Rob Lively tells us how he built a diorama based on the 7.5cm PaK 40.

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Rob, beautiful dio. The quality of your groundwork is exceptional! The only thing that spoils it for me is the return guide on the bottom of the breech. It would have been worth correcting. It was actually connected to the underneath of the breech and slid up and down with it, as you can see from this picture, courtesey of Chris Hughes, 'The Toadman' German Anti-Tank guns of WWII.


Beuatiful dio all the same.

Vinnie

Looks nice Rob....
Just one suggestion.....
I'm also cheap...LOL
get some Cheap wood, and edge the base for a finished look.
The blue cheap stuff cheapens the look of the final piece. :-)

Nice to see you becoming a regular contributor.....

Another solid addition.

Nice feature - thanks

Nice work Danny - thanks

Ciao everyone,
First, thank you Danny for making an okay article into a really good one. Thanks for all the time and effort.

Vinnie - yes, you are absolutely right on that one. Unfortunately, I did this one a while ago and it was a done deal by the time I learned of my mistake. One day I will be able to afford more references or, at least, look at the ones that I have. Thanks for the nod!

Dave - Hey, who you calling cheap? :-) :-) :-) Yes, thrifty is me. Thanks so much for the compliments. You are absolutely right about the blue outline. I usually finish it in paint of some type, but I dropped the ball on this one. I love contributing to the site, though. Heck, this is the only site that I go to recreationally, anymore.

Scott - thanks for the compliment. I truly believe that the big "A", and it's many talented modelers, has (or have) really elevated my skill.

Again, thank you everyone. I'm off to watch (American) football. Have a great weekend.

nice feature Rob, the figures, pak and ground work are as usualy splendind
congradulations!

Frank

Ciao Frank,
How are you, my good friend? Thanks so much for the nod on the model! I am just trying to keep up with the talent around here. Speaking of talent, what is your next model? Keep me posted.

Or at least do the edges in black!!! That's how I've done a few of mine where I'm too lazy to miter trim for a small base

Ciao Alan,
Black? Are you sure? I was actually torn between Teel or Lavender..... :-) :-) :-) Yes, I goofed up!!

Very nice dio. The figs are exceptional!!!

A very nice dio with an impressive OOTB build, or should I say perfect build! In my opinion, everything in this dio is perfect and shows a well balanced dio! Congratulations!
Cheers and happy modelling!
Prato

Ciao Tigerbait and Prato,
Thanks so much for your kind words. That was truly a labor of love, that one. Fun to build and fun to paint. Again, thanks for your generous words!!
Ciao for now
Rob

hy husky ill agry with my brother 3442 its an awesome dio extreamly well made i like the netting affect u have their. hes presntly working on n elefant by dragon the prem kit
simon

Hey Rob. I know you wrote this article a while ago. You probably won’t even read this. But I hope you do in the future and this might help you out just a little. I'm new to the site and modelling, and I'm just discovering everything here for the first time. Great article. I even printed it out to help me out with my own Pak 40 model.

However, and just after praise there’s always a however, have you noticed that.? The cam net on the pak 40 would have been removed before firing. The two gunners are about to load the weapon and the commander has already spotted a target or is fishing about for one. So I'm assuming they about to fire or in the process. I've had personal experience with leaving a cam net on over a gun while it’s firing. The barrel tends to heat up after every shot. So hot in fact that it ignites anything flammable touching it. I have photos but unfortunately not scanned on to the computer. Cam nets go up in quite a nice burst of flames. Therefore destroying the whole effect of the cam net. Hope this helps you or other modellers in the future.