmangold8398]

Good job

[@ericrains6573]

Great Dio James and another excellent video!! 😎

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Eric glad you liked it !

[@samsscaleproductions2514]

I personally really liked the figures! the kubelwagen was also quite good and the diorama was an excellent complement! I like the technique you used to make the pillars! and the retaining wall made of cork and plaster I liked a lot too! The only thing I can give you an observation is the paved road and the land where the soldiers are, the road has, I think, too much color, if more texture and less color had been handled, it would have resulted in a more natural finish and pleasing to the eye , and the land I also think that something was missing! but I'm not entirely sure, from then on everything is fabulous! Congratulations! it's excellent!

[@lpjmodels]

Hi Sam thanks !, the paving was a bit more varied than my references but the worn smooth stone of hundreds of years worth of foot traffic was my excuse for smoothness. Im new to dioramas really (3rd or 4th one) so still loads to learn. Thanks !

[@liam-thomasrivaillon5952]

Joli travail de réalisme

[@panzer-meister]

It's nice work. I got a feeling of heat wave certainly from this diorama.

[@catdaddy57]

Beautiful job sir......

[@24848851]

Nice work, I Ike how they all blend together as one

[@vicsminiatures7949]

Wonderful work! the diorama is amazing!

[@andros6872]

Bravissimo, ottimo lavoro 👍

[@SmallSoldier]

That turned out really well James! I can feel the Noth African heat and dust. Don't you just hate it when film footage goes south, I've had it happen when editing myself.

[@wigglesend]

That is flipping amazing stuff. Very impressed 👍

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Colin !

[@rrl4245]

Very nice. Thanks

[@littlesailor]

I hope someday I will be able to reach your level. I'm impressed. Good luck and thanks for what you are doing!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Little Sailor just keep plugging away its just practice and patience !

[@anakinskywalker1982]

Excellent 👏👏👏👏

[@lpjmodels]

Thank you very much

[@repeatedaction4273]

Superb video i think i will be trying some of these methods when i make my el alamein diorama!

[@lpjmodels]

Thankyou! Good luck with the Dio

[@voodoonights1671]

I like this a lot. Well done.

[@sophieannlouise5098]

Amazing video! Yet again. You always work so hard!!! 🥰

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Soph !

[@ModelMinutes]

This looks amazing! (Also didn't realise you could tag other channels in description now!)

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Matt ! Its a new one for me too

[@highly_developed_bs_detect230]

from where im standing that look mint !!!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks man !

[@farkastamas1982]

Really nice job!

[@PGNogueira]

Excellent!

[@berra1991]

Wow, beautiful work mate! Cheers

[@cryptokimo7558]

Really good job. I enjoyed watching this!!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Kim !

[@alantrevest2]

Brilliant!!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Alan !

[@tristanlong9562]

Looks great good job

[@lpjmodels]

Cheers Tristan

[@anthonyclear4478]

Really good.

[@jonfoisy1237]

Sweet job!

[@steveford6897]

Looks great!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Mate !

[@sandrabeaumont3111]

That's great work James, wish I could do it. Just one slight criticism though. I think the skin tones are a little too pale. It's North Africa. Wouldn't they be more tanned? They must be fresh arrivals from Tobruk?

[@lpjmodels]

Thankyou ! That's a very good point, I'll go with your story, in reality painting sunburn is way out of my comfort zone 😀

[@donsutano2509]

Do you want us to let You know what we think about it ? I think it's extremely ZAJEBISTE !

[@lpjmodels]

! Awesome thanks! Like the polish: )

[@ScaleMilitaryModels]

Amazing! One thing though, maybe you could add the pieces of the broken pillars? Keep it up!

[@adamc2621]

Awesome!

[@Kitzkrieg]

Very cool 😎

[@lpjmodels]

Cheers !

[@richardhayeur3163]

wow wow and wwwwwow i like so mutch...

[@carlosescobar6973]

Perfect 👌.

[@LycanthropiesSpell]

Looks good, but..the weight of the stowage in the Kübelwagen doesn't translate well to the tyres... .

[@lpjmodels]

Good point ! Thanks

[@garyjames1346]

Wow, awesome 👌

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks mate !

[@engelbertstrauss2354]

Grandios 🤩👍🏼

[@walker5752]

Hi, vey good job. What are the meisure of the columns? Thanks

[@frankschenkewitz3900]

Yeah,graet.More.

[@bobbywoll1214]

GREAT

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Bobby !

[@joeshmoe9978]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@reneprado8500]

Top 👍👏👏👏

[@jorgec.a3123]

I'm sorry because I feel like I'll seem picky but I have two things to say, the column stones are too big to be Roman, would've Egyptian or something like that, and in sandy areas sand gets everywhere so the gaps between the stones of the wall look too clean 😅

[@lpjmodels]

Thats OK Jorge I understand, the measurements were taken from life, working out at around 70cm diameter (ish) using the classical ratio 1:10 for the column height. I spent ages looking it up and working things out to get the grandeur contrasting against the figures and vehicle.

[@jorgec.a3123]

@@lpjmodels you did a very very good job indeed, but I've been to Rome and Athens and the column stones are just to O big, Greek and Roman columns are built from smaller segments

[@MikeyRumi180]

looks more like a Greece vignette. no question about your skillz mate....

[@lpjmodels]

Hi Mikey, The columns and groundwork are straight out of lepcis magna in Tunisia. I can see why you'd say that though, roman architecture (heavily inspired by the greeks) was rife throughout North africa, and being near the coast it was as verdant as most Mediterranean countries. I used the web, and 2 key books from my collection, roman north africa by E.Lennox Manton and Roman Architecture by Frank Sear.

[@ministrotv6064]

Awesome

[@frankkudos7338]

👍

[@robin1831]

👍👍👍

[@noelmorris5807]

i like your vidos

[@lpjmodels]

Cheers Noel !

[@АндрейДармороз-и4в]

Nice mate)

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Andrei!

[@persononyoutube8666]

I saw this on R/modelmakers

[@lpjmodels]

I drop in from time to time when I can, that sub is awesome !

[@alainvandenbosch2685]

😍😍😍

[@KJ-kn8pg]

Nice diorama but the music was TOO loud (iop)

[@sophieannlouise5098]

James tries to get the perfect balance between his voice over and music and every video theres this comment please be mindfull that he does everything on his phone with limited options

[@KJ-kn8pg]

@@sophieannlouise5098 i am first time watcing this youtuber so am i not allowed to say my opinion? damn, i am here because model minutes gave him a shout out lol...

[@sophieannlouise5098]

@@KJ-kn8pg of course you're aloud your opinion!! Im just trying to put across that its a trail and error thing! :)

[@foreverplastickits138]

*2 details that annoys me : the columns are too high (they had been collapsed by the time) and the grass is too green. Apart from that : SPLENDID!!! 👍👏👏👏👏*

[@lpjmodels]

Thanks Forever Plastic Kits ! I have lots of photos of columns still standing (original ww2 pics) Google "lepcis magna" and see my reference ! Stay safe mate !

[@foreverplastickits138]

@@lpjmodels Ok, some of them are well preserved, cheers! 👍

[@johnrevill1087]

Why didn't you just use bird dust bath sand it's cheaper than all that branded sand effect stuff your using and would of looked more realistic but good dial build anyway

[@Bauhotte]

Hope your wife didn't got angry over using her expensive silver cutlery xD

[@lpjmodels]

Haven't been busted.. yet ..

[@Bauhotte]

@@lpjmodels ^^