'Kampfgruppe Peiper' Ardennes 1944 diorama by Pierre Lanzon

[PoorOldSpike]

I just spotted this on the web. I'm not sure which of the figures is Peiper himself.
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'Kampfgruppe Peiper' Ardennes 1944
1/16 Scale Diorama by Pierre Lanzon of Malta Society of Model makers

"SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Peiper is in conference with some of his officers under his command while troops take up positions on the eve of the offensive.
The Tamiya King Tiger tank model is based on No 332 commanded by SS-Unterscharfuhrer Otto Blase serving in the 501 st Heavy Panzer Battalion. Today the original tank is on display in the Aberdeen Museum in USA.
During the time when I was building the diorama, the only Schimmwagen available on the market in 1/15 scale was the MPM model. I build this model straight from the box with only minor details added or replaced.
A total of 14 figures were used on this diorama from different manufacturers
This model is extremely big in size and it took me three months to complete this baby. Having said that I enjoyed every single minute building this model"

 

[ACSpectre]

Very impressive work. Often I find such big dioramas to be "too busy", but this one works. Each part and piece contribute to the single story being told.

 

[Wilhelm Mohnke]

wow that dio its freaking huge, nice find POS, thnxs!

 

[cillmhor]

That is a very nice dio. The figures are great, as is the groundwork, looks like they used twigs for tree stumps.

 

[razorboy]

Figures ALWAYS look more realistic to me in big scale ... Excellent work!

 

[AirborneBob]

at 1/16 you get the tone variations for faces and that makes them more life like..great Dio!!