They hardly come much better than this, in a word ‘superb’.

Excellent diorama!

Really nice work!

The Monogram PzIV was the first model I built back in 1970. It had the Shep Paine Diorama Guide with it, and that got me hooked! WOW, 50 years ago...

SOME OF THE BEST DETAIL IN FIGURE AND PAINTING I HAVE SEEN THAT FUR LOOKS REAL V WELL DONE .

Der Hammer SUUUUUPER !!!!! Klasse 👍👍👍👍😎 schöne Grüße aus Hamburg 🏴‍☠️

Beautiful work !!! Damn!!!!

I built that kit years ago. Outstanding job

I REALLY ENJOYED THIS...GREAT JOB THE FINISHED PICTURES AT THE END DID BRING IT TO LIFE

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris, glad you enjoyed it!

Great work, especially the bringing it to life section at the end.

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul!!

Its said before here, but man, this is really a piece of art!

Inspiring work, particularly the detail in the scratch building & weathering! Terrific base for an economical price, well worth the time & effort..... Final scene with the panzer is great - well done 👏🙂

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Excellent 👍👍👍

Excellent work thankyou for sharing the video hope to see more of your ww 2 dioramas

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark!

Puir art, mate. Really impressed...

That was an excellently finished model!

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

cool.. I like the pz IV H look

Sooo beatiful!!! God job!!

A work of art.

@41sniper

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😀

An excellent diorama . Very impressive . Wish they'd reissue the Monogram 1/32 AFV's as l built them years ago and they still stand the test of time .

@41sniper

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

I have found the best channel, on how to make a diorama. THANK YOU GOD " you do great work I love your work and you make it look easy too. Please keep it up and GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY....

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!! :-)

Nice build!

Great job keep up

Awesome 👍

Outstanding work! Great job in scratch-building the base and stonework. You've just got a new subscriber!

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew, welcome aboard!

GREAT JOB!!!!

wish the winter weathering was broken down a bit - white to brown/black transitions on the shürtzen were lovely!

Masterpiece!

Just discovered your channel and subscribed. Luvin your work

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard!

Very cool! 👍🏻

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

This is a masterpiece, excellent and inspired job!

Stupendo!!!!!!!

Super. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I would like to say that this work of art is very beautiful, continue to engage in this business, I will wait for new videos. I say hello from Russia (apologize for the description)

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Thank your very much!

Бомба...очень круто сделано

Awesome mate! 10/10 big fella 👍🇦🇺👍

@41sniper

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 🙂

Me encanta!!!!!!!!!! Un diez!!!👌👌👌👌☺️☺️😍

U do Dam nice work 👍

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike!

Nice!!

Bonjour mon ami 👍hello my friend Awesome work 💪I enjoy watching your diorama 😎the figures alpine very beautiful 👍I am subscribed of France 🇫🇷and I would be proud to have you as subscriber too 😉thank you very much my friend

Looks great, but that very old Monogram kit is 1/32, not 1/35. But it seems to work all right with those excellent figures. And, the diorama base is very well done. Thanks

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, careless typo :-P

Good job boss. Surprised to see that old plain jane monogram kit next to all those sweet alpine figures tho

How long did it take to build it? Btw. absolute masterpiece.

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Marek, good question. I rarely keep track of how much time I spend, makes me feel like I have to justify it LOL. Overall, it was probably about 4 months. Putting in a few 2-6 hour sessions per week.

Joli diorama, superbe travail. Juste une petite remarque personnelle, je trouve tes impacts sur les shurzen, trop gros. Pareil impact, avec un aussi gros calibre, aurait inexorablement fait "sauter" les plaques de blindages. Mais c'est un détail qui n'enlève rien globalement à ton travail.

Bluetooth headphones))) Nice)))

Yo también he hecho un diorama del frente ruso, con un Panzer IV y un Sturmgesutz IV. De Tamiya 1/35☺️, y camuflaje invernal

The officer looks just like "Panzer" Meyer.

absolutely amazing. Only criticism, are the holes in the skirt look way too big.

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ryan, I've heard the "big holes" comment a hundred times but the model comes that way... not my call. It is after all a cheap Monogram kit I used to get started back in the hobby after 30 years idle.

Damn, with those holes the tank should be a pile of charred metal!

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I've heard this a hundred times... the model comes that way

@waffencamo

3 жыл бұрын

@@41sniper in that case you had two options, paint it as a ko'd tank or fix those holes, pretty simple imho.

@arsmithx

3 жыл бұрын

Another possibility: the pierced armour plates could have been salvaged from another tank that HAD been ko'd by the blast.

What are the basic paints and materials needed to start a project like this? I have no experience. only read books or watch movies about WW2. :)

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Carlos, let's see if I can help... MUST HAVE: Bare bones basics are a decent selection of Acrylic paints, I primarily use Valejo paints but occasionally use paints from AK or MIG... even Model Masters in a pinch. But Valejo are readily available at Hobby Lobby and they're great. I always prime everything with Tamiya Enamel Surface Primer before painting. You'll also need some good plastic model cement (not that stinky model glue we used as a kid). You want to use something like Tamiya Thin Model Cement. It only works on styrene plastic so it's nice to have some super glue and epoxy glue handy for other materials. Obviously, a nice X-Acto hobby knife, and assorted putty knives. Touch up model putty like Tamiya makes is nice to have handy as well. Hobby Lobby has a good assortment of small disposable sanding files that are important too. The big ticket item is a good quality airbrush and compressor. Not necessary for painting the figures but a must have for vehicles. I use the Iwata Eclipse HP-CS which is awesome and very popular. You'll need some sort of air compressor for air supply. GOOD TO HAVE: A good pair of sprue snips is a great tool for modelling (kinda like small snip scissors for cutting model parts off of the plastic sprue). For working on such a base, you'll need a supply of blue styrofoam from Lowes or Home Depot... as well as a small tub of spackling compound and/or bag of plaster mix. If you want to get into a lot of custom scratch-built details it's good to have an assortment of stock styrene sheets and tubes (also available at Hobby Lobby). I use Krycel products to make the snow and occasionally use AK or MIG products to produce mud, grime etc effects. EVENTUALLY NICE TO GET: Build up an assortment of putties and effects materials from AK or MIG. I just got a styrofoam cutter/machine for Christmas and look forward to using that. I'm sure I've probably forgotten something here but I hope this helps, it takes years to accumulate all the stuff you really will need for a variety of projects. I still don't have all of what I need after decades. :-) Regards, Tom

@CharlieGza

3 жыл бұрын

@@41sniper 😮 thanks

Beautifully done but the damage on the side skirts look like killing shots that went right through the plate.

@leger205

3 жыл бұрын

I agree the size of those holes that tank should be dead in the water so to speak but great job otherwise.

@Darknor93

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed - that skirts were quite loose mounted at the tank so they would rather fly off than get this big holes in them. But the rest of the tank is made really well. Especially the diorama is outstandig work. The crater in the street and all the handmade bricks are so great details - defintely one of the best dioramas ive seen so far.

@chrisvanderwielen1530

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was kind of curious on the reference photos for those, along with the one on the turret skirting... any links?

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

The holes were molded into the kit, hence the oversize issue... nothing I could do about it. The ones in the turret skirt were just me making it look the way I wanted it to :-)

Brill 🇬🇧🇩🇪

Такие диаметры отверстий в таком масштабе тянут на 122-152 мм, а так же форма отверстий круглая, а не овальная - это значит попадание было под прямым углом. Такие попадания для pz 4 смертельны с любого расстояния.

Are you on TikTok?

i just cant get over the size of the holes in the sideskirt, it looks like it has been hit by a naval gun multiple times. that tank should be completely destroyed.

@Stormshadow11114

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely Great diorama, but have to agree with you on the size of the holes in the side skirts.

Can you take up another hobby please , you're making the rest of us look rubbish 😁

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

LOL, thanks Craig!

Masterpiece !

@41sniper

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Eric!

@ericmerlin7341

3 жыл бұрын

@@41sniper You really deserve it ! Bravo !