1/700 Diorama - 70 year anniversary of "Operation Hailstone"

[Hen]

Hey folks,

I built a 1/700 diorama of the Japanese base at Truk for modellmarine.de - some of you might be interested

All pictures and the full article (in German) here:
http://www.modellmarine.de/index.php?op ... k-schuette

[Haijun watcher]

Excellent diorama! Which part of Truk anchorage is it supposed to be? Moen? Dublon?

the calm before the storm...

[Hen]

Excellent diorama! Which part of Truk anchorage is it supposed to be? Moen? Dublon?

the calm before the storm...

Thank you! It's no special part of the lagoon - the landscape is more or less fictional. Dublon, Fefan or Moen islands would be the size of my flat in this scale but a second part including an air strip and more infrastructure is in the making right now.

As the Akashi has a prominent place in my dio, I'd say it's the repair anchorage next to Dublon

[Cliffy B]

OUTSTANDING!!! Very nice job sir!

Only suggestion I could make would to be fade the wakes of the underway vessels into the sea a little more and that's just nitpicking Please post progress shots of this "second part" over here. I for one would love to see the creation process.

[Hen]

OUTSTANDING!!! Very nice job sir!

Only suggestion I could make would to be fade the wakes of the underway vessels into the sea a little more and that's just nitpicking Please post progress shots of this "second part" over here. I for one would love to see the creation process.

Thank you, Cliffy!
FYI - nothing on this diorama is fixed, everything can be moved and changed
Tthe wakes of moving vessels are simple clear plastic foil cut to stripes and painted with a big dry brush. That's why I can't make them look more realistic

[JimVarnellABH2USN]

Outstanding diorama , exceptional work.

[Hen]

I really appreciate that, Jim!! I'm always following your naval base as I want to do something like that as soon as I move to my new place... I'd love to build a Kure or Sasebo dio in the meantime I'm building up the "Nihon Kaigun" in her full strength, the project is pretty similar to yours - all classes, all ships (if somehow available). I'm past 300 ships and haven't counted them in a while...

I'll keep you guys updated on part 2 of the Truk base!

[Quincy]

Excellent work Hen all around!!



Bob Pink.

[Dan K]

Hen, I just came across this! Beautifully done, great concept.

[Hen]

Thank y'all for the kind words!

[cruiser163]

Beautifully done

[Hen]

Hey fellaz,

I just wanted to give a short update to show you that I haven't been asleep
Got caught up in a few smaller builds, guess y'all know what I mean...

These are the doomed ships for part 2 that I'm working on at the moment:

Aikoku Maru (Pit-Road)
Tonan Maru (Loose Cannon)
Shinkoku Maru (Fujimi)
Oite (Pit-Road)

I also found a nice picture of the airbase on Eten island - looks pretty much like what I already startet with... so with a little rework this could come out nearly historically correct

Happy modeling!

[Dan K]

This might help. I think it came from Pacificwrecks.com, but not sure.

[sirpaul]

Wow that is nice. Love the landscape. Stuff like this is the most enjoyable part of modeling.

[Hen]

Thanks Dan, but I already have those maps. I think I found them on a diving website

[PaulB]

Wow, really nice diorama! I'm looking forward to seeing the next part.

[Marcus Wendel]

Lovely work.

/Marcus

[Hen]

Happy 72nd anniversary to "Operation Hailstone"

I haven't made any efforts on Eten Island, but I finished AMC Aikoku Maru, AO Shinkoku Maru, CL Katori and DD Oite. AO Tonan Maru and AMC Akagi Maru are almost done and I found another freighter which fits the dio; Reiyo Maru can be made out of BFMs Quiststock...