HL-10 Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Robert Taylor is one of the best aviation artists I have ever seen. I have all his books and a number of his paintings have inspired me to build models of the subject. He himself builds as large a model of his subject to use as reference for his painting. Summer victory lead to me building this little 48th diorama of a shot down BF-109 durring the Battle of Britain. The 109 is Tamiya's and was already built before I decided to use it, I had to "shoot it down" for my project. The pilot is from the Dragon set and is virtualy an exact match for the pose in the painting. The stubble is a cut up decorator's brush inserted into holes made in the base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jens Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 WOW THATS AWESOME im spakless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris/Germany Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Agreed, thats awesome......really! nice diorama, by the way: dont know what the painting says but could this be the shotdown of the famous "von Werra"? Think I ´ve seen an original pic of his scrapped Me somewhere, looks nearly the same. However, great job, really, Sir! cheers Chris "the ripper" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeMaben Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Very Cool!! M M ...great work Angelo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hannover - Germany Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 Great work Angelo!! Cheers, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LSP_Jay L Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 If you werent lazy you would have done the Spitfire... seriously nice job Angelo. Something about a well done Diorama that sets models apart. Cheers mate, Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolie Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 I love that concept...Makes me want to do a Diorama too. Actually I am going to do one for the P-51...Im not crashing it though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 If you werent lazy you would have done the Spitfire... seriously nice job Angelo. Something about a well done Diorama that sets models apart. Cheers mate, Jay Agreed...Very nicely done Angelo. Cheers Derek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menelaos Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 sehr schoen...(very nice) It looks like Werras emerg landing that made him POW.... You know the movie. One got away... with Hardy Krueger... cheers M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 Hi there guys, once again I am truly gratfeul for all the kind comments you have made, thank you all, they are greatly appreciated. Jay, I though I was being lazy by not including the tree let alone the three Spitfires The painting is based on an incident described to the artist by Al Dere, a New Zealander flying in the RAF. He was returning to base to refuel and rearm, at tree top level when he flew over a downed 109 and it's pilot. There is no mention of Von Wera. Thanks again, Angelo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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