날씨는 계속 춥고, 어느 덧 2017년도 며칠 안남았네요...
어릴때 다니던 모형점에서 보게 된 대가의 유산이 담긴 "Super diorama 라는 작품집을 보고 충격을 받은 후
성년이 되어 그 책을 사서 소장한 후로 또 이십년 넘게 흘렀네요, 작년인가 올해초에 벨린덴 프로덕션이 문을 닫더니
이제 슈퍼디오라마의 작가중 한명이 최근 SNS에 아예 작품집을 스캔해서 올린 걸 보면...
엠엠존에 공유해도 좋을 듯 하여 공유해 봅니다.
( 물론 대부분은 이미 보셨겠지만, 이건 당시 작품집에 없던 디오라마고 이십년도 넘은 거라...)
“Quota” A 120mm 1/16 scale Diorama of a Krupp 88 mm cannon factory, WW II.
By Bob Letterman
I built this one in 1996. VP had just released their 120mm 88 cannon. My partner asked me to create a diorama using the just released German 88mm cannon kit, so I built “Quota”. This is absolutely the tallest diorama I have ever built. From the base to the top it is 5 feet, (1.6 meters), and standing on the floor base, it rises to 8 feet, (2.4 meters). Those who have seen it in publications are usually surprised when they see it in the museum because the top is considerably over their head. Here is previous editor of Fine Scale Magazine standing beside it while sitting on the floor. It is normally on a 3 foot high floor base
I had to forget my usual cardboard/mattboard construction and went to 3/4 inch plywood. I also was personally responsible for the employees Christmas bonus at the Plastruct company! I used huge quantities of Plastruct products building this. In terms of dollars, the roof and gantry cranes were several hundred dollars in materials alone. Remember the scale is 1/16th. There is a working clock barely visible behing the gantry crane
I used a total of 6 of the 88 kits in building this. Three on the assembly line, the rest for the parts bins and using parts from the 88 exclusively, I scratched the drill press and the giant lathe in the side room. All the figures were converted VP. I ended up using three methods of metalizing and developed three more during this build. I had to make many of the hand tools from scratch.
The event taking place is the completion of the 5,000 88 cannon fabricated in this factory. The officials of the N.S.D.A.P. as well as the Luftwaffe and the press were there to take propaganda photos.
I made two circuits with flashing miniature bulbs and connected both to tiny speakers. It had the effect of the light and sound of real arc welding. The huge drill press is next to the photographer in the foreground who is directly in front of one of the arc welders, It had a fantastic effect. Also the interiors of the office and the engineering department on the second floor were lit along with the boiler room and the tool rooms on the sides. Click on images to enlarge.
A tedious job was cleaning, prep, painting and weathering parts. Even though new, putting them in the racks with zero weathering made them stick out of the environment like sore thumbs. BTW, all the civilian figures in this were not only posed, but their uniforms had to be turned into work uniforms. I used many of my sculpted heads in this dio as well. Click on images to enlarge.
