On the dioramas you see a lot of buildings. These are (formost) all H0 scale buildings. There is really a lot to get in this scale and for me it is a sport to get these buildings reasonable cheap on railway events. Mostly the buildings I'm buying are second handed (or third) and already build. The buildings are carefully dismanteld and build up again and do get a lot of plastic surgery for the right fit and look on the diorama.
1:87 "Oberembt, Germany 1945"
Sturmtiger Herpa
Sherman ARV Artitec
Humber Scoutcar Artitec
Figures Artitec, Preiser, Roco, Noch (all converted)
1:87 "Russisch Stormgesschut" (Russian Sturmgeschutz)
Su 85 Premo (a Russian company and is not existing anymore)
Halftrack SDKFZ 251 Trident
Wrecked car Wiking or Herpa?
Figures Preiser
1:87 "Aftocht" (Retreat)
The halftracks:
Sdkfz251/8 (Ambulance) Trident (I'v converted the normal SDKFZ251 to this ambulance version)
Sdkfz251/23 Trident
Sdkfz251/1 mit Wurfrahmen Trident
Sdkfz250/1 Trident
Sdkfz250/5 Trident
Kettenkrad Trident
The tanks:
King Tigers/ Panzer IV Wirbelwind Herpa
Cars Wiking?
Train Br01 Revell
Figures Preiser
Dit diorama is in bezit van het legerdioramawereld museum .
This diorama is in possession of the "legerdioramawereld museum" .
1:87 "Stad voor stad" (City after city)
The biggest military diorama I've made so far. This time not a H0 building but the 1:72 Berlin house (italeri) downsized to 1:87 (H0). It was an enormous job to do this but worth it. For example I made around 100 smaller windows. Behind some windows there are furnitured rooms.
M4 Shermans, M5 Stuarts, M3 Halftrack, Panther A Artitec (some models were ready made but got some extra's)
Jeep, Beep, Wrecked Opel Blitz Herpa
Trams ? The trams were toys and got a lot of plastic surgery to get tem realistic (they were totally not at the beginning).
Cars Wiking
Figures Artitec/ Preiser
Dit diorama is in bezit van historamawereld .
This diorama is in possession of historamawereld .
https://www.historamawereld.nl/
1:87 "Stahl auf der heide" (Steel on the Moor Part 1)
All tanks Herpa/ Roco Minitanks
Figures Preiser, Herpa, Noch
1:87 "Stahl auf der heide" (Steel on the Moor Part 2)
All tanks Arsenal M/ Roco Minitanks
Figures Preiser, Herpa, Noch
1:87 "Laatste sneeuw in Duitsland April 1945" (Last snow in Germany April 45)
What started as a "green" spring diorama ended into a snow diorama (the last snow in Germany spring 1945). Lightning is build in.
Tanks Arsenal M
Half track Trident
Kettenkrad Trident
Mercedes Herpa
Figures For most Preiser some converted Noch figures
1:87 "De brug over het Wilhelmina kanaal bij Son" (The crossing of the Wilhemina Canal at Son...Operation Marketgarden)
I have built the diorama for the Historama World Museum/ Airborne Museum in Best Holland (it is nearby Son). As an example I took a black and white photo of a Sherman tank of the Grenadier Guards crossing the canal.
A short story:
The objective of 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment after being dropped north of Son, was to capture the swing bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal and then advance southward to Eindhoven in order to link up that same day with British XXX Corps around 20.00 hr. An initial attempt by two battalions of 506 PIR to take the bridge over the Wilhelmina Canal at Son was thwarted when the bridge was blown up by the Germans, literally in the faces of the approaching paratroopers.
In the evening of 18th September Royal Engineers were dispatched immediately to construct a Bailey bridge over the canal. Sappers of 14th Field Squadron RE of XXX-Corps, with help of German prisoners of war, starting around 20.00 hr. managed to finish the job the next morning at 06.15 hr. allowing tanks of Grenadier Guards to advance on to Nijmegen, 33 hours behind schedule.
Tanks , truck Artitec
Bailey Bridge Artitec
Figures Civilians are Preiser and soldiers are a mix of Artitec and Roco
1:87 "Bijzondere Duitse rupsvoertuigen" (Modern German tracked vehicles)
I wanted to make a third "Stahl auf der Heide" but decided afterwards to put the vehicles on a small diorama/ display. All vehicles were extra detailled and got a crew.
Tanks Roco, Minitanks, Arsenal M
Figures Preiser
1:87 Sherman tank M4A3E8
Tank and figures Artitec
