This diorama was my first attempt at building a purpose built diorama. The scene is set in Normandy 1944 and it's breakfast time for the boys. The tank is a Dragon Panther Ausf G, the bike is a BMW, the gate is from Verlinden and the figures and animals are all Tamiya.

Side view, showing Panther and figures behind having breakfast.
Being my first diorama I never took into account certain factors,
such as the weight of the tank on the ground and the colour of the sand, but overall for a first attempt,
I was fairly happy with it.

The base is essentially a photo frame with coloured plaster poured over the top. The gate was placed into the plaster and had this built up to support it. In retrospect I should have placed this in with PVA glue which would have held it more securely. Ah, it was fun anyway!

Show me the way! Here a BMW runner asks for directions given to him by a helping officer.
Figures are from the Tamiya officers set and the bike and rider are the modified Tamiya.

Pictures of chickens on the side of the wall. Little things aren't they!

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